PORT AUTHORITIES ACT 1999
Table of Provisions
PART 1 -- Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Terms used
- 3A Relationship to GTE Act
PART 2 -- Port authorities: establishment and administration
Division 1 -- Establishment of port authorities
- 4 Port authorities, establishment, nature and trading names of
- 5 Port authorities not to be regarded as agents of Crown for purposes of State laws
- 6 Port authorities and officers not part of public sector
Division 2 -- Community consultation committees
- 14A Community consultation committees
Division 3 -- Staff
- 16 Staff
- 17 Minimum standards for staff management
- 18 Reports to Public Sector Commissioner as to s. 17 standards
- 19 Superannuation
Division 4 -- Conduct and integrity of staff
- 21 Codes of conduct
- 22 Reports to Public Sector Commissioner as to s. 21 codes
- 23 Reports to Minister as to s. 21 codes
PART 3 -- Port areas and property of port authorities
- 24 Port areas defined
- 25 Port authority, property vested in
- 26 Port property may be taken back by Crown
- 27 Power to sell land, restrictions on
- 27A Land, creating interests in
- 28 Vested land, creating and dealing with interests in
- 29A Operation of Planning and Development Act 2005 section 136 modified
- 29 Disputes between port authority and Crown
PART 4 -- Functions and powers
- 30 Functions
- 31 Relationship to Environmental Protection Act 1986
- 32 Port authority has control of port
- 35 Powers generally
- 36 Port facilities and services, extended powers as to
- 37 Fees and charges, power to levy
- 38 Planning laws, application of to port authorities
- 44 Delegation by port authority
- 92 Annual financial targets, Minister may set
PART 7 -- Navigation and port matters
Division 1 -- Navigational aids
- 93 Port authority may provide etc. navigational aids etc.
- 94 Interference with navigational aids, offence
Division 2 -- Pilotage
- 95 Terms used in, and application of, this Division
- 96 Port authority to approve pilots and ensure pilotage services are provided
- 97 Pilotage compulsory in ports
- 98 Pilot under authority of master
- 99 Liability of owner or master of piloted vessel
- 100 Immunity from liability for negligent provision of pilotage services
Division 3 -- Harbour masters
- 101 Port includes other declared areas
- 102 Appointment of harbour master and deputy harbour master etc.
- 103 Functions of harbour master
- 104 Directions to masters etc.
- 105 Directions as to dangerous things
- 106 Limit on power to order removal of vessels or dangerous things
- 107 Ownerless vessels and dangerous things, removal of
- 108 Not obeying s. 104 or 106 direction, offence
- 109 Powers if direction not obeyed
- 110 Recovering port authority’s s. 107 costs
- 111 Immunity from liability for acts under this Division
- 112 Hindering harbour master etc., offence
Division 4 -- Damage in a port caused by vessels etc.
- 113 Responsibility for damage to port facilities or property
Division 5 -- Port safety
- 114 Marine safety plan, port authority to have
Division 6 -- Powers of police officers and others
- 114A Police officers and others may enter vessels and conduct examinations and enquiries
Division 7 -- Protection from liability
- 114B Immunity from liability for damage to vessels
- 114C Immunity from liability for damaged goods
- 114D Immunity from liability for delay in delivery of goods
- 114EA Immunity from liability for acts or omissions of port users
- 114E Immunity from liability for certain events and actions
PART 8 -- Port charges
- 115 Term used: port charges; application of this Part
- 116 Liability to pay port charges in respect of vessels
- 117 Liability to pay port charges in respect of goods
- 118 Recovery of port charges by port authority
- 119 Collectors of port charges
PART 9 -- Proceedings for offences
Division 1 -- General
- 120 Who can commence prosecutions
- 121 Time limit for prosecutions
- 122 Averment as to place of offence
Division 2 -- Infringement notices
- 123 Terms used
- 124 Giving of notice
- 125 Content of notice
- 126 Extending time for paying modified penalty
- 127 Withdrawing notice
- 128 Benefit of paying modified penalty
- 129 Application of penalties collected
- 130 Authorised persons, appointment of
PART 10 -- Miscellaneous
- 131 Hindering, offence
- 132 Individual port authorities, provisions for (Sch. 6)
- 133 Laying documents before Parliament not sitting
- 136 Overdue amounts, interest on
- 137 Recovery of expenses due to offence
- 138 Government Agreements Act 1979 not affected
- 139A Transitional provisions
- 139 General power to make regulations
- 140 Offences against regulations
- 141 Adoption of other laws, codes etc.
- 142 References to other approvals or decisions
- 143 Licensing, provisions as to