PORT AUTHORITIES ACT 1999 - SECT 30
PORT AUTHORITIES ACT 1999 - SECT 30
30 . Functions
(1) The functions of a
port authority are —
(a) to
facilitate trade within and through the port and plan for future growth and
development of the port; and
(b) to
undertake or arrange for activities that will encourage and facilitate the
development of trade and commerce generally for the economic benefit of the
State through the use of the port and related facilities; and
(c) to
control business and other activities in the port or in connection with the
operation of the port; and
(d) to
be responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the port; and
(e) to
be responsible for maintaining port property; and
(fa) to
be responsible for port security; and
(f) to
protect the environment of the port and minimise the impact of port operations
on that environment.
(2) It is also a
function of a port authority —
(a) to
do things that its board determines to be conducive or incidental to the
performance of a function referred to in subsection (1); or
(aa) to
use or exploit its fixed assets for profit so long as the proper performance
of its functions under subsection (1) is not affected; or
(b) to
do things that it is authorised to do by any other written law.
(3) A port authority
may perform any of its functions in the State or elsewhere.
[Section 30 amended: No. 71 of 2003 s. 6; No. 9 of
2014 s. 12.]