Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Every application
for a ferry licence shall be in writing, setting out —
(a) the
routes on which and the area in which it is intended that the ferry is to
operate;
(b) a
description of the ferry in respect of which the application is made;
(c) the
maximum number of passengers to be carried at any one time, and the classes of
goods, if any, to be carried, by the ferry;
(d) the
service proposed to be provided;
(e) the
fares proposed to be charged; and
(f) such
other particulars as may be prescribed.
(2) Where the
application relates to a licence required for a particular purpose of limited
duration, notwithstanding subsection (1) the Minister may grant the
licence without prior lodgement of the written application where he is
satisfied that sufficient information has been made available to him to enable
him so to do.
(3) A licence granted
pursuant to subsection (2) —
(a)
shall be deemed to take effect upon verbal notification to the applicant that
a licence will issue; but
(b)
shall be deemed not to have taken effect if the written application relating
thereto is not received by the Director General within 14 days of the
Minister’s decision or if the information contained in the written
application differs in a material particular from the information made
available to the Minister prior to his decision.
[Section 47AC inserted by No. 115 of
1987 s. 6.]