Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PORTS AND HARBOURS REGULATIONS 1966 - REG 21

21 .         Anchoring within a port

        (1)         The master of any vessel within a port — 

            (a)         shall anchor, moor or berth the vessel at the place appointed by the Harbour Master and in no other place;

            (b)         shall forthwith comply with any order of the Harbour Master requiring him — 

                  (i)         to move the vessel from its place in the port to any other place in the port;

                  (ii)         to put down additional anchors or mooring lines to secure the vessel; or

                  (iii)         to slacken any anchor chains or ropes or mooring lines securing the vessel.

        (2)         The master of a vessel shall not, except in unavoidable circumstances or with the permission of the Harbour Master, beach the vessel within any port and, where a vessel is beached in a port, the master or owner of the vessel shall cause the vessel to be removed in accordance with the directions of the Harbour Master.