Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PORT AUTHORITIES REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 19

19 .         Unauthorised loading or unloading of livestock prohibited

        (1)         Unless authorised by the port authority, the master of a vessel must not cause or permit livestock to be loaded on to or unloaded from the vessel at a port.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         The master of a vessel is to obtain authorisation under subregulation (1) at least 24 hours before the proposed time of loading livestock on to or unloading livestock from the vessel.

        (3)         The master of a vessel must not cause or permit livestock to be unloaded from the vessel at a port unless the master has arranged for the livestock to be tended and controlled on being unloaded.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (4)         Subregulation (3) does not limit subregulation (1).

[ 20.         Deleted in Gazette 22 Mar 2002 p. 1655.]