Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PORT AUTHORITIES REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 66

66 .         Unclaimed goods may be moved and stored etc.

        (1)         In this regulation and regulation 67 —

        unclaimed goods means goods unloaded from a vessel at a port that are not claimed by the consignee within 14 days, or any longer period that the port authority may allow in a particular case, after being unloaded.

        (2)         A port authority may —

            (a)         move unclaimed goods and store them at any premises of the port authority; or

            (b)         cause unclaimed goods to be delivered to the consignee at the consignee’s risk and expense.

        (3)         A port authority may keep unclaimed goods until any expenses reasonably incurred by the port authority in connection with moving and storing them, and any port charges payable in relation to them, have been paid to the port authority.

        (4)         A port authority may sell unclaimed goods by public auction if the port authority is not paid the expenses and charges referred to in subregulation (3) within 7 days —

            (a)         after demand has been made on the owner of the unclaimed goods; or

            (b)         if the port authority is unable, after reasonable enquiries, to identify or find the owner of the goods — after notice of the proposed sale has been published at least once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area where the port authority operates.

        (5)         If unclaimed goods are perishable, a port authority may sell them, without complying with subregulation (4), not less than 24 hours after moving and storing them.