Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PORT AUTHORITIES REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 68

68 .         Goods falling from a vessel in a port

        (1)         If any goods or other material fall or falls from a vessel in a port, the master or another officer or an agent of the vessel is to report the matter to the port authority.

        (2)         The port authority may take any action it considers appropriate to recover the goods or other material.

        (3)         The master, the owner and an agent of the vessel, and any person who caused or permitted the goods or material to fall from the vessel, are jointly and severally liable for any expenses reasonably incurred by the port authority in taking action under subregulation (2).

        (4)         The port authority may recover those expenses in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the port authority.