Colonial Passengers Amendment Act 1885 (WA)

49 VICTORI2E. No. 6

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO NONO

VICTORLZE REG=

No. 6

An Act to amend the Colonial Passengers Ordinances and

Acts. [Assented to 18th September, 1885.

HEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to the

Wcertain ports and places within the Colony : Be it enacted by Hiscarrying of Certificated Mates in Coasting Vessels, between

Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Column thereof, as follows :-

1. Every Colonial ship or vessel to which The Colonial Passengers coasting vessel

Ordinance, 1861,' or the Acts amending, rectifying, or explaining the t'nnirlacatth

except in certain -same are applicable, which shall carry passengers on any coasting

voyage shall, in addition to a competent master and an efficient crew, ea" Local Board as defined by the said Acts, unless and except such voyage shall be between Cape Naturaliste and the North-West Cape, or between Albany and Eucla, or between any intermediate ports between Cape Naturaliste and the North-West Cape, or Albany and Eucla, in which such excepted cases it shall not be necessary for such ship or vessel to carry a mate as aforesaid ; Provided that such ship or vessel shall in other respects satisfy and conform to all the conditions required by the provisions of the said Acts.

also carry a mate possessing a mate's certificate from the Board of

2. Any master of such Colonial ship or vessel who shall go to sea on any coasting voyage without having on board a mate holding a	carrying matesPenalty for not
as required by
certificate as aforesaid, and the owner or owners of any such ship or	law
vessel, unless such voyage shall be between the capes, ports, and places in the first section of this Act mentioned, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall for every such offence incur a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds

VICTORIX. No. 6

Colonial Passengers Act—Amendment

Repeal of 2nd .

3. The second section of The Colonial Passengers Ordinance Amendment Act, 1875,' is hereby repealed ; provided that this repeal shall not affect any liability incurred or the validity of any proceedings commenced or taken in respect of any offence committed before the commencement of this Act, but such liability may be enforced, and such proceedings may be carried on, as if this Act had not passed.

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Incorporation 4. This Act shall be read and construed together with and shall be

with other Acts taken to form part of the aforesaid Acts.

Short title, and

5. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Colonial Pas-

commencement	sengers Amendment Act, 1885,' and shall come into force on the first
of Act
day of October, 1885.

F. NAPIER BROOME,

GOVERNOR.