Fremantle Dock Act 1907 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

A NNO SEPTIMO

EDWARD' SEPTIMI REGIS,

XXII.

No. 22 of 1907.

AN ACT to authorise the Construction of a

Graving Dock at Fremantle.

[Assented to 20th December, 1907.]

lative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legis-

assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the Fremantle Dock Act, 1907. Short title.

2.      It shall be lawful for the Minister for Works to construct a Authority to con-

graving dock within the harbour of Fremantle, as described in the skald. priated by Parliament from time to time for that purpose, and the same shall be deemed a public work within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1902.

3.     On the completion of the dock, or any portion thereof, the Control and

Governor may place the control and management in any trust, sus,, management.

board, or other body having statutory powers in that behalf ; and until such order is made the control and management shall be vested in the Minister for Works.

1907, No. 22.] Fremantle Dock. Li EDW. VII.

Regulations. O.) The Minister for Works, while the dock is under his control and management, and any trust, board, or other body having for the time being the control and management of the dock or any portion thereof, may make regulations, and fix dues, tolls, and charges for the use thereof.

(2.) Every regulation

(a.) may impose a penalty not exceeding one hundred

pounds for the breach thereof ; and

(b.) shall, on approval of the Governor and publication in the Government Gazette, have the force of law, ind shall be laid before Parliament within four- teen days after such publication if Parliament is then in session, and if not, then within fourteen days after the commencement of the next ensuing session.

THE SCHEDULE.

A masonry or concrete graving dock, 850 feet in length or thereabouts, to be subdivided into compartments as may be found expedient, together with all plant, workshops, machinery, and appurtenances necessary for its working;

The dock shall be situated within the harbour of Fremantle, on the North

side, adjacent to Eons Head.

By Authority: FRED. WM. Surrsox, Government Printer, Perth.