Merchant Shipping Act Application Act 1903 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO 'I'ERTIO

EDWARDI SEPTIIVII REGIS,

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No. 7 of 1903,

AN ACT to apply Part II. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, to British Ships registered at, trading with, or being at Ports in Western Australia.

[Assented to 1st December, 1903.]

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

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

1.     THIS Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act Short title.

Application Act, 1903.

2.	(l.) PART II. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, shall	II. of 57 & 58
Application of Part

apply to all British ships registered at, trading with, or being at any

Viet., c. 60.

port in Western Australia, and to the owners, masters, and crews

thereof, where such ships are within the jurisdiction of the State.

1903, No. 71 Merchant Shipping. [3 EDW. VII.

(2.) For the purposes of this section, in the said Part II. the expression " Board of Trade" or " Board," and the expression " United Kingdom," shall mean and be read as " Governor " and " Western Australia" respectively.

(3.) Where, in the said Part II., any reference is made to any

particular officer or class of officers, the Governor may, from time to time, designate the officer or officers who are, in Western Australia, to perform the duties and stand in the place of the officer or officers so referred to.

By Authority : ALFRED Wersott, Government Printer, Perth.