The long title was repealed by the Marine Safety Act 1998.
This Act may be cited as the Navigation Act 1901.
(Repealed)
In this Act, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
In this Act, a reference to a failure to do any act or thing includes a reference to a refusal to do that act or thing.
(Repealed)
This Act is subject to the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995.
(Repealed)
In this Part, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
The Minister shall be the proper authority to act as conservator of all navigable waters within the Jurisdiction.
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Any person who drives piles, or constructs or erects any wharf, jetty, wall, or other erection, or in any manner whatsoever reclaims or attempts to reclaim any land beyond or below the high-water mark of any navigable waters unless expressly authorised according to the law in that behalf shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding 0.5 penalty unit.
Such person so offending shall also be liable to a further penalty not exceeding 0.1 penalty unit for every day during which any such work as aforesaid, whether completed or incomplete, remains unremoved after notice in writing under the hand of the Minister for Public Works to remove the same has been served upon such persons either personally or by leaving such notice at or transmitting the same by post to his or her last known place of abode or business.
If not removed within twenty-one days after…