Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Amendment Act 1997 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COASTAL

SHIPPING COMMISSION

AMENDMENT ACT 1997

No. 35 of 1997

AN ACT to amend the Western Australian Coastal

Shipping Commission Act 1965.

[Assented to 19 November 1997]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Western Australian Coastal

Shipping Commission Amendment Act 1997.

No. 35] Western Australian Coastal Shipping

s. 2 Commission Amendment Act 1997

Citation

2. In this Act the Western Australian Coastal Shipping

Commission Act 1965* is referred to as the principal Act.

[* Act No. 44 of 1965.

For subsequent amendments see 1996 Index to

Legislation of Western Australia, Table 1, p. 246.]

Commencement

3. This Act comes into operation on the day on which it

receives the Royal Assent.

Section 5 amended

4. After section 5 (4) of the principal Act the following

subsections are inserted —

‘‘

The Minister may give directions in writing to the Commission with respect to its powers and functions, either generally or with respect to a particular matter, and the Commission shall give effect to any such direction.

(5)

(6) The text of any direction received by the Commission under subsection (5) shall be included in the annual report submitted by the accountable authority of the Commission under section 66 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.

’’.

Section 13 amended

5.   Section 13 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after

‘‘thinks fit’’ the following —

‘‘

but the Commission has no legal duty to operate any

shipping service

’’.

Western Australian Coastal Shipping [No. 35

Commission Amendment Act 1997 s. 6

Section 14 amended

6.   Section 14 (3) of the principal Act is repealed.

Section 15 amended

7.   Section 15 (1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting

after ‘‘Manager’’ the following —

‘‘ or to any other person ’’.

Sections 18 and 19 repealed

8.   Sections 18 and 19 of the principal Act are repealed.

Section 30 repealed and a section substituted

9.   Section 30 of the principal Act is repealed and the following

section is substituted —

‘‘

Treasurer may require payment to Consolidated

Fund

30. The Treasurer may, at any time, require the Commission to make a payment to the credit of the Consolidated Fund and the Commission shall comply with any such requirement.

’’.