Western Australian Government Tramways and Ferries Act Amendment Act 1953 (WA)

1953.] Western Australian Government [No. 12.

Tramways and Ferries.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

TRAMWAYS AND FERRIES

2' Elizabeth II., No. XII.

No. 12 of 1953.

AN ACT to amend the Western Australian Govern-

ment Tramways and Ferries Act, 1948-1950.

[Assented to 10th November, 1953.]

BE it enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Western Eng,tt11,,

Australian Government Tramways and Ferries Act

Amendment Act, 1953.

(2) In this Act the Western Australian Govern- ment Tramways and Ferries Act, 1948-1950,

Act No. 52 of 1948 as amended by Act No. 5 of

1950,

is referred to as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Western Australian Government Tramways and Ferries Act, 1948-1953.

2. Section twenty-six of the principal Act is 9L2 amended.

amended by

(a)	deleting the words, "against the Crown" in lines one and two;
(b)	adding after the word, "from" in line two the words, "anything done, or intended, or omitted to be done by the Crown, the

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Minister, The General Manager or a person acting under the authority or direction of any of them, including negligent acts and omissions, in, or in connection with, or relating to"; and

(c) adding after the word, "tramway" in line three the words, "or motor-omnibus pro- vided and run under subsection (3) of section sixteen of this Act".

S. 26A

added. 3. The principal Act is amended by adding after

section twenty-six the following section:-

No liability	26A. Where anything which is permitted to
for loss,

damage, or	be carried
destruction
of articles

carried	in a tramcar on a tramway; or
without
charge.	in a vessel on a ferry;

managed and controlled under this Act by The

General Manager; or

in a motor-omnibus, provided and run under subsection (3) of section sixteen of this Act by The General Manager,

is lost, damaged, or destroyed, and no charge has been made for the carriage of it, neither the Crown, the Minister, The General Manager nor a person acting under the authority or direction of any of them is liable for, or in respect of, the loss, damage, or destruction.