Western Australian Marine Act Amendment Act 1952 (WA)

1952.] Western Australian Marine. [No. 62.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MARINE.

1° Elizabeth II., No. LXII.

No. 62 of 1952.

AN ACT to amend the Western Australian Marine

Act, 1948.

[Assented to 23rd December, 1952.]

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:—

Australian Marine Act Amendment Act, 1952. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Western 2n=„.

(2) In this Act the Western Australian Marine Act, 1948 (Act No. 72 of 1948) is referred to as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Western Australian Marine Act, 1948-1952.

2. Section seventeen of the principal Act is S.17 amended.

amended by adding the following paragraph-

(xviii) authorising the Department for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out of works, including dredging, in, or in connection with, a port, or for any other purpose, from time to time, to exempt

from compliance with any of the provi- sions of this Act or of a rule, regulation or proclamation made pursuant to the provisions of this Act

a person or vessel or class of person or class

of vessel

either generally or in particular circum- stances, localities, and cases or for particular purposes, unconditionally, or subject to such conditions as the Depart- ment thinks proper to impose;

and authorising

the Department, at any time, to cancel an exemption wholly or in part, and to cancel, and from time to time waive, add to, and otherwise vary the conditions of an exemption

and imposing

a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds for

the breach of a condition so imposed.