{"id":"western-australian-coastal-shipping-commission-act-1965","name":"Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965","slug":"western-australian-coastal-shipping-commission-act-1965","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":111115,"registerId":"wa-western-australian-coastal-shipping-commission-act-1965-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nWestern Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965\n\nWestern Australia\n\nWestern Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965\n\nContents\n\nPart I — Preliminary\n\n1. Short title 2\n\n2. Commencement 2\n\n4. Terms used 2\n\nPart II — Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission\n\nDivision 1 — Establishment and constitution of Commission\n\n5. Commission established 3\n\n6. Constitution of Commission 4\n\n7. Acting Commissioners 4\n\n8. Leave of absence 5\n\n9. Remuneration of Commissioners 5\n\n10. Dismissal of Commissioners 5\n\n11. Vacation of office 5\n\n12. Meetings of Commission 6\n\nDivision 2 — Functions, powers and duties of the Commission\n\n13. Functions of Commission 7\n\n14. Powers of Commission 8\n\n15. Delegation of powers by Commission 9\n\n16. Work may be carried out by contractors 10\n\n17. Liability of Commission as carrier 10\n\n20. Charges to be approved by Minister 10\n\nDivision 3 — Staff\n\n21. Appointment of officers 10\n\n22. Terms and conditions of employment 11\n\n23. General Manager 11\n\n24. Temporary and casual employees 12\n\n24A. Status of General Manager, and officers and employees, of Commission who are members of Senior Executive Service 12\n\nDivision 4 — Finances of the Commission\n\n25. Funds of Commission 12\n\n26. Power of Commission to borrow 13\n\n27. Additional power of Commission to borrow 14\n\n28. Contributions, interest and sinking fund 15\n\n29. Power of Commission to invest certain funds 15\n\n30. Treasurer may require payment to Consolidated Account 16\n\n31. *Financial Management Act 2006* and *Auditor General Act 2006*, application of 16\n\n32. Duty of Commission to keep proper accounts 16\n\nDivision 5 — Reports\n\n33. Commission to keep Minister informed and give information when required 17\n\nPart III — Dissolution of State Shipping Service and transfer of assets\n\n35. Dissolution of State Shipping Service and transfer of assets to Commission 18\n\n36. Construction of law and documents 19\n\nPart IV — Miscellaneous\n\n37. Recovery of fares or charges 20\n\n38. By‑laws 20\n\n39. Regulations 21\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 22\n\nUncommenced provisions table 23\n\nOther notes 23\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nWestern Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965\n\nAn Act to establish a Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission to operate certain shipping services, and for incidental and other purposes.\n\n## Part I — Preliminary\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThis Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by proclamation.\n\n[**3.** Deleted: No. 113 of 1987 s. 32.]\n\n##### 4. Terms used\n\nIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\n  Chairman means the Chairman of the Commission;\n\n  Commission means the Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission established by this Act;\n\n  Commissioner includes an acting Commissioner;\n\n  State Shipping Service means the trading concern carried on under and subject to the *State Trading Concerns Act 1916*; and\n\n  Vice‑Chairman means the Vice‑Chairman of the Commission.\n\n## Part II — Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission\n\n### Division 1 — Establishment and constitution of Commission\n\n##### 5. Commission established\n\n(1) There is hereby established, for the purposes of this Act, a Commission to be called the “Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission”.\n\n(2) The Commission —\n\n(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession and shall have a common seal; and\n\n(b) is capable, in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property in or outside the Commonwealth and of suing and being sued in that name; and\n\n(c) is a corporate agency of the Crown in right of the State; and\n\n(d) is capable of doing and suffering all such acts and things as bodies corporate may lawfully do and suffer; and\n\n(e) has, subject to the Minister, the general administration of this Act.\n\n(3) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take notice of the seal of the Commission affixed to a document and shall presume that it was duly affixed.\n\n(4) The exercise or performance of the powers or functions of the Commission shall not be affected by reason only of there being a vacancy in the office of a Commissioner.\n\n(5) 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.\n\n(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 Part 5 of the *Financial Management Act 2006*.\n\n[Section 5 amended: No. 35 of 1997 s. 4; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 180(1).]\n\n##### 6. Constitution of Commission\n\n(1) The Commission shall consist of 3 Commissioners who shall be appointed by the Governor.\n\n(2) The Governor shall appoint one of the Commissioners to be Chairman, and another to be Vice‑Chairman, of the Commission.\n\n(3) The Commissioners first appointed under this Act shall be appointed to hold office —\n\n(a) in the case of the Chairman, for 5 years; and\n\n(b) in the case of the Vice‑Chairman, for 4 years; and\n\n(c) in the case of the remaining Commissioner, for 3 years.\n\n(4) After the appointment of the 3 Commissioners first appointed under this Act, each further appointment shall, subject to this section, be for a period of 5 years.\n\n(5) Where a Commissioner ceases to hold office before the termination of the period of his appointment, another Commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor for the remainder of the term of office of the Commissioner in whose place he is appointed.\n\n(6) A Commissioner is eligible for re-appointment.\n\n##### 7. Acting Commissioners\n\n(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that any Commissioner is incapacitated by illness, absence, or other sufficient cause, from performing the duties of his office, the Minister may appoint a person to be an acting Commissioner to act for that Commissioner during his incapacity and that person, while he so acts, —\n\n(a) shall be deemed to be a Commissioner; and\n\n(b) shall be paid such remuneration, travelling and other allowances as the Minister may determine from time to time.\n\n(2) The Minister may at any time terminate the appointment of an acting Commissioner.\n\n(3) No appointment of an acting Commissioner and no acts done by him as such shall in any proceedings be questioned on the ground that the occasion for his appointment has not arisen or had ceased.\n\n##### 8. Leave of absence\n\nThe Minister may grant leave of absence to a Commissioner upon such terms and conditions as to remuneration or otherwise as the Minister determines.\n\n##### 9. Remuneration of Commissioners\n\nEach Commissioner shall be paid such remuneration, travelling and other allowances, as the Governor from time to time determines.\n\n##### 10. Dismissal of Commissioners\n\nThe Governor may terminate the appointment of a Commissioner for inability, inefficiency or misbehaviour.\n\n##### 11. Vacation of office\n\n(1) If a Commissioner —\n\n(a) is, according to the *Interpretation Act 1984* section 13D, a bankrupt or a person whose affairs are under insolvency laws; or\n\n(b) resigns his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor and his resignation is accepted by the Governor; or\n\n(c) is absent, without the consent of the Minister, from 3 consecutive meetings of the Commission; or\n\n(d) fails to comply with his obligation under subsection (2),\n\nthe Governor shall, by notice in the *Gazette*, declare that the office of the Commissioner is vacant, and thereupon the office shall be deemed to be vacant.\n\n(2) A Commissioner who is directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Commission, otherwise than as a member, and in common with the other members, of an incorporated company consisting of not less than 51 persons, shall, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Commission.\n\n(3) A disclosure under subsection (2) shall be recorded in the minutes of the Commission, and the Commissioner —\n\n(a) shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or decision of the Commission with respect to that contract; and\n\n(b) shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the Commission for any such deliberation or decision.\n\n(4) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a contract of carriage of a Commissioner or of any of his goods.\n\n[Section 11 amended: No. 18 of 2009 s. 90.]\n\n##### 12. Meetings of Commission\n\n(1) The Commission shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the performance of its functions.\n\n(2) The Minister or the Chairman may at any time convene a meeting of the Commission.\n\n(3) The Chairman shall convene the first meeting of the Commission as soon as practicable after the coming into operation of this Act and shall preside at all meetings of the Commission at which he is present.\n\n(4) Where the Chairman is absent from a meeting of the Commission, the Vice-Chairman shall preside at that meeting.\n\n(5) At a meeting of the Commission —\n\n(a) 2 Commissioners form a quorum;\n\n(b) a question arising at the meeting shall be determined by a majority of the valid votes of the Commissioners present.\n\n(6) Subject to this Act and the regulations, the Commission may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.\n\n### Division 2 — Functions, powers and duties of the Commission\n\n##### 13. Functions of Commission\n\nThe functions of the Commission are —\n\n(a) to maintain and operate shipping services carried on by the State Shipping Service before the coming into operation of this Act; and\n\n(b) to establish, maintain and operate, or to provide for the establishment, maintenance and operation of additional shipping services for the carriage of passengers, goods and mails —\n\n(i) between a place in the State and another place in the State;\n\n(ii) between a place in the State and any other place outside the State;\n\n(iii) between a place outside the State and another place outside the State;\n\n(c) to establish, maintain and operate either alone or in conjunction with any other person any shipping service incidental to a shipping service operated by the Commission under the foregoing provisions of this section,\n\nin such manner and to such extent as the Commission thinks fit but the Commission has no legal duty to operate any shipping service.\n\n[Section 13 amended: No. 35 of 1997 s. 5.]\n\n##### 14. Powers of Commission\n\n(1) Subject to this section, the Commission may do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions.\n\n(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Commission may —\n\n(a) carry on the general business of a ship owner in relation to any shipping service operated by the Commission; and\n\n(b) purchase or take on lease or charter, ships required for carrying on the business of the Commission; and\n\n(c) dispose of, lease or charter, any ship vested in or acquired by the Commission, and sub‑lease or sub‑charter any ship on lease or charter to the Commission; and\n\n(d) purchase or take on lease land, buildings, easements or wharves or other property whatsoever which the Commission considers necessary for carrying on the business of the Commission; and\n\n(e) exchange, dispose of, or grant leases of land, buildings, wharves, or any other property whatsoever acquired by, or vested in, the Commission; and\n\n(f) purchase, or take on hire, plant, equipment, stocks, or other goods necessary for carrying on the business of the Commission; and\n\n(g) dispose of plant, equipment, stocks or other goods acquired by, or vested in, the Commission; and\n\n(h) engage in stevedoring operations; and\n\n(i) appoint agents for the purposes of the business of the Commission; and\n\n(j) act as agent for other persons; and\n\n(k) train, or arrange for the training of, persons to fit them for employment as officers or seamen in merchant ships; and\n\n(l) compound, release or settle claims by or against the Commission, whether in contract or tort; and\n\n(m) do anything incidental to any of the powers conferred on the Commission by this Act.\n\n[Section 14 amended: No. 35 of 1997 s. 6.]\n\n##### 15. Delegation of powers by Commission\n\n(1) The Commission may, in respect of any particular matters or class of matters or in respect of any particular area, by writing under its seal, delegate to any Commissioner or to the General Manager or to any other person all or any of its powers under this Act, other than this power of delegation, so that the delegated powers may be exercised by him in respect of the matters or class of matters or area specified in the instrument of delegation.\n\n(2) Every delegation under this section is revocable at will, and no such delegation prevents the exercise of any power by the Commission.\n\n[Section 15 amended: No. 35 of 1997 s. 7.]\n\n##### 16. Work may be carried out by contractors\n\nSubject to the provisions of this Act, the Commission may contract for the execution by any person of any work or service authorised by this Act to be executed by the Commission, in such manner and upon and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Commission thinks fit.\n\n##### 17. Liability of Commission as carrier\n\nSubject in every case to the limitations and provisions of this Act and of any regulations and by‑laws or of any contract made by the Commission, the Commission has the same liabilities, obligations, rights and protection as in the case of common carriers.\n\n[**18, 19.** Deleted: No. 35 of 1997 s. 8.]\n\n##### 20. Charges to be approved by Minister\n\n(1) The rates of charges of the Commission for the carriage of persons or goods are subject to the approval of the Minister.\n\n[(2) deleted]\n\n[Section 20 amended: No. 8 of 2009 s. 134.]\n\n### Division 3 — Staff\n\n##### 21. Appointment of officers\n\n(1) Subject to this Act, the Commission may appoint such officers or employees as it thinks necessary for the purposes of this Act.\n\n(2) On the date of the coming into operation of this Act, all officers and employees who were employed immediately preceding that date in the State Shipping Service, and who are willing and able to be employed by the Commission, shall be deemed to be appointed officers and employees of the Commission under this Act on the same terms and conditions as they were employed by the State Shipping Service immediately preceding that date.\n\n(3) Where an officer or employee appointed or deemed to be appointed in pursuance of this section was, immediately before such appointment, an officer or employee in the State Shipping Service —\n\n(a) he retains his existing and accruing rights and in particular his rights, if any, under the *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938* 1; and\n\n(b) for the purpose of determining those rights, his service as an officer or employee of the State Shipping Service shall be taken into account as if it were service with the Commission.\n\n##### 22. Terms and conditions of employment\n\n(1) Subject to this section and to any relevant award or industrial agreement in force under the *Industrial Arbitration Act 1912* 2, the terms and conditions of employment of officers or employees shall be such as are determined by the Commission, including conditions with respect to punishment for breaches of discipline.\n\n(2) The Commission shall not, except with the approval of the Minister, determine the salary of a position in the service of the Commission at a rate exceeding the equivalent of the rate for the time being shown for the classification Group 1, Class 8 Administrative Division in the Public Service of the State.\n\n##### 23. General Manager\n\n(1) Subject to subsection (2) of section 21 of this Act, and of this section, the Governor, on the recommendation of the Commission, shall appoint a person to be the General Manager of the Commission and the General Manager shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission.\n\n(2) The person who on the date of the coming into operation of this Act held the office of General Manager of the State Shipping Service shall be deemed to be appointed the General Manager of the Commission under this section.\n\n##### 24. Temporary and casual employees\n\nSubject to any relevant award or industrial agreement in force under the *Industrial Arbitration Act 1912* 2, the Commission may employ such temporary or casual employees as it thinks fit, on such terms and conditions as the Commission determines, including conditions with respect to punishment for breaches of discipline.\n\n##### 24A. Status of General Manager, and officers and employees, of Commission who are members of Senior Executive Service\n\nNotwithstanding anything in this Division, to the extent that there is in the case of a person who is appointed under —\n\n(a) section 21(1) to be an officer or employee; or\n\n(b) section 23(1) to be the General Manager,\n\nof the Commission and who is a member of the Senior Executive Service within the meaning of the *Public Sector Management Act 1994* 3 an inconsistency between this Act and that Act that Act shall prevail.\n\n[Section 24A inserted: No. 113 of 1987 s. 32.]\n\n### Division 4 — Finances of the Commission\n\n##### 25. Funds of Commission\n\n(1) The funds available to the Commission for the purpose of enabling it to exercise its powers and functions under this Act are —\n\n(a) moneys appropriated from time to time by Parliament; and\n\n(b) all other moneys received by the Commission; and\n\n(c) moneys borrowed by the Commission under this Act.\n\n(2) An account called The Western Australian Coastal Shipping Account is to be established —\n\n(a) as an agency special purpose account under section 16 of the *Financial Management Act 2006*; or\n\n(b) with the approval of the Treasurer, at a bank as defined in section 3 of that Act,\n\nto which the funds referred to in subsection (1) are to be credited.\n\n(3) The Commission shall, out of the moneys standing to the credit of that account —\n\n(a) defray the costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Commission in the exercise of its powers and functions under this Act;\n\n(b) pay the remuneration, travelling and other allowances of the Commissioners and the salaries, wages and allowances of the General Manager and the officers and employees of the Commission.\n\n[Section 25 amended: No. 49 of 1996 s. 63; No. 28 of 2006 s. 383; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 180(2).]\n\n##### 26. Power of Commission to borrow\n\n(1) If at any time the funds of the Commission are not sufficient for the purpose of defraying the costs, charges and expenses incurred by it in the exercise of its powers and functions under this Act, the Commission may borrow from the Treasurer, or from a bank approved by the Treasurer, moneys for that purpose.\n\n(2) The Commission shall pay to the Treasurer on moneys borrowed by it from him under this section, interest at such rate and at such times as the Treasurer determines.\n\n(3) The amount of moneys borrowed by the Commission under this section that remains from time to time unpaid, and any interest thereon that is unpaid, is a charge upon the moneys from time to time standing to the credit of the account of the Commission at the Treasury or in any account of the Commission at any bank, and upon any assets vested in the Commission, and the due repayment of that amount and the payment of such interest is hereby guaranteed by the Treasurer in the name and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State.\n\n[Section 26 amended: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3.]\n\n##### 27. Additional power of Commission to borrow\n\n(1) Subject to subsection (2) the Commission in addition to the powers conferred on it by section 26, may at any time and from time to time, with the approval of the Governor, borrow money on the security of the assets of the Commission or upon a guarantee as provided in subsection (3) —\n\n(a) for the effectual exercise by the Commission of its powers and functions under this Act;\n\n(b) to discharge the principal moneys and interest thereon owing by the Commission in respect of any existing loan or for the consolidation of the debts of the Commission;\n\n(c) for any other purpose approved by the Governor.\n\n(2) The Governor shall not approve, for the purposes of subsection (1), unless a written proposal specifying —\n\n(a) the term and particulars of the proposed loan; and\n\n(b) the rate of interest to be paid on the amount of the loan; and\n\n(c) the purposes to which the amount of the loan is to be applied; and\n\n(d) the manner in which the loan is to be repaid,\n\nis first submitted by the Commission to, and approved by, the Treasurer.\n\n(3) The Treasurer may, in the name and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State, guarantee repayment of the principal moneys and interest thereon in respect of moneys borrowed by the Commission under this section and any liability of the Crown arising out of the guarantee is to be charged to the Consolidated Account which, to the necessary extent, is appropriated accordingly.\n\n(4) Any moneys borrowed by the Commission under this section may be raised as one loan or as several loans and in such manner as may be prescribed or as the Governor may approve.\n\n(5) The Commission shall set aside half‑yearly by way of a sinking fund, for the purpose of redeeming any moneys borrowed by it under this section, an amount calculated at a rate approved by the Governor and the Treasurer.\n\n[Section 27 amended: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3; No. 6 of 1993 s. 11; No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]\n\n##### 28. Contributions, interest and sinking fund\n\n(1) There shall be entered and debited each year in the accounts of the Commission such amounts as shall be fixed by the Treasurer as interest and sinking fund contributions payable for the year in respect of such portion of the Consolidated Account as has been applied to the exercise by the Commission of any of its powers and functions under this Act.\n\n(2) Such contributions shall be paid by the Commission to the Treasurer.\n\n[Section 28 amended: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3; No. 6 of 1993 s. 15; No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]\n\n##### 29. Power of Commission to invest certain funds\n\nAny moneys standing to the credit of any account of the Commission may, until required by the Commission for the purposes of this Act, be temporarily invested, as the Treasurer may direct, in any securities in which money in the Public Bank Account constituted under the *Financial Management Act 2006* may lawfully be invested, and all interest derived from those securities shall be credited to an account of the Commission.\n\n[Section 29 amended: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3; No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 180(3).]\n\n##### 30. Treasurer may require payment to Consolidated Account\n\nThe Treasurer may, at any time, require the Commission to make a payment to the credit of the Consolidated Account and the Commission shall comply with any such requirement.\n\n[Section 30 inserted: No. 35 of 1997 s. 9; amended: No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]\n\n##### 31. *Financial Management Act 2006* and *Auditor General Act 2006*, application of\n\n(1) The provisions of the *Financial Management Act 2006* and the *Auditor General Act 2006* regulating the financial administration, audit and reporting of statutory authorities apply to and in respect of the Commission and its operations.\n\n(2) The annual report of the Commission shall deal specifically with the operations of the Commission in relation to any service in respect of which a direction by the Governor under section 18 was in force during the year and the financial statements of the Commission shall show separately the financial results of those operations.\n\n[Section 31 inserted: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3; amended: No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 180(4).]\n\n##### 32. Duty of Commission to keep proper accounts\n\n[(1) deleted]\n\n(2) The Commission may, if the Treasurer approves, in respect of business carried on by it under this Act, establish in its accounts and records such reserve accounts as it thinks fit, and may in each year credit to each of those reserve accounts and establish therein, such sums as it thinks fit.\n\n[Section 32 amended: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3.]\n\n### Division 5 — Reports\n\n##### 33. Commission to keep Minister informed and give information when required\n\nThe Commission shall —\n\n(a) from time to time inform the Minister concerning the general conduct of its business; and\n\n(b) furnish to the Minister such information relating to its operations as the Minister requires.\n\n[**34.** Deleted: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3.]\n\n## Part III — Dissolution of State Shipping Service and transfer of assets\n\n##### 35. Dissolution of State Shipping Service and transfer of assets to Commission\n\nOn the date of the coming into operation of this Act —\n\n(a) the Minister of the Crown charged with the administration of the State Shipping Service (in this section called the Minister for State Shipping Services) ceases to be a body corporate under section 6 of the *State Trading Concerns Act 1916*;\n\n(b) the State Shipping Service ceases to be a State Trading Concern under that Act, and shall discontinue its business and operations;\n\n(c) all real and personal property and every right and interest therein that immediately before that date was vested in the Minister for State Shipping Services under section 6 of that Act, shall, by force of this section without any conveyance, transfer or assignment be transferred to and vested in and belong to the Commission for the purposes of this Act, subject to any debts, trusts and liabilities affecting them;\n\n(d) all rights accruing or accrued to the Minister for State Shipping Services in respect of any property vested in the Commission by virtue of this section —\n\n(i) are vested in the Commission; and\n\n(ii) may be enforced against the Commission;\n\n(e) all contracts, agreements and undertakings made by the Minister for State Shipping Services and all securities lawfully given to or by that Minister for and on behalf of the State Shipping Service and in force immediately before that date have effect as contracts, agreements and undertakings by and with the Commission and securities given to or by the Commission and may be enforced by and against the Commission accordingly;\n\n(f) all debts due and money payable by the Minister for State Shipping Services for and on behalf of the State Shipping Service and all claims, liquidated or unliquidated, recoverable against that Minister shall be debts due and moneys payable by and claims recoverable against the Commission;\n\n(g) any legal or other proceedings that might, but for this section, have been continued or commenced by or against that Minister under his corporate name may be continued or commenced by or against the Commission under its corporate name.\n\n##### 36. Construction of law and documents\n\nA reference —\n\n(a) in a law of the State; and\n\n(b) in any document,\n\nin force immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Act, to the Minister of the Crown charged with the administration of the State Shipping Service or the State Shipping Service shall be read, deemed and taken to refer to the Commission.\n\n## Part IV — Miscellaneous\n\n##### 37. Recovery of fares or charges\n\nIf on demand a person fails to pay the fares or charges due to the Commission in respect of a service rendered by the Commission, the Commission may, without prejudice to the right to sue for and recover any part of the fares or charges not recovered under this section, detain and sell all or any of the goods of the person that are in its possession, and out of the moneys arising from the sale, retain the fares or charges so payable, and all charges and expenses of the detention and sale, and shall render the surplus, if any, of the moneys arising by the sale, and such of the goods as remain unsold, to the person entitled to the surplus or to the goods, as the case may be.\n\n##### 38. By‑laws\n\nThe Commission may, with the approval of the Governor, make by‑laws not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters providing for or in relation to —\n\n(a) the operation of the shipping services and the conditions governing the performance of any service that the Commission may, under this Act, carry out or authorise; and\n\n(b) the protection and preservation of property of, or property in the custody or under the control of, the Commission; and\n\n(c) the maintenance of order in connection with the operation of the shipping services; and\n\n(d) the sale or other disposal of unclaimed goods in the possession of the Commission and the disposal of the proceeds of any such sale; and\n\n(e) the prohibition of interference with the shipping services or with property of the Commission or of interference with or obstruction of any officer or employee of the Commission; and\n\n(f) the limitation of the liability of, and the conditions governing the making of claims upon, the Commission in respect of damage to or loss of goods; and\n\n(g) the provision of penalties, not exceeding a fine of $1 000, for a breach of a by‑law.\n\n[Section 38 amended: No. 78 of 1995 s. 147.]\n\n##### 39. Regulations\n\nThe Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters that by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and in particular for prescribing penalties, not exceeding a fine of $1 000, for offences against the regulations.\n\n[Section 39 amended: No. 78 of 1995 s. 147.]\n\n![dline]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table. For provisions that have not yet come into operation see the uncommenced provisions table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | | **Number and year** | | **Assent** | | **Commencement** | |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965* | | 44 of 1965 | | 8 Nov 1965 | | 15 Nov 1965 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 12 Nov 1965 p. 3914) | |\n| *Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1985* s. 3 | | 98 of 1985 | | 4 Dec 1985 | | 1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 30 Jun 1986 p. 2255) | |\n| *Acts Amendment (Public Service) Act 1987* s. 32 | | 113 of 1987 | | 31 Dec 1987 | | 16 Mar 1988 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 16 Mar 1988 p. 813) | |\n| *Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993* s. 11 and 15 | | 6 of 1993 | | 27 Aug 1993 | | 1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2(1)) | |\n| *Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995* s. 147 | | 78 of 1995 | | 16 Jan 1996 | | 4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632) | |\n| *Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996*   s. 63 and 64 | | 49 of 1996 | | 25 Oct 1996 | | 25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1)) | |\n| *Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Amendment Act 1997* | | 35 of 1997 | | 19 Nov 1997 | | 19 Nov 1997 (see s. 3) | |\n| **Reprint of the *Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965* as at 8 Mar 2002** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | | | | |\n| *Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006* Pt. 13 Div. 3 | | 28 of 2006 | | 26 Jun 2006 | | 1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347) | |\n| *Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006* s. 4 and Sch. 1 cl. 180 | | 77 of 2006 | | 21 Dec 2006 | | 1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and *Gazette* 19 Jan 2007 p. 137) | |\n| *Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009* s. 134 | | 8 of 2009 | | 21 May 2009 | | 22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b)) |\n| *Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009* s. 90 | | 18 of 2009 | | 16 Sep 2009 | | 17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b)) | |\n| **Reprint 2: The *Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act 1965* as at 10 Aug 2012** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | | | | |\n\n\nUncommenced provisions table\n\nTo view the text of the uncommenced provisions see *Acts as passed* on the WA Legislation website.\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000* s. 71 | 43 of 2000 | 2 Nov 2000 | To be proclaimed (see s. 2(2)) |\n\n\nOther notes\n\n1 The *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938* was repealed by the *State Superannuation Act 2000* s. 39 but its provisions continue to apply to and in relation to certain schemes because of the *State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000* s. 26 and those provisions may be amended by regulations under subsection (3) of that section.\n\n2 Repealed by the *Industrial Arbitration Act 1979*, which is now called the *Industrial Relations Act 1979*.\n\n3 Under the *Public Sector Management Act 1994* s. 112(1), a reference to *the Public Service Act 1978* is to be read as a reference to the *Public Sector Management Act 1994*. The reference was changed under the *Reprints Act 1984* s. 7(3)(g).\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nChairman 4\n\nCommission 4\n\nCommissioner 4\n\nMinister for State Shipping Services 35\n\nState Shipping Service 4\n\nVice‑Chairman 4\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act continues to establish and empower a statutory Commission to operate coastal shipping services and to receive assets from the former State Shipping Service (ss.13, 35). Subsequent amendments mainly layered fiscal oversight, borrowing mechanics and reporting obligations (ss.26–31, s.5) and updated administrative and employment interactions with other statutes, without altering the Commission’s core operational remit."},"complexity_factors":["Governance and appointment machinery with ministerial directions and dismissal powers (ss.5–12).","Financial framework that combines parliamentary appropriations, commercial receipts, borrowing, Treasurer guarantees and sinking fund requirements (ss.25–29).","Interaction and compliance with broader financial oversight statutes—Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006—adding reporting and audit obligations (s.31).","Asset and contract transfer from the State Shipping Service with continuity of liabilities and proceedings (ss.35–36).","Delegation, contracting and operational discretion allowing outsourcing and agent arrangements (ss.15–16).","Employment and staffing rules including deemed transfers of existing staff, superannuation protections and public‑sector Senior Executive Service primacy (ss.21–24A).","Ministerial approval required for charging rates and limits on salary determinations, concentrating decision points in executive offices (s.20; s.22(2)).","By‑laws and regulations power with penalty-setting, which creates administrative compliance requirements for users and staff (ss.38–39)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act establishes the Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission to run coastal and related shipping services, transfers assets and contracts from the former State Shipping Service to the Commission, and sets governance, staffing, pricing approval, borrowing and financial‑reporting rules. It affects passengers, freight customers, Commission staff, the Minister and the Treasurer by specifying who sets fares (s.20), who can direct the Commission (s.5), how borrowing and guarantees operate (ss.26–27) and that financial oversight and reporting follow the Financial Management and Auditor‑General Acts (s.31)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of establishing and operating a coastal shipping commission. While it has been amended over time (particularly to update financial management references and remove obsolete provisions), it has not expanded significantly beyond its original scope of governing the WA Coastal Shipping Commission's establishment, functions, and operations."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward structure with only 4 Parts and clear Divisions","Only 6 defined terms in the interpretation section (s. 4)","Minimal cross-referencing to other Acts—primarily the Financial Management Act 2006, Auditor General Act 2006, and State Trading Concerns Act 1916","Some conditional logic around borrowing powers (ss. 26-27) requiring Treasurer/Governor approval","Transitional provisions (Part III) that automatically transfer assets and liabilities without requiring separate documentation","Standard corporate governance provisions (meetings, quorum, delegation) that follow typical statutory authority templates","Deleted sections and amendment history visible in the text, but these don't affect current operational complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act creates a government-owned company called the **Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission** to run coastal shipping services in Western Australia.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Establishes the Commission** as a legal body (a 'body corporate') that can own ships, property, and do business in its own name. It operates under the control of the Minister but has its own management structure.\n- **Sets up the board**: Three Commissioners are appointed by the Governor (including a Chairman and Vice-Chairman) for fixed terms. They can be dismissed for poor performance or misconduct, and must declare any conflicts of interest.\n- **Defines the job**: The Commission must continue the shipping services previously run by the State Shipping Service, and can start new services carrying passengers, goods, and mail between WA ports and elsewhere. However, it has no legal obligation to run any specific service.\n- **Gives it powers**: The Commission can buy, sell, lease, or charter ships and property; hire staff; borrow money (with government approval); set charges (subject to Ministerial approval); and make by-laws for running its services.\n- **Transfers the old business**: When the Act started, it dissolved the old State Shipping Service and automatically transferred all its assets, debts, contracts, and staff to the new Commission.\n- **Protects staff**: Employees of the old State Shipping Service moved over to the Commission keeping their existing pay, conditions, and superannuation rights.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Coastal communities and businesses relying on shipping services\n- Employees working on WA coastal ships\n- The State Government, which funds, oversees, and can direct the Commission\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis Act turned a direct government department (the State Shipping Service) into a more independent statutory authority, aiming to run coastal shipping more like a business while remaining government-owned. It ensures continuity of essential shipping services along the WA coast while allowing commercial flexibility."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess whether the scope changed from original intent — no legislative text was retrievable. The page hosting this Act has been removed or relocated following a website upgrade, and no substantive content was available for analysis."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was available for analysis — the source page returned a website error message only","Cannot assess complexity without access to the actual provisions of the Act","Score of 1 reflects absence of content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"Likely establishing and regulating a Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission, this 1965 Act would have set out the commission’s powers and duties over coastal shipping in WA. It affects government agencies, ship operators and coastal communities by defining who manages and oversees coastal transport and services. Its current unavailability suggests it may be repealed or obsolete, so checking the WA legislation site or PCO helpdesk is recommended."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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