assets means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description (including money), and includes securities, choses in action and documents.
(a) any MSB subsidiary ports authority (being the MSB Hunter Ports Authority, the MSB Illawarra Ports Authority or the MSB Sydney Ports Authority, constituted under Part 3 of the Marine Administration Act 1989), or
navigable waters means all waters (whether or not in the State) that are from time to time capable of navigation and are open to or used by the public for navigation, whether on payment of a fee or otherwise, but does not include flood waters that have temporarily flowed over the established bank of a watercourse.
navigation aid means any device used for the safety of navigation (such as a beacon, buoy or marine mark), but does not include a device on board a vessel.
operating licence of the Port Corporation means an operating licence issued to the Port Corporation by the Minister under Division 3 of Part 2.
owner of a vessel or cargo—see section 48.
pilot of a vessel means the person who has the conduct of the vessel but who does not belong to the vessel.
port includes any of following waters (or any part of those waters)—
(a) any harbour or haven, whether natural or artificial,
(b) any estuary, channel, river, creek or roadstead,
(c) any navigable water in which vessels may lie for shelter or for the transfer of cargo or passengers.
Port Authority of New South Wales means the corporation established under section 6.
port charge means a charge imposed under Part 5.
Port Corporation means the Port Authority of New South Wales.
port operator—
(a) of a private port means the person declared to be the port operator of the private port by the Minister by order in writing, or
(b) of any other port means the port corporation that manages and operates the port facilities and services of the port concerned.
port operator direction—see section 37(1).
port-related supply chain means land-based services and facilities provided or operated in connection with cargo transport, handling and storage operations (and the co-ordination of those operations) at a port or supply chain facility, or between a port and a supply chain facility.
private port—means the ports of Botany Bay, Newcastle and Port Kembla.
recreational vessel means a vessel other than a commercial vessel.
regulated Australian vessel has the same meaning as in the Navigation Act 2012 of the Commonwealth.
rights means all rights, powers, privileges and immunities (whether present or future or whether vested or contingent).
safety direction—see section 43E(2).
subsidiary, in relation to the Port Corporation, means a body corporate that would be a subsidiary (as determined by the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth) of the Port Corporation if the Port Corporation were a company.
supply chain facility means a public-access facility provided for the storage, handling and distribution of cargo in connection with its transport to or from a port, including facilities for the storage and handling of empty cargo containers and facilities for the staging and exchange of cargo between different modes of transport (such as an intermodal terminal).