Every Port Council holds elections every three years for the elected members of the Council. 2) (a) When a vacancy as aforesaid occurs in the position of an elected member who was a representative on the Port Council of a part of the Port Management District corresponding to the area or a department or departments of the area of a local government, Then the members of the Local Authority, or members of the Local Authority representing in the Local Authority the Department or Divisions, as the case may be, at a special meeting called for this purpose (or at a specified adjournment of such meeting is held) within fourteen days from the day fixed for the holding of that special meeting), elect a qualified person to conduct a. member of the Port Council in his place. A member appointed pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be deemed to represent the relevant part of the relevant Port Authority District.
A port board may with the approval of the Governor in Council-. a) establish and maintain any scheme or schemes;. For the purposes of this paragraph (a) an officer or employee shall be treated as indirectly having a pecuniary interest in a contract or proposed contract if he would have been so treated under paragraphs (b) or (c) of subsection seven of section forty-two of this Act if he was a member of the Harbor Board. A lease or license granted by the Ports Corporation in terms of this section must be in writing under the seal of the Corporation.
An application submitted to the Minister on the basis of this paragraph shall be submitted within thirty days after the refusal of the Port Authority has been communicated to the applicant. Monies paid to the Port Fund of a Port Council under paragraph (iii) are the property of the Council. Monies paid to the Port Fund of a Port Council in accordance with subparagraph (iii) shall be the property of the Council.
A copy of the notice published in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (ii) shall be posted for the information of the public in a conspicuous place in a public office of the Department of Ports and Maritime Affairs in Brisbane approved for that purpose generally or in a particular case by the Director and, if as appropriate, in the office of the Harbor Master from the date on which the notice is first published in the Gazette until the date specified in the notice under sub-paragraph (b) of para. graph (ii). iv). Every charter of the Harbors Corporation, when approved by the Governor in Council, shall-. me). The by-law is considered repealed on the date of publication of the World Order that repeals it in the Gazette.
PART VI--FINANCE
The articles of association are deemed to be repealed from the date of publication in Lovtidende of the notice of their repeal. a) The port fund must consist of the money that originates from the following sources-. Any security must either be held by the Harbor Board or in the Harbor Board's account by the Reserve Bank of Australia. A curator can be appointed for the harbor board's income either generally or with regard to specified income.
A receiver, whether appointed by the Treasury or the Court, shall have power to collect all revenue payable to the Port Board which he is authorized to collect and for the purposes of this section shall be deemed to be a receiver to be the Board and may exercise all the powers of the Board. The fee payable by the Port Board in respect of the audit shall be fixed by the Auditor General. A copy of this report and recommendations (if any) will be provided to the Chairman of the Board.
Each Port Authority will at all times display at its office the complete details of the provisional port dues owed to it. The following persons are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the port dues due for each vessel under this law: i) The owner of the vessel;. ii) The agent of the owner of the vessel; iii). Any person entitled to possession of the goods, either as owner or as representative of the owner.
If within three months (or if any goods are of a perishable nature, if within twenty-four hours) of the payment of the port charges by the owner, the owner's agent or the master of the vessel, the amount so paid has not been paid or reimbursed by the owner, agent or the master, as the case may be, then the port may sell all or any of the goods detained under paragraph (b) of this subsection. Board of Directors and the proceeds of the sale are used-. 34; "Port charges" shall not include charges for the use of tugboats of the Port Authority or for labor or materials provided by the Port Authority. 3) (a) The Minister may fix a date before which the Port Authority shall determine and the Sugar Board shall complete the preparations prescribed in this section.
The other amount which may, having regard to the recommendation of the Sugar Board in this behalf, is approved by the Minister. For purposes of implementing the provisions, except sections one hundred seventy-two and one hundred seventy-three of this part, in relation to the provision of. A contract entered into on behalf of the Harbors Corporation, if not made under the corporate seal, may be entered into by the Minister or the Director.
Land granted, granted or under the management and control of the Harbors Corporation shall be used for the purposes of the corporation under this Act. Moneys standing to the credit of the Fund and not for the time being required for the purposes of this Act may be invested by the Treasury in such investments and upon such terms and conditions as the Treasury and the Harbors Corporation may agree.
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HARBOURS ACT 1955-1980
