LIGHTHOUSES.

No. 36 of 1949.

An Act to amend the Lighthouses Act 1911–1942.

[Assented to 13th July, 1949.]

[Date of commencement, 10th August, 1949.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)  This Act may be cited as the Lighthouses Act 1949.

(2.)  The Lighthouses Act 1911–1942 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)  The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Lighthouses Act 1911–1949.

2.  After section three of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Application to Territories of Papua and New Guinea.

“4.—(1.) This Act, other than sections thirteen to eighteen (inclusive), shall extend to the Territory of Papua and the Territory of New Guinea.

“(2.)  Any reference in this Act to a lighthouse or marine mark the property of the Commonwealth shall be read as including a reference to a lighthouse or marine mark in the Territory of Papua or in the Territory of New Guinea which is the property of the Crown or of the Administration of that Territory.”.

Telegraphs to lighthouses.

3.  Section nine of the Principal Act is repealed.

4.  Section nineteen b of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Notice of damage to be given.

“19b. A person who, or the master of a ship which, damages any lighthouse or marine mark shall, as soon as practicable having regard to the means of communication available to him, report the damage—

(a) where the damage occurs in a State—to the Deputy Director of Lighthouses and Navigation in the State; or

(b) where the damage occurs in the Territory of Papua or in the Territory of New Guinea—to the Deputy Director of Lighthouses and Navigation in the State of Queensland or to such other officer as the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, specifies for the purpose.

Penalty: One hundred pounds.”.