LIGHTHOUSES.

No. 9 of 1957.

An Act to amend the Lighthouses Act 1911–1955.

[Assented to 24th April, 1957.]

[Date of commencement, 22nd May, 1957.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’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 1957.

(2.) The Lighthouses Act 1911–1955 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 1911–1957.

Application to Territories.

2. Section four of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “and the Territory of New Guinea” and inserting in their stead the words “, the Territory of New Guinea and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands”.

Power to erect or alter lighthouses, &c.

3. Section seven of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (c), after the word “lighthouse”, the words “the property of the Commonwealth”.

Injuring lighthouses, &c.

4. Section nineteen of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1.), after the words “marine mark”, the words “the property of the Commonwealth”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (d) of sub-section (1.), after the words “marine mark”, the words “the property of the Commonwealth”; and

(c) by inserting in sub-section (3.), after the words “marine mark”, the words “the property of the Commonwealth”.

Damage to be made good.

5. Section nineteen a of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the words “marine mark” (first occurring) the words “the property of the Commonwealth”.

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 Section nineteen b of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Notice of damage to be given.

“19b.—(1.) A person who, or the master of a ship which, damages a lighthouse or marine mark the property of the Commonwealth 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;

(b) where the damage occurs in the Northern Territory—to the Deputy Director of Lighthouses and Navigation in the State of Western Australia or to a specified officer;

(c) where the damage occurs in the Jervis Bay Territory—to the Deputy Director of Lighthouses and Navigation in the State of New South Wales or to a specified officer;

(d) where the damage occurs in the Territory of Papua or the Territory of New Guinea—to the Deputy Director of Lighthouses and Navigation in the State of Queensland or to a specified officer; or

(e) where the damage occurs in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands—to the Deputy Director of Lighthouses and Navigation in the State of Western Australia or to a specified officer.

Penalty: One hundred pounds.

“(2.) A reference in paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the last preceding sub-section to a specified officer shall be read as a reference to an officer declared by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to be a specified officer for the purposes of the paragraph.”.