Hazardous port activity direction
88N Hazardous port activity direction
If a port safety officer for the port of Melbourne is satisfied that a hazardous port activity is being carried out or is proposed to be carried out in port of Melbourne waters or on port of Melbourne land, the officer may give a direction in writing to the person who is carrying out or who proposes to carry out the activity.
A direction under subsection (1) may—
direct a person who is carrying out an activity to cease carrying out the activity; or
direct a person within a specified area of the port to leave the area; or
direct a person in the port to leave the port.
A port safety officer for the port of Melbourne may, if it is reasonable to do so, give an oral direction about any matter on which a direction may be given under subsection (1) to any person who is carrying out or who proposes to carry out a hazardous port activity.
S. 88O inserted by No. 93/2009 s. 12.
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