Ports Authority Act 1998. Country/Territory Samoa Document type Legislation Date 1998 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Consolidated Acts of Samoa 2014. Long titleAn Act to establish the Ports Authority of Samoa. Subject Fisheries, Sea, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Harbour Navigation Institution Hazardous substances Transport/storage Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Act establishes the Samoa Ports Authority as a body corporate. The functions of the Authority shall be: (a) the maintenance of adequate and efficient port services, facilities and security in ports and approaches; (b) the regulation of navigation and maintenance of navigation aids within ports and approaches; (c) the promotion of this use, improvement and development of ports; and (e) the co-ordination of all activities of or within ports and approaches, and other functions set out in section 8. The Authority shall control the movement, loading, discharging, handling and storage of dangerous goods within a port or its approaches and in particular and without limiting the generality of the foregoing may declare any goods to be dangerous goods and carry out other actions in respect of dangerous goods as set out in section 51. Full text English Website www.paclii.org References - Legislation Amended by Ports Authority Amendment Act 2002 (No. 3 of 2002). Legislation | Samoa | 2002 Keyword: Marine pollution, Harbour, Polluter pays principle Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ports Authority Amendment Act 1998 (No. 35 of 1998). Legislation | Samoa | 1998 Keyword: Harbour, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ports Authority (Amendment) Act No. 6 of 2022. Legislation | Samoa | 2022 Keyword: Business/industry/corporations, Governance, Harbour, Institution, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX