Western Australian Legislation
Western Australia Warehousemen's Liens Act 1952 Western Australia Warehousemen's Liens Act 1952 Contents 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Term used: warehouseman 1 4. Declaration of warehouseman's lien 1 5. Charges covered by lien 2 6. Warehouseman to give notice of lien to people with interest in goods 2 7. Power to sell goods 3 8. Satisfying lien before sale, consequences of 5 9. Notices, giving of etc. 6 10. Disposition of proceeds of sale 7 11. Application of Act 8 12. Regulations 9 14. Certain liens, rights etc. not to be affected by Act 10 Notes Compilation table 11 Defined terms Western Australia Warehousemen's Liens Act 1952 An Act to amend the law relating to the warehousing of goods.
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Warehousemen's Liens Act 1952 1.
2. Commencement This Act shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation 1.
3. Term used: warehouseman In this Act, unless inconsistent with the context or subject matter — warehouseman means a person lawfully engaged in the business of storing goods as a bailee for hire or reward.
4. Declaration of warehouseman's lien (1) Subject to the provisions of section 6, a warehouseman shall have a lien on goods deposited with him for storage in priority to all other claims on the goods. (2) In accordance with the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Commonwealth) section 73(2)(a), it is declared that section 73(2) of that Act applies to a lien arising under subsection (1). [Section 4 amended: No. 42 of 2011 s. 27.]
5. Charges covered by lien The lien shall be for the amount of the warehouseman's charges, namely — (a) lawful charges for storage and preservation of the goods; and (b) lawful claims for insurance, transportation, labour, weighing, packing, coopering, and other expenses in relation to the goods; and (c) reasonable charges for a notice required to be given by this Act, and for notice and advertisement of sale, and for sale of the goods where default is made in satisfying the warehouseman's lien.
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