No vessel which shall be laid by or neglected as unfit for sea service shall be permitted to lie within the limits of the harbour, dock, or pier, but the harbour master may cause every such vessel to be, at the expence of the owner thereof, removed from the harbour, dock, or pier, and laid on any part of the strand or sea shore, or other place where the same may, without injury to any person, be placed and the charges of removing or placing such vessel may be recovered from the owner of such vessel by summary complaint, in England or Ireland before any justice of the peace, and in Scotland before the sheriff and in case of refusal or neglect of payment of such charges for the space of seven days after having been awarded by such justice or sheriff, the harbour master may levy such charges by distress and sale or and sale of such vessel, or of the tackle, apparel, or furniture thereof, or any part thereof, and the justice or sheriff shall issue his warrant accordingly.Ĭ38 S. 21, 53(3), 55, 57) 57 Unserviceable vessels to be altogether removed from harbour. 56 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) () by The Caledonian Maritime Assets (Brodick) Harbour Revision Order 2015 (S.S.I. Provided always, that nothing in this or the special Act contained shall authorize the harbour master to do or cause to be done any act in any way repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulation of the Commissioners of her Majesty’s.
The harbour master may give directions for all or any of the following purposes (that is to say,)įor regulating the time at which and the manner in which any vessel shall enter into, go out of, or lie in or at the harbour, dock, or pier, and within the prescribed limits, if any, and its position, mooring or unmooring, placing and removing, whilst therein:įor regulating the position in which any vessel shall take in or discharge its cargo or any part thereof, or shall take in or land its passengers, or shall take in or deliver ballast within or on the harbour, dock, or pier:įor regulating the manner in which any vessel entering the harbour or dock or coming to the pier shall be dismantled, as well for the safety of such vessel as for preventing injury to other vessels, and to the harbour, dock, or pier, and the moorings thereof:įor removing unserviceable vessels and other obstructions from the harbour, dock, or pier, and keeping the same clear:įor regulating the quantity of ballast or dead weight in the hold which each vessel in or at the harbour, dock, or pier shall have during the delivery of her cargo, or after having discharged the same: 36, 37) 52 Powers of harbour, dock, or pier master. 51 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) () by The Eyemouth Harbour Revision Order 2021 (S.S.I.