14Byelaws.N.I.
(1)A local harbour authority may make byelaws for all or any of the following purposes:—
(a)for regulating the use of the harbour;
(b)for regulating the conduct of persons;
(c)for regulating the exercise of the powers vested in the harbour master;
(d)for regulating the movement of vessels;
(e)for controlling vehicles;
(f)for preventing the obstruction of, or injury to, the harbour;
(g)for regulating the shipping and unshipping, landing, warehousing, stowing, depositing and removing of all goods within the harbour;
(h)for regulating, with the consent of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, the hours during which the gates, entrances or outlets to the harbour will be open;
(i)for regulating the functions of any person, not being an officer of customs and excise, employed (whether by the authority or any other person) in the harbour;
(j)for regulating the use of fires and lights;
(k)for preventing damage or injury to any vessel or goods;
(l)for regulating the use of cranes and other equipment belonging to the authority.
(2)Sections 219 to 223 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 [1878 c.52] shall apply to any byelaws made under subsection (1) as they apply to any byelaws made under that Act, subject to the following modifications:—
(a)for any reference to a sanitary authority or to the clerk of such an authority there shall be substituted a reference to a local harbour authority or to the clerk of or secretary to such an authority;
(b)for any reference to the Ministry of Health and Social Services there shall be substituted a reference to the Ministry of Commerce;
(c)for any reference to a ratepayer of a district to which byelaws relate there shall be substituted a reference to any person;
(d)for the reference in section 220 to five pounds there shall be substituted a reference to fifty pounds.