The Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 2020

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Revocation of the Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 1999

4. 3. Interpretation

5. 4. Description of limits

6. 5. Permission

7. 6. Regulations and Rules

8. 7. Schedule 2 contains rules for the purposes set out in...

9. 8. Local harbour authorities

10. 9. Penalties

11. Signature

12. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       1. PART 1 Regulations of general application

          1. 1. Interpretation

          2. 2. General power of direction

          3. 3. Control of movements within the dockyard port

          4. 4. Prohibited areas

          5. 5. Pilotage

          6. 6. Speed limits

          7. 7. Vessels to be navigated with care and caution

          8. 8. Conduct within the dockyard port

          9. 9. Wrecks and submerged objects

          10. 10. Fishing

          11. 11. Swimming and diving

          12. 12. Parascending and similar activities

          13. 13. Guns and explosives

          14. 14. Dumping of rubbish, etc

          15. 15. Reserved areas

          16. 16. Vessels at anchor

          17. 17. Placement of moorings and licences to operate moorings

          18. 18. The Queen’s Harbour Master may— (a) grant a licence to...

          19. 19. Restrictions on placing moorings

          20. 20. Vessels hooking moorings, cables or pipes

          21. 21. A person must not anchor a vessel on the line...

          22. 22. Restrictions on mooring or anchoring vessels

          23. 23. Anchorage in Plymouth Sound

          24. 24. Anchorage and mooring of vessels carrying explosives

          25. 25. Anchorage and mooring of vessels carrying dangerous goods

          26. 26. Anchoring in emergencies

          27. 27. Navigational marks, etc

          28. 28. Dredging

          29. 29. Vessels grounded, on fire or which have been in a collision in the dockyard port

          30. 30. Landing on Plymouth Breakwater

          31. 31. Low visibility

          32. 32. Radio telephone communication

       2. PART 2 Regulations applicable to vessels of 20 metres or more in length

          1. 33. General

          2. 34. Notification of arrival of inbound vessels

          3. 35. Notification of the manoeuvre of vessels in the dockyard port

          4. 36. Notification of the departure of vessels from the dockyard port

          5. 37. Anchoring within the dockyard port

          6. 38. Towing of vessels or other objects

          7. 39. For the purposes of paragraph 38, a vessel shall be...

          8. 40. Vessels with mechanical or structural defects

          9. 41. Bridge manning and the use of automatic pilot steering devices

          10. 42. Compass adjustment

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Rules as to lights, prevention of collision etc.

       1. PART 1 Interpretation

          1. 1. Interpretation

       2. PART 2 General rules

          1. 2. Submarines secured to a buoy

          2. 3. Blue flashing lights

          3. 4. Chain link ferries

          4. 5. Vessel passing within the narrow channels of the dockyard port

       3. PART 3 Exclusion zones

          1. 6. Power to create exclusion zones

          2. 7. Shapes and lights marking an exclusion zone

          3. 8. Effect of an exclusion zone

13. Explanatory Note