Clean Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Vessels N.I.

27.—(1) Article 3 shall apply in relation to vessels in waters to which this Article applies as it applies in relation to buildings, but as if—

(a) for the references to the occupier of the building there were substituted references to the owner of, and to the master or other officer or person in charge of, the vessel; and

(b) references to a furnace included references to an engine of the vessel.

(2) For the purposes of this Order a vessel in any waters to which this Article applies which are not within the district of any council shall be deemed to be within the district of the council whose district includes that point on land which is nearest to the spot where the vessel is.

(3) The waters to which this Article applies are—

(a) all waters not navigable by sea-going ships; and

(b) all waters navigable by sea-going ships which are—

(i) within the seaward limits of the territorial waters adjacent to Northern Ireland; and

(ii) are contained within any port, harbour, river, estuary, dock, canal or other place, or at any pier or jetty.

(4) Except as provided in this Article, nothing in this Order applies to smoke or grit and dust from any vessel.