18.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in this or any other statutory provision of local application, CMAL may from time to time set apart or appropriate any part of the harbour, or any lands, works, buildings, machinery, equipment or other property of CMAL in the harbour, for the exclusive, partial or preferential use or accommodation for any particular trade, activity, person, vessel or class of vessels or goods, subject to the payment of such reasonable charges (other than ship, passenger and goods dues) and to such terms and conditions as CMAL thinks fit.
(2) No person or vessel shall, otherwise than in accordance with the setting apart or appropriation, make use of any part of the harbour, or any lands, works, buildings, machinery, equipment or other property, so set apart or appropriated without the consent of the harbour master or other duly authorised officer of CMAL.
(3) The harbour master or, as the case may be, any such authorised officer may order any person or vessel contravening paragraph (2) to leave or be removed from the site of the contravention.
(4) Section 58 of the 1847 Act shall extend and apply with appropriate modifications to any vessel moored or otherwise positioned in contravention of paragraph (2) above.
(5) In exercising its powers to appropriate or set apart any part of the harbour under paragraph (1), CMAL shall have regard to the facilitation of—
(a)the public right of navigation in the harbour, and
(b)any public rights of way affecting the harbour,
such that CMAL shall not restrict such rights more than is necessary for the purpose for which the part of the harbour is appropriated or set apart.