Transfers between general and local lighthouse authoritiesU.K.
202 General transfer of local lighthouses from general lighthouse authorities to harbour authorities.U.K.
Schedule 9 (which requires general lighthouse authorities to transfer certain local lighthouses held by them to harbour authorities) shall have effect.
203 Individual transfers of local lighthouses to harbour authorities.U.K.
A general lighthouse authority may, at any time, with the consent of the Secretary of State, transfer to a harbour authority any lighthouse, buoy or beacon held by the general lighthouse authority which—
(a)is situated in the area of that harbour authority or on land adjacent to that area or any part of it; and
(b)appears to the general lighthouse authority to be of benefit solely or mainly to ships within, or entering or leaving, that harbour authority’s area.
204 Surrender of local lighthouses.U.K.
(1)A local lighthouse authority may, if they think fit, surrender or sell any lighthouse, buoy or beacon held by them to the general lighthouse authority within whose area it is situated, and that general lighthouse may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, accept or purchase it.
(2)The Secretary of State shall not give his consent for the purposes of subsection (1) above in any case where the local lighthouse authority concerned are a harbour authority unless he considers that the maintenance of the lighthouse, buoy or beacon in question is in the interests of general navigation.