The Lancaster Port Commission Harbour Revision Order 1994

Obstruction, etc. of moorings

13.—(1) Any person who in the port

(a)intentionally obstructs any person acting under the authority of the Commissioners in placing, laying down, maintaining or using any moorings;

(b)intentionally and without lawful authority or reasonable excuse pulls up or removes any moorings;

(c)other than in the case of an emergency, causes a vessel to be moored except at a mooring provided or licensed by the Commissioners under article 12 of this Order or with the consent of the harbour master; or

(d)without reasonable excuse places, lays down, maintains or uses any mooring which he knows is not so provided or licensed, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(2) If any person contravenes paragraph (1)(d) above, the Commissioners may remove the mooring in question and recover from him the expenses incurred in so doing.