Provision against danger to navigation
17.—(1) In case of injury to or destruction or decay of a tidal work or any part thereof, the Council shall as soon as is reasonably practicable notify the Trinity House and shall lay down such buoys, exhibit such lights and take such other steps for preventing danger to navigation as the Trinity House shall from time to time direct.
(2) If the Council fail to notify the Trinity House as required by paragraph (1) above, or to comply in any respect with a direction given under the said paragraph they shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to a fine; but it shall be a defence for the Council to prove that all due diligence was exercised to avoid the commission of the offence.