The Cornwall Harbours Harbour Revision Order 2023

Power to lay moorings

51.—(1) The Council may provide, place, lay down, maintain, retain, renew, use, have and remove such moorings within the harbours—

(a) on land owned or leased by it; and

(b) with the consent in writing of the owner and lessee thereof, on any other land in the harbours,

as it considers necessary or desirable for the convenience of vessels.

(2) The Council may demand, receive and recover in respect of any vessel using any of the moorings provided under this article or moored to land owned or leased by the Council such reasonable charges as the Council may from time to time prescribe.

(3) The Council may compound with any person with respect to the payment of the charges prescribed under paragraph (2).

(4) The Council may give notice in writing to the person having the control of any vessel using any mooring in the harbours at the date this Order comes into force requiring that person within 28 days to remove the mooring so as to enable the Council to provide moorings in accordance with paragraph (1).

(5) The Council must offer to make available to the person having the control of the vessel referred to in the notice a mooring provided by it under paragraph (1) as soon as such mooring has been laid down.

(6) If any person fails to comply with a notice given by the Council under this paragraph, the Council may at any time after the expiration of 28 days from the date of the giving of the notice remove the mooring referred to in that notice.