PART 3Harbour regulations
General directions to vessels12
1
The Council may, after consultation with the UK Chamber of Shipping, the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, the Royal Yachting Association Scotland, Clydeport and such other persons as the Council considers are representative of users of the harbour and in order to promote or secure conditions conducive to the ease, convenience or safety of navigation or the safety of persons, give general directions for any of the following purposes—
a
for designating areas, routes or channels in the harbour which vessels are to use or refrain from using, for movement or mooring,
b
for securing that vessels move only at certain times, at certain speeds or during certain periods, or
c
for requiring the master of any vessel to give to the harbour master information relating to the vessel reasonably required by the harbour master for the purposes of this paragraph.
2
Directions given under paragraph (1) may apply—
a
to all vessels or to a class of vessel designated, or the designations of which is provided for, in that direction,
b
to the whole of the harbour or to a designated area, or the designation of which is provided for in the direction, and
c
at all times or at times designated, or the designation of which is provide for, in the direction
and every direction given under this article shall specify the extent of its application in relation to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c).
3
The Council may, after consultation with the UK Chamber of Shipping, the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, the Royal Yachting Association Scotland, Clydeport and such other persons as the Council considers are representative of users of the harbour, revoke or amend any general direction.