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Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

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LXXXIIIByelaws may be made for all or any of the Purposes herein named.

The Undertakers may from Time to Time make such Byelaws as they shall think fit for all or any of the following Purposes ; (that is to say,)

  • For regulating the Use of the Harbour, Dock, or Pier :

  • For regulating the Exercise of the several Powers vested in the Harbour-master :

  • For regulating the Admission of Vessels into or near the Harbour, Dock, or Pier and their removal out of and from the same, and for the good Order and Government of such Vessels whilst within the Harbour or Dock, or at or near the Pier :

  • For regulating the shipping and unshipping, landing, warehousing, stowing, depositing, and removing of all Goods within the Limits of the Harbour, Dock, or Pier, and the Premises of the Undertakers :

  • For regulating (with the Consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs) the Hours during which the Gates or Entrances or Outlets to the Harbour, Dock, or Pier shall be open :

  • For regulating the Duties and Conduct of all Persons, as well the Servants of the Undertakers as others, not being Officers of Customs or Excise, who shall be employed in the Harbour, Dock, or Pier, and the Premises of the Undertakers :

  • For regulating the Use of Fires and Lights within the Harbour, Dock, or Pier, and the Premises belonging thereto, and within any Vessel being within the Harbour or Dock, or at or near the Pier, or within the prescribed Limits (if any) :

  • For preventing Damage or Injury to any Vessel or Goods within the Harbour or Dock, or at or near the Pier, or on the Premises of the Undertakers :

  • For regulating the Use of the Cranes, Weighing Machines, Weights, and Measures belonging to the Undertakers, and the Duties and Conduct of all Weighers and Meters employed by them :

  • For regulating the Duties and Conduct of the Porters and Carriers employed on the Premises of the Undertakers, and fixing the Rates to be paid to them for carrying any Goods, Articles, or Things from or to the same :

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