Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

185 Pleasure boats bye laws. E+W

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any of the following authorities, namely

(i) a district council;

(ii) a London borough council;

(iii) the Common Council of the City of London,

may make byelaws—

(a) for regulating the numbering and maning of pleasure boats and vessels which are let for hire to the public and the mooring places for such boats and vessels; and

(b) for fixing the qualifications of the boatmen or other persons in charge of such boats or vessels; and

(c) for securing their good and orderly conduct while in charge.

(2) No authority mentioned in subsection (1) above shall have power to make byelaws under that subsection in relation to pleasure boats or vessels operating—

(a) on any water owned by the British Waterways Board;

(b) on any inland waters, as defined in section 135(1) of the M1 Water Resources Act 1963, in respect of which [F1 the National Rivers Authority] may make byelaws under section 79 of that Act;

(c) subject to subsection (3) below, on any canal or other inland navigation which a navigation authority, as defined in section 135(1) of the Water Resources Act 1963, are required or empowered to manage or maintain under any enactment; or

(d) on any harbour maintained or managed by a harbour authority, as defined in section 57(1) of the M2 Harbours Act 1964.

(3) Subsection (2)(c) above does not preclude a local authority making byelaws under subsection (1) above in relation to pleasure oats or vessela operating on any canal or inland navigation which they themselves are required or empowered to manage or maintain.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 61(5), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58

Marginal Citations

M1 1963 c. 38 (130).

M2 1964 c. 40 (58).