Merchant Shipping Act 1995

2 (1) The proposals submitted by each general lighthouse authority shall—

(a) specify the lighthouses, buoys and beacons which the authority consider are required by paragraph 1 above to be covered by the proposals;

(b) specify in relation to each lighthouse, buoy or beacon specified in the proposals the harbour authority who are the appropriate harbour authority in relation to it; and

(c) specify in relation to each harbour authority so specified any property of the general lighthouse authority which has been used up to the date of the proposals exclusively in connection with the exercise by that authority of their functions in relation to lighthouses, buoys or beacons so specified which are situated in that harbour authority’s area or on land adjacent to that area or any part of it.

(2) The proposals may specify in relation to any harbour authority so specified any property of the general lighthouse authority—

(a) which has been used up to the date of the proposals substantially but not exclusively as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c) above; and

(b) which the general lighthouse authority consider it would be appropriate to transfer to that harbour authority.