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(1)The Secretary of State may give directions to any one or more harbour authorities requiring them—
(a)to not do anything they would otherwise be under a duty to do by reason of this Act, or
(b)to comply with any of their duties under this Act in a particular way.
(2)Directions under this section may be varied or revoked.
(3)The Secretary of State must publish any directions under this section in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
(4)A harbour authority which fails to comply with a direction given to it under this section or section 10(9) or (11) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction—
(a)in England and Wales, to a fine, or
(b)in Scotland and Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(1)A power to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument.
(2)Regulations under this Act may make—
(a)different provision for different cases, including for different descriptions of—
(i)service to which this Act applies, or
(ii)non-qualifying seafarers;
(b)provision conferring a discretion on any person;
(c)consequential, supplementary, incidental or transitional provision.
(3)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act, other than regulations under section 1(3), is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(4)The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing regulations under section 1(3) unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(5)This section does not apply in relation to regulations under section 20.
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