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(1)Section one . . . F1 of this Act shall apply in relation to vessels in waters to which this section applies as they apply in relation to buildings, but as if for the references to the occupier of the building there were substituted references to the owner of, and to the master or other officer or person in charge of, the vessel and as if references to a furnace included references to an engine of the vessel.
(2)For the purposes of this Act a vessel in any waters to which this section applies which are not within the district of any local authority shall be deemed to be within the district of the local authority whose district includes that point on land which is nearest to the spot where the vessel is.
(3)The waters to which this section applies are—
(a)all waters not navigable by sea-going ships; and
(b)all waters navigable by sea-going ships which are within the seaward limits of the territorial waters of the United Kingdom and are contained within any port, harbour, river, estuary, haven, dock, canal or other place so long as a person or body of persons is empowered by or under any Act to make charges in respect of vessels entering it or using facilities therein.
In this subsection “charges” means any charges with the exception of light dues, local light dues and any other charges payable in respect of lighthouses, buoys or beacons and of charges in respect of pilotage.
(4)Save as provided in this section, nothing in this Act applies to smoke, grit or dust from any vessel.
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F1Words repealed by Clean Air Act 1968 (c. 62), Sch. 2
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C1Power to apply s. 20(4) with modifications conferred by Clean Air Act 1968 (c. 62), s. 7(1)(a); amended by ibid., Sch. 1 para. 1
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