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Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847
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Lighthouses, beacons, and buoysU.K.
And with respect to buoys, lighthouses and beacons, be it enacted as follows:
77 Power to erect lighthouses and lay down buoys, with consent of Trinity House.U.K.
The undertakers shall lay down buoys for the guidance of vessels in such situations within the limits of the harbour dock, or pier and of such character, as shall from time to time be directed by the Corporation of Trinity House, Deptford Strond, the Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, or the Commissioners of the Northern Lights, respectively, according as the harbour, dock, or pier is situated in England, Ireland, or Scotland.
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C1S. 77 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (16.8.2012) by The Hinkley Point Harbour Empowerment Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1914), arts. 1(1), 3 (with arts. 34, 35, 37, 40)
78 Lights, beacons, or sea-marks not to be exhibited or altered without sanction of Trinity House U.K.
The undertakers shall not erect any lighthouse or beacon, or exhibit or allow to be exhibited any light, beacon, or sea-mark, without the sanction in writing of the said Corporation of Trinity House, of the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, or of the said Commissioners of Northern Lights, respectively, according as the harbour, dock, or pier is situated in England, Ireland, or Scotland, first having been obtained in that behalf; and if any such light, beacon, or sea-mark be exhibited with such sanction as aforesaid, the same shall not be afterwards altered without the like sanction; and every such light, beacon, and sea-mark shall be of such power and description, and shall be from time to time discontinued or altered, as the said Corporation or Commissioners respectively shall from time to time direct.
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C2S. 78 incorporated with Milford Haven Conservancy Act 1958 (c. 23), ibid., s. 8(2)
C3S. 78 incorporated (E.W.S.)(21. 1. 1991) by S.I. 1991/108, art. 10(2)(which is revoked (15. 11. 1991) by S.I. 1991/2609, art. 2(1)).
C4S. 78 incorporated (E.W.S.)(15. 11. 1991) by S.I. 1991/2609, art. 11(2).
C5S. 78 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (16.8.2012) by The Hinkley Point Harbour Empowerment Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1914), arts. 1(1), 3 (with arts. 34, 35, 37, 40)
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