Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

19 Penalty for not providing tide gauge, &c. U.K.

The undertakers shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds for every twenty-four hours during which the said self-registering tide gauge and barometer shall not be provided or maintained, or such account of the wind and weather shall not be kept as aforesaid; and they shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F1level 1 on the Standard Scale] for each month they shall neglect or refuse to send as aforesaid to the Secretary of the Admiralty a full and true account of the daily workings of the said tide gauge and barometer, and of the daily state of the wind and weather.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Functions of Admiralty under s. 19 now exercisable by Secretary of State: Harbours Transfer Act 1862 (c. 69), s. 5, Ministry of Transport Act 1919 (c. 50), s. 2(1), and S.I. 1970/1681, art. 2(1)