PART IVMISCELLANEOUS

Obstruction of officers22

Any person who

a

intentionally obstructs an officer of the Commissioners acting in pursuance of the Lancaster Port Commission Harbour Revision Orders 1967 to 1994; or

b

without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement properly made by such an officer; or

c

without reasonable excuse fails to give such an officer any other assistance or information which he may reasonably require for the purpose of the performance of his functions; or

d

makes to such an officer a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes to such an officer a statement which is false in a material particular; shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Crown rights23

1

Nothing in this Order affects prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown and, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, nothing in this Order shall authorise any person to take, use, enter upon or in any manner interfere with, any land or hereditaments (including any portion of the shore or bed of the sea or of any river, channel, creek bay or estuary), or any rights of whatsoever description

a

belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her Crown and under the management of the Crown Estate Commissioners, without the consent in writing of those Commissioners;

b

belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her Duchy of Lancaster, without the consent in writing of the Chancellor for the time being of the said Duchy; or

c

belonging to a government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department, without the consent in writing of that department.

2

Consent under paragraph (1) above may be given unconditionally or subject to such conditions and upon such terms as shall be considered necessary or appropriate.

For protection of National Rivers Authority24

Nothing in this Order or in any enactment incorporated with or applied by this Order shall prejudice or affect the application of any byelaws made under the Land Drainage Act 1991 or relieve any person of the obligation to obtain any other licence or consent from the National Rivers Authority required under any enactment.