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The Newhaven Harbour Revision Order 2016

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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2016-10-11

HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES

This Order-defines the limits of Newhaven Harbour (article 3);in Part 2 confers on Newhaven Port and Properties Limited (“the Company”) and the harbour master (defined in article 2) powers of direction for the regulation and management of the harbour (articles 4 to 10) and on the Company powers to make or revoke byelaws (articles 11 and 12);in Part 3 provides for the licensing of commercial workboat services;in Part 4-specifies the general functions of the Company in respect of the harbour (defined in article 2) (article 18);incorporates certain provisions of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 (1947 c.27) (article 19);confers borrowing powers on the Company (article 20 and 22);enables the Company to charge interest to capital in certain circumstances (article 21);enables the Company to grant tenancies and dispose of land and other property for the purpose of or in connection with the management of the harbour undertaking or if it is not required for the purposes of the harbour undertaking (defined in article 2) (article 23);enables the Company to carry out certain commercial activities (article 24);confers on the Company powers in respect of harbour services and facilities (article 25)establishes the conditions for a duly authorised officer of the Company to board a vessel (defined in article 2) for certain purposes (article 26);empowers the Company to require information in writing from the owner or master of a vessel embarking or disembarking passengers, or loading or unloading cargo, within the harbour for the purposes of determining whether landing charges are payable and creates an offence of failing to provide such information or knowingly or recklessly providing false information, the penalty for which on summary conviction is a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (article 27);creates an offence of intentionally obstructing or threatening, or without reasonable excuse failing to give certain information to, an officer of the Company, or of knowingly or recklessly giving false information to such an officer, for which the penalty on summary conviction of any such offence is a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (article 28).