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The Cornwall Harbours Harbour Revision Order 2023

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Incorporation of provisions of Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

  3. PART 2 HARBOURS JURISDICTION, GENERAL FUNCTIONS, ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF BOARD AND ADVISORY BODIES

    1. 4.Harbours Jurisdiction

    2. 5.General functions

    3. 6.Establishment of a Board

    4. 7.Composition of the Board

    5. 8.Non-voting Co-opted members

    6. 9.Terms of office for Board members

    7. 10.Casual vacancies

    8. 11.Disqualification or removal of Board members

    9. 12.Meetings of the Board

    10. 13.Advisory bodies

  4. PART 3 FINANCIAL

    1. 14.Application of finances

    2. 15.Port of Truro Reserve Fund

    3. 16.Port of Penryn Reserve Fund

    4. 17.General reserve fund

    5. 18.Borrowing

  5. PART 4 HARBOURS REGULATION

    1. 19.Aids to navigation

    2. 20.Repair of landing places, etc.

    3. 21.Restriction of works and dredging

    4. 22.Control of certain operations and works of statutory undertakers

    5. 23.Licensing of works

    6. 24.Licence to dredge

    7. 25.Appeals in respect of works or dredging licence

    8. 26.Obstruction of works

    9. 27.Parking places and related facilities

    10. 28.Removal of vehicles and vessels

    11. 29.Power to make byelaws

    12. 30.Confirmation of byelaws

    13. 31.Power to make general directions as to use of the harbours, etc.

    14. 32.Procedure for giving, amending or revoking general directions

    15. 33.Publication of general directions

    16. 34.Special directions

    17. 35.Failure to comply with directions

    18. 36.Enforcement of special directions

    19. 37.Master’s responsibility in relation to directions

    20. 38.Saving for existing directions, byelaws etc.

  6. PART 5 CHARGES

    1. 39.Charges other than ship, passenger and goods dues

    2. 40.Charges for services or facilities

    3. 41.Setting of charges

    4. 42.Payment of charges

    5. 43.Compounding arrangements and rebates

    6. 44.Deposit for charges

    7. 45.Liens for charges

    8. 46.Refusal to pay charges for landing place etc.

    9. 47.Exemptions from harbour dues

    10. 48.Recovery of charges

    11. 49.Harbour master may prevent sailing of vessels

  7. PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

    1. 50.Power to dredge

    2. 51.Power to lay moorings

    3. 52.Power to licence moorings

    4. 53.Offences as to moorings

    5. 54.Development of land etc.

    6. 55.Powers to grant tenancies and dispose of land

    7. 56.Power to appropriate lands and works for particular uses, etc.

    8. 57.Other commercial activities

    9. 58.Power to delegate functions

    10. 59.Bunkering

    11. 60.Power with respect to disposal of wrecks

    12. 61.Power to deal with unserviceable vessels

    13. 62.Removal of obstructions other than vessels

    14. 63.Boarding of vessels or vehicles

    15. 64.Notices

    16. 65.Saving for Trinity House

    17. 66.Crown Rights

    18. 67.Amendment of Act and Orders

    19. 68.Revocation / Repeal

  8. Signature

  9. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      LIMITS OF THE HARBOURS

      1. 1.Bude Harbour

      2. 2.Newquay Harbour

      3. 3.Port of Penryn

      4. 4.Penzance Harbour

      5. 5.Prince of Wales Pier

      6. 6.St Ives Harbour

      7. 7.Port of Truro

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      PROVISIONS APPLYING TO THE BOARD

      1. 1.Meetings of the Board

      2. 2.Chair and vice-chair of Board

      3. 3.Vacation of office by a member of the Board

      4. 4.Reappointment of chair

      5. 5.Proceedings of meeting of the Board

      6. 6.Validity of acts of the Board

      7. 7.Remuneration of members of the Board

      8. 8.Role of the Board

      9. 9.No substantial amendment to the responsibilities of the Board under...

      10. 10.General

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      PURPOSES FOR WHICH BYELAWS MAY BE MADE

      1. 1.Regulating the use of pontoons, stagings, quays, jetties, piers, walkways,...

      2. 2.Regulating the shipping and unshipping, landing, warehousing, stowing, depositing and...

      3. 3.Preventing damage or injury to any vessel, goods, vehicle, plant,...

      4. 4.Regulating, preventing or licencing the conduct of all persons in...

      5. 5.Regulating the placing, laying down, maintenance, removal and use of...

      6. 6.Preventing or removing obstructions (including vessels and vehicles) or impediments...

      7. 7.Regulating the launching and recovery of vessels in the harbours....

      8. 8.Regulating or prohibiting the mooring, careening, beaching or anchoring and...

      9. 9.Regulating or prohibiting the use in the harbours or onboard...

      10. 10.Regulating the removal of rubbish (including ballast, earth or clay...

      11. 11.The prevention of the disposal of such rubbish and sewerage...

      12. 12.Prohibiting the use of or regulating the use, movement, speed,...

      13. 13.Requiring the use of effectual silencers or other similar apparatus...

      14. 14.Regulating vessels in the harbours and their entry into and...

      15. 15.Regulating the embarkation of persons on to, or their disembarkation...

      16. 16.Regulating the holding of regattas and other public events in...

      17. 17.Prescribing the lights and signals to be exhibited or made—...

      18. 18.Assisting the navigation of vessels within the harbours, at the...

      19. 19.Preventing nuisances in the harbours.

      20. 20.Prohibiting or regulating the discharge by land or sea of...

      21. 21.Regulating or prohibiting fishing for marine creatures of any type...

      22. 22.Regulating or prohibiting aquaplaning, water skiing or diving or other...

      23. 23.Regulating or prohibiting bathing, and for securing the protection of...

      24. 24.Regulating or prohibiting the use of vehicles on the foreshore...

      25. 25.Regulating the use of ferries within the harbours and the...

      26. 26.Regulating the exercise of powers vested in the harbour master....

      27. 27.Regulating vessels, vehicles and persons embarking or disembarking vessels, frequenting...

      28. 28.The purposes specified in section 83 of the Act of...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      REVOCATION / REPEAL

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      ACTS AND ORDERS

      1. 1.Saint Ives Harbour Order 1886 (articles 21 and 22).

      2. 2.Truro Harbour Order 1903 (article 10(1)).

      3. 3.Falmouth Piers Order 1952 (articles 8 and 9).

      4. 4.The St. Ives Harbour Revision Order 1993 (articles 2, 5,...

      5. 5.Penzance Albert Pier Extension Act 1990 (sections 2, 3, 5...

      6. 6.Penzance South Pier Extension Act 1990 (sections 2, 3, 5...

      7. 7.The Penzance Harbour Revision Order 2009 (articles 2, 5, 6,...

  10. Explanatory Note

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