Medway Ports Authority Act 1973

Schedule 1 Description of the Medway approach area

An area bounded by an imaginary line drawn straight from the London Stone on the east side of Yantlet Creek on a bearing 86 degrees reckoned clockwise from the true north point of the compass until Warden Point in the Isle of Sheppey bears 166 degrees reckoned as aforesaid, thence on a bearing 166 degrees reckoned as aforesaid to the level of high water on the Kent bank of the river Thames, thence in a north-westerly direction along the level of high water to Garrison Point, thence straight across the river Medway on a bearing 305 degrees reckoned as aforesaid to Dolly Bank, and thence in a north-westerly direction along the level of high water to the London Stone hereinbefore described.

Schedule 2 Provisions applied to dock roads

Part I Provisions in respect of which certain officers of the Authority do not have the powers of a constable

Sections of Road Traffic Act, 1972—

Section 1 (Causing death by reckless or dangerous driving);

Section 2 (Reckless, and dangerous, driving generally);

Section 3 (Careless, and inconsiderate, driving);

Section 4 (Driving under age);

Section 5 (Driving, or being in charge, when under influence of drink or drugs);

Section 6 (Driving, or being in charge, with blood-alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit);

Section 8 (Breath tests);

Section 17 (Reckless, and dangerous, cycling);

Section 18 (Careless, and inconsiderate, cycling);

Section 19 (Cycling when under influence of drink or drugs);

Section 21 (Restriction on carriage of persons on bicycles);

Section 24 (Leaving vehicles in dangerous positions);

Section 25 (Duty to stop, and furnish particulars, in case of accident);

Section 29 (Penalisation of tampering with motor vehicles);

Section 30 (Penalisation of holding or getting on to vehicle in order to be towed or carried);

Section 84 (Drivers of motor vehicles to have driving licences);

Section 99 (Offence of obtaining licence, or driving, while disqualified);

Section 143 (Users of motor vehicles to be insured or secured against third-party....);

Section 161 (Power of constables to require production of driving licences and in certain cases statement of date of birth);

Section 162 (Power of constables to obtain names and addresses of drivers, and others, and to require production of evidence of insurance or security and test certificates);

Section 166 (Duty of driver, in case of accident involving injury to another, to produce evidence of insurance or security or to report accident). Sections of Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1967—

Section 54 (Traffic signs);

Section 55 (Powers and duties of highway authorities as to placing of traffic signs);

Section 61 (Removal of traffic signs, etc.).

Part II Provisions in respect of which certain officers of the Authority have the powers of a constable

Sections of Road Traffic Act, 1972—

Section 22 (Drivers to comply with traffic directions);

Section 159 (Power of police to stop vehicles). Section of Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967—

Section 58 (Emergency traffic signs).

Schedule 3 Repeals

Enactment	Section or Article	Marginal note	Extent of repeal
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Medway Lower Navigation Act, 1802	4	Proprietors, with Consent of the Justices in Quarter Sessions, may alter or rebuild Aylesford Bridge; but they are to provide a Ferry while the Passage over the Bridge is obstructed	The whole section.
	5	For making a Collateral Cut	The whole section.
	7	Materials not to be got from Lands on the East Side of the River below Aylesford Bridge	The words "or to dig, take, or carry away any Clay Gravel, or other Materials ".
	73	Reserving certain Rights of the Company of Proprietors, etc.	The whole section.
Medway Lower Navigation Act, 1824	60	Saving Rights of Commissioners of Sewers	The whole section.
	64	Reserving certain Rights of the Medway Navigation Company	The whole section.
An Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of Queen Victoria intituled " An Act for improving the Navigation of Faversham Creek in the County of Kent"			The whole Act so far as it is not already repealed.
An Act passed in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of Queen Victoria intituled "An Act to Extend the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled 'An Act for improving the Navigation of Faversham Creek, in the County of Kent' "			The whole Act so far as it is not already repealed.
The Queenborough Harbour Act, 1876	—	—	The whole Act so far as it is not already repealed.
The Maidstone Bridge Act, 1877	18	Provision for increasing depth of water in the Medway with certain consents	The whole section.
The Medway Conservancy Act, 1881	—	—	The whole Act, except sections 4, 86 and 136.
The Milton Creek Conservancy Act, 1899			The whole Act, except the definition of " Milton Creek "insection 3 and sections 109 and 110.
The Upper Medway Navigation and Conservancy Act, 1911	47	For the protection of the Admiralty	The whole section.
The Faversham Navigation Act, J 951	—	—	The whole Act so far as it is not already repealed.
The Pier and Harbour Order (Sheerness) Confirmation Act, 1958			The whole Act so far as it is not already repealed.
The Medway Conservancy Act, 1963	—	—	The whole Act so far as it is not already repealed.
The Port of London Act, 1968	211	Amendment of Medway Conservancy Act, 1963	The whole section.
The Medway Ports Reorganisation Scheme, 1968	3	Interpretation	In paragraph (1), the definitions of " charges ", " dues ", " duties of customs or excise ", the harbour master ", " hovercraft", " level of high water ", " the Medway approach area ", " owner ", " port facilities " and " statutory securities ".
	4	Incorporation of enactments	Sub-paragraph (iv) of the proviso to paragraph (l) and paragraph (2).
	5	Incorporation of Medway Ports Authority	In paragraph (1), the words from " for " to the end of the paragraph.
	9	Transfer of powers and duties	The whole article.
	10	Transfer of property, rights and liabilities of Commissioners	The whole article.
	11	Transfer of Company's undertaking	The whole article.
	12	Transfer of property, rights and liabilities of Medway Conservators	The whole article.
	13	Transfer of property, rights and liabilities of Milton Conservators	The whole article.
	14	Transfer of property, rights and liabilities of Queenborough-in-Sheppey Corporation	The whole article.
	15	Service contracts not to be transferred	The whole article.
	17	Consideration for transfer of Company's navigation	The whole article.
	18	Repayment of loan charges to Queenborough-in-Sheppey Corporation	The whole article.
	19	Payments by Authority to Queenborough-in-Sheppey Corporation	The whole article.
	20	Payment of interest	The whole article.
	21	Recovery and apportionment of debts of Queenborough-in Sheppey Corporation	The whole article.
	22	Carrying on of undertakings of transferring authorities	The whole article.
	24	Terminal audit of accounts	The whole article.
	25	Dissolution of Commissioners and Conservators	The whole article.
	26	Compensation to directors of Company	The whole article.
	27	Payment of dividends and interest by Company	The whole article.
	28	Winding up of Company	The whole article.
	29	Receipt for payments to Company	The whole article.
	35	General duties of Authority	Paragraph (1) and, in paragraph (2), the words " under this article ".
	36	Jurisdiction of Authority	The whole article.
	37	Harbour master's powers	The whole article.
	38	Power to appropriate lands and works for particular trades etc.	The whole article.
	39	Power to lease etc.	The whole article.
	40	Use of warehouses as bonded warehouses	The whole article.
	41	Authority may issue certificates of deposited goods	The whole article.
	42	Liability for safety of goods	The whole article.
	43	Power to remove goods	The whole article
	44	Power to give directions as to loading or unloading of certain goods	The whole article
	45	Obstruction of harbour master and others	The whole article
	46	Power to dredge	The whole article
	47	Powers with respect to disposal of wrecks	The whole article
	48	Protection of Crown interests in wrecks	The whole article.
	49	Authority may contract for police	The whole article.
	50	Powers of interrogation, removal and search	The whole article.
	51	As to buoys in the Swale	The whole article.
	52	Charges on certain floating articles	The whole article.
	53	Charges for services and facilities	The whole article.
	54	Conditions relating to payment of charges	The whole article.
	55	As to payment of charges	The whole article.
	56	Penalty for evading payment of charges	The whole article.
	57	Claims for repayment of charges	The whole article.
	58	Payment of charges on warehoused goods	The whole article.
	59	Deposit for charges	The whole article.
	60	Recovery of charges	The whole article.
	61	Borrowing powers	The whole article.
	62	Temporary borrowing	The whole article.
	63	Saving for powers of Treasury	The whole article.
	64	Power to charge interest to capital	The whole article.
	65	Reserve fund	The whole article.
	66	General insurance fund	The whole article.
	68	Gratuities etc.	The whole article.
	69	Accounts and audit	The whole article.
	72	General byelaws	The whole article.
	73	Byelaws as to lights and signalis etc.	The whole article.
	74	Byelaws relating to certain dangerous goods	The whole article.
	75	Confirmation of byelaws and fines thereunder	The whole article.
	77	Removal of vehicles	The whole article.
	78	Crown rights	The whole article.
	79	Crown right of access	The whole article.
	80	Saving for Trinity House	The whole article.
	81	Repeal, amendment and application of enactments	Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) and, in paragraph (4), the words "(not being an enactment specified in Schedule 2 to this Scheme)".
	86	Adjustment of property, rights and liabilities	The whole article.
	87	Saving for labour scheme	The whole article.
	88	Saving for Queenborough Fishery	The whole article.
	89	For protection of Kent River Authority	The whole article.
	90	For protection of South Eastern Gas Board	The whole article.
	91 Schedule 2	Costs of Scheme	The whole article. The whole schedule.
The Medway Ports (Borrowing Powers) Revision Order, 1972			The whole order.