Harbours Act 1964

2 Where a harbour reorganisation scheme is submitted to the Minister he shall take it into consideration and, if he decides that it should proceed.—

(a) he shall publish by Gazette and local advertisement and by such (if any) other means as he thinks fit a notice stating that the scheme has been submitted to him, containing a concise summary of it and, if it provides for transferring interests in land, a general description of the land interests in which are to be transferred, naming a place where a copy of the scheme and (if copies of a map or maps were deposited with it) a copy of that map or, as the case may be, copies of those maps may be seen at all reasonable hours and stating that any person who desires to make to him objection to the scheme should do so in writing (stating the grounds of his objection) before the expiration of the period of forty-two days from the date (specifying it) of the first local advertisement; and

(b) if provision is included in the scheme for transferring interests in land, he shall, in the case of each parcel of land interests in which are to be transferred, serve on the owner of each interest to be transferred a notice stating that the scheme has been submitted to the Minister and includes provision transferring the interest in that parcel (describing it) of the person served, naming a place where a copy of the scheme and a copy (on the like scale) of the map deposited therewith on which the boundaries of that parcel are delineated may be seen at all reasonable hours, and stating that, if the person served desires to make to the Minister objection to the scheme so far as regards the inclusion therein of provision transferring his interest in that parcel, he should do so in writing (stating the grounds of his objection) before the expiration of the period of forty-two days from the date on which the notice is served on him; and

(c) if the scheme is submitted by the Council, he shall serve on each of the harbour authorities who between them are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing the several harbours comprised in the group, and, if a local lighthouse authority who are not a harbour authority are affected by the scheme, on that authority, a copy of the scheme, together (if copies of a map or maps were deposited with it) with a copy of that map, or copies of those maps, and, in any event, with a notice stating that the scheme has been submitted to the Minister and that, if the authority served desire to make to the Minister objection to the scheme, they should do so in writing (stating the grounds of their objection) before the expiration of the period of forty-two days from the date on which the notice is served on them ; but

(d) if the scheme is submitted otherwise than by the Council, he shall on each (if any there be) of the harbour authorities who between them are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing the several harbours comprised in the group and are not parties to the submission of the scheme, and, if such a local lighthouse authority as aforesaid are affected by the scheme, on them, contemporaneously serve the like documents as would be required to be served in compliance with sub-paragraph (c) above had the scheme been submitted by the Council.