The Ventnor Harbour Revision Order 1994

Byelaws as to harbour

29.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order the Council may make, in relation to the harbour, byelaws for all or any of the following purposes—

(a) for regulating the exercise of the powers vested in the harbour master;

(b) for preventing damage or injury to any vessel, goods, vehicle, plant, machinery, property or persons within the harbour;

(c) for regulating the conduct of all persons in the harbour, not being members of a police force or officers or servants of the Crown whilst in the exercise of their duties;

(d) for regulating the placing and maintenance of moorings in the harbour;

(e) for preventing and removing obstructions or impediments within the harbour;

(f) for preventing nuisances in the harbour;

(g) for regulating the launching of vessels within the harbour;

(h) for regulating or preventing the use in the harbour or on board any vessel therein of fires, lights or any other equipment, tools or appliances which the Council consider involve a risk of fire;

(i) for prohibiting the use of or regulating the movement, speed and parking of vehicles within the harbour;

(j) for requiring the use of effectual silencers on vessels and the control of noise generally in the harbour;

(k) for regulating vessels in the harbour and their entry into and departure from the harbour and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for prescribing rules for regulating the speed and manner of navigation and the lights and signals to be exhibited or made by, or for the benefit of, vessels using, navigating or mooring within the harbour;

(l) for prescribing the lights and signals to be exhibited or made—

(i) by vessels aground within the harbour;

(ii) by devices used for marking obstructions within the harbour;

(iii) at the entrance to any pier or other work for assisting navigation or mooring within the harbour;

(m) for—

(i) regulating fishing for marine creatures of any type and by whatever means from any pier, jetty, wharf, or other installation or structure of any kind within the harbour;

(ii) regulating or preventing bathing, and for securing the protection of bathers, within the harbour;

(iii) regulating or preventing the use by vehicles of the foreshore within the harbour;

(n) for preventing the disposal of any waste matter except at places or in a manner prescribed by the Council.

(2) In this article “signals” includes sound signals and different byelaws may be made under this article in relation to different classes of vessels and vehicles.

(3) Byelaws made under this article may provide for the imposition on any person offending against any byelaw of a fine on summary conviction not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.