The Portland Harbour Revision Order 1997

PART IV: GOODS AND ROAD TRAFFIC

Requirements as to handling and movement of goods in the harbour

28.—(1) The owner of any goods loaded or discharged at the harbour shall ensure that the goods are removed therefrom as soon as practicable and in any case within 48 hours unless the Company otherwise agree.

(2) The owner of any goods shall comply with such directions as the Company may from time to time give for regulating the time, place and manner of discharging, loading or otherwise bringing into or removing those goods from the harbour premises.

Precaution against goods, etc., falling into harbour waters or the Company’s premises

29.  The master of a vessel and a person undertaking the loading of cargo into, or the discharging of cargo from, a vessel shall use or cause to be used such methods as the harbour master may direct for preventing any cargo, dunnage, ballast or other materials from falling or escaping into the waters of the harbour or onto the harbour premises.

Obstruction or interference at harbour premises

30.  No person shall—

(a) except with the permission of the Company, deposit or place on any part of the harbour premises any goods or park any vehicle so as to obstruct any road, building, mooring place, plant, machinery or apparatus or the access thereto; or

(b) without lawful authority, use, work, move or tamper with any plant, machinery, equipment or apparatus at the harbour premises.

Safe driving of vehicles

31.  No person shall drive or otherwise operate a vehicle in the harbour premises without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the harbour premises.

Speed limit for vehicles

32.  No person shall allow a vehicle to proceed anywhere in the harbour premises at a speed greater than 10 miles per hour or at such other speed applicable to all or part of the harbour premises as may be specified by the Company in a notice conspicuously posted in or close to the place to which the limit relates.

Supervision of vehicles

33.  A person having charge of a vehicle in the harbour premises shall at all times comply with any directions of the Company with respect to the loading, discharging, manoeuvring and removal thereof and shall not, without the permission of the Company—

(a) leave the vehicle unattended anywhere within the harbour premises; or

(b) take it into any shed or working area.

Loads not to leak, spill or drop

34.—(1) The owner, driver or other person having charge of a vehicle in the harbour premises shall not knowingly permit any substance to leak, spill or drop from the vehicle.

(2) This paragraph shall not apply to any spillage from a vehicle in which fish are being transported in bulk where that spillage could not have been reasonably prevented.

Loads to be secured

35.  The owner, driver or other person having charge of a vehicle in the harbour premises shall ensure that any load carried thereon or therein is adequately supported and secured where appropriate and that it complies with all such statutory restrictions on the weight of goods to be so carried as are applicable on public roads.

Refuelling etc. of vehicles

36.  No person shall within the harbour premises charge any vehicle with, or empty it of, fuel except with the permission of the Company or at a place designated by the Company for that purpose.

Driving on weighbridges

37.  No person shall drive or otherwise operate a vehicle across any weighbridge within the harbour premises except for the purpose of weighing the vehicle.

Accidents to be reported

38.  Any person driving or otherwise operating a vehicle involved in an accident in the harbour premises whereby any injury is caused to any person or any damage is caused to any property, shall stop the vehicle and report the accident to the Company and shall give his name and address to the Company.