42.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 33 (harbour, dock, and pier to be free to the public on payment of rates) of the 1847 Act or any other enactment, the Harbour Authority may set apart or appropriate any berths, land or facilities within the port premises for the exclusive, partial or preferential use and accommodation of any particular trade, person, activity, vessel or goods or any class of trades, persons, activities, vessels or goods, subject to the payment of such charges and subject to such terms, conditions and regulations as the Harbour Authority thinks fit.
(2) No person or vessel shall make use of any berth, land or facilities set apart or appropriated under this article without the consent of the Dockmaster or other duly authorised officer of the Harbour Authority and the Dockmaster or such officer may order any person or vessel making use of such a berth, land or facility without such consent to leave it.
(3) The provisions of section 58 (power of Harbour Master as to mooring of vessels in harbour) of the 1847 Act as incorporated in this Order by article 3 (incorporation of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847) shall extend and apply to any such vessel.