31.—(1) If a vehicle is left without permission of the Commissioners—
(a)in any place where it is likely to obstruct or interfere with the use of the harbour;
(b)in any part of the car park or harbour premises where the parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign displayed by the Commissioners; or
(c)in a parking place provided by the Commissioners within the car park or harbour premises, for a longer period than 24 hours or such other period as may be specified in a sign displayed by the Commissioners;
the Commissioners may, at the risk of the owner, remove the vehicle or cause it to be removed.
(2) Any sign erected under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) must be conspicuously displayed at or close to the place to which it relates.
(3) Where the Commissioners in exercise of the powers of this article remove a vehicle or cause it to be removed the Commissioners must as soon as practicable inform the police.
(4) The expenses of and incidental to the removal and retention of a vehicle under this article are recoverable from any person responsible.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4) “person responsible” (“person sy'n gyfrifol”) means—
(a)the owner of the vehicle at the time when it was put in the place from which it was removed under paragraph (1), unless the owner shows that he or she was not concerned in, and did not know of, its being put there;
(b)any person by whom the vehicle was put in that place; or
(c)any person convicted of an offence under section 2 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978(1) in consequence of the putting of the vehicle in that place.
(6) If the Commissioners in exercise of the powers of this article remove a vehicle to a place not readily visible from the place from which it was removed they must, if and as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so, send to the person for the time being registered as the owner of the vehicle at the owner’s last known address, registered address or the address where the vehicle is ordinarily kept, notice that the Commissioners have exercised the powers of this article and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed.
(7) A sign stating the general effect of paragraph (1) must be displayed in a prominent position at each place where a road accessible to vehicles enters any part of the harbour premises.