PART IIHARBOURS VESTED IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES

13Application of provisions of Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act.

(1)

The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 M1 (except sections 6 to 13, 16 to 19, 21, 31, 49, 50 and 83 to 90) shall, except in so far as the Ministry may by order direct, apply to a harbour vested in a local harbour authority as if—

(a)

the harbour had been constructed in pursuance of an Act which incorporated that Act;

(b)

this Act were the special Act for the purposes of that Act;

(c)

the authority were the undertakers for those purposes.

(2)

Any reference to a vessel in the said Act of 1847 as applied by subsection (1) shall be deemed to include a sea-going hovercraft and in section 28 of that Act as so applied shall include a floating dock and a vessel of exceptional construction or method of propulsion.

(3)

Where—

(a)

a wreck is sold in pursuance of section 56 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, as applied by subsection (1); and

(b)

the amount realised by the sale is insufficient to meet any expenses incurred by a local harbour authority in removing the wreck;

the authority may recover the amount of the deficiency from the person who was the owner of the vessel at the time when it was wrecked.