http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/1/section/13Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970An Act to make further provision with respect to harbours.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-12-13Expert Participation2024-12-01 PART II131The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 (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—athe harbour had been constructed in pursuance of an Act which incorporated that Act;bthis Act were the special Act for the purposes of that Act;cthe authority were the undertakers for those purposes.2Any 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.3Where—aa wreck is sold in pursuance of section 56 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, as applied by subsection (1); andbthe 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.1847 c. 27