The Wells Harbour Revision Order 1994

Harbour master’s powers

6.—(1) Section 52 of the Act of 1847 as incorporated with this Order, in its application to the harbour master —

(a) shall extend to empower the harbour master to give directions prohibiting the mooring of any vessel in any particular part or parts of the harbour;

(b) shall not be construed so as to require the harbour master in an emergency to give particular directions in the case of every vessel in respect of which it is desired to exercise any of the powers of that section; but in pursuance of the section for all or any of the purposes thereof the harbour master shall be entitled in an emergency to give general directions applicable to all vessels or to particular classes of vessels.

(2) Section 53 of the Act of 1847, as incorporated with this Order, shall not be construed so as to require the harbour master to serve a notice in writing of his directions upon the master of a vessel and such directions may be given orally or otherwise communicated to the master on any occasion when it is not reasonably practicable for a written notice to be served on the master.