Removal of vessels from Govan Basin4.(1)

Before exercising the power conferred on it by Article 3 (closure of Govan Basin) of this Order to close Govan Basin the Company shall–

(a)

publish a notice of its intention to do so in Lloyd’s List and once in each of two successive weeks in a local newspaper published or circulating in Glasgow with an interval between the dates of publication of not less than six clear days;

(b)

display notice thereof in a conspicuous position in the port; and

(c)

give notice thereof in writing to the Scottish Ministers.

(2)

Each of the notices shall:–

(a)

state that the Company intends to close Govan Basin to vessels; and

(b)

specify a date, which shall be a date not earlier than one month after the date of the latest of the three publications, by which all vessels must be removed from Govan Basin.

(3)

If the master of any vessel within Govan Basin does not remove the same before the date specified in accordance with paragraph 2(b) above, the harbourmaster may cause that vessel to be removed from and moored or laid in any other place where it may without injury be moored or laid.

(4)

The Company may recover as a debt from the owner of any vessel removed as aforesaid all expenses incurred by it in respect of its removal.

(5)

The powers conferred on the Company and the harbourmaster by this Article shall be in addition to and without prejudice to the powers as to the removal of vessels conferred upon them by sections 64 and 65 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

1847 c. 27.