Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

LVII Unserviceable Vessles to be altogether removed from Harbour.

No Vessel which shall be laid by or neglected as unfit for Sea Service shall be permitted to lie within the Limits of the Harbour, Dock, or Pier, but the Harbour-master may cause every such Vessel to be, at the Expense of the Owner thereof, removed from the Harbour, Dock, or Pier, and laid on any Part of the Strand or Sea Shore, or other Place where the same may, without Injury to any Person, be placed; and the Charges of removing or placing such Vessel may be recovered from the Owner of such Vessel by summary Complaint, in England or Ireland, before any Justice of the Peace, and in Scotland before the Sheriff; and in case of Refusal or Neglect of Payment of such Charges for the Space of Seven Days after having been awarded by such Justice or Sheriff, the Harbour-master may levy such Charges by Distress and Sale or Poinding and Sale of such Vessel, or of the Tackle, Apparel, or Furniture thereof, or any Part thereof, and the Justice or Sheriff shall issue his Warrant accordingly.