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The Littlehampton Harbour Revision Order 2015

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Information for the purpose of landing charges

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13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), the Board may request the owner or master of a vessel to provide details in writing of—

(a)the number of persons embarking on or disembarking from that vessel within the harbour; or

(b)the weight, quantity, volume and composition of cargo being loaded onto or unloaded from that vessel within the harbour,

to determine whether any published landing fees or other charges are payable.

(2) A request under paragraph (1) may apply to a single vessel movement or (in the case of a vessel which habitually uses the harbour) to every occasion upon which the vessel arrives at or departs from the harbour.

(3) An owner or master of a vessel receiving a request under paragraph (1) must provide the details in writing within such period (not less than 24 hours) after the arrival or departure of the vessel as specified by the Board.

(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to non-commercial vessels occupying moorings within the harbour under licences granted by the Board, or to vessels paying visiting berthing rates to the Board.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4) a non-commercial vessel is a vessel used for sport or recreation other than a vessel which is carrying, or is available to carry, members of the general public for hire or reward.

(6) A person who without reasonable excuse—

(a)fails to comply with a request under paragraph (1) in accordance with paragraph (3); or

(b)in response to such a request provides information which he knows to be false, or recklessly provides information which is false in a material particular,

is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

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