The conservancy authority may require a person who incurs or is about to incur a charge to deposit with it, or to guarantee, such sum of money as is, in the opinion of the authority, reasonable having regard to the amount or probable amount of the charge.

Where such a person fails to deposit or guarantee the sum of money required the conservancy authority may detain in the estuary the vessel or goods in respect of which the charge has been or will be incurred, until the requirement has been complied with or the charge paid.