Harbours Act 1964

• Citation: 1964 c. 40
• Sections: 142

Section 11 Loans for execution of harbour works, &c.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Minister, with the approval of the Treasury . . . may, out of moneys which, by virtue of the following provisions of this Act, are issued to him for the purpose out of the National Loans Fund, give to a harbour authority assistance by way of loan—

(a) in respect of expenses incurred by them—

(i) in executing, at a harbour which in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties they are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing, works for the improvement, maintenance or management of the harbour;

(ii) in acquiring plant or equipment required for the carrying out at the harbour of harbour operations;

(iii) in acquiring land required for the purposes of the harbour or an extension thereof;

(b) to enable them to repay the whole or part of the principal of, or to pay the whole or part of a sum due by way of the payment of interest on, a loan made to them by virtue of the foregoing paragraph,

provided that, in the case of assistance in respect of expenses incurred, he is satisfied that the expenses are such as ought properly to be regarded as being of a capital nature.

(2) Assistance given under the foregoing subsection in respect of expenses incurred in the execution of any works may include a sum in respect of costs in, or in connection with, the preparation of plans and specifications of the works, reports with respect thereto and estimates of the expenses to be incurred for the purposes of the execution thereof and a sum in respect of the remuneration of any architect, engineer or other person employed in an advisory or supervisory capacity in connection with the execution of the works.

(3) No assistance shall be given under subsection (1) of this section for the repayment of any such part of the principal of a loan as falls due for repayment more than five years from the date on which the loan was made or for the payment of interest on a loan for any period beginning more than five years from that date.

(4) No assistance shall at any time be given under subsection (1) of this section by the Minister to a harbour authority in respect of expenses incurred by them in relation to a harbour or to enable them to repay the principal of, or to pay interest on, a loan unless at that time the harbour is neither a fishery harbour nor a marine work.

Section 13 Maximum amount of loans and grants under sections 11 and 12, and cesser of certain other powers to give financial assistance.

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(2) No advance shall be made after the passing of this Act under section 17(1) of the Ministry of Transport Act 1919 by the Minister for the construction, improvement or maintenance of a harbour, dock or pier, and no advance or loan shall be made—

(a) under section 3 of the Harbours and Passing Tolls, &c. Act 1861 ... by the Treasury for carrying any shipping purpose into effect at a harbour which is not for the time being a fishery harbour or marine work;

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Section 14 Ministers’ powers, on application of harbour authorities, or others, to make orders for securing harbour efficiency, &c.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section and to the following provisions of this Act, there may, in relation to a harbour which is being improved, maintained or managed by a harbour authority in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, be made by the appropriate Minister an order (in this Act referred to as a “harbour revision order”) for achieving all or any of the objects specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.

(1A) Subsection (1) is subject to—

(a) section 33(2) of the Planning Act 2008 (exclusion of powers to authorise development);

(b) section 120(9) of that Act (exclusion of power to include ancillary provision in orders).

(c) section 20(2) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (exclusion of powers to authorise development to the extent that infrastructure consent is required);

(d) section 63(8) of that Act (exclusion of power to include ancillary provision in orders).

(2) Subject to the next following section, a harbour revision order shall not be made in relation to a harbour by the appropriate Minister—

(a) except upon written application in that behalf made to him by the authority engaged in improving, maintaining or managing it or by a person appearing to him to have a substantial interest or body representative of persons appearing to him to have such an interest; and

(b) unless the appropriate Minister is satisfied that the making of the order is desirable in the interests of securing the improvement, maintenance or management of the harbour in an efficient and economical manner or of facilitating the efficient and economic transport of goods or passengers by sea or in the interests of the recreational use of sea-going ships .

(2A) The objects for achieving all or any of which a harbour revision order may be made in relation to a harbour include repealing superseded, obsolete or otherwise unnecessary statutory provisions of local application affecting the harbour, or consolidating any statutory provisions of local application affecting the harbour; and subsection (2)(b) of this section does not apply to an order in so far as it is made for objects mentioned in this subsection.

(2B) Nothing in subsection (2)(b) of this section shall prevent the making of an order for facilitating—

(a) the closing of part of the harbour,

(b) a reduction in the facilities available in the harbour, or

(c) the disposal of property not required for the purposes of the harbour,

if the appropriate Minister is satisfied that the making of the order is desirable on grounds other than those specified in that subsection.

(3) A harbour revision order may include all such provisions as appear to the appropriate Minister to be requisite or expedient for rendering of full effect any other provision of the order and any supplementary, consequential or incidental provisions appearing to him to be requisite or expedient for the purposes of , or in connection with, the order, including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words, penal provisions and provisions incorporating, with or without modifications, any provision of the Lands Clauses Acts or any other enactment and provisions for excluding or modifying any provision of any Act or of any instrument made under any Act (including this Act) and for repealing any statutory provision of local application affecting the harbour to which the order relates; but no penal provision of a harbour revision order shall be so framed as to permit of a person’s being punished otherwise than on his conviction or as to permit—

(a) on his being summarily convicted, of the infliction on him of a penalty other than a fine or of —

(i) in the case of an offence triable either summarily or on indictment, the infliction on him of a fine exceeding the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 32 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 or section 289B of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975;

(ii) in the case of an offence triable only summarily, the infliction on him of a fine exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or, in the case of a continuing offence, a daily fine exceeding £50 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction;

(b) on his being convicted on indictment, of the infliction on him of a penalty other than a fine .

(4) In the case of a harbour revision order that provides for the establishment of a body as the harbour authority for the harbour to which the order relates in lieu of the existing one, references in paragraphs 2 to 17 of Schedule 2 to this Act to the authority (except in the case of the reference in paragraph 3 the references, other than the second, in paragraph 5 and the second reference in paragraph 11) shall be construed as referring to the body established by the order as the harbour authority, and in the said excepted case shall be construed as referring to the existing one.

(4A) Where two or more harbours are being improved, maintained or managed by the same harbour authority or by harbour authorities which are members of the same group, a harbour revision order may relate to more than one of the harbours; and for this purpose two authorities are members of the same group if one is a subsidiary (within the meaning of the Companies Acts (see section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006) ) of the other or both are subsidiaries of another company (within the meaning of that section ).

(5) Where a harbour revision order includes provision for the compulsory acquisition of land, there must, in the case of each parcel of land proposed to be acquired compulsorily, be annexed to the order a map of a scale not less than 1:2500 on which the boundaries of that parcel are plainly delineated.

(5A) Where a harbour revision order includes provision for extinguishing or diverting a public right of way over a footpath or bridleway , bridleway or restricted byway , there must be annexed to the order a map of a scale not less than 1:2500 on which the path or way concerned, and in the case of a diversion the new path or way, are plainly delineated.

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(7) In this section and in Schedule 2 to this Act “the appropriate Minister”, in the case of an order to be made in relation to a harbour not being a fishery harbour or a marine work means the Minister, in the case of an order to be made in relation to a fishery harbour means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and in the case of an order to be made in relation to a marine work means the Secretary of State.

Section 15 Ministers’ powers to make, of their own motion, orders for limited purposes for securing harbour efficiency, &c.

(1) If, with respect to a harbour, the appropriate Minister is satisfied, . . . that a harbour revision order ought to be made for the purpose of achieving, in relation to the harbour, either or both of the following objects, namely,—

(a) reconstituting the harbour authority by whom the harbour is being improved, maintained or managed or altering their constitution; and

(b) regulating (in whole or to a less extent) the procedure of, or of any committee of, the authority and fixing the quorum at a meeting of, or of any committee of, the authority;

he may, if he is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (2)(b) of the last foregoing section, make the order despite the fact that no application to him for the making of it is forthcoming from the authority engaged in improving, maintaining or managing the harbour or from any such person or representative body as is mentioned in subsection (2)(a) of that section.

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(3) In this section “ the appropriate Minister ”, in relation to a harbour not being a fishery harbour or a marine work means the Minister, in relation to a fishery harbour means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and in relation to a marine work means the Secretary of State.

Section 15A Ministers’ powers to make orders about port appointments.

(1) Each of the Ministers may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, by order vary the constitution of a harbour authority so far as it provides for the appointment by him of any member or members of the authority—

(a) so as to abolish the power of appointment (except where the power is to appoint the chairman of the authority); or

(b) so as to provide for the power of appointment to be exercised by such other person or persons as may be specified in the order.

(2) No order under this section may be made by the Secretary of State with respect to the constitution of a harbour authority if under the constitution all the members of the authority, apart from ex officio and co-opted members, are appointed by him.

(3) An order under this section—

(a) may relate to more than one harbour authority; and

(b) may contain such supplementary, incidental and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister making the order to be necessary or expedient;

and where the constitution of a harbour authority provides for the appointment by the Minister making the order of more than one member, an order under this section may make different provision for each member falling to be so appointed and may make provision for some only of those members.

(4) A Minister proposing to make an order under this section shall before doing so consult the harbour authority concerned and such other persons affected, or bodies representative of such persons, as he thinks fit.

(5) In this section “ the Ministers ” means the Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Section 16 Ministers’ powers, on application of intending undertakers, or others, to make orders conferring powers for improvement, construction, &c., of harbours.

(1) In a case where a person is desirous of securing the achievement of any of the following objects, namely,—

(a) the improvement, maintenance or management of a harbour (whether natural or artificial) navigated by sea-going ships (not being a fishery harbour or a marine work) or of a port, haven, estuary, tidal or other river or inland waterway so navigated (not being a fishery harbour or a marine work);

(b) the construction of an artificial harbour navigable by sea-going ships or an inland waterway so navigable, other than a harbour or waterway which, in the opinion of the Minister and the Secretary of State, will, on completion, be a marine work; and

(c) the construction, improvement, maintenance or management of a dock elsewhere than at a fishery harbour or marine work or of a wharf elsewhere than at such a harbour or work;

but neither he nor any other person has powers, or sufficient powers, to secure it, or to do so effectively, he may make a written application to the Minister for the making by him of an order conferring on the applicant, some other designated person or a body to be constituted for the purpose by the order (according as may be specified in the application) all such powers (including, in particular, power to acquire land compulsorily and to levy charges other than ship, passenger and goods dues) as are requisite for enabling that object to be achieved.

(2) In a case where a person is desirous of securing the achievement of either or both of the following objects, namely,—

(a) the improvement, maintenance or management of a fishery harbour; and

(b) the construction, improvement, maintenance or management of a dock at a fishery harbour or of a wharf at such a harbour;

but neither he nor any other person has powers, or sufficient powers, to secure it, or to do so effectively, he may make a written application to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the making by him of such an order as aforesaid.

(3) In a case where a person is desirous of securing the achievement of any of the following objects, namely,—

(a) the improvement, maintenance or management of a marine work, being a harbour (whether natural or artificial) navigated by sea-going ships or being a port, haven, estuary, tidal or other river or inland waterway so navigated;

(b) the construction of an artificial harbour navigable by sea-going ships which, in the opinion of the Minister and the Secretary of State, will, on completion, be a marine work or an inland waterway so navigable which, in the opinion of the Minister and the Secretary of State, will, on completion, be a marine work; and

(c) the construction, improvement, maintenance or management of a dock at a marine work or of a wharf at such a work;

but neither he nor any other person has powers, or sufficient powers, to secure it, or to do so effectively, he may make a written application to the Secretary of State for the making by him of such an order as is mentioned subsection (1) of this section.

(3A) Subsections (1) to (3) are subject to—

(a) section 33(2) of the Planning Act 2008 (exclusion of powers to authorise development);

(b) section 120(9) of that Act (exclusion of power to include ancillary provision in orders).

(c) section 20(2) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (exclusion of powers to authorise development to the extent that infrastructure consent is required);

(d) section 63(8) of that Act (exclusion of power to include ancillary provision in orders).

(4) An order under this section is in this Act referred to as a “harbour empowerment order”.

(5) Neither the Minister, nor the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food nor the Secretary of State shall make a harbour empowerment order unless he is satisfied that the making thereof is desirable in the interests of facilitating the efficient and economic transport of goods or passengers by sea or in the interests of the recreational use of sea-going ships .

(6) A harbour empowerment order may include all such provisions as appear to the Minister of the Crown by whom it is made to be requisite or expedient for giving full effect to any provision included in the order by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this section and any supplementary, consequential or incidental provisions appearing to him to be requisite or expedient for the purposes of, or in connection with, the order, including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words, penal provisions and provisions incorporating, with or without modifications, any provision of the Lands Clauses Acts or any other enactment and provisions for excluding or modifying any provision of any Act or of any instrument made under any Act (including this Act) and for repealing any statutory provision of local application affecting the area in relation to which the powers are intended to be exercised ; but no penal provision of a harbour empowerment order shall be so framed as to permit of a person’s being punished otherwise than on his conviction or as to permit—

(a) on his being summarily convicted, of the infliction on him of a penalty other than a fine or of —

(i) in the case of an offence triable either summarily or on indictment, the infliction on him of a fine exceeding the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 32 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 or section 289B of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975;

(ii) in the case of an offence triable only summarily, the infliction on him of a fine exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or, in the case of a continuing offence, a daily fine exceeding £50 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction;

(b) on his being convicted on indictment, of the infliction on him of a penalty other than a fine .

(7) Where a harbour empowerment order includes provision for the compulsory acquisition of land, there must, in the case of each parcel of land proposed to be acquired compulsorily, be annexed to the order a map of a scale not less than 1:2500 on which the boundaries of that parcel are plainly delineated.

(7A) Where a harbour empowerment order includes provision for extinguishing or diverting a public right of way over a footpath or bridleway , bridleway or restricted byway , there must be annexed to the order a map of a scale not less than 1:2500 on which the path or way concerned, and in the case of a diversion the new path or way, are plainly delineated.

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Section 17 Procedure for making harbour revision and empowerment orders, and substitution thereof, in general, for provisional orders.

(1) The provisions of Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect as follows with respect to the procedure for making harbour revision and empowerment orders:—

(a) Part I of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to the procedure for making harbour revision orders upon application therefor to the Secretary of State ;

(b) Part II of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to the procedure for the making of harbour revision orders by the Secretary of State of his own motion;

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(g) Part I of that Schedule shall, subject to the modifications specified in Part III thereof, have effect with respect to the procedure for the making of harbour empowerment orders by the Secretary of State ;

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and the said Parts I, II and III shall have effect with respect to the procedure for the making of orders by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with the substitution . . . of references to him for references to the Secretary of State.

(2) Neither the Minister nor the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food nor the Secretary of State shall make a harbour revision or empowerment order including provision authorising the compulsory acquisition of land unless it also includes provision for the payment of compensation in respect of the acquisition.

(2A) Neither the Secretary of State nor the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall make a harbour revision or empowerment order which provides for extinguishing a public right of way over a footpath or bridleway , bridleway or restricted byway unless he is satisfied—

(a) that an alternative right of way has been or will be provided, or

(b) that the provision of an alternative right of way is not required.

(2B) Neither the Secretary of State nor the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall make a harbour revision or empowerment order which provides for diverting a public right of way over a footpath or bridleway , bridleway or restricted byway unless he is satisfied that the path or way will not be substantially less convenient to the public in consequence of the diversion.

(2C) In this section and in Schedule 3 to this Act (except in paragraphs 20A and 25(6)(c) of Schedule 3), references to “the Secretary of State” are to be construed, in relation to a harbour that is wholly in Wales, other than a reserved trust port, as references to the Welsh Ministers , and in relation to Scotland, as references to the Scottish Ministers.

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Section 17A Power to make closure order

(1) The Secretary of State may make an order under this section in respect of a harbour (a “closure order”)—

(a) on the application of the harbour authority,

(b) with the consent of the harbour authority, or

(c) if the Secretary of State has consulted the harbour authority and is satisfied that they are unlikely to object.

(2) The Secretary of State must publish guidance about the circumstances in which a closure order will be made. The guidance—

(a) must require the Secretary of State to have regard to the underlying purpose, and

(b) must be reviewed and (if appropriate) revised from time to time.

(3) In this section—

(a) “ the underlying purpose ” means the purpose of permitting or requiring harbour authorities to cease to maintain harbours which are no longer commercially viable or necessary;

(b) “ the harbour authority ” in relation to a harbour means any harbour authority which has statutory duties to manage, maintain or improve the harbour.

Section 17B Content of closure order

(1) A closure order must relieve the harbour authority of—

(a) all statutory functions in respect of the harbour, or

(b) specified statutory functions in respect of the harbour.

(2) A closure order may transfer specified functions of the harbour authority to a specified body (with the body's consent).

(3) A closure order must include transitional provision about the cessation of the harbour authority's functions (including provision about rights and liabilities in relation to the performance of functions before the closure order takes effect).

(4) A closure order may—

(a) permit or require the harbour authority to carry out works in respect of the harbour;

(b) permit the Secretary of State to carry out works in respect of the harbour;

(c) require a harbour authority to pay for works carried out under paragraph (b);

(d) confer on the harbour authority or the Secretary of State power to acquire (whether by agreement or compulsorily) land described in the order as the site of works to be carried out under paragraph (a) or (b).

Section 17C Harbour closure orders: property etc

(1) A closure order may include provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of the harbour authority.

(2) In particular, a closure order may include provision—

(a) transferring things that would otherwise not be capable of being transferred;

(b) creating interests, rights or liabilities in relation to things transferred or in connection with a transfer;

(c) for enforcement of rights or liabilities (whether transferred or created by the order);

(d) about the transfer of rights and liabilities in relation to employment (including provision for deemed continuity);

(e) about pension schemes (including provision for amending schemes, winding them up, transferring their administration, and saving rights existing before a transfer takes effect);

(f) terminating appointments;

(g) for compensation for loss of employment (or office).

(3) A closure order may include provision—

(a) extinguishing liabilities to the Secretary of State;

(b) about the winding up of the harbour authority's affairs;

(c) about the winding up of any company wholly owned by the harbour authority;

(d) about the dissolution of the harbour authority.

(4) A provision of a closure order transferring property, rights or liabilities may—

(a) make the transfer subject to a condition (such as the grant of an interest in favour of a third party), and

(b) include provision about the effect of failure to comply with the condition.

(5) Provision under this section may confer a function on the Secretary of State.

Section 17D Harbour closure orders: procedure

(1) Part 1 of Schedule 3 has effect in relation to closure orders as in relation to harbour revision orders.

(2) In relation to closure orders made otherwise than on the application of the harbour authority Part 1 of Schedule 3 has effect with any necessary modifications, in particular—

(a) ignore paragraphs 3, 4A, 4B(2), 4C(2), 5(2), 6(2)(a) and (c), (3) and (4), 7, 8A, 9, 10(6) to (8), 13 and 14,

(b) treat a reference to the applicant as a reference to the Secretary of State,

(c) treat a reference to the application for an order as a reference to the proposal to make an order,

(d) treat a reference to being notified of a proposed application as a reference to proposing to make an order, ...

(e) paragraph 4B applies as if for sub-paragraph (1) there were substituted—

(1) The Secretary of State must make a screening decision in respect of the proposed order—

(a) as soon as possible, and

(b) in any event within the period of 90 days beginning with the day on which the Secretary of State has all of the information needed to make the decision.

(f) paragraph 8 applies if the Secretary of State decides that the order would relate to a project which requires an environment impact assessment, in which case—

(i) the Secretary of State, having consulted bodies with environmental responsibilities, must arrange for the preparation of an environmental statement by competent experts,

(ii) the environmental statement must include the information specified in sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (3) (and may include other information),

(iii) the environmental statement must take into account the results of any relevant environmental assessment which are reasonably available to the Secretary of State, and

(iv) the environmental statement must include a statement setting out the relevant expertise or qualifications of the experts who prepared the environmental statement,

(g) where paragraph 8 applies, treat a reference to an environmental statement supplied under paragraph 8(1)(a) as a reference to the environment statement prepared on behalf of the Secretary of State, and

(h) paragraph 10ZA applies if the Secretary of State decides that the order would relate to a project which requires an environmental impact assessment, in which case, treat a reference to the notice received under paragraph 10(6) as a reference to the notice published under paragraph 10(1).

(3) Section 44 applies in relation to closure orders as in relation to harbour revision orders.

Section 17E Harbour closure orders: devolution

(1) In relation to harbours that are wholly in Wales, other than reserved trust ports —

(a) the power to make closure orders vests in the Welsh Ministers, and

(b) a reference in this group of sections to the Secretary of State is to be treated as a reference to the Welsh Ministers.

(1A) Before making a closure order that transfers functions to a harbour authority for a harbour that is wholly or partly in England or a reserved trust port, the Welsh Ministers must obtain the consent of the Secretary of State.

(2) In relation to harbours in Scotland—

(a) the power to make closure orders vests in the Scottish Ministers,

(b) a reference in this group of sections to the Secretary of State is to be treated as a reference to the Scottish Ministers, and

(c) the reference in section 17D(1) to Schedule 3 is a reference to that Schedule as it has effect in relation to Scotland.

Section 17F Supplemental

(1) A closure order may include incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provisions.

(2) In particular, a closure order—

(a) may amend, repeal or revoke an enactment of local application, and

(b) may disapply or modify the application of any other enactment.

(3) A closure order—

(a) may make provision generally or only for specified purposes, and

(b) may make different provision for different purposes.

Section 18 Harbour reorganisation schemes.

(1) With a view to securing the efficient and economical development of a group of harbours each of which is being improved, maintained or managed by a harbour authority in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, a scheme (in this Act referred to as a “harbour reorganisation scheme”) with respect to the group, providing for all or any of the matters mentioned in subsection (2) below, may be submitted to the Minister . . . by all or any of the authorities who between them are engaged, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, in improving, maintaining or managing the several harbours comprised in the group (hereafter in this section referred to as “ the relevant authorities ”).

(1A) If the Secretary of State is of opinion that, with a view to securing the efficient and economical development of any such group of harbours as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, a harbour reorganisation scheme ought to be made providing for all or any of the matters for which provision may be made by such a scheme, he may by order make a harbour reorganisation scheme providing for those matters.

(2) The said matters are the following, that is to say,—

(a) transferring powers or duties conferred or imposed by a statutory provision of local application on any of the relevant authorities for the purpose of, or in connection with, the improvement, maintenance or management of a harbour comprised in the group to another of those authorities or to a body constituted by the scheme;

(b) transferring interests of any of the relevant authorities in fixed or movable property used by them for the purposes of the harbour in question and rights or liabilities enjoyed or incurred by them for those purposes to another of those authorities or to such a body as aforesaid;

(c) transferring powers or duties conferred or imposed by a statutory provision of local application on any of the relevant authorities (other than powers or duties falling within paragraph (a) above), or powers or duties so conferred or imposed in relation to a harbour comprised in the group on a local lighthouse authority who are not one of the relevant authorities, to another person (whether one of those authorities or not) or to such a body as aforesaid;

(d) transferring interests of any of the relevant authorities or of a local lighthouse authority in fixed or movable property used by them for the purposes of, or in connection with, the exercise or performance of any powers or duties transferred by a provision of the scheme having effect by virtue of paragraph (c) above to the person to whom the powers or duties are transferred, and transferring to that person rights or liabilities enjoyed or incurred by the authority from whom the powers or duties are transferred in, or in connection with, the exercise or performance of the transferred powers or duties;

(e) transferring to any of the relevant authorities or to a body constituted by the scheme interests of a person in fixed or movable property used by him for carrying out harbour operations at a harbour that is comprised in the group or is adjacent to any of the harbours so comprised, not being a person engaged in improving, maintaining or managing that harbour in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties;

(f) transferring to the service of a person or body to whom any powers, duties, interests, rights or liabilities are transferred by a provision of the scheme having effect by virtue of any of the foregoing paragraphs officers or servants employed by the person from whom the powers, duties, interests, rights or liabilities are transferred;

(g) dissolving any body of constables maintained by any of the relevant authorities, and transferring—

(i) the members of that body to another such body or bodies (whether or not maintained by another or other of those authorities or by a body constituted by the scheme);

(ii) property, rights or liabilities vested for the purposes of the dissolved body in the authority by whom it was maintained to an authority by whom is or is to be maintained a body of constables to which any of the members of the dissolved body are transferred;

(h) preserving (with or without adjustment) or otherwise securing the rights, as respects pensions, gratuities or other like benefits, of persons transferred by the scheme and their spouses , civil partners and dependents and of persons who are determined in accordance with the scheme to be such as would have been transferred thereby had they been serving when it comes into operation and their spouses , civil partners and dependents;

(i) making such provision as appears to the Minister necessary of expedient for rendering of full effect any provision of the scheme having effect by virtue of any of the foregoing paragraphs and such other supplementary, consequential or incidental provision as appears to him necessary or expedient for any of the purposes of the scheme, including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words, provision for repealing or amending any statutory provision of local application affecting the group or any of the harbours comprised therein.

(3) Where a harbour reorganisation scheme provides for transferring interests in land, there must, in the case of each parcel of land interests in which are proposed to be transferred, be annexed to the scheme a map of a scale not less than 1:2500 on which the boundaries of that parcel are plainly delineated.

(4) The provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect as follows with respect to the procedure for confirming and making harbour reorganisation schemes—

(a) Part I of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to the procedure for confirming schemes submitted to the Secretary of State;

(b) Part 1 of that Schedule shall, subject to the modifications specified in Part II thereof, have effect with respect to the procedure for the making of schemes by the Secretary of State of his own motion;

and a harbour reorganisation scheme as confirmed or made by the Secretary of State shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure .

(5) The Minister shall not confirm or make a harbour reorganisation scheme containing such provision as is authorised by subsection (2)(e) above unless it also includes provision for the payment of compensation in respect of the transfer of the interests in question.

(6) The Minister shall not confirm or make a harbour reorganisation scheme if any harbour comprised in the group to which the scheme relates is a fishery harbour or marine work.

(7) If at any time it appears to the Minister that any such provision of a harbour reorganisation scheme having effect by virtue of subsection (2)(h) above as adjusts the rights of a person operates or is likely to operate so as to put that person in a worse position than he would have been in had the provision not been included in the scheme, he may by order amend the scheme in such manner as appears to him to secure that that person is or will be in no such worse position.

Section 19 Compensation for loss of office, &c., in consequence of orders and schemes under foregoing provisions.

(1) The Minister shall by regulations make provision requiring such person or body, being a person or body subject to any of the provisions of a harbour reorganisation scheme, as may be determined by or under the regulations to pay, subject to such exceptions or conditions as may be prescribed by the regulations, compensation to, or in respect of, persons who are or, but for any national service of theirs would be, the holders of any such situation, place or employment as may be so prescribed and suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments or pension rights in consequence of any of the provisions of the scheme.

(2) Where it is proposed to make a harbour revision order or a harbour empowerment order, the Minister of the Crown by whom the order is to be made shall consider whether any person, who is, or but for any national service of his would be, holder of any situation, place or employment with a person or body subject to any of the provisions of the order, might if the order were made, suffer any loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments or pension rights in consequence of any of the provisions of the order; and if it appears to that Minister that such a person who is or would be the holder of such a situation, place or employment might suffer any such loss or diminution in consequence as aforesaid and that, if he does, compensation should be paid in respect thereof, that Minister shall not make the order unless he is satisfied that it secures that there will be paid to or in respect of that person, if he suffers any such loss or diminution in consequence as aforesaid, compensation corresponding, as near as may be, to that payable by virtue of regulations made under subsection (1) of this section to or in respect of the holder in similar circumstances of a similar situation, place or employment, in respect of similar loss or diminution suffered in consequence of any of the provisions of a harbour reorganisation scheme.

(3) Different regulations may be made under subsection (1) of this section in relation to different classes of persons, and any such regulations may be so framed as to have effect from a date earlier than that on which they are made, so however that so much of any regulations as provides that any provision thereof is to have effect from a date earlier than that on which they are made shall not place any person other than a harbour authority in a worse position than he would have been in if the regulations had been so framed as to have effect only as from the date on which they are made.

(4) Regulations made under subsection (1) of this section may include provision as to the manner in which, and the person to whom, any claim to compensation is to be made, and for the determination of all questions arising under the regulations.

(5) In this section “ national service ” means any such service in any of Her Majesty’s forces or other employment (whether or not in the service of Her Majesty) as may be prescribed by regulations under subsection (1) of this section.

Section 26 Repeal of provisions limiting discretion of certain harbour authorities as to ship, passenger and goods dues charged by them.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Act, any statutory provision made with respect to a particular harbour authority shall cease to have effect in so far as (otherwise than by way of expressly providing for freedom from dues or in any other manner prohibiting the levying of a due) it limits the discretion of the authority as to the ship, passenger and goods dues chargeable by them at a harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, they are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing (whether by specifying, or providing for specifying, the dues to be levied, or fixing or providing for fixing, dues, or otherwise).

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this Act and to any such statutory provision made with respect to them in particular as expressly provides for freedom from dues or in any other manner prohibits the levying of a due, a harbour authority shall have power to demand, take and recover such ship, passenger and goods dues as they think fit at such a harbour as aforesaid.

(3) Any such provision of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 as incorporated in a statutory provision made with respect to a harbour authority as refers to rates shall, with any necessary modifications, apply to charges imposed by virtue of this section by that authority as if they were rates payable under a statutory provision made with respect to them, and any such enactment of a statutory provision made with respect to a harbour authority as refers (in whatever terms) to charges payable to them under a statutory provision made with respect to them or to charges so payable of a specified class shall (in so far as it does not cease to have effect by virtue of subsection (1) of this section) apply with any necessary modifications to charges imposed by that authority by virtue of this section or, as the case may be, to charges so imposed of that class as if they were charges so payable or, as the case may be, charges so payable of that class.

(4) Any ship, passenger and goods dues in force immediately before this section comes into operation which are exigible by a harbour authority at a harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, they are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing, being dues imposed or deemed to have been imposed by or by virtue of a statutory provision made with respect to the authority, shall be deemed to have been imposed by virtue of this section.

(5) In this section “ harbour authority ” does not include—

(a) any of the Boards or Canal & River Trust ;

(b) a person carrying on an inland waterway undertaking to which provisions of section 43 of the Transport Act 1962 apply by virtue of section 52(2) of that Act;

(c) a person carrying on an undertaking all or any of the charges of which are, under the statutory provisions relating to the undertaking, subject to revision by the Minister and some other Minister acting together;

and “ statutory provision ” includes an order made under Regulation 56 of the Defence (General) Regulations 1939 or under an order confirmed by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in pursuance of section 2(3)(2) of the Fishery Harbours Act 1915.

Section 27 Certain charges of certain harbour authorities to be reasonable.

(1) In place of any limitation imposed, by a statutory provision made with respect to them in particular, on the discretion of a harbour authority as to charges (of any kind other than excepted charges) that may be made by them at a harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, they are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing (not being a limitation by way of expressly providing for freedom from charges or in any other manner prohibiting the making of a charge or by way of providing, by what form of words soever, that the charges shall be such as may be reasonable), there shall, by virtue of this subsection, be imposed the limitation that the charges shall be such as may be reasonable.

(2) For the purposes of the foregoing subsection the following shall be excepted charges, namely,—

(a) ship, passenger and goods dues;

(b) charges ascribable to the running of a ferry service in or from a harbour;

(c) contributions which, by virtue of a provision included in an order section 28 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 by virtue of paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 3 to that Act under section 142 of the Water Resources Act 1991 , fall to be assessed on several fisheries or the owners or occupiers thereof;

(d) duties on licences granted under section 25 of the said Act of 1975 to fish;

(e) charges in respect of licences under the Water Resources Act 1963 Chapter II of Part II of the Water Resources Act 1991 to abstract water or in respect of water authorised by such licences to be abstracted.

(3) In this section “ harbour authority ” has the same meaning as in the last foregoing section.

Section 27A Combined charges.

(1) Where a harbour authority have power, whether by virtue of section 26 of this Act or any other statutory provision—

(a) to levy ship, passenger and goods dues or equivalent dues; and

(b) to make other charges,

the authority may, subject to the next following subsection, make a combined charge, that is to say, a single charge referable in part to matters for which ship, passenger and goods dues or equivalent dues may be levied and in part to matters for which other charges may be made.

(2) A harbour authority may not make a combined charge in any case where—

(a) the person who would be liable to pay the charge objects to paying a combined charge; or

(b) a number of persons would be jointly and severally liable to pay the charge and any of them objects to paying a combined charge:

but without prejudice to the power of the authority to make separate charges in such a case.

(3) A person may not object under subsection (2) above to the payment of a combined charge previously incurred or incurred in pursuance of a prior agreement between that person and the harbour authority.

(4) In this section “ equivalent dues ” means dues exigible in respect of things other than ships for entering, using or leaving a harbour, including charges for marking or lighting the harbour.

Section 28 Repeal of provisions limiting discretion of nationalised transport bodies as to ship, passenger and merchandise dues chargeable at certain harbours owned or managed by them.

Schedule 9 to the Transport Act 1962 shall cease to have effect in so far as it limits the discretion of the Boards as to the ship, passenger and merchandise dues chargeable by them at the harbours specified in that Schedule.

Section 29 Repeal of provisions limiting discretion of local lighthouse authorities as to local light dues.

(1) . . . Any . . . statutory provision made with respect to a local lighthouse authority shall, . . ., cease to have effect in so far as it limits the discretion of the authority as to the charges to be made by them.

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(4) Any dues fixed by virtue of the said section 655(1) or by virtue of any other statutory provision, being dues that are in force immediately before the coming into operation of this section and are to be paid to a local lighthouse authority who are not a harbour authority, shall, so far as they could be imposed by virtue of this section, be deemed to have been so imposed.

Section 30 Duty of harbour and local lighthouse authorities to make available for inspection, and to keep for sale, copies of lists of certain charges.

(1) A list showing the ship, passenger and goods dues for the time being exigible—

(a) by virtue of section 26 of this Act by a harbour authority at a harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, they are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing; ...

(b) by virtue of section 43 of the Transport Act 1962 by any of the Boards at a harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, that Board are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing, except where the Board in question are . . . . . . the British Waterways Board and the harbour in question is not specified in Schedule 9 to that Act; or

(c) by virtue of section 43 of the Transport Act 1962 by Canal & River Trust at a harbour specified in Schedule 9 to that Act;

shall be kept at the harbour office and shall be open there during reasonable hours for inspection by any person without charge, and copies of the list shall be kept for sale at that office at a price not exceeding 5p for each copy.

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(3) No ship, passenger or goods due exigible as mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) above shall be levied by, as the case may be the harbour authority or Board concerned or by Canal & River Trust if, at the time at which it is exigible, the authority or Board or Canal & River Trust are in default in compliance with the requirement of subsection (1) of this section with respect to the keeping of a list of dues at the harbour office or the due is not shown in the list kept there at that time in compliance with that requirement; . . .

(4) A copy of a list which, in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section, is for the time being kept by a harbour authority . . . at the office of a harbour which is not a fishery harbour or marine work . . . or, in pursuance of subsection (2) of this section, is for the time being kept by a local lighthouse authority at their office, shall be supplied by them to the Secretary of State without charge; a copy of a list which, in pursuance of the said subsection (1), is for the time being kept by a harbour authority at the office of a fishery harbour shall be supplied by them to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or, if the fishery harbour is in Wales, to the Secretary of State without charge; and a copy of a list which, in pursuance of the said subsection (1), is for the time being kept by a harbour authority at the office of a harbour which is a marine work shall be supplied by them to the Secretary of State without charge.

(5) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to combined charges within the meaning of section 27A of this Act.

(6) References in this section to the dues or charges exigible by an authority or Board or by Canal & River Trust, are references to the amount exigible where no composition agreement applies and no specially agreed rebate is allowed.

Section 31 Right of objection to ship, passenger and goods dues.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Act, charges to which this section applies are ship, passenger and goods dues other than combined charges within the meaning of section 27A of this Act; and references in this section to the rate at which any such charge is imposed are to the amount where no composition agreement applies and no specially agreed rebate is allowed .

(2) Subject to subsections (10) to (12) below . . . the provisions of subsections (3) to (6) below shall have effect where written objection to a charge to which this section applies imposed by a harbour authority at a harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, they are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing, is lodged with the Secretary of State by—

(a) a person appearing to him to have a substantial interest; or

(b) a body representative of persons so appearing;

and the objection is expressed to be made on all or any of the following grounds, namely,—

(i) that the charge ought not to be imposed at all;

(ii) that the charge ought to be imposed at a rate lower than that at which it is imposed;

(iii) that, according to the circumstances of the case, ships, passengers or goods of a class specified in the objection ought to be excluded from the scope of the charge either generally or in circumstances so specified;

(iv) that, according to the circumstances of the case, the charge ought to be imposed, either generally or in circumstances specified in the objection, on ships, passengers or goods of a class so specified at a rate lower than that at which it is imposed on others.

(3) The Secretary of State shall, forthwith after the objection is lodged, send a copy thereof to the authority and shall give notice to the objector that, as a condition precedent to the taking by the Secretary of State of further steps in the matter of the objection, he must publish in specified newspapers a notice (which, if a form therefor is specified, must be in that form)—

(a) stating that he has lodged with him an objection to the charge (and specifying the ground or grounds on which it is expressed to be made); and

(b) stating that any such person or body as the following who desires to make to the Secretary of State representations in the matter, that is to say, a person having a substantial interest and a body representative of persons who have such an interest, should do so in writing within the time specified in the notice (which shall not be less than forty-two days from the publication or first publication thereof).

(4) Where the proper notice concerning the objection has been duly published, then so soon as practicable after the expiration of the time therein specified (but subject to the next following subsection), the Secretary of State shall, unless the objection has been withdrawn before the expiration of that time and no written representations in the matter have been made to him by any such person or body as is mentioned in subsection (3)(b) above before the expiration of that time, proceed to consideration of the charge and any representations made and, unless he is satisfied that he can properly proceed to a decision in the matter without causing an inquiry to be held with respect to it, shall cause an inquiry to be so held.

(5) Where written representations are made as mentioned in subsection (4) above, the Secretary of State shall send copies thereof to the authority and (except where the objection has been withdrawn) to the objector, and shall not proceed to consideration of the charge until such period for consideration of, and comment upon, the representations by the authority and by the objector (if the objection has not been withdrawn) as the Secretary of State thinks reasonable has elapsed.

(6) the Secretary of State , after effect has been given to subsection (4) above, shall either—

(a) approve the charge but set a limit (not being later than the expiration of twelve months from the date on which he approves it to the period during which the approval is to be of effect, and give to the authority written notice that he has approved it , stating the limit set; or

(b) give to the authority such direction with respect to the charge as would meet objection thereto made on any of the grounds specified in subsection (2) above (whether that is or is not the ground, or is or is not included amongst the grounds, on which the objection whose lodging gives rise to the proceedings is expressed to be made).

(7) A direction given under the last foregoing subsection to an authority must be in writing and must specify a date for its coming into operation and the period from that date (which shall not exceed twelve months) during which it is to have effect, and the authority shall comply with it.

(8) If a harbour authority fail to comply with an obligation to which they are subject by virtue of the last foregoing subsection, they shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale .

(9) Forthwith after complying on any occasion with subsection (6) above, the Secretary of State shall publish, in the newspapers in which was published notice of the lodging of the objection the lodging whereof gave rise to the proceedings that resulted in the compliance on that occasion, the notice or direction given by him to the harbour authority concerned.

(10) Where, by virtue of this section, a charge imposed at a harbour is approved, subsections (3) to (6) above shall not have effect by virtue of the lodging of a further objection thereto during the period during which the approval is of effect; and where, by virtue of this section, a direction is given with respect to a charge so imposed, the said subsections shall not have effect by virtue of the lodging of a further objection to that charge during the period during which the direction has effect or of the lodging, during that period, of an objection to a charge that has come into existence by virtue of the direction.

(11) Where effect to subsections (3) to (5) above is in course of being given in consequence of the lodging with the Secretary of State of an objection to a charge and a further objection to that charge is lodged with the Secretary of State subsections (3) to (6) above shall not have effect by virtue of the lodging of that further objection.

(12) If it appears to the Secretary of State that the Sea Fish Industry Authority are, or may be, concerned with a charge, the Secretary of State shall not give effect to subsection (6) above in relation to that charge without having consulted the Authority .

(13) In relation to charges to which this section applies imposed by a harbour authority at a fishery harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, they are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing, the foregoing provisions of this section shall have effect with the substitution, for references to the Secretary of State , of references to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, . . .

Section 36

Sections 31 . . . of this Act shall not apply to charges—

(a) imposed by . . . . . . the British Waterways Board or Canal & River Trust at a harbour not specified in Schedule 9 to the Transport Act 1962;

(b) imposed at a harbour owned or managed by a person carrying on an inland waterway undertaking to which provisions of section 43 of that Act apply by virtue of section 52(2) thereof; or

(c) imposed at a harbour owned or managed by a person carrying on an undertaking all or any of the charges of which are, under the statutory provisions relating to the undertaking, subject to revision by the Minister and some other Minister acting together or by the Scottish Ministers .

Section 37 Special provisions with respect to certain aviation charges.

Section 26(2) of this Act and subsection (3) of section 43 of the Transport Act 1962 (as enacted in that section and as applied by section 52(2) of that Act) shall, so far as regards charges regulated by any such provision of an Order in Council under section 60 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 as has effect by virtue of paragraph (o) (regulation of charges for use of licensed aerodromes and for services provided thereat) of subsection (3) of that section , have effect subject to that provision; and sections 27 and 31 . . . of this Act shall not apply to any charges so regulated.

Section 38 Repeal of certain enactments relating to harbour charges.

(1) The following provisions shall cease to have effect, namely,—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) any statutory provision (other than the said section 47 or one in this Act) applying to a harbour authority in so far as (however it is expressed) it requires a list of charges imposed by the authority in the exercise of their powers as such to be published;

(c) . . . any other statutory provision applying to a harbour authority in so far as (however it is expressed) it prohibits the authority from discriminating in the matter of charges imposed as aforesaid against any person in favour of any other person.

(2) In the foregoing subsection “ harbour authority ” does not include any such person as is mentioned in section 26(5)(c) of this Act.

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Section 39 Amendments of Acts consequential on sections 26 to 37.

(1) In the definition of “inland waterway undertaking” in section 13(1) of the Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954, after the word “navigation” there shall be inserted the words “not navigated by sea-going ships” and after the word “water” there shall be added the words “not so navigated”.

(2) In section 12(7) of the Milford Haven Conservancy Act 1958, for the words “charges under section seven of the Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954” there shall be substituted the words “charges in respect of the aircraft”.

(3) For paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to the Transport Act 1962 there shall be substituted the following paragraph :—

(5)

(1) The charges made by any of the Boards for the use of services or facilities provided in, or in connection with, a harbour specifed in this Schedule (other than ship, passenger and goods dues, charges for the carriage of goods or passengers on any railway, charges for the use of a railway or charges in respect of railway wagons) shall be such as may be reasonable.

(2) In this paragraph the expression “ ship, passenger and goods dues ” has the same meaning assigned to it by section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964

and in paragraph 6(2) of that Schedule for the words “for which the charges are regulated by” there shall be substituted the words “specified in”.

(4) An order under section 21(8) of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1951 declaring that a harbour has become or has ceased to be a fishery harbour may make such provision with respect to proceedings under the provisions of this Act relating to charges at the harbour which are uncompleted when the order is made and to the effect of any order or scheme made under those provisions with respect to any such charges as the Secretary of State thinks requisite or expedient in view of the change of status of the harbour.

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Section 40 Conditions as to use of harbour services and facilities provided by certain harbour authorities.

(1) A harbour authority shall have power to make the use of services and facilities provided by them at a harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, they are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing subject to such terms and conditions as they think fit except with respect to charges as to which their discretion is limited by a statutory provision (whether by specifying, or providing for specifying, charges to be made, or fixing or providing for fixing charges, or otherwise).

(2) In this section “ harbour authority ” has the same meaning as in section 26 of this Act.

Section 40A Directions

(1) A designated harbour authority may give directions (“harbour directions”) in respect of ships—

(a) within their harbour, or

(b) entering or leaving their harbour.

(2) A harbour direction may relate to—

(a) the movement of ships;

(b) mooring or unmooring;

(c) equipment (including nature and use);

(d) the manning of ships.

(3) A harbour direction may require the master of a ship to provide information to a specified person in a specified manner.

(4) “ Designated harbour authority ” means—

(a) a harbour authority for a harbour that is wholly in Wales other than a reserved trust port who are designated by order of the Welsh Ministers,

(b) a harbour authority for any other harbour in England or Wales who are designated by order of the Secretary of State, and

(c) a harbour authority for a harbour in Scotland who are designated by order of the Scottish Ministers.

(5) A harbour direction is subject to any direction under section 52 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 (directions by harbour master).

(6) A harbour authority may not give a harbour direction which conflicts with an enactment.

(7) An order designating a harbour authority may amend or repeal any statutory provision of local application which the person making the order thinks is—

(a) inconsistent with the power to give harbour directions, or

(b) unnecessary as a result of the power.

Section 40B Procedure

(1) Harbour directions must be in writing.

(2) Before giving harbour directions a harbour authority must consult such representatives of users of the harbour as the authority think appropriate.

(3) A harbour authority must make such arrangements as they think appropriate for publicising a proposed harbour direction for at least 28 days before it is given.

(4) A harbour authority must—

(a) make harbour directions available for inspection, and

(b) supply a copy to anyone who requests it.

(5) A harbour authority may charge for the supply of copies.

(6) As soon as is reasonably practicable after giving a harbour direction the harbour authority must publish a notice in a newspaper specialising in shipping news—

(a) stating that a harbour direction has been given, and

(b) giving details of the arrangements for the inspection and supply of copies of harbour directions.

Section 40C Enforcement

(1) The master of a ship must ensure that harbour directions are complied with.

(2) Breach of subsection (1) without reasonable excuse is an offence.

(3) A person guilty of the offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

Section 40D Supplemental

(1) Harbour directions—

(a) may make provision that applies generally or only in relation to specified circumstances, areas, periods or descriptions of ship, and

(b) may make different provision for different circumstances, areas, periods or descriptions of ship.

(2) Harbour directions may be varied or revoked by subsequent harbour directions.

(3) In section 40A—

“ mooring ” includes casting anchor, and

“ unmooring ” includes weighing anchor.

Section 41 Power of Council to obtain information and forecasts.

(1) For the purpose of obtaining information and forecasts reasonably required by the Secretary of State for the exercise and performance of his functions under this Act, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State ,—

(a) by notice in writing served on a person engaged in improving, maintaining or managing a harbour, to require him to furnish to the Secretary of State such information or forecasts . . . as may be specified in the notice; and

(b) by notice in writing served on a person carrying out at a harbour, harbour operations of a particular description, not being the person engaged in improving, maintaining or managing that harbour, to require him to furnish to the Secretary of State such information or forecasts relating to harbour operations of that description carried out by him at that harbour as may be so specified;

and any such notice may require any such information or forecasts to be furnished in such manner and within such time as may be specified in the notice, and either periodically or on one occasion or more.

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(3) A person who fails to satisfy an obligation to which he is subject by virtue of subsection (1) above shall, unless he proves that he had reasonable excuse for the failure, be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale .

(4) No notice shall be served under subsection (1) above requiring a person to furnish information or forecasts concerning anything done or to be done at a fishery harbour or marine work; and a notice served under that subsection on a person requiring him to furnish any information or forecasts concerning anything done or to be done at a harbour shall, if the harbour becomes a fishery harbour or marine work, thereupon cease to have effect except in so far as it requires any information or forecast to be furnished before the date on which the harbour becomes a fishery harbour or marine work.

Section 42 Accounts and reports relating to harbour activities and associated activities.

(1) It shall be the duty of every statutory harbour undertaker to prepare an annual statement of accounts relating to the harbour activities and to any associated activities carried on by him.

(2) Where a statutory harbour undertaker is a parent undertaking with subsidiary undertakings which carry on harbour activities or any associated activities, then, it shall be the duty of the company also to prepare group accounts relating to the harbour activities and associated activities carried on by it and its subsidiary undertakings.

(3) The requirements of subsection (1) or subsection (2) above are not satisfied by the preparation of a statement of accounts which relates to other matters in addition to harbour activities and associated activities.

(4) Where provision is made for the auditing of accounts prepared by any person otherwise than under this section which relate to harbour activities carried on by him (whether or not they relate to other matters) that provision shall apply also to any statement prepared by him under this section.

(5) It shall be the duty of any person by whom a statement of accounts is prepared in accordance with this section—

(a) to send to the Secretary of State a copy of the statement together with a copy of the auditor’s report on it; and

(b) to prepare and send to the Secretary of State a report on the state of affairs disclosed by the statement.

(6) Subject to any regulations made under the next following subsection, the provisions of the ... the Companies Act 2006 as to the form and contents of accounts and reports required to be prepared under that Act shall apply to accounts and reports required to be prepared under this section, as follows—

(a) the provisions relating to individual company accounts shall apply to statements prepared in accordance with subsection (1) above;

(b) the provisions relating to group accounts shall apply to statements prepared in accordance with subsection (2) above; and

(c) the provisions relating to the directors’ report ... shall apply to reports prepared in accordance with subsection (5)(b) above.

(7) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations with respect to the form and contents of accounts and reports prepared under this section—

(a) prescribing cases in which the provisions of the the Companies Act 2006 referred to in subsection (6) above are not to apply;

(b) modifying those provisions;

(c) prescribing requirements additional to those imposed by those provisions.

(8) Where a statutory harbour undertaker is obliged by a statutory provision of local application to prepare accounts, then, so far as those accounts relate to harbour activities or associated activities, any requirements of the statutory provision of local application as to the form and contents of the accounts shall be treated as satisfied by the preparation of accounts in the same manner that is required for a statement under this section.

(9) In this section—

“ associated activities ”, in relation to any harbour activities means such activities as may be prescribed in relation to those activities by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

“ harbour activities ” means activities involved in carrying on a statutory harbour undertaking or in carrying out harbour operations;

“ parent undertaking ” and “ subsidiary undertaking ” have the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 1162 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Companies Act 2006) ;

“ statutory harbour undertaking ” means an undertaking or part of an undertaking, whose activities consist wholly or mainly of the improvement, maintenance or management of a harbour in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, and “ statutory harbour undertaker ” shall be construed accordingly.

(10) Regulations under subsection (7) or (9) above may be made so as to apply to all undertakers, to a class of undertakers or to a particular undertaker.

(11) This section does not apply to—

(a) the Boards or Canal & River Trust ;

(b) a statutory harbour undertaker the activities of whose undertaking consist wholly or mainly in the improvement, maintenance or management of a fishery harbour or marine work;

(c) a statutory harbour undertaker of a class exempted from this section by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

Section 42A Power to make orders delegating functions

(1) The relevant authority may by order provide for such of the delegable functions as are designated in the order to be exercisable by such person as is designated in the order.

(2) An authority may make an order under subsection (1) only with the consent of the person designated in it (“the delegate”).

(3) The delegate—

(a) must comply with the order, and

(b) is to be taken to have all the powers necessary to do so.

(4) For so long as an order under subsection (1) remains in force, the functions designated in the order—

(a) are exercisable by the delegate acting on behalf of the authority, and

(b) are not exercisable by the authority.

This subsection is subject to subsections (5) and (6).

(5) The delegate must obtain the consent of the relevant authority before exercising any function under—

(a) section 15;

(b) section 15A;

(c) section 18.

(6) Subsection (4)(b) does not apply to any function under—

(a) section 15;

(b) section 15A;

(c) section 18.

(7) If a function is, by virtue of an order under subsection (1), exercisable by a person, any reference in this Act to the relevant authority is to be read, so far as relating to that function or the exercise of it, as a reference to that person.

(7A) Subsection (7) does not apply to a reference in paragraph 20A of Schedule 3 to the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers.

(8) An order under subsection (1) may make different provision for different cases, different areas or different persons.

(9) The delegable functions are functions under the following sections—

(a) section 14 (making harbour revision orders, except as mentioned in paragraph (b) below);

(b) section 15 (making harbour revision orders for limited purposes for securing harbour efficiency);

(c) section 15A (making orders varying powers of appointment in the constitutions of harbour authorities);

(d) section 16 (making harbour empowerment orders);

(e) section 18 (confirming or making harbour reorganisation schemes);

(f) section 60 (making orders amending Acts of local application).

(10) In this section “ the relevant authority ”, in relation to any delegable function, means the authority by whom (apart from any order under subsection (1)) the function is exercisable.

Section 42B Directions as to performance of delegated functions

(1) This section applies where any functions are exercisable by or in relation to a person by virtue of an order made under section 42A by a relevant authority.

(2) The authority may from time to time give directions to the person with respect to the performance of the functions.

(3) A person to whom directions are given under this section must comply with the directions.

(4) An authority which gives a direction under this section must publish the direction in a manner likely to bring the direction to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.

Section 42C Consent of Welsh Ministers required for certain orders and schemes

(1) This section applies to any harbour revision order or harbour empowerment order which makes provision excluding, modifying or repealing—

(a) any provision of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 in so far as it applies to Wales;

(b) any instrument made under that Act by the Welsh Ministers;

(c) any statutory provision of local application made by the Welsh Ministers.

(2) This section also applies to any harbour reorganisation scheme which makes provision repealing or amending any statutory provision of local application made by the Welsh Ministers.

(2A) The references in subsections (1)(c) and (2) to a statutory provision of local application do not include a harbour revision order, a harbour empowerment order or a harbour reorganisation scheme.

(3) The Secretary of State must notify the Welsh Ministers of any intention to make an order or scheme to which this section applies.

(4) The order or scheme must not include any provision falling within subsection (1) or, as the case may be, (2) if, within the prescribed period beginning with the date of the notification under subsection (3), the Welsh Ministers refuse their consent to the inclusion of that provision in the order or scheme.

(5) In this section “ prescribed period ” means such period as is prescribed in an order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.

Section 42D Consent of Secretary of State required for certain orders and schemes

(1) This section applies to any harbour revision order or harbour empowerment order which makes provision excluding, modifying or repealing—

(a) any provision of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 in so far as it applies to England;

(b) any instrument made under that Act by the Secretary of State;

(c) any statutory provision of local application made by the Secretary of State.

(2) This section also applies to any harbour reorganisation scheme which makes provision repealing or amending any statutory provision of local application made by the Secretary of State.

(2A) The references in subsections (1)(c) and (2) to a statutory provision of local application do not include a harbour revision order, a harbour empowerment order or a harbour reorganisation scheme.

(3) The Welsh Ministers must notify the Secretary of State of any intention to make an order or scheme to which this section applies.

(4) The order or scheme must not include any provision falling within subsection (1) or, as the case may be, (2) if, within the prescribed period beginning with the date of the notification under subsection (3), the Secretary of State refuses consent to the inclusion of that provision in the order or scheme.

(5) In this section “ prescribed period ” means such period as is prescribed in an order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.

Section 43 Provisions with respect to loans made under this Act by the Minister or the Welsh Ministers .

(1) Any loans which the Minister makes under section . . . 11 of this Act shall be repaid to him at such times and by such methods, and interest thereon shall be paid to him at such rates and at such times, as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, from time to time direct.

(1A) Any loans which the Welsh Ministers make under section 11 of this Act shall be repaid to them at such times and by such methods, and interest thereon shall be paid to them at such rates and at such times, as they may from time to time direct.

(2) The Treasury may issue out of the National Loan Fund to the Minister such sums as are necessary to enable him to make loans under section . . . 11 of this Act.

(2A) Such sums as are necessary to enable the Welsh Ministers to make loans under section 11 of this Act may be issued to them out of the Welsh Consolidated Fund.

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) Any sums received by the Minister under subsection (1) of this section shall be paid into the National Loan Fund . . ..

(4A) Any sums received by the Welsh Ministers under subsection (1A) of this section shall be paid into the Welsh Consolidated Fund.

(5) The Minister shall, as respects each financial year, prepare in such form and manner as the Treasury may direct an account of sums issued to him under this section and of the sums to be paid into the National Loan Fund under subsection (4) of this section and of the disposal by him of those sums respectively, and send it to the Comptroller and Auditor General not later than the end of November following the year; and the Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on the account and lay copies of it, together with his report, before each House of Parliament.

(6) The Welsh Ministers shall, as respects each financial year, prepare an account of sums issued to them under this section and of the sums to be paid into the Welsh Consolidated Fund under subsection (4A) and of the disposal by them of those sums respectively, and send it to the Auditor General for Wales not later than the end of November following the year; and the Auditor General for Wales shall examine, certify and report on the account and lay copies of it, together with his report, before the National Assembly for Wales.

Section 44 Limitation of right to challenge harbour revision orders, etc., in legal proceedings.

(1) A person who desires to question any such order as follows, namely, a harbour revision or empowerment order (not being one confirmed by Act of Parliament under section 4 or 6 of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945, or under section 2(4), as read with section 10, of that Act) or an order under section 15A of this Act, on the ground that there was no power to make the order or that a requirement of this Act was not complied with in relation to the order, ... may, within six weeks from the date on which the order becomes operative ... make an application for the purpose to the High Court or the Court of Session, as the case may be.

(1A) On an application under the foregoing subsection ... , the court—

(a) may, by interim order, suspend the operation of the order or of any provision thereof, either generally or so far as may be necessary for the protection of the interests of the applicant, until the final determination of the proceedings; and

(b) if satisfied that there was no power to make the order or that the interests of the applicant have been substantially prejudiced by a failure to comply with a requirement of this Act so far as regards the inclusion in the order of that provision, may quash the order, or any provision thereof, either generally or so far as may be necessary as aforesaid.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) Except as provided by this section, a harbour revision or empowerment order , or an order under section 15A of this Act, shall not, either before or after it is made, be questioned in any legal proceedings whatever, ....

(4) The foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to a harbour reorganisation scheme confirmed or made by the Minister as they apply to a harbour revision order, with the substitution , in relation to a harbour reorganisation scheme confirmed by the Secretary of State, for references to the making of the order and to its being made of references respectively to the confirmation of the scheme and to its being confirmed.

(5) In relation to proceedings in Scotland, subsections (1A)(a) ... of this section shall have effect as if the words “by interim order” were omitted.

(6) In the case of an order falling within subsection (7), an environmental organisation is to be deemed to have sufficient interest to make an application under subsection (1).

(7) An order is within this subsection if, in relation to the proposed application relating to the project authorised by the order, the Scottish Ministers decided that an environmental impact assessment was required and informed the applicant accordingly under paragraph 6(2)(a) of Schedule 3.

(8) For the purposes of subsections (6) and (7), an “environmental organisation” is a non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection.

(6) In the case of an order falling within subsection (7), an environmental organisation is ... to be deemed to have sufficient interest to make an application under subsection (1).

(7) An order is within this subsection if, in relation to the proposed application relating to the project authorised by the order, the Secretary of State decided that an environmental impact assessment was required and informed the applicant accordingly under paragraph 6(2)(a) of Schedule 3.

(8) For the purposes of subsections (6) and (7), an “environmental organisation” is a non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection.

(9) Section 17D(3) applies this section to closure orders.

Section 45 Penalisation of furnishing false information.

A person who—

(a) . . . In purported compliance with a requirement imposed under section . . . 41 of this Act, gives any information which he knows to be false in a material particular or makes a statement which he knows to be so false or recklessly gives any information which is so false or recklessly makes any statement which is so false; . . .

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—

(i) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both;

(ii) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.

Section 46 Restriction of disclosure of information.

(1) No person shall disclose any information furnished to him in pursuance of a requirement imposed under section . . . 41 of this Act . . . except—

(a) with the consent of the person by whom it was furnished or, as the case may be, carrying on the undertaking to which related the books, records or other documents from which it was obtained; or

(b) in the form of a summary of information so furnished by, or so obtained from documents relating to undertakings carried on by, a number of persons, being a summary so framed as not to enable particulars relating to the business of individual persons to be ascertained therefrom; or

(c) for the purpose of enabling . . . the Minister to discharge . . . his functions under this Act; or

(d) for the purposes of any legal proceedings (including arbitrations) or for the purposes of a report of any such proceedings as aforesaid;

and no person shall disclose anything contained in a forecast furnished to him in pursuance of a requirement under the said section 41 except with the consent of the person by whom the forecast was furnished, in the form of a summary of forecasts so furnished by a number of persons (being a summary framed as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above), for such a purpose as is mentioned in subsection (1)(c) above or for such purposes as are mentioned in subsection (1)(d) above.

(2) If a person makes a disclosure in contravention of this section he shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.

Section 47 Provisions as to inquiries and hearings.

(1) Subsections (2) to (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which provides for the holding of inquiries for the purposes of that Act)—

(a) shall apply to an inquiry caused by the Minister or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to be held in England or Wales under any provision of this Act as they apply to an inquiry held under the said section 250 , subject to the following modifications, namely,—

(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii) subsection (4) shall have effect as if references therein to the payment of costs by a local authority not being a party to the inquiry had been omitted; . . .

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and subsections (4) and (5) of the said section 250 shall, with the like modifications as those specified in paragraph (a) . . . (ii) above, apply to any hearing caused by the Minister or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to take place in England or Wales in pursuance of any provision of this Act (otherwise than by way of inquiry) as if the hearing were an inquiry caused by him to be held as aforesaid.

(1A) The power to make an order as to costs under section 250(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 as applied by subsection (1) above shall be exercisable not only where the inquiry or hearing takes place but also where arrangements are made for it but it does not take place.

(2) Subsections (3) to (8) of section 210 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (provisions as to local inquiries) shall, subject to the provisions of the next following subsection, apply to an inquiry caused by the Minister or the Secretary of State to be held in Scotland under any provision of this Act as they apply in relation to local inquiries under that section, . . . subject to the following modifications, namely—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) subsection (7) shall have effect as if references to the payment of expenses by a local authority not being a party to the inquiry and to the recovery of an amount as a debt to the Crown, had been omitted;

and subsections (7) and (8) of the said section 210 shall, with the like modification in the case of subsection (7) as is specified in paragraph (b) above, apply to any hearing caused by the Minister or the Secretary of State to take place in Scotland in pursuance of any provision of this Act (otherwise than by way of inquiry) as if the hearing were an inquiry caused by him to be held as aforesaid.

(2A) The power to make an award as to expenses under section 210(8) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as applied by subsection (2) above shall be exercisable not only where the inquiry or hearing takes place but also where arrangements are made for it but it does not take place.

(3) In relation to Scotland, any inquiry into an order subject to the provisions of paragraph 4B of Schedule 3 to this Act shall, if the Minister or the Secretary of State so directs, be held by Commissioners under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936; and where any direction is so given—

(a) it shall be deemed to have been given under section 2 as read with section 10 of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945;

(b) the publication and service of the proper notice required in connection with the making of the order or, as the case may be, the confirmation or making of the scheme which is the subject of the inquiry shall be deemed to be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the said section 2 with regard to the giving of notice by advertisement;

(c) the last foregoing subsection shall not apply to such an inquiry; and

(d) the said paragraphs shall have effect as if for any references therein to an inquiry and to the person who held the inquiry there were substituted references to an inquiry by the Commissioners and to the Commissioners.

Section 48 Service of documents.

(1) Any document required or authorised by this Act to be given to or served on any person may be given or served either by delivering it to that person, or by leaving it at his proper address, or by post by means of the recorded delivery service.

(1A) Any such document may also be given to or served on a person (the “recipient”) by means of an electronic communication but only if—

(a) the recipient has given a written statement agreeing to accept service of the document by means of an electronic communication,

(b) the statement has not been withdrawn, and

(c) the document was transmitted in a specified electronic form to a specified electronic address.

(1B) For the purposes of subsection (1A)(c) “specified” means specified by the recipient in a written statement given for the purposes of paragraph (a) of that subsection.

(1C) A document given or served on a recipient in accordance with subsection (1A) must be in a form sufficiently permanent to be used for subsequent reference.

(1D) Where a document is given to or served on a recipient in accordance with subsection (1A), the document is deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been given to or served on the recipient at the time at which the electronic communication is transmitted.

(1E) But if the transmission is made outside the recipient’s normal business hours, the document is to be taken to have been given to or served on the recipient on the next working day.

(1F) A statement under subsection (1A) may be withdrawn by giving a written notice to the person to whom the statement was made.

(1G) A withdrawal under subsection (1F) takes effect on the later of—

(a) the date specified by the person in the notice, and

(b) the date which is fourteen days after the date on which the notice is given.

(2) Any document required or authorised to be given to or served on a body corporate may be given to or served on the secretary or clerk of that body.

(3) For the purposes of this section and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 in its application to this section, the proper address of any person to or on whom any such document as aforesaid is to be given or served shall, in the case of the secretary or clerk of a corporation, be that of the registered or principal office of the corporation, and in any other case be the last-known address of the person to be served, subject, however, to this qualification, that, where the person to or on whom the document is to be given or served has, in accordance with arrangements agreed, furnished an address for the giving or service of the document, being an address in the United Kingdom, his proper address for the purposes aforesaid shall be the address furnished.

(4) If the name or the address of any owner, lessee or occupier of land to or on whom any such document as aforesaid is to be given or served cannot after reasonable inquiry be ascertained by the authority, body or person seeking to give or serve the document, the document may be given or served by addressing it to the person to or on whom it is to be given or served by the description of “owner”, “lessee” or “occupier” of the land (describing it) to which the document relates, and by delivering it to some responsible person resident or appearing to be resident on the premises, or, if there is no such person to whom it can be delivered, by affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous part of the premises.

(5) Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply in relation to a document if—

(a) it is required or authorised by Schedule 3 to be given to or served on a relevant authority, and

(b) the authority, in exercise of a power in Schedule 3, has specified the form in which, or means by which, the document is to be given to or served on it.

(6) In this section —

“electronic address” includes any number or address used for the purpose of receiving electronic communications;

“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;

“relevant authority” means—

the Secretary of State;

the Welsh Ministers;

the Scottish Ministers;

“working day” means any day other than—

a Saturday or Sunday,

Christmas Day or Good Friday, or

a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.

Section 48A Environmental duties of harbour authorities.

It shall be the duty of a harbour authority in formulating or considering any proposals relating to its functions under any enactment to have regard to—

(a) the conservation of the natural beauty of the countryside and of flora, fauna and geological or physiographical features of special interest;

(b) the desirability of preserving for the public any freedom of access to places of natural beauty; and

(c) the desirability of maintaining the availability to the public of any facility for visiting or inspecting any building, site or object of archaeological, architectural or historic interest;

and to take into account any effect which the proposals may have on the natural beauty of the countryside, flora, fauna or any such feature or facility.

Section 49 Provisions as to ecclesiastical property.

(1) Where under this Act a document is required to be served on an owner of land, and the land is ecclesiastical property, a copy of the document shall be served on the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated .

(2) Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant , it shall be treated for the purposes of an application to the Minister or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for any of the following orders in which provision for the compulsory acquisition of the property is proposed to be included, namely, a harbour revision order, a harbour empowerment order, . . . and of a compulsory acquisition of the property in pursuance of a provision for the compulsory acquisition thereof included in any such order, as being vested in the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated , and (in the case of such an acquisition as aforesaid) any notice to treat shall be served accordingly.

(3) Where provision for the compulsory acquisition of land is included in such an order as aforesaid, the order must be so framed as to secure—

(a) that if, at the time of the acquisition of any land in pursuance of that provision, the land is ecclesiastical property, any sum agreed upon or awarded for the acquisition of the fee simple of the land shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ; and

(b) that any sum to be paid by way of compensation for damage sustained by reason of severance or injury affecting land that is ecclesiastical property (being severance or injury arising from the acquisition of land in pursuance of that provision) shall be so paid.

(4) Any sum which, in pursuance of a provision included in an order in compliance with the last foregoing subsection, is paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated with reference to any land shall, if the land is not consecrated, be applied by it for the purposes for which the proceeds of a sale by agreement of the fee simple of the land would be applicable under any enactment or Measure authorising such a sale or disposing of the proceeds of such a sale, and if the land is consecrated, be applied by it as if the land had been sold under the Pastoral Measure 1983 .

(5) In this section the expression “ ecclesiastical property ” means land belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England, or being or forming part of a church subject to the jurisdiction of the bishop of any diocese of the Church of England or the site of a church so subject, or being or forming part of a burial ground so subject.

Section 50 Reckoning of periods.

For the purposes of this Act, in reckoning any period which is therein, or in an order thereunder, expressed to be a period from a given date, that date shall be excluded.

Section 51 Modification of Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937.

(1) On coming into operation of this section, for the definition of “marine work” in section 31(1) of the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937 there shall be substituted the following definition—

“ marine work ” means a marine work as defined in the Harbours Act 1964

(2) Where a harbour owing to the operation of the foregoing subsection has ceased to be a marine work the provisions of the two next following subsections shall have effect in relation to that harbour.

(3) Sections 16 and 18 of the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937 (deficiency in revenue and levying of rates to meet deficiency) shall continue to apply as they apply to a marine work; and in relation to any works duly authorised for that harbour before the coming into operation of this section, Parts II, III and IV of the said Act of 1937 shall continue so to apply.

(4) Until the coming into operation of an order under this Act of corresponding effect to any provision of Parts II, III and IV of the said Act of 1937, that provision shall continue to apply.

Section 52 Application of Act to Crown.

(1) An interest in land in which there is a Crown or Duchy interest may, if the appropriate authority consent to the acquisition thereof, be acquired compulsorily by virtue of this Act, and a power (other than one to acquire land compulsorily) may, if the appropriate authority consent to its being so conferred, be conferred by a harbour revision or empowerment order in relation to land in which there is a Crown or Duchy interest.

(2) In this section “ Crown or Duchy interest ” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster, or to the Duchy of Cornwall, or belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department, and “ the appropriate authority ” has the same meaning as in subsection (2) of section 293 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; and the provisions of subsection (3) of that section as to the determination of questions shall apply for the purposes of this section.

(3) In the application of this section to Scotland—

(a) in subsection (1) for references to a Crown or Duchy interest there shall be substituted references to a Crown interest;

(b) subsection (2) shall not apply; and

(c) “ Crown interest ” means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or belonging to a government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a goverment department, and the “ appropriate authority ”—

(i) in relation to land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown and forming part of the Crown estate means the Crown Estate Commissioners, and, in relation to any other land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, means the government department having the management of that land or the relevant person ; and

(ii) in relation to land belonging to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department, means that department.

(3A) In subsection (3), “relevant person”, in relation to any land to which section 90B(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, means the person who manages that land.

(4) If any question arises as to what authority is the appropriate authority in relation to any land for the purposes of the last foregoing subsection, that question shall be referred to the Treasury, whose decision shall be final.

Section 53 Saving for telegraphic lines.

Part 10 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code) (which provides a procedure for certain cases where works involve the alteration of electronic communications apparatus ) shall apply, for the purposes of works in pursuance of a harbour revision order and works authorised by a harbour empowerment order, to the person authorised to execute those works.

Section 54 Orders and regulations.

(1) Any power conferred by this Act on the Minister, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Secretary of State to make an order, or on the Minister to make regulations, shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) A statutory instrument containing an order under section ... , 9(1), 15A , 18(7), ... or 60 of this Act or regulations under section 19, ... or 42 thereof shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3) Subsection (4) applies to any statutory instrument containing—

(a) an order made under section 42A by a relevant authority in relation to a delegable function, or

(b) an order made by any person, by virtue of an order under that section, in the exercise of a delegable function under section 14, 15, 16 or 18.

(4) A statutory instrument to which this subsection applies—

(a) if the relevant authority in relation to the delegable function is the Secretary of State, is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

(b) if the relevant authority in relation to the delegable function is the Welsh Ministers, is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

(5) A power of the Secretary of State or Welsh Ministers to make an order under section 40A is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(6) A statutory instrument containing an order under section 40A—

(a) if made by the Secretary of State, is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament,

(b) if made by the Welsh Ministers, is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

(7) As to the power to make regulations under paragraph 9A of Schedule 3 (fees for applications)—

(a) where the power is exercised by the Secretary of State—

(i) the regulations are to be made by statutory instrument, and

(ii) a statutory instrument containing such regulations is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

(b) where the power is exercised by the Welsh Ministers (see section 17(2C))—

(i) the regulations are to be made by statutory instrument, and

(ii) a statutory instrument containing such regulations is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru;

(c) where the power is exercised by the Scottish Ministers (see section 17(2C)), the regulations are subject to the negative procedure (see section 28 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).