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HARBOURS, DOCKS, AND PIERS CLAUSES ACT 1847 - SECT 52

Powers of harbour master.

52. The harbour master may give directions for all or any of the following
purposes; (that is to say,)

For regulating the time at which and the manner in which any vessel shall
enter into, go out of, or lie in or at the harbour, dock, or pier, and within
the prescribed limits, if any, and its position, mooring or unmooring, placing
and removing, whilst therein:

For regulating the position in which any vessel shall take in or discharge its
cargo or any part thereof, or shall take in or land its passengers, or shall
take in or deliver ballast within or on the harbour, dock, or pier:

For regulating the manner in which any vessel entering the harbour or dock or
coming to the pier shall be dismantled, as well for the safety of such vessel
as for preventing injury to other vessels, and to the harbour, dock, or pier,
and the moorings thereof:

For removing unserviceable vessels and other obstructions from the harbour,
dock, or pier, and keeping the same clear:

For regulating the quantity of ballast or dead weight in the hold which each
vessel in or at the harbour, dock, or pier shall have during the delivery of
her cargo, or after having discharged the same.

Penalty on shipmasters not complying with directions of the harbour master.

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