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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 654

Inspection of local lighthouses.

654.(1) A local lighthouse authority may, if they think fit, surrender or sell
any lighthouse, buoy, or beacon held by them to the general lighthouse
authority within whose area it is situated, and that general lighthouse
authority may, with the consent of the Board of Trade, accept or purchase the
same.

(2) The purchase money for any lighthouse, buoy, or beacon so sold to a
general lighthouse authority shall be paid out of the [General Lighthouse
Fund].

(3) On the surrender or sale of a lighthouse, buoy, or beacon under this
section to a general lighthouse authority,

(a)the lighthouse, buoy, or beacon surrendered or sold shall, together with
its appurtenances, become vested in the general lighthouse authority, and
shall be subject to the same provisions as if it had been provided by that
authority under this Part of this Act; and

(b)the general lighthouse authority shall be entitled to receive either the
dues which were leviable in respect of the lighthouse, buoy, or beacon
surrendered or sold at the time of the surrender or sale, or, if Her Majesty
so directs by Order in Council, such dues as may be fixed by Order in Council,
and those dues shall be subject to the same provisions and regulations as
light dues for a lighthouse completed by a general lighthouse authority under
this Act.

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