Chapter IV.

Provisions for the Safety of Harbour and Vessels therein.

86. —(1) Where aquafortis, oil of vitriol or any other goods of a hazardous quality are brought within the limits of a harbour, there shall be stated distinctly, on the outside of the container of the goods, the nature of the goods and that they are hazardous.

(2) Where goods of a hazardous quality are brought within the limits of a harbour and the requirements of subsection (1) of this section have not been complied with, the person who brought the goods within such limits and any person who caused or permitted them to be so brought shall each be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

87. —(1) A harbour authority may at any time, by notice affixed in a prominent place at their harbour, prohibit the bringing within the limits of the harbour, or any specified part of such limits, of any article of a kind or class which is specified in the notice as being, in the opinion of the harbour authority, likely to endanger persons or property.

(2) When and so long as a notice is affixed under this section at a harbour, the notice shall have effect according to the terms thereof and—

(a) a person who contravenes the notice shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, and

(b) the harbour authority for the harbour may remove the articles brought by such person, in contravention of the notice, and place or store them elsewhere, and

(c) the expenses of such removal and placing or storing shall be paid by such person to the harbour authority and, in default of payment, may be recovered as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

88. —(1) It shall not be lawful for a person to put, or cause or allow to be put, ballast, earth, ashes, stones or any other substance or thing into waters within the limits of a harbour unless the harbour authority for the harbour have authorised him so to do.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

89. —(1) It shall not be lawful for a person to extinguish without proper authority the light in a lamp placed for the purpose of lighting a harbour.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

90. —(1) It shall not be lawful for a person to boil pitch or any other inflammable substance within the limits of a harbour unless the harbour authority for the harbour have authorised him so to do.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

91. —(1) It shall not be lawful for a person to attach a vessel which is within the limits of a harbour to a buoy other than a mooring buoy.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

92. —(1) When a moving or movable bridge under the control of a harbour authority is being or is about to be opened or shut, any officer or servant of the harbour authority may require any person who is on or near the bridge to withdraw to or to remain at a distance of two yards at least from the bridge until the opening or closing is completed.

(2) If a person refuses or fails to comply with a requirement made on him under this section, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding two pounds.

93. —(1) It shall not be lawful for a person to open or close the gates of a dock under the control of a harbour authority unless he is an officer or servant of the harbour authority.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.