Cork Harbour Act 1903
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1903 c. cclvi |
| Year | 1903 |
[3
EDW.
7.] Cork Harbour Act, 1903. [Oh. CClvi.J
C. CXXXl.
34
&
35 Vict.
c4 xcvii.
c. cxxxvm.
CHAPTER cclvi.
An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Cork Harbour
A.D.
1903.
Commissioners to confer further powers on the Com-
missioners and for other purposes. [14th August 1903.]
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W
HEREAS by the Cork Harbour Act 1820 certain Commis- 1
Geo.
4.
sioners (hereinafter referred to as "the Commissioners ") c *
were constituted and appointed for improving and preserving the
port harbour and river of Cork and were made the pilotage
authority for the said port harbour and river:
And whereas by the Cork Harbour Amendment Act 1866 and
29 &
soviet.
the Cork Harbour Order 1871 confirmed by the Pier and Harbour
Orders Confirmation Act 1871 (No. 2) the rights and powers of
the Commissioners were in various respects amended and enlarged :
And whereas by the Cork Harbour Act 1875 further powers 38&39Vict.
were conferred upon the Commissioners for the improvement of
the pore harbour and river and it was enacted that the Com-
±
missioners should be deemed to be and have all the incidents
of a body corporate under the name of " the Cork Harbour
Commissioners
*'
:
And whereas by the Cork Harbour Act 1877 the Cork
40& 41
Vict,
Harbour Act 1883 and the Cork Harbour Order 1889 confirmed
c*
clviii"
by the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1889 c
cisxi.
the powers of the Commissioners were further extended and
52 & 53
Vict,
amended:
And whereas by the Cork Harbour (Pilotage) Act 1892 further
55 &
56"Vict
powers were conferred upon the Commissioners with respect to c* l*
pilotage :
And whereas the present revenue of the Commissioners
available for the maintenance improvement and conservancy of the
port is insufficient for those purposes and it is expedient that the
Commissioners should be authorised to demand and take increased
tonnage dues on coasting vessels and colliers :
[Price 2s. 3d.] ' A 1
c. xlviii-
[Ch. CClvi.] Cork Harbour Act, 1903. [3 Eow. 7.)
And whereas it is expedient that the Commissioners should
be empowered to levy tonnage dues on steam vessels (subject to
certain exceptions) on a tonnage not being less than fifty per centum
of the gross register tonnage of such steam vessels and that they
should also be empowered to make further charges for the use of
warehouses sheds quays and other accommodation as in this Act
provided :
And whereas it is expedient to empower the Commissioners to
allocate to the exclusive use of particular trades or vessels quays
berths wharves and other accommodation :
And whereas with the view of facilitating the traffic withiu
the port and of expediting and facilitating the loading or unloading
of vessels and the transit of goods wares and merchandise to and
from warehouses stores and other premises abutting upon or near
to the port it is expedient that the Commissioners should be
authorised to provide and work overhead and underground com-
munications across over under or along any quays roads streets
footways or other places as well as other traffic facilities and
electrical and other power in connection therewith :
And whereas it is expedient that the Commissioners should be
authorised to erect or provide offices for the better accommodation
of the Commissioners and their officers and servants and to dispose
of any of their present ballast offices and that additional powers
should be conferred upon the Commissioners with regard to the
granting of pensions and sick and accident allowances to their
officers and servants and to the widows and families of deceased
officers or servants :
And whereas for the better regulation and management of the
port it is expedient that further provisions should be made and
powers granted to the Commissioners with reference to the letting
or the use and occupation of warehouses buildings wharves yards
cranes machines premises or other conveniences the provision of
towage power the control of private quays and works the removal
of wrecks and other obstructions the purchase of lands the making
of byelaws and other matters :
And whereas public highways exist along certain of the quays
in the county borough of Cork and the limits of jurisdiction of the
Commissioners as the harbour authority and of the lord mayor
aldermen and burgesses of the said county borough as the municipal
authority respectively over such quays have never been defined by
statute and it is expedient to fix and determine the same :
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[3
EDW.
7.] Cork Harbour Act, 1903. [Ch. CClvi.]
And whereas the Commissioners have out of their revenues A-.D. 1903.
provided a reserve contingency and insurance fuud and a deprecia-
tion fund and it is expedient that the same should be sanctioned
and that the Commissioners should he empowered to continue the
same:
And whereas by the Acts hereinbefore recited or referred to
and other Acts the Commissioners were authorised to raise or
borrow money and particulars of the amounts so authorised to be
raised or borrowed and of the amounts raised and paid off and of
the amounts now outstanding on the security of the revenues of the
port are set out in the First Schedule to this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that the Commissioners should be
authorised to purchase for the purpose of extinguishing the same
any irredeemable or redeemable stock issued or to be issued by
them and to apply for that purpose their sinking fund established
under the provisions of section twenty-three of the Cork Harbour
Act 1877 and the sinking fund to he established under the pro-
visions of this Act and to borrow money for such purpose and
that any purchases of irredeemable stock already made by the
Commissioners should be confirmed :
And whereas it is expedient that the sinking fund established
under section twentv-three of the Cork Harbour Act 1877 should
be applicable for such purchases and for the payment off or redemp-
tion of any of the existing or future debts of the Commissioners
(other than any debt contracted under the Cork Harbour (Pilotage)
Act 1892) without regard to the particular loans in respect of
which the payments to such sinking fund may have been or shall
be made :
And whereas for the efficient maintenance and development of
the port of Cork and of the trade thereof it is expedient that the
existing accommodation at the port should be improved and that
further facilities should he provided by the Commissioners :
And whereas it is expedient that the Commissioners should be
authorised to borrow further money for the improvement and
general purposes of the port and for the purposes of this Act and
that the other provisions in this Act contained should be made in
reference to the Commissioners and the port:
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be -effected
without the authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted
and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
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