Harbours Act 1745
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1745 c. 22 |
| Year | 1745 |
(19 Geo. 2) C A P. XXII.
'WHEREAS Masters and Owners of, and other Persons belonging to Ships, Crayers or other Vessels coming into Havens, Ports, Roads, Channels or navigable Rivers, within that Part ofGreat Britain called England , do cast, throw out, and unlade their Ballast, either on the Shore, or on the Side, and below the usual full Sea Mark, and frequently do other Annoyances, to the Detriment and Obstruction of Navigation, and the Offenders often go unpunished, for want of a further and more speedy Method of bringing them to Justice:' For Remedy whereof, may it 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, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That if at any Time, from and after the first DayofJune one thousand seven hundred and forty-six, any Master or Owner, or any Person acting as Master of any Ship, Pink, Crayer, Lighter, Keil-boat, or other Vessel whatsoever, shall cast, throw out, or unlade; or if at any Time, from and after the Day aforesaid, there shall be cast, thrown out, or unladen from and out of any Ship, Pink, Crayer, Lighter, Keil-boat, or other Vessel whatsoever, being or riding within any Haven,Port, Road, Channel or navigable River, within that Part ofGreat Britain called England , any Ballast, Rubbish, Gravel, Earth, Stone, Wreck or Filth, but only upon the Land where the Tide or Water never flows or runs; it shall and may be lawful for any one or more Justice or Justices of the Peacefor the County, City, Town Corporate, Liberty or Place, where or near which such Offence shall be committed, upon Information thereof, and he and they are hereby authorized and required, to summon or issue out his or their Warrant or Warrants, to apprehend and bring before him or them the Master or Masters, Owner or Owners of any such Ship, Pink, Crayer, Lighter, Keil-boat or other Vessel, or other Person or Persons acting as such, against whom such Complaint or Information shall be made or given; and upon his, her or their Appearance or Default, to proceed to examine the Matter of Fact, and upon due Proof made (either by the Confession of the Party offending, or on View of such Justice or Justices, or upon the Oath or Oaths of one or more credible Witness or Witnesses, which Oaths the said Justices are hereby impowered and required to administer) that any Ballast, Rubbish, Earth, Gravel, Stone, Wreck or Filth, had been cast, unladen, or thrown out of, or from any Ship, Pink, Crayer, Lighter, Keil-boat, or other Vessel, the Master or Masters, or Person or Persons acting as Master or Masters thereof, shall be adjudged, and he and they are hereby respectively declared to be the Offenders against this Act; and he and they being by such Justice or Justices (or any of the Ways or Meansaforesaid) thereof convicted, shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence any Sum, not exceeding the Sum of five Pounds, nor under fifty Shillings, at the Discretion of such Justice or Justices, the one...
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