Harwich Harbour Act 1974
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1974 c. i |
| Year | 1974 |
Harwich Harbour
Act
1974
c.
i
1
ELIZABETH II
1974 CHAPTER i
(icCoi)
An Act to consolidate with amendments statutory
provisions relating to the Harwich Harbour
Conservancy Board; to confer new powers on the
Board; and for other purposes. [8th February 1974]
Y¥7HEREAS—
(1)
The
Harwich Harbour Conservancy Board were incorpor-
ated by the Harwich Harbour Act
1863
for
the purpose of preserv-1863 c.
71.
ing
and improving Harwich Harbour and
for
the management and
regulation
of
the Harbour:
(2)
By
subsequent Acts
and
Orders further powers were
conferred upon
the
Conservancy Board:
(3)
It is
expedient that
the
enactments
by
which
the
powers,
rights, authorities, privileges, duties
and
obligations
of the
Conservancy Board
are set
forth should
be
consolidated
and
amended
as
provided
in
this
Act:
(4)
It is
furthermore expedient that other powers
be
conferred
upon
the
Conservancy Board
as
contained
in
this
Act and
that
the other provisions
of
this
Act be
enacted:
(5)
The
purposes
of
this
Act
cannot
be
effected without
the
authority
of
Parliament:
C.
1
Harwich Harbour
Act
1974
(6) A map marked " Map of Harwich Harbour " was in the
month of May, 1973, deposited in the office of the Clerk of
the Parliaments, House of Lords, in the Private Bill Office of the
House of Commons and in the respective offices of the clerk of
the East Suffolk County Council, the clerk of the Essex County
Council and the manager and harbour master of the Conservancy
Board and copies of
the
map have been deposited in the respective
offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment and the
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,
and be it enacted, by the Queen'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, as follows:—
Citation.
Division of
Act into Parts.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1.
This Act may be cited as the Harwich Harbour Act 1974.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—Functions and powers.
Part III.—Harbour regulation.
Part IV.—Dues and charges.
Part V.—Finance.
Part VI.—Miscellaneous.
Interpretation.
3.—(1)
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
" the Board " means the Harwich Harbour Conservancy
Board;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which an offence
is continued after conviction
thereof;
" dangerous goods" means any goods declared by the
rules made under section 23 of the Merchant Shipping
1949
c.
43.
(Safety Convention) Act 1949 to be dangerous in their
nature;
" the deposited map " means the map showing the limits of
the Harbour and of the Harwich seaward area deposited
as recited above;
" enactment" means any enactment, whether public general
or local, and includes any order or byelaw having effect
by virtue of an enactment;
" electrical work " means any electric line (as defined in the
1882
c.
56.
Electric Lighting Act 1882) and any other works or
things required to generate or supply electricity belonging
Harwich Harbour
Act
1974
c. i 3
to,
or maintained by, the Central Electricity Generating
PART
I
Board or the Eastern Electricity Board and "the —cont.
electricity undertakers" means such one of those
boards to which, or by which, the electrical work in
question belongs or is maintained, or either of such
boards, as the case may require;
" the Harbour " means Harwich Harbour as described in
subsection (1) (a) of section 4 (Area of jurisdiction) of
this Act;
" the harbour master " means the manager and harbour
master of
the
Board and includes his authorised deputies
and assistants and any person authorised by the Board
to act in that capacity;
" the Harbours Clauses Act" means the Harbours, Docks
and Piers Clauses Act 1847;
1847
c.
27.
" the Harwich seaward area " means the area described in
subsection (1) (b) of the said section 4;
" hovercraft" has the same meaning as in the Hovercraft
Act 1968;
1968
c.
59.
" land " includes land covered by water and any interest in
land;
" level of high water " means the level of mean high-water
springs;
" owner " when used in relation to any vessel includes the
owner, agent, master, charterer or other person in
charge of the vessel;
"the Trinity House" means the Corporation of Trinity
House of Deptford Strond;
" the undertaking " means the undertaking of the Board as
from time to time authorised by any enactment;
"vessel" means every description of vessel, however
propelled or moved, and includes hovercraft, any
floating manufactured article, anything constructed or
used to carry persons or goods by water, and, except for
the purpose of levying rates, a seaplane on or in the
water.
(2) References in this Act to reference points shall be construed
as references to National Grid reference points.
(3) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference
in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to
that enactment as amended by, or by virtue of, any subsequent
enactment including this Act.
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