Port of London Act 1968
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1968 c. xxxii |
| Year | 1968 |
Port of
London
Act
1968
CH.
xxxn 1
ELIZABETH H
1968 CHAPTER xxxii
An Act to consolidate with amendments the statutory
provisions relating to the Port of London Authority;
and for other purposes. [26th July 1968]
W
HEREAS by the Port of London Act, 1908, the Port of
1908
c.
68.
London Authority were established for the purpose of
administering, preserving and improving the port of
London and for other purposes in that Act set forth:
And whereas by various subsequent Acts and Orders further
powers were conferred on the Port Authority:
And whereas it is expedient that the provisions of the various
enactments by which or by reference to which the constitution,
powers, rights, authorities, privileges, duties and obhgations of
the Port Authority are at present defined should be unified,
consolidated and amended as in this Act provided:
And whereas it is expedient that other powers be conferred on
the Port Authority as in this Act contained and that the other
provisions of
this
Act be enacted:
And whereas the objects of this Act cannot be effected without
the authority of Parliament:
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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 Parhament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short
title.
*• TMS Act may be cited as the Port of London Act 1968.
Interpretation. 2<~(1) ^ tnis Act> excePt so far as tlie context otherwise
requires—
" arrestable offence " means an offence for
which the sentence
is fixed by law or for which a person, not previously
convicted, may under, or by virtue of, any enactment be
sentenced
to
imprisonment for a term of
five
years;
" bed " in relation to the Thames, means the bed, shore and
banks of the Thames below mean high water level;
" boat for hire " means a boat let for hire for carrying persons
and includes a passenger boat;
" byelaw of the Port Authority " includes a byelaw made by
a predecessor of the Port Authority which is in force by
virtue of section
212
(Transitional provisions) of
this
Act;
" charges " includes charges, rates, tolls and dues of every
description which the Port Authority are for the time
being authorised to demand, take and recover and
" charge " shall be construed accordingly;
" craft" means a lighter or a tug;
" the Custom House " means the Custom House of the
Port of London;
" customs officer " means a person commissioned by the
Commissioners of Customs and Excise;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which an offence
is continued after conviction;
"dock manager" means a person appointed by the Port
Authority to be a dock manager and includes the
deputies and assistants of a person so appointed;
" dockmaster" means, in relation to a dock, a person
appointed by the Port Authority to be a dockmaster
and, in relation to a canal, a person appointed by the
Port Authority to be a canal master or canal ranger
and includes the deputies and assistants of persons so
appointed;
"docks"
means the docks and canals belonging to or
administered by the Port Authority and includes locks,
Port of
London
Act
1968
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xxxii 3
basins and cuts forming part of those docks or canals PART I
and " dock " and " canal" shall be construed accord- —cont.
ingly;
" drainage authority " has the same meaning as in section 81
of the Land Drainage Act, 1930;
1930
c 44.
" duties of customs or excise " include any
tax,
levy,
surcharge
or any other sum to the collection of which the general
provisions of
the
Customs and Excise Act, 1952, relating
1952
c.
44.
to customs or excise have been applied by statute;
" enactment" means any Act whether general, local or
personal and any order or other instrument made
thereunder and any provisions in any such Act, order or
instrument, and includes this Act;
" financial year" means the financial year of the Port
Authority and includes any accounting period, whether
shorter or longer than a year, adopted to effect a change
in the Port Authority's
financial
year; ioXnVCk
" fish " includes shell fishaari also the spaw^lf1brood and fry
of
fish
and shell
fiskf^
s s£
<•17<f-
(&0J
" the former seaward limit" means the former seaward
limit described in Schedule
1
to this Act;
" general direction" means a direction authorised by
section
111
(General directions to vessels in the Thames)
of this Act or by subsection
(1)
of section
113
(Directions
to vessels at the docks) of this Act;
" goods" includes all tangible personal property of any
kind whatsoever;
" harbourmaster " means a person appointed by the Port
Authority to be a harbourmaster and includes the
deputies and assistants of a person so appointed;
" hovercraft" means a vehicle which is designed to be
supported when in motion wholly or partly by air
expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which
the boundaries include the ground, water or other
surface beneath the vehicle;
" hydrofoil vessel" means a vessel, however propelled,
designed to be supported on foils;
" land " includes land covered by water and any interest in
land;
" landing places" means wharves and other waterside
landing places, piers, jetties and similar installations and
includes approaches from land to such installations;
" the landward limit" means the landward limit described
in Schedule 1 to this Act;
" lighter " includes a barge or other like craft for carrying
goods;
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