{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/argyll-and-bute-council-oban-harbour-revision-order-2026/article-19",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/287",
  "legislation_title": "The Argyll and Bute Council (Oban) Harbour Revision Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/argyll-and-bute-council-oban-harbour-revision-order-2026",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Byelaws",
  "text": "(1) The Council may from time to time make byelaws for the efficient management and regulation of the harbour.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), byelaws made under this article may provide for—\n(a) regulating the use, operation and superintendence of the harbour and the docks, berths, wharves, quays, piers, jetties, landing places, equipment, works and conveniences (including moorings);\n(b) regulating the shipping and unshipping, landing, warehousing, stowing, depositing and removing of goods, including marine creatures of any type, within the harbour;\n(c) preventing damage or injury to any vessels, goods, vehicles, plant, machinery, property or persons within the harbour;\n(d) regulating the conduct of all persons in the harbour not being members of a police force or officers or servants of the Crown whilst in the exercise of their duties;\n(e) preventing and removing obstructions or impediments within the harbour;\n(f) regulating the holding of regattas and other public events in the harbour;\n(g) regulating or prohibiting the activities in the harbour of divers, surfers, water skiers and other persons engaged in similar recreational pursuits;\n(h) prohibiting persons in or entering the harbour, or any part thereof, from smoking therein;\n(i) regulating the movement and parking of vehicles within the harbour;\n(j) regulating the exercise of the powers vested in the harbour master, as provided for in the 1847 Act, this Order and any other relevant enactment;\n(k) regulating the hours during which any gates, entrances or outlets to or from the harbour or any part of the harbour shall be open;\n(l) prohibiting or regulating the discharge or deposits of ballast, ashes, refuse, rubbish or other material (including any polluting liquid) into or upon the harbour;\n(m) regulating the use of cranes, weighing machines, weights and measures belonging to the Council, and the duties and conduct of weighers and meters employed by the Council;\n(n) regulating or preventing the use of fires and lights within the harbour;\n(o) the conservation of the natural beauty of all or any part of the harbour or of any of the fauna, flora or geological or physiographical features in the harbour and all other natural features; and\n(p) the conservation, preservation or redevelopment of any buildings, plant or other artificial features of the harbour of historic or architectural significance.\n(3) Byelaws made under this article may—\n(a) provide for imposing upon persons found guilty on summary conviction of offending against them, or against any condition, requirement or direction imposed, made or given thereunder on summary conviction, fines not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale;\n(b) relate to the whole of the harbour or harbour premises, or to any part thereof; or\n(c) make different provisions for different parts of the harbour or harbour premises, or in relation to different classes of vessels.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/287/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:32:48.863558+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}