# The Caledonian Maritime Assets (East Loch Tarbert) Harbour Revision Order 2019, Article 27: General directions to vessels


(1) CMAL may, after consultation with the UK Chamber of Shipping, the Royal Yachting Association, the Royal Yachting Association Scotland and such persons as CMAL considers are representative of users of the harbour, give general directions to vessels for the purpose of promoting or securing conditions conducive to the ease, convenience or safety of vessels within the harbour or entering or leaving the harbour and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for any of the following purposes—
(a) for designating areas, routes or channels in the harbour and the approaches to the harbour which vessels are to use, or refrain from using, for movement, mooring or anchorage,
(b) for securing that vessels move within the harbour only at certain times or during certain periods,
(c) for securing that vessels within the harbour make use of descriptions of aid to navigation specified in the directions,
(d) for prohibiting entry into or navigation within any of the main channels within the harbour or the approaches leading to it during any temporary obstruction of the channels,
(e) for regulating the admission to, and the movement within, and the departure of vessels from, the harbour, or the removal of vessels, and for the good order and government of vessels whilst within the harbour,
(f) for regulating the navigation, berthing, mooring and speed of vessels within the harbour,
(g) for regulating the use of ferries within the harbour,
(h) for regulating the use within the harbour of yachts, sailing boats, sailboards, rowing boats, rowing punts, pleasure craft and other small craft,
(i) for regulating the launching of vessels within the harbour,
(j) for regulating the use of tugs within the harbour,
(k) for requiring the master of a vessel to give to the harbour master information relating to the vessel reasonably required by the harbour master for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2) Directions given under paragraph (1) may apply—
(a) to all vessels or to a class of vessel designated, or the designation of which is provided for, in the direction,
(b) to the whole of the harbour and the approaches and channels leading thereto, or to a part designated, or the designation of which is provided for, in the direction, and
(c) at all times or at times designated, or the designation of which is provided for, in the direction,
and every direction given under this article shall specify the extent of its application in relation to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c).
(3) CMAL may, after consultation with the UK Chamber of Shipping, the Royal Yachting Association, the Royal Yachting Association Scotland and such persons as CMAL considers are representative of users of the harbour, revoke or amend directions given under this article.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/296/article/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/caledonian-maritime-assets-east-loch-tarbert-harbour-revision-order-2019/article-27
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.