Article 23 Removal of goods

If any goods are left on or in any part of the harbour premises the Commissioners may require the owner of the goods to remove them; and if the goods are not removed within six hours after such requirement or, in any case where it is not reasonably practicable to identify or contact the owner of the goods, within six hours after leaving a notice on the goods requiring their removal, the Commissioners may cause them to be removed to their own or any other public warehouse or store; and such removal shall be carried out at the expense and risk of the owner.

When goods are so removed and placed in store on behalf of the Commissioners, they shall be subject to a lien for the expenses of, and incidental to, the removal, and for any charges payable to the Commissioners by the owner in respect of the goods.

The Commissioners may, if they think fit, after giving seven days’ notice to the owner of the goods when the owner can be identified and contacted, and must, if so required by the owner of the goods, sell or otherwise dispose of the goods in such manner as they think fit and reimburse themselves out of the proceeds of sale, and the Commissioners must hold any surplus of such proceeds on trust for the person entitled thereto.

In this article “goods” includes vehicles and equipment.