Article 14 Advisory bodies
The Authority shall consult any accredited advisory body or bodies on all matters substantially affecting the management, maintenance, improvement, conservation, protection or regulation of the harbour and its navigation.
The Authority shall take into consideration any matter, recommendation or representation which may from time to time be referred or made to them by an accredited advisory body whether or not the accredited advisory body has been consulted by the Authority on the matter, recommendation or representation so referred or made.
In this paragraph “accredited advisory body” means any body which appears to the Authority—
to represent interests concerned with the harbour; and
to comply with such standards of openness and accountability as the Authority may from time to time prescribe.