Paragraph 24 Anchorage in Plymouth Sound
Where one of Her Majesty’s vessels is anchored or moored in the Dockyard Port and displaying the signals described in Rule 3(2) of Schedule 2—
(a)
no merchant or other private vessel shall moor or anchor within 700 metres of any such of Her Majesty’s vessels without the prior permission of the Queen’s Habour Master;
(b)
no merchant or other private vessel—
(i)
carrying hazardous, dangerous or noxious substances (as defined in Regulation 8 of the 1987 Regulations) as cargo; or
(ii)
which is in ballast having previously carried any such substances as cargo, but which has not been gas-freed,
shall anchor or moor within 1,000 metres of any such of Her Majesty’s vessels without prior permission of the Queen’s Harbour Master.