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Paragraph 3 Blue flashing lights

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(1)

A vessel must not exhibit a blue flashing light in the dockyard port without written permission from the Queen’s Harbour Master.

(2)

Subparagraph (1) does not apply to a vessel used by—

(a)

the Queen’s Harbour Master;

(b)

the Cattewater Harbour Master;

(c)

a UK police force;

(d)

the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;

(e)

a fire and rescue authority in England or Wales;

(f)

the Royal National Lifeboat Institution;

(g)

the Torpoint Ferry; or

(h)

United Kingdom Border Force.

(3)

In this paragraph—

  • “fire and rescue authority in England or Wales” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Fire and Rescue Act 2004f1; and

  • “UK police force” has the meaning given by section 375 (definitions relating to police forces) of the Armed Forces Act 2006f2.

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Footnotes

f1

2004 c. 21, as amended by the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c.3), Sch. 1(1) paras. 2 and 3 and Sch. 2(2) para. 111, and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Fire and Rescue Functions) Order (S.I. 2017/469), art. 12.

f2

2006 c. 52, as amended by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order (S.I. 2013/602) Sch.2(1) para. 56, and Armed Forces Act 2011 (c.18) Sch. 5 para. 1.