{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-ports-regulation-act-1865/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-ports-regulation-act-1865/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/28-29/125",
  "legislation_title": "Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-ports-regulation-act-1865",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Port regulations to be made by Orders in Council.",
  "text": "In relation to any dockyard port it shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council, from time to time, by Order in Council, to make regulations for all or any of the following purposes; namely,\nTo prohibit the mooring or anchoring of vessels so as to obstruct navigation into, in, or out of the port:\nTo appropriate any space as a mooring place or anchoring ground for the exclusive use of Her Majesty’s vessels, but not so as to authorize any user of such space in such manner as to obstruct navigation into, in, or out of the port:\nTo prohibit or restrict the having of gunpowder, and the having or discharging of shotted or loaded guns, on board any vessel in any specified part of the port, and to regulate the loading and unloading of gunpowder in the port:\nTo restrict the use of fire and light, and the having of tar, oil, or other combustible substances, on board any vessel in any specified part of the port:\nTo prohibit the navigating of steam vessels at a greater than a specified speed in any specified part of the port:\nTo require the presence of at least one person at all hours of the day and night on board every vessel above a specified size moored, anchored, or placed in any specified part of the port:\nTo prohibit or regulate the breaming of vessels in any specified part of the port:\nAnd for such other purposes as from time to time seem necessary with a view to the proper protection of Her Majesty’s vessels, dockyards, or property, or to the requirements of Her Majesty’s naval service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/28-29/125/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:02:22.009395+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}