# The Folkestone Harbour Revision Order 2017, Article 17: Notice of closure and removal of vessels from area of works

Extent: E+W

(1) Before exercising the power conferred on it by article 16 temporarily to close an area of works to vessels the Company must—
(a) publish a notice of the intention to temporarily close part of the harbour in the London Gazette and once in each of two successive weeks in a local newspaper circulating in Shepway, with an interval between the dates of publication of not less than six clear days;
(b) display a copy of the notice in a visible position in the harbour; and
(c) notify the Secretary of State in writing of the Company’s intention temporarily to close part of the harbour.
(2) Each of the notices must—
(a) state that the Company intends temporarily to close the area of the works to vessels; and
(b) specify a date, which must be a date not earlier than one month after the date of the latest of the three publications, by which all vessels must be removed from the area of works.
(3) If the master of a vessel within the area of works does not remove the vessel before the date specified under paragraph (2)(b) the harbour master may cause the vessel to be removed from the area of works and moored or laid in another place where it may without injury be moored or laid and any expenditure incurred by the Company in removing the vessel shall be recoverable from the master of the vessel as a debt.
(4) The powers conferred on the harbour master and the Company by this article are in addition to and without prejudice to the powers relating to the removal of vessels conferred upon them by sections 64 and 65 of the Act of 1847.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/601/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/folkestone-harbour-revision-order-2017/article-17
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