Article 22 Removal of vehicles or vesselsI1
England and Wales
If a vehicle or vessel is left without the permission of the Company─
in any place where it is likely to obstruct or interfere with the use of the harbour; or
in any part of the harbour premises where the parking of vehicles or vessels is prohibited by notice erected by the Company;
the Company may, at the risk of the owner, remove the vehicle or vessel or cause it to be removed.
Any notice erected under paragraph (1)(b) must be conspicuously posted in or close to the place to which is relates.
Where the Company in exercise of the powers of this article removes a vehicle or vessel or causes it to be removed it must as soon as practicable report that fact to a constable or to a police station.
The expenses of and incidental to the removal of a vehicle or vessel under this article shall be recoverable from any person responsible.
For the purposes of paragraph (4) “person responsible” means—
the owner of a vehicle or vessel at the time when it was left in the place from which it was removed under paragraph (1), unless the owner shows that the owner was not concerned in, and did not know of its being left there; or
any person by whom the vehicle or vessel was left in that place.
If the Company in exercise of the powers of this article removes a vehicle to a place not readily visible from the place whence it is so removed, it must, if and as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so, send to the person for the time being registered as the owner of the vehicle for the purposes of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002f1 or any other regulations having the like effect for the time being in force, at his last known address, his registered address or the address where the vehicle is ordinarily kept, notice that it has exercised the powers of this article and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed.
A notice stating the general effect of paragraph (1) must be displayed in a prominent position at each place where a road accessible to vehicles enters any part of the harbour.
Annotations
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Footnotes
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