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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gloucester-harbour-revision-order-1994/article-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3162",
  "legislation_title": "The Gloucester Harbour Revision Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gloucester-harbour-revision-order-1994",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "General directions to vessels",
  "text": "(1) The Trustees may, after consultation with the Chamber of Shipping and the Royal Yachting Association, give directions for the purpose of promoting or securing conditions conducive to the ease, convenience or safety of navigation and the safety of persons and property in the harbour and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for any of the following purposes—\n(a) for designating areas, routes or channels in the harbour which vessels are to use or refrain from using for movement or mooring;\n(b) for securing that vessels move only at certain times or during certain periods;\n(c) for securing that vessels make use of descriptions of navigation aids specified in the direction;\n(d) for prohibiting—\n(i) entry into or movement in the harbour by vessels at times of poor visibility due to the weather or any other condition;\n(ii) entry into the harbour by a vessel which for any reason would be or be likely to become a danger to other vessels in the harbour; and\n(iii) entry into or navigation within any main navigation channel during any temporary obstruction thereof;\n(e) requiring the master of a vessel to give to the harbour master information relating to the vessel reasonably required by the harbour master for effecting any of the purposes of this paragraph.\n(2) Any direction given under this article shall be consistent with and without prejudice to any regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 31 of the Severn Bridges Act 1992.\n(3) A direction under this article may apply—\n(a) to all vessels or to a class of vessels designated in the direction; or\n(b) to the whole of the harbour or to a part designated in the direction; or\n(c) at all times or at times designated in the direction; and every direction under this article shall specify the extent of its application in relation to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph.\n(4) The Trustees may, after consultation with the Chamber of Shipping and the Royal Yachting Association, revoke or amend any general direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 3."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
}