# Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, Section 13: Application of provisions of Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act.


(1) The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 (except sections 6 to 13, 16 to 19, 21, 31, 49, 50 and 83 to 90) shall, except in so far as the Ministry may by order direct, apply to a harbour vested in a local harbour authority as if—
(a) the harbour had been constructed in pursuance of an Act which incorporated that Act;
(b) this Act were the special Act for the purposes of that Act;
(c) the authority were the undertakers for those purposes.
(2) Any reference to a vessel in the said Act of 1847 as applied by subsection (1) shall be deemed to include a sea-going hovercraft and in section 28 of that Act as so applied shall include a floating dock and a vessel of exceptional construction or method of propulsion.
(3) Where—
(a) a wreck is sold in pursuance of section 56 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, as applied by subsection (1); and
(b) the amount realised by the sale is insufficient to meet any expenses incurred by a local harbour authority in removing the wreck;
the authority may recover the amount of the deficiency from the person who was the owner of the vessel at the time when it was wrecked.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/1/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-13
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