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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-docks-and-piers-clauses-act-1847/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-docks-and-piers-clauses-act-1847/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/10-11/27",
  "legislation_title": "Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-docks-and-piers-clauses-act-1847",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Shippers to give an account of goods intended to be shipped.",
  "text": "Before any person shall ship any goods on board of any vessel lying within the limits of the harbour, dock, or pier, he shall give to the collector of rates a true account, signed by him, of the kinds, quantities, and weights of such goods; and every person who shall ship any goods in any such vessel without having given such accounts, or who shall give or sign a false account of such goods, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 27-32, 34-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(22. 1. 1991) by S.I. 1991/106, art. 8(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 27-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(22. 1. 1991) by S.I. 1991/107, art. 8(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 27-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(8. 2. 1991) by S.I. 1991/237, art. 8(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Ss. 27-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(23. 5. 1991) by S.I. 1991/1257, art. 8(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Ss. 27-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(23. 5. 1991) by S.I. 1991/1258, art. 8(3).Ss. 27-41 applied (20.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1209, art. 7(4)Ss. 27-41 applied (with modifications) (1.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1647, art. 16(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (16.8.2012) by The Hinkley Point Harbour Empowerment Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1914), arts. 1(1), 3 (with arts. 34, 35, 37, 40)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (13.2.2013) by The Caledonian Maritime Assets (Lochaline Ferry Services Slipway) Harbour Empowerment Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/46), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 21-23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (2.11.2013) by The Whitehills Harbour and Marina (Constitution) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/308), arts. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (5.6.2014) by The Pennan Harbour Revision Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/158), arts. 1(1), art. 3(2)-(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated in part (with modifications) (S.) (19.8.2014) by The Port of Ardersier Harbour Revision Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/224), arts. 1(1), 3 (with arts. 31, 32, 34)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (14.1.2015) by The Caledonian Maritime Assets (Brodick) Harbour Revision Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/6), arts. 1, 3(1)-(4) (with arts. 21, 53(3), 55, 57)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "Ss. 32-41 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (18.3.2016) by The Lochboisdale and Gasay Port (Harbour Empowerment) Order 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/156), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 31, 32)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (26.11.2016) by The Gardenstown Harbour Revision Order 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/396), arts. 1(1), 3(2)-(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (10.6.2017) by The Tobermory Harbour Empowerment Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/196), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 36-40)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C15",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (4.3.2021) by The Eyemouth Harbour Revision Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/118), arts. 1(1), 3(2)-(5) (with arts. 36, 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C16",
      "text": "Ss. 38, 39 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (12.3.2025) by The St. Andrews Harbour Revision Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/64), arts. 1(1), 14 (with arts. 28, 29)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C17",
      "text": "Ss. 37-39 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (23.10.2026) by The Argyll and Bute Council (Oban) Harbour Revision Order 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/287), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 39-41)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C18",
      "text": "Ss. 34-46, 48 extended by Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), Sch. 9 para. 6(2)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/27/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:44:04.362741+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."
}