{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-docks-and-piers-clauses-act-1847/section-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-docks-and-piers-clauses-act-1847/section-61.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/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Vessels to have hawsers, &c. fixed to moorings.",
  "text": "Every vessel in the harbour or dock, or at or near the pier, shall have substantial hawsers, tow-lines, and fasts fixed to the dolphins, booms, buoys, or mooring posts, when required by the harbour master; and if any vessel shall be in the harbour or dock, or at or near the pier, without substantial hawsers, tow-lines, or fasts fixed as aforesaid, after notice from the harbour master to the master of such vessel to furnish or fix the same, such master shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "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), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 61-65 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": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 60-65 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (8.6.2018) by The Dumfries and Galloway Council (Kirkcudbright) Harbour Revision Order 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/188), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 14, 35(3), 38, 39, 40, 41)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 61-65 incorporated (with modifications) (S.) (7.11.2024) by The Dumfries and Galloway Council (Stranraer) Harbour Revision Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/325), arts. 1, 3(2)-(5) (with arts. 42-44)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/27/section/61",
    "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."
}