# The Holyhead Harbour Revision Order 2023, Article 16: General directions to vessels


(1) The Company may, after consultation with the Chamber of Shipping and the Royal Yachting Association (except in cases of emergency) in each case of an exercise of the powers, give directions for the purpose of promoting or securing conditions conducive to the ease, convenience or safety of navigation in the harbour and the approaches to it and, without prejudice to the generality of what is stated above, for any of the following purposes—
(a) for designating areas, routes or channels in the harbour and the approaches to the harbour which vessels are to use, or refrain from using, for movement or mooring;
(b) for securing that vessels move only at certain times or during certain periods;
(c) for requiring the master of a vessel to give to the harbour master information relating to the vessel reasonably required by the harbour master to identify the vessel, its cargo and its likely time of arrival at and departure from the harbour.
(2) Directions given under paragraph (1) may apply—
(a) to all vessels or to a class of vessels designated in the direction,
(b) to the whole of the harbour and the approaches and channels leading to the harbour, or to a part designated in the direction, and
(c) at all times or at times designated in the direction,
and every direction given under this article must specify the extent of its application in relation to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
(3) The Company may, after consultation with the Chamber of Shipping and the Royal Yachting Association, revoke or amend directions given under this article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/897/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/holyhead-harbour-revision-order-2023/article-16
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