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Article 28 Removal of vehicles, etc.

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

If a vehicle or boat is left without the permission of the Company—

(a)

in any place where it is likely to obstruct or interfere with the use of the harbour; or

(b)

in any part of the harbour where the parking of vehicles or boats is prohibited by notice erected by the Company;

the Company may, at the risk of the owner, remove the vehicle or boat or cause it to be removed.

(2)

Any notice erected under paragraph (1)(b) above shall be conspicuously posted in or close to the place to which it relates.

(3)
(a)

Where the Company in exercise of the powers of this article remove a vehicle or boat or cause it to be removed they shall as soon as practicable inform the police.

(b)

The expense of and incidental to the removal of a vehicle or boat under this article shall be recoverable from any person responsible.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (3) above “person responsible” has the same meaning as in section 102(8) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984f1.

(5)

If the Company in exercise of the powers of this article remove a vehicle to a place not readily visible from the place whence it is so removed they shall, if and as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so, send to the person for the time being registered as the owner of the vehicle for the purposes of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971f2 or any other regulations having the like effect for the time being in force, at his last known address, his registered address or the address where the vehicle is ordinarily kept, notice that they have exercised the powers of this article and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed.

(6)

A notice stating the general effect of paragraph (1) above shall be displayed in a prominent position at each place where a road accessible to vehicle enters any part of the harbour.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 27.

f2

S.I. 1971/450.