{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-ports-authority-act-1973/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-ports-authority-act-1973/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/1973/21",
  "legislation_title": "Medway Ports Authority Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-ports-authority-act-1973",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Special directions to vessels in the port and the Medway approach area",
  "text": "(1) A direction under this section may be given for any of the purposes set out in subsection (2) of this section by the harbour master to a vessel anywhere in the port or the Medway approach area and to a vessel prior to its entering the port from a dock.\n(2) A direction under this section may be given for any of the following purposes:—\n(a) requiring a vessel to comply with a requirement made in or under a general direction;\n(b) regulating or requiring for the ease, convenience or safety of navigation the movement, mooring or unmooring of a vessel;\n(c) regulating for the safety of navigation the manner in which a vessel takes in or discharges cargo, fuel, water or ship's stores.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1973/21/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:53:55.848099+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."
}