Paragraph 50

For section 666(1) of the 1894 Act (offence of damaging, etc. lighthouses, etc.) substitute—

“(1)

A person who, without lawful authority—

(a)

intentionally or recklessly damages—

(i)

any lighthouse or the lights exhibited in it, or

(ii)

any lightship, buoy or beacon;

(b)

removes, casts adrift or sinks any lightship, buoy or beacon; or

(c)

conceals or obscures any lighthouse, buoy or beacon;

commits an offence.

(1A)

A person who, without reasonable excuse,—

(a)

rides by,

(b)

makes fast to, or

(c)

runs foul of,

any lightship, buoy or beacon commits an offence.”.