# The Montrose Harbour Revision Order 2026, Article 11: Moorings


(1) The Authority may provide, place, lay down, maintain, renew, use or remove such moorings, buoys and similar apparatus within the port as it considers necessary or desirable for the convenience of vessels.
(2) The Authority may from time to time, on such terms and conditions as it thinks appropriate, give consent to any person to place, lay down, maintain, renew and use moorings, buoys and similar apparatus for vessels in the port.
(3) In respect of moorings already lawfully laid down in the port at the date this Order comes into force, consent under paragraph (2) must be obtained by the owner or user of the mooring within 12 weeks of that date and thereafter renewed.
(4) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, places, lays down, maintains, renews or uses a mooring, buoy or similar apparatus for vessels within the port except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a consent given under this article, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(5) Any consent given under paragraph (2) shall be valid for any period which may from time to time be considered appropriate by the Authority when granting consent.
(6) The Authority may charge a reasonable fee for the giving of a consent under this article.
(7) Consent given by the Authority under this article does not affect any requirement to obtain the consent of the owner of the sea bed, nor does any consent by the owner of the sea bed affect the requirement to obtain the Authority’s consent under this article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/273/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/montrose-harbour-revision-order-2026/article-11
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