{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/montrose-harbour-revision-order-2026/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/montrose-harbour-revision-order-2026/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2026/273",
  "legislation_title": "The Montrose Harbour Revision Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/montrose-harbour-revision-order-2026",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Repair of landing places, etc.",
  "text": "(1) In this article, “relevant feature” means any landing place, jetty, wall, pontoon, pile, embankment, bridge, structure, groyne, aids to navigation or other work in the port or on land immediately adjoining the waters of the port other than one under the control or management of the Authority.\n(2) The Authority may by notice require the owner, lessee or occupier of a relevant feature which in the opinion of the Authority is, or is likely to become, by reason of its insecure condition or want of repair—\n(a) dangerous to persons or vessels using the port, or\n(b) a hindrance to the navigation in the port,\nto remedy its condition to the Authority’s reasonable satisfaction within a reasonable time, not being less than 21 days, specified in the notice.\n(3) If a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a notice served on them under this article within the time stated in the notice or such time as the Ministers may substitute on appeal—\n(a) that person shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, and\n(b) the Authority may carry out the work required by the notice and recover the reasonable expenses of so doing from that person.\n(4) A notice under paragraph (2) must have annexed to it a copy of this article.\n(5) A person aggrieved by a notice served by the Authority under this article may, during the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was served, appeal to the Ministers against the notice.\n(6) An appeal under paragraph (5) must be made by notice in writing stating the grounds of the appeal.\n(7) A person who appeals under paragraph (5) must give to the Authority notice of the appeal accompanied by a copy of the statement of appeal, and the Authority shall, within 21 days of receipt of the notice, be entitled to furnish to the Ministers its observations on the appeal.\n(8) On an appeal under paragraph (5), the Ministers shall either quash the notice, modify its requirements or dismiss the appeal.\n(9) In this article, “owner”, “lessee” and “occupier”, in relation to a relevant feature, means the person who was the “owner”, “lessee” or “occupier” of the relevant feature at the date the notice under paragraph (2) is served, or if the “owner”, “lessee” or “occupier” of the relevant feature is not readily identifiable, the “owner”, “lessee” or “occupier” of the land on which the relevant feature is situated at the date the notice is served.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/273/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:28:55.520153+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."
}