{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/newhaven-harbour-revision-order-2016/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/newhaven-harbour-revision-order-2016/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/151",
  "legislation_title": "The Newhaven Harbour Revision Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/newhaven-harbour-revision-order-2016",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Further provisions as to licences",
  "text": "(1) A licence may be granted pursuant to article 14 subject to such terms and conditions as the Company think fit including conditions—\n(a) as to the hours of operation of the commercial workboat service (including requirements as regards frequency of service);\n(b) as to the charges levied by the licensed operator of the commercial workboat service;\n(c) as to the minimum level of qualifications required for the master and crew;\n(d) requiring that the seaworthiness of the commercial workboat is evidenced by the production of a survey report to the satisfaction of the harbour master;\n(e) requiring the maintenance of a public liability insurance policy in relation to the vessels used for the purposes of the commercial workboat service; and\n(f) for ensuring compliance with requirements made by or under any enactment relating to the commercial workboat service or to the Company.\n(2) A licence shall have effect for such period (which shall be specified in the licence) as the Company may determine.\n(3) An application for a licence—\n(a) must be made in writing to the Company;\n(b) must include proposals for the hours of operation and the fares to be levied; and\n(c) must contain such information (including information about the applicant and the vessels to be used), and must be accompanied by such documents, as the Company may reasonably require.\n(4) The Company must give notice to the applicant of their decision whether to grant the licence.\n(5) If within three months from the date of the making of an application under paragraph (3) the Company do not give notice under paragraph (4), they shall be deemed to have refused the application.\n(6) The Company may charge a reasonable fee for the grant of a licence.\n(7) If the Company refuses to grant a licence which has been applied for it must give reasons in writing for its refusal.\n(8) If the Company grants a licence upon terms or conditions or subject to modifications, it must give reasons in writing for the terms and conditions imposed or the modifications required.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/151/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:35.093598+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."
}