Article 20 Removal of vessels from area of works
Before exercising the power conferred on them by article 19 (temporary closure of area of works) to close the area of works temporarily to vessels, the Authority shall—
publish a notice of the intention to temporarily close part of the port in the Edinburgh Gazette and once in each of two successive weeks in a local newspaper circulating in Peterhead, with an interval between the dates of publication of not less than six clear days,
display a notice of the intention to close part of the port temporarily in a visible position in the port, and
notify the Ministers in writing of the Authority’s intention temporarily to close part of the port.
Each of the notices shall—
state that the Authority intend to close the area of works temporarily to vessels, and
specify the date and time, which shall be a date and time not earlier than 30 days after the date of the latest of the three publications referred to in paragraph (1)(a) above by which all vessels must be removed from the area of works.
If the master of any vessel within the area of works does not remove the vessel before the date and time specified in paragraph 2(b), the harbour master may cause that vessel to be removed from the area of works and moored or laid in any other place where it may without injury be moored or laid and any expenditure incurred by the Authority in removing that vessel shall be recoverable from the master of that vessel.
The powers conferred on the harbour master and the Authority by this article are in addition, and without prejudice, to the powers relating to the removal of vessels conferred upon them by sections 64 and 65 of the 1847 Act.