{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-birkenhead-harbour-empowerment-order-1998/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1016",
  "legislation_title": "The Port of Birkenhead Harbour Empowerment Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-birkenhead-harbour-empowerment-order-1998",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Limits of jurisdiction",
  "text": "(1) The area within which the Company shall exercise jurisdiction as a harbour authority and within which the powers of the Dockmaster of the Company shall be exercised shall comprise the port premises together with so much of the river as lies within the area marked “Limit of jurisdiction” on the deposited plans.\n(2) The jurisdiction of the Company as a harbour authority and the powers of the Dockmaster of the Company conferred under or by virtue of this Order shall be exercised only in relation to vessels going to, moored at or departing from the works and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall not be exercised in relation to any vessel navigating or at anchor in the river unless any such vessel is obstructing the approaches to the works.\n(3) In case of conflict between any direction given by the Harbour Master and any direction given by the Dockmaster of the Company, the direction of the Harbour Master shall prevail.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1016/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:22.719683+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."
}