{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobermory-harbour-empowerment-order-2017/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobermory-harbour-empowerment-order-2017/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/196",
  "legislation_title": "The Tobermory Harbour Empowerment Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobermory-harbour-empowerment-order-2017",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Special directions to vessels",
  "text": "(1) Subject to article 39 (saving for CMAL and the ferry operator), the harbour master may give a special direction under this article—\n(a) requiring a vessel anywhere within the harbour to comply with a requirement made in or under a general direction;\n(b) regulating the time at which and the manner in which a vessel shall enter into, go out of, or lie in or at the harbour;\n(c) regulating or requiring the movement, berthing, mooring or unmooring of a vessel;\n(d) regulating or requiring the loading, unloading, embarking, disembarking, discharging, storing and safeguarding of a vessel’s cargo, fuel, water, stores, passengers or ballast and the dispatch of business at harbour premises;\n(e) requiring the removal from any part of the harbour of a vessel if—\n(i) it is on fire;\n(ii) it is in such condition as to be liable to become immobilised or waterlogged, or to sink, or to constitute a danger to life (including wildlife) or property;\n(iii) it is making an unlawful use of the harbour or interfering with the reasonable use or enjoyment of the harbour by other vessels or persons;\n(iv) its removal is necessary to enable maintenance or repair work to be carried out at harbour premises or to premises adjacent thereto; and\n(f) requiring the removal outside the harbour of a vessel if such removal is considered by the harbour master to be necessary in order to avoid danger to life (including wildlife) or to property.\n(2) A special direction may be given in any manner considered by the harbour master to be appropriate.\n(3) The harbour master may revoke or amend a special direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/196/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:18:09.774681+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."
}