# The Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Harbour Revision Order 2011, Article 17: Moorings – enforcement provisions


(1) If any person commits an offence under article 7 in respect of any non-compliance with a requirement made under paragraph 1(h) of Schedule 3, or any offence under article 16(c), the Commissioners may remove the mooring in question and recover from that person the expenses incurred in doing so.
(2) If any person commits an offence under article 7 in respect of any non-compliance with a requirement made under paragraph 1(h) of Schedule 3, or any offence under article 16(d) or (e), the Commissioners may at any time after the expiration of the period of 7 days from the date of that offence—
(a) remove the vessel, including any tackle with the vessel;
(b) sell or otherwise dispose of the vessel and tackle; and
(c) recover out of the proceeds of sale—
(i) any unpaid licence fee payable under article 14;
(ii) any unpaid licence fee payable under article 15; and
(iii) the expenses of removal and disposal under this paragraph,
and shall hold any surplus proceeds of sale on trust for the owner of the vessel.
(3) If the proceeds of sale under paragraph (2) above are insufficient to reimburse the Commissioners for the expenses referred to in paragraph (2)(c)(iii), the Commissioners may recover the deficiency, or, where there is no sale, the whole of the expenses, from the owner as a debt.
(4) The Commissioners shall, before removing a vessel in exercise of their powers under this article, give 7 clear days’ notice in writing of their intention to do so except in a case of emergency when they shall give notice as soon as reasonably practicable after they have removed the vessel.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1347/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/yarmouth-isle-of-wight-harbour-revision-order-2011/article-17
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