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Government moorings.

Private moorings.

Schedule:

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moved, and may recover the expenses of removal from the person named in the notice; or, if no such person can be found, the obstruction, when moved by the Harbour Master, may be sold to defray the expense of removal.

Moorings and Buoys.

28.—(1.) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to place in waters of the Colony such Government moorings and buoys as may be approved by the Governor, and to allow the use thereof on such terms and conditions and for such fees as the Governor-in-Council may prescribe.

(2.) No person shall keep or place moorings or buoys in the waters of the Colony except with the sanction of the Harbour Master, and except on the conditions contained in Table O (a.) of the Schedule to this Ordinance, or such other conditions as may be prescribed by the Governor-in-Council under sub-section (6.) of this section. Such moorings and buoys shall be of such nature and construction as the Harbour Master may approve.

Mooring of hulks, etc.

Use of moorings.

Fees for hulks.

Schedule: Table U.

Rules.

Rules for fishing stations.

(3.) No person shall moor or anchor hulks or vessels of like description within the waters of the Colony except with the sanction of the Harbour Master, and except on such conditions and subject to the payment of such fees as the Governor-in-Council may direct.

(4.) Moorings and buoys sanctioned by the Harbour Master under sub-section (2.) of this section shall not be made use of by any ship other than the ships of the person to whom such sanction has been granted except with the consent of such person or by the direction of the Harbour Master; and the master of any ship using any such moorings and buoys without such consent or direction shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars per day for every day or part of a day during which he so uses such moorings and buoys, after he has been requested to remove therefrom.

(5.) Until the Governor otherwise directs, the fees under sub-section (3.) of this section for hulks and vessels of like description shall be the same as for lighters in Table U of the Schedule to this Ordinance.

(6.) The Governor-in-Council shall have power to make rules regulating the terms, conditions, and fees for any of the purposes mentioned in this section, and to alter or revoke the conditions contained in the said Table O (a.).

Fishing Stations, Fishing Stakes, and Fishing Stake-Nets, and Fishing generally.

29.-(1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to make rules for the registration, licensing, erection, maintenance, management, working, and control of fishing stations, fishing stakes, and fishing stake-nets.

4. N. 742/03 in G.G.13-11-03 p. 1590

N-693/06 ~ 29.7.1906

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