MERCHANT SHIPPING.
PART VI.
No. 10 of 1899.
987
REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE WATERS OF THE COLONY AND OF VESSELS USING SAME.
Ports of the Colony.
21. The Governor may declare by notification certain places in the waters of the Colony to be ports, and no master of any ship or junk shall, except from stress of weather or some other sufficient cause, anchor at any other place in the waters of the Colony.
Duties of Master.
22. (1) The master of every merchant ship arriving within signalling distance of the signal station at Gap Rock or Waglan or Cape D'Aguilar, and intending to enter any port, shall hoist her national colours and her house flag or her number, and shall keep the same flying while passing the signal station. He shall also hoist her national colours when entering any port, and shall keep the same flying until the ship has been entered at the Harbour Master's Office.
(2) Every such master shall, on the arrival of his ship within the Harbour waters of the Colony, allow and assist on board without delay the Harbour Master and the Health Officer of the port as soon as they come alongside, and shall furnish the Harbour Master with such information as may be required in accordance with Table K (A) in the schedule, and every master or any officer of the ship who delays, obstructs, or impedes the Harbour Master or Health Officer, or refuses to give such information as may be required, or gives false particulars, shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Subject to the provisions of section 28, every such master shall take up the berth pointed out by the Harbour Master or by any person sent on board by him for that purpose, and shall moor his ship there properly, and shall not move to take up any other berth without his permission, except in case of necessity, to be decided by the Harbour Master, and in default shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars; and he shall remove his vessel to any new berth when required to do so by the Harbour Master, and in default, without reasonable cause therefor, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 20 dollars for every hour that the vessel remains in her old berth.
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912. As amended by No. 2 of 1908, No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912, No. 17 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.