General

40.(1)Every person in the Dock & Harbour shall take all reasonable precautions for the prevention of accidental fire or accidents by fire.

(2)No person shall without lawful authority displace or interfere with any safety or fire equipment in the Dock & Harbour except in the event of an emergency.

41.No person shall smoke or carry a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette or light fires, on any premises within the Dock & Harbour:

(a)where smoking is expressly prohibited by a notice exhibited in a conspicuous position in such part of the premises; or

(b)if requested by the harbour master or an authorised officer not to do so in or upon any part of the premises where smoking or carrying a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette may in their opinion be dangerous; or

(c)near to or amongst any dangerous goods in the premises.

42.(1)Where any operation including the use of hot rivets, welding or burning equipment or any other potential source of ignition is undertaken in any part of the Dock & Harbour, the operators shall take such precautions including the removal of flammable materials as may reasonably be necessary to prevent fire and to avoid injury.

(2)No such operation as is referred to in paragraph (1) of this Bye-Law shall be undertaken in the Dock & Harbour except with the written consent of the harbour master and, without prejudice to the obligations of the operators under paragraph (1) of this Bye-Law, in accordance with such directions and conditions as he shall impose.

(3) No tanks, containers or other facilities used forstorage or transportation of flammable materials shall be repaired by welding or burning until the operators of such equipment have ensured that such facilities have been rendered safe for making the repairs.

(4) The operators of any welding or burning equipment shall ensure that every compressor or generator used in connection therewith shall be placed securely.

43.No person shall enter any premises within the Dock & Harbour whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.

44.No person shall place machinery, materials or rubbish on the docks in such a manner which may cause an obstruction to the lawful activities of other users or the safe passage of emergency services unless otherwise directed by the harbour master.

45.No master or owner of a vessel shall leave or cause to be left any drums or containers of oil products, waste oil or mixtures containing oil, on the docks except with the permission of the harbour master.

46.No person shall deposit or throw any article or material into the waters of the Dock & Harbour.

47.(1)No person shall abandon a vessel on the banks or shore of the Dock & Harbour.

(2)For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this Bye-Law, a person who leaves a vessel on the banks or shore of the Dock & Harbour in such circumstances or for such period that he may reasonably be assumed to have abandoned it shall be deemed to have abandoned it there unless the contrary intention is shown.

48. No fishing devices may be used in any part of the Dock & Harbour without the permission of the harbour master.

49. No person shall dive or swim in the waters of the Dock & Harbour except with the permission of the harbour master.

50. No person shall bring any domestic or captive animal onto any part of the docks without the permission of the harbour master.

51.The master or owner of a vessel shall not cause or permit it to be fumigated without the permission of the harbour master.

52.Except for the purpose of recovering an anchor, chain cable or propeller slipped from or lost from a vessel, in accordance with a direction of the harbour master, no person shall drag or grapple for any material or article nor remove the same from the bed of any water area of the harbour without the written consent of the harbour master.

53.The owner of a vessel which is not registered as a ship under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and marked accordingly shall ensure that the vessel is marked conspicuously with its name or other means of identification and harbour of origin (if any) unless exempted from this requirement by ABP.

54.No person shall stage any event likely to involve the assembly of small vessels in the Docks & Harbour except with the written consent of the harbour master and in accordance with such reasonable conditions as he may impose.

55.No person unless duly authorised shall open or close or obstruct the opening and closing or interfere with any lock gates, bridges, impounding pumps, sluices or feeder inlet valves.

56.No person shall cast or place in the Dock & Harbour any drift, trawl or other net in such a position as to be likely to become an obstruction or danger to any property including in the particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any vessel or mooring.

57.Except with the permission of the harbour master, no person shall within the Dock & Harbour —

(a)organise any general meetings; or

(b)deliver any address to an audience or gather together any persons whereby any work or business at the docks or the control, management or use of the Dock & Harbour is, or is likely to be, obstructed, impeded or hindered.

58.(1)No person shall engage by way of trade, in buying or selling any goods, services or property in the docks without the written consent of the harbour master and in accordance with such reasonable conditions as he may impose.

(2)Paragraph (1) of this Bye-Law shall not apply to buying or selling by a person on land which he occupies in the docks as a tenant or licensee of ABP for a purpose which includes the undertaking of that buying or selling.

59.The master of a vessel shall so far as may be required in the exercise of his duties, afford the harbour master access to any part of the vessel and provide all reasonable facilities for its inspection and examination.