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Enforced by: MMO
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 2 of 12 obligations carry a fine up to £2,500. 2 carry different penalties and 8 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person8 Director or Officer1 Statutory Undertaker1

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts

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What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.016 Ministers’ powers, on application of intending undertakers, or others, to make orders conferring powers for improvement, construction, &c., of harbours. Regulated

Apply for a harbour empowerment order when you need extra powersAny Person

s.017 Procedure for making harbour revision and empowerment orders, and substitution thereof, in general, for provisional orders. Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State must ensure compensation and access rights in Harbour OrdersCrown / Minister / Government department

s.027 Certain charges of certain harbour authorities to be reasonable. Regulated

Ensure harbour charges are reasonableAny Person

s.031 Right of objection to ship, passenger and goods dues. Prosecution

Fail to comply with a direction on harbour duesAny Person

Fine up to £2,500

s.040 Procedure Regulated

Follow statutory procedures when giving harbour directionsAny Person

s.040 Enforcement Prosecution

Fail to comply with harbour directionsAny Person

Fine up to £2,500

s.041 Power of Council to obtain information and forecasts. Imprisonment

Fail to provide required harbour information or forecastsAny Person

s.042 Accounts and reports relating to harbour activities and associated activities. Regulated

Prepare and submit annual harbour accounts and reportsStatutory Undertaker

s.042 Directions as to performance of delegated functions Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Relevant authorities must publish directions given to delegated personsCrown / Minister / Government department

s.048 Environmental duties of harbour authorities. Regulated

Consider environmental and heritage impacts of harbour proposalsAny Person

s.049 Provisions as to ecclesiastical property. Regulated

Serve documents and pay compensation for Church of England landAny Person

s.055 Offences by corporations. Prosecution

Director and officer liability for corporate offencesDirector or Officer

Unlimited fine

55 other provisions — procedural and definitional

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s.011 Loans for execution of harbour works, &c.

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s.013 Maximum amount of loans and grants under sections 11 and 12, and cesser of certain other powers to give financial assistance.

s.014 Ministers’ powers, on application of harbour authorities, or others, to make orders for securing harbour efficiency, &c.

s.015 Ministers’ powers to make, of their own motion, orders for limited purposes for securing harbour efficiency, &c.

s.015 Ministers’ powers to make orders about port appointments.

s.017 Power to make closure order

s.017 Content of closure order

s.017 Harbour closure orders: property etc

s.017 Harbour closure orders: procedure

s.017 Harbour closure orders: devolution

s.017 Supplemental

s.018 Harbour reorganisation schemes.

s.019 Compensation for loss of office, &c., in consequence of orders and schemes under foregoing provisions.

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s.026 Repeal of provisions limiting discretion of certain harbour authorities as to ship, passenger and goods dues charged by them.

s.027 Combined charges.

s.028 Repeal of provisions limiting discretion of nationalised transport bodies as to ship, passenger and merchandise dues chargeable at certain harbours owned or managed by them.

s.029 Repeal of provisions limiting discretion of local lighthouse authorities as to local light dues.

s.030 Duty of harbour and local lighthouse authorities to make available for inspection, and to keep for sale, copies of lists of certain charges.

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s.036 Sections 31 . . . of this Act shall not...

s.037 Special provisions with respect to certain aviation charges.

s.038 Repeal of certain enactments relating to harbour charges.

s.039 Amendments of Acts consequential on sections 26 to 37.

s.040 Conditions as to use of harbour services and facilities provided by certain harbour authorities.

s.040 Directions

s.040 Supplemental

s.042 Power to make orders delegating functions

s.042 Consent of Welsh Ministers required for certain orders and schemes

s.042 Consent of Secretary of State required for certain orders and schemes

s.043 Provisions with respect to loans made under this Act by the Minister or the Welsh Ministers.

s.044 Limitation of right to challenge harbour revision orders, etc., in legal proceedings.

s.045 Penalisation of furnishing false information.

s.046 Restriction of disclosure of information.

s.047 Provisions as to inquiries and hearings.

s.048 Service of documents.

s.050 Reckoning of periods.

s.051 Modification of Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937.

s.052 Application of Act to Crown.

s.053 Saving for telegraphic lines.

s.054 Orders and regulations.

s.054 “Developments of national significance” etc. : special procedure

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s.057 Interpretation.

s.058 Drainage and river authorities not to be harbour authorities for purposes of this Act if not possessing exceptional powers.

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s.060 Power to amend Acts of local application.

s.061 Expenses.

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s.063 †Short title, extent, repeal and commencement.

Schedules

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87 other schedules

s.002 Objects for whose Achievement Harbour Revision Orders may be made

s.003 PROCEDURE FOR MAKING HARBOUR REVISION AND EMPOWERMENT ORDERS

s.004 Procedure for Confirming and Making Harbour Reorganisation Schemes

s.sch002 Reconstituting the harbour authority by whom the harbour is being...

s.sch002 Empowering the authority to borrow money, with or without limitation...

s.sch002 Empowering the authority to levy at the harbour charges other...

s.sch002 Securing the efficient collection of charges levied by the authority...

s.sch002 Regulating the application of moneys in the nature of revenue...

s.sch002 Varying or extinguishing any exemption from charges levied by the...

s.sch002 Securing the welfare of the authority’s officers and servants and...

s.sch002 Extending the time within which anything is required or authorised...

s.sch002 Imposing or conferring on the authority duties or powers (including...

s.sch002 Any object which, though not falling within any of the...

s.sch002 Regulating (in whole or to a less extent) the procedure...

s.sch002 Varying or abolishing duties or powers imposed or conferred on...

s.sch002 Imposing or conferring on the authority, for the purpose aforesaid,...

s.sch002 Transferring from the authority to another or to the authority...

s.sch002 Settling (either for all purposes or for limited purposes) the...

s.sch002 Conferring on the authority power to acquire (whether by agreement...

s.sch002 Extinguishing or diverting public rights of way over footpaths ,...

s.sch002 Extinguishing public rights of navigation for the purposes of works...

s.sch002 Authorising justices of the peace to appoint, on the nomination...

s.sch002 Enabling the authority to close part of the harbour or...

s.sch002 Empowering the authority to dispose of property vested in them...

s.sch002 Empowering the authority (alone or with others) to develop land...

s.sch002 Empowering the authority to delegate the performance of any of...

s.sch003 In this Part of this Schedule— . . . ....

s.sch003 (1) An applicant shall arrange for a notice to be...

s.sch003 (1) Where further information is made available on an official...

s.sch003 (1) If the Secretary of State receives a copy of...

s.sch003 (1) This paragraph applies if an applicant makes an EIA...

s.sch003 If the order will authorise the compulsory acquisition of land...

s.sch003 (1) If the order will result in the extinguishment or...

s.sch003 (1) If the applicant is not the harbour authority, the...

s.sch003 The Secretary of State may require the applicant to serve...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State, before determining an application, must—...

s.sch003 (1) This paragraph applies where— (a) an application for a...

s.sch003 The following paragraphs in this Part have effect where—

s.sch003 (1) This paragraph applies if an objection to the application...

s.sch003 (1) This paragraph applies where an EIA application is made....

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State must— (a) in the case...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State must make a decision under...

s.sch003 The Secretary of State must make the decision required by...

s.sch003 In this Part of this Schedule, references to provisions of...

s.sch003 A project shall be treated for the purposes of this...

s.sch003 (1) This paragraph applies where the Secretary of State makes...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State may direct that an environmental...

s.sch003 The Secretary of State may direct that an environmental impact...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State may direct that an environmental...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State may give a deferral direction...

s.sch003 (1) If a deferral direction is given in respect of...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State may make an order authorising...

s.sch003 The Secretary of State must make the decision required by...

s.sch003 (1) Where the Secretary of State proposes to make the...

s.sch003 (1) This paragraph applies where the Secretary of State makes...

s.sch003 (1) As soon as possible after a harbour revision order...

s.sch003 (1) This paragraph applies where application is made to the...

s.sch003 (1) Where the Secretary of State proposes to make a...

s.sch003 (1) The following paragraphs in this Part have effect where—...

s.sch003 (1) This paragraph applies if an objection to the proposal...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State shall consider—

s.sch003 (1) For purposes of this Part, the effects of a...

s.sch003 (1) A person may not make an application for a...

s.sch003 Where the Secretary of State proposes to make the order...

s.sch003 (1) As soon as possible after a harbour revision order...

s.sch003 (1) The modifications subject to which Part I of this...

s.sch003 (1) Where the Secretary of State is notified of a...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State may direct a person to...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State must make a screening decision...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State, if satisfied that it is...

s.sch003 (1) This paragraph applies if the Secretary of State decides...

s.sch003 (1) An application for a harbour revision order must be...

s.sch003 (1) If an applicant makes an EIA application, the applicant...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State must, where necessary, direct an...

s.sch003 If in respect of a project there is—

s.sch003 The Secretary of State must not consider an application for...

s.sch003 (1) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, provide for...

s.sch004 The submission to the Minister of a harbour reorganisation scheme...

s.sch004 Where a harbour reorganisation scheme is submitted to the Minister...

s.sch004 (1) Where effect has been given to paragraph 2 above...

s.sch004 So soon as may be after a harbour reorganisation scheme...

s.sch004 References to confirming a scheme shall be construed as references...

s.sch004 Paragraph 1 shall be ommitted.

s.sch004 In paragraph 2— (a) for the opening words down to...

s.sch004 In paragraph 3— (a) in sub-paragraph (1) for the words...

s.sch004 In paragraph 4 for the words “submitted to” there shall...

Connected legislation

Instruments made under this Act. They carry the detail the Act delegates.

The Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Various Harbours) Harbour Revision (Amendment) Order 2018 SI 2018/207 Scottish Statutory Instrument

The Folkestone Harbour Revision Order (Amendment) Order 2025 SI 2025/596

The Harbour Directions (Designation of Harbour Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2016 SI 2016/821

The River Humber (Upper Burcom Cooling Works) Order 1994 SI 1994

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