Vessels hooking moorings, cables or pipes
- Report to Queen’s Harbour Master if anchor hooks a mooring, cable or pipe Any Person
UK Statutory Instrument
2020
United Kingdom
The Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 2020
At a glance
What's here
7 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 6
- Employee 1
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Employees also bound by 181 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 13 duties
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- Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 2014 10 duties
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 10 duties
- Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 2002 9 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Anchoring in emergencies
- Inform Queen's Harbour Master after emergency anchoring Any Person
Notification of arrival of inbound vessels
- Notify Queen's Harbour Master of vessel arrival in dockyard port Any Person
Compass adjustment
- Notify Queen's Harbour Master before adjusting vessel compass Employee
Vessels to be navigated with care and caution
- Navigate with care and avoid causing damage in the dockyard port Any Person
Conduct within the dockyard port
- Do not navigate under the influence of drink or drugs Any Person
Wrecks and submerged objects
- Notify Queen’s Harbour Master immediately if vessel or object causes obstruction after sinking or stranding Any Person
Browse 43 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Interpretation
Fishing
Swimming and diving
Parascending and similar activities
Guns and explosives
Dumping of rubbish, etc
Reserved areas
Vessels at anchor
Placement of moorings and licences to operate moorings
The Queen’s Harbour Master may— (a) grant a licence to...
Restrictions on placing moorings
General power of direction
A person must not anchor a vessel on the line...
Restrictions on mooring or anchoring vessels
Anchorage in Plymouth Sound
Anchorage and mooring of vessels carrying explosives
Anchorage and mooring of vessels carrying dangerous goods
Navigational marks, etc
Dredging
Vessels grounded, on fire or which have been in a collision in the dockyard port
Control of movements within the dockyard port
Landing on Plymouth Breakwater
Low visibility
Radio telephone communication
General
Notification of the manoeuvre of vessels in the dockyard port
Notification of the departure of vessels from the dockyard port
Anchoring within the dockyard port
Towing of vessels or other objects
For the purposes of paragraph 38, a vessel shall be...
Prohibited areas
Vessels with mechanical or structural defects
Bridge manning and the use of automatic pilot steering devices
Pilotage
Speed limits
Interpretation
Submarines secured to a buoy
Blue flashing lights
Chain link ferries
Vessel passing within the narrow channels of the dockyard port
Power to create exclusion zones
Shapes and lights marking an exclusion zone
Effect of an exclusion zone
Browse 9 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Revocation of the Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 1999
Interpretation
Description of limits
Permission
Regulations and Rules
Schedule 2 contains rules for the purposes set out in...
Local harbour authorities
Penalties
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