The Port Services Regulations 2019

Made: 11th March 2019

Laid before Parliament: 15th March 2019

Coming into force: 6th April 2019

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PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation and commencement

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Application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Port management

Limit on the number of providers of port services at small ports

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Transparency of financial relations at small ports

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Port infrastructure charge

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Relevant authorities

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PART 3 — Complaints and appeals

Complaints

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Complaints handling procedure

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Approach to complaints handling

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Appeals against complaint decisions

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PART 4 — Contraventions and remedial measures

Contraventions

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Remedial measures

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PART 5 — Infringements and penalties

Infringements

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Notices of intent and penalty notices

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Penalty

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Objections to a penalty notice

17

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Penalty appeals

18

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Payment

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Publication

20

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Enforcement of payment

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Nusrat Ghani — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 11th March 2019

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1994/757. See articles 2 and 3 and the Schedule.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).

[^f00003]: OJ No. L 57, 3.3.2017, p. 1; see Article 1(4).

[^f00004]: OJ No. L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 1.

[^f00005]: 2017 c. 4.

[^f00006]: Eurostat: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat.

Editorial notes