The Dee Estuary Conservancy Harbour Revision Order 2023

Made: 19th April 2023

Coming into force: 2023

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PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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Incorporation of Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

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PART 2 — ESTUARY REGULATION

General functions of the Natural Resources Body for Wales in relation to the conservancy undertaking

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Consultative Committee

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Aids to navigation

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Removal of obstructions other than vessels and wreck

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Moorings

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Repair of landing places, etc.

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Power to dredge

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Power with respect to disposal of wrecks

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General byelaws

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General directions to vessels

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Publication of general directions

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Special directions

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Failure to comply with directions

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Enforcement of special directions

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Master’s responsibility in relation to directions

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PART 3 — CHARGES

Charges for services or facilities

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Payment of charges

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Compounding arrangements and rebates

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Deposit for charges

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Liens for charges

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Exemptions from dues

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Harbour master may prevent sailing of vessels

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PART 4 — CONTROL OF WORKS AND DREDGING IN ESTUARY

Restriction of works and dredging

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Control of certain operations and works of statutory undertakers

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Licensing of works

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Licence to dredge

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Appeals in respect of works or dredging licences

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Lights on tidal works during construction

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Provision against danger to navigation

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Abatement of works abandoned or decayed

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Survey of tidal works

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Permanent lights on tidal works

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PART 5 — MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

Local inquiries

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Defence of due diligence

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Boarding of vessels

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Obstruction of officers

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Crown Rights

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Saving for Trinity House

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For the protection of the company

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For the protection of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company

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Repeals

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SCHEDULE 1 — PURPOSES FOR WHICH BYELAWS MAY BE MADE

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SCHEDULE 2 — REGULATION OF THE ESTUARY

PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

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PART 2 — NAVIGATION

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PART 3 — BERTHING AND MOORING

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PART 4 — GENERAL

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SCHEDULE 3 — PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS FOR THE COMPANY

Limitation on the conservancy authority’s powers

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Mike Alcock — Head of Maritime Commerce and Infrastructure Division — Department for Transport — 19th April 2023

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: The functions of conservancy authority and harbour authority were conferred on the Dee Conservancy Board by sections 35 and 36 of the Dee Conservancy Act 1889 (c. clvi) and subsequently transferred to the River Dee Catchment Board. That Board was, by virtue of the Rivers Dee and Clwyd Catchment Area Order 1946 (S.I. 1946/1036) combined with the River Clwyd Catchment Board to form the Rivers Dee and Clwyd Catchment Board; this was replaced by the Dee and Clwyd River Board by virtue of the Dee and Clwyd River Board Constitution Order 1950 (S.I 1950/1085) and, in turn, by the Dee and Clwyd River Authority by virtue of the Dee and Clwyd River Authority Constitution Order 1964 (S.I. 1964/1015). Section 2 of the Water Act 1973 (c. 37) transferred the functions of the said River Authority to the Welsh National Water Development Authority and section 142 of the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) transferred that Authority’s functions of a conservancy authority to the National Rivers Authority. Those functions were subsequently transferred to the Environment Agency by virtue of section 2(1)(a)(vi) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25). In relation to the functions of local lighthouse authority for the Dee Estuary, section 193(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) had the effect of conferring those functions on the National Rivers Authority as the then statutory harbour authority before they were vested in the Environment Agency, as mentioned above. The Natural Resources Body for Wales, whose head office address is located at Cambria House, 29 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 0TP (www.naturalresources.wales), was established by the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1903 (W.230)) and the above-mentioned functions of the Environment Agency were transferred to that Body by virtue of the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755 (W.90)). Mostyn Docks Limited is, however, the harbour authority for that part of the river Dee Estuary described in the Mostyn Docks Orders 1988 to 2016 (see the Mostyn Docks Harbour Revision Order 2016 (S.I.2016/75)).

[^f00002]: 1964 c. 40; section 14 was amended by the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), section 18 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 2 to 4(1) and (8), 14 and section 40 and Schedule 12 (Part II), by the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), section 63(1) and Schedule 3, paragraph 1, by S.I. 2006/1177, regulation 2 and the Schedule (Part I), by the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), section 36 and Schedule 2, paragraphs 8 and 9, by S.I. 2009/1941, article 2(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 12 and by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), sections 37 and 46. Section 54 (orders and regulations) was amended by the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), sections 18 and 40 and Schedules 6 and 12 (Part II) and by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), section 315 and Schedule 21, paragraphs 1 and 3(2).

[^f00003]: Schedule 3, paragraph 18(1) was amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), Schedule 21, paragraph 5(1) and (2).

[^f00004]: For the definition of “the minister” as mentioned in section 14(7), see section 57(1) of the 1964 Act (c. 40).

[^f00005]: S.I. 1981/238, 1997/2971, 2001/2568, 2002/2626 and 2008/1034.

[^f00006]: 1847 c. 27.

[^f00007]: 1889 c. clvi.

[^f00008]: 1995 c. 21.

[^f00009]: S.I. 1988/1677.

[^f00010]: S.I. 2016/75; see article 3.

[^f00011]: 1990 c. 8.

[^f00012]: 1949 c. 74; section 1 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 20), Schedule 30.

[^f00013]: 2003 c. 21; the term “electronic communications code” is defined in section 151.

[^f00014]: The Corporation of Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DH.

[^f00015]: Natural England, whose head office address is at Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX.

[^f00016]: Royal Yachting Association, registered in England and Wales with company number 00878357 and whose registered office address is RYA House, Ensign Way, Hamble SO31 4YA.

[^f00017]: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency, whose head office address is at Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG.

[^f00018]: Available at https://naturalresources.wales/about-us/what-we-do/how-we-regulate-you/information-for-mariners-on-the-dee-estuary/?lang=en .

[^f00019]: 1971 c. lvii.

[^f00020]: The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited, registered in England and Wales with company number 07438262 and whose registered office address is Maritime Centre, Port of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside L21 1LA.

[^f00021]: 1972 c. 70.

[^f00022]: 1972 c. 70; subsection (2) has been amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), section 1(1) and Schedule 1, Part IV; subsection (3) by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), sections 38 and 46; and subsection (4) by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), section 49(2) and Schedule 12, Part III. Article 2 of and Schedule 1 to, The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) transferred the functions of the Secretary of State under section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972, in so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^f00023]: Admiralty charts for the River Dee, its estuary and approaches can be bought from an Admiralty Chart Agent, details of these suppliers can be obtained at https://www.admiralty.co.uk.

[^f00024]: S.I. 1996/75, regulation 1 was amended by the Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/302), Schedule 1, paragraph 16; regulation 6 was amended by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), Schedule 4(1), paragraph 53.

[^f00025]: 2003 c. 20.

[^f00026]: 1971 c. 60.

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