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CHAPTER 269

PORT AUTHORITIES

PRINCE GEORGE WHARF REGULATIONS

(SECTION 6) [Commencement 27th October, 1966]

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Prince George Wharf Regulations.

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Comptroller of Customs” includes any officer of the Customs acting on behalf of the Comptroller of Customs;

“Officer of the Customs” has the same meaning as is given to that expression in the Customs Manage- ment Act;

“the wharf’’ means Prince George Wharf and the adjoining causeway from Rawson Square;

“vehicle’’ means any wheeled vehicle, whether or not self-propelled, and includes a forklift and a mobile crane.

PART I SHIPS

3. No person shall bring any ship alongside the wharf except to a berth allocated for the use of that ship by the Port Director.

4. (1) The master of any ship berthed at the wharf shall not permit —

(a) any life boats to be swung out or lowered over any wharf;

(b) the ship’s propeller to be continuously in motion for more than twenty minutes at any one period without the prior permission of the Port Direc- tor;

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Ship only to use berth allocated by Port Director.

Restrictions applied to ship berthed at the wharf.

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(c) the blowing of the tubes or any excessive discharge of smoke from the ship; or

(d) the sounding of any horn, siren or whistle except for navigational purposes or to warn passengers prior to departure, or in any emergency.

(2) In the case of any contravention of any of the provisions of paragraph (1) of this regulation the master of the ship concerned shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred and forty dollars.

5. When so instructed by the Port Director the master of any ship berthed at the wharf shall change her berth or remove or double any lines or place rat guards on all lines. In case the master of any ship neglects to comply with any such instruction the necessary action to comply therewith may be taken by the Port Director, or any person acting on his orders, and the expense of so doing shall be recoverable by the Port Director as a civil debt due jointly and severally from the master, owner and agent of the ship.

6. (1) No ship carrying more than fifty pounds of gunpowder, dynamite or other explosive shall berth at the wharf unless such gunpowder, dynamite or explosive is stored in a magazine to the satisfaction of the Port Director and no explosives of whatsoever nature shall be loaded or unloaded from any ship alongside the wharf without the prior approval of the Minister.

(2) The master of any vessel which berths or which is loaded or unloaded in contravention of the provisions of paragraph (1) of this regulation, and any person who assists in any such loading or unloading shall each be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred and forty dollars.

PART II CARGO

7. (1) All cargo to be loaded on or discharged from any ship berthed at the wharf and all cargo handling equipment on the wharf shall be stored in such manner and in such places on the wharf as the Comptroller of Customs may direct.

Master to comply with certain requirements of the Port Director.

Ships carrying explosives, etc.

Cargo handling on the wharf.

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(2) Ship owners and their agents shall be jointly and severally responsible for the clearance of all cargo and for the subsequent cleanliness of areas set aside for the storage of cargo on the wharf; and if default is made in compliance with the provisions of this paragraph the Comptroller of Customs may take such action as may be necessary to ensure the cleanliness of any such area and may recover the cost of so doing as a civil debt due from any ship owner or agent responsible.

8. No person shall smoke in any transit shed provided or used for the purpose of the storage of cargo and any person who contravenes the provisions of this regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred and forty dollars.

PART III TRAFFIC

9. Vehicular traffic on the wharf shall circulate in accordance with any traffic signs or as may be directed from time to time by an officer of the Customs.

10. (1) No vehicle shall be driven on the wharf at a speed in excess of ten miles per hour.

(2) No vehicle shall be parked on the wharf except with the specific authority of an officer of the Customs and subject to such conditions and restrictions as he may impose in any case.

(3) The driver of any vehicle using the wharf shall at all times comply with such lawful directions, with respect to the use, movement or parking of such vehicle, as may be given by any officer of the Customs.

11. No person on the wharf shall solicit or attempt to solicit any person to hire, ride in or use any vehicle or ship offered for the purpose of carrying passengers or goods for hire.

12. The Comptroller of Customs may prohibit any vehicle entering the wharf.

Prohibition of smoking in transit sheds.

Circulation of traffic.

Control of vehicles.

Prohibition of soliciting for hire of vehicles or ships.

Exclusion of vehicle from the wharf.

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PART IV GENERAL

13. (1) Any person who — (a) bathes from the wharf; or (b) discharges any litter or refuse, of any kind

whatsoever, onto the wharf except into a receptacle provided for that purpose; or

(c) offers for sale on the wharf, any food, drink or other commodities of whatsoever nature, except in accordance with the terms and conditions of any written permission in that behalf given by the Comptroller of Customs; or

(d) posts, distributes or displays any advertisement, sign or notice on the wharf, except in accordance with the express permission of the Comptroller of Customs; or

(e) defaces, destroys, disturbs, removes or in any way injures any barrier, marker, fitting or structure on the wharf,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred and forty dollars.

(2) Any person who contravenes any provision of these Regulations for which no other specific penalty is provided shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of seventy-five dollars.

POTTERS CAY WHARF REGULATIONS

(SECTION 6) [Commencement 27th October, 1967]

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Potters Cay Wharf Regulations.

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“ship” includes any vessel; “vehicle” means any wheeled vehicle, whether or not

self-propelled, and includes a forklift truck and a mobile crane;

Miscellaneous offences.

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