Harbours Act 2015

Amendment of Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968

52. Section 4 of the Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by inserting after paragraph (aa)(inserted by section 35 (a) of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015) the following:

“(ab) make bye-laws to provide for matters relating to the use of tugboats in fishery harbour centres, including minimum requirements in relation to equipment on board and the qualifications and training required of the crew of tugboats,”,

(b) in subsection (2), by substituting for paragraph (d) the following:

“(d) appoint, to manage, control, operate and develop the centre, such number of officers and servants (by whatever names or titles (including harbour master) they are called) as he or she deems necessary for the purpose and provide for their powers, functions and duties and, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, for their terms and conditions of service (including, if, and in such cases as, he or she thinks fit, superannuation benefits),”,

and

(c) in subsection (10), (inserted by section 54(b) of the Maritime Safety Act 2005 )—

(i) in paragraph (a) (ii), by substituting “accompanied by the notice, duly completed,” for “accompanied by the notice,”,

(ii) in paragraph (b) (i), by substituting “accompanied by the notice, duly completed,” for “accompanied by the notice,”, and

(iii) in paragraph (b) (iii), by inserting “, accompanied by the notice, duly completed,” after “during that period”.