Harbours Act, 1946

Exclusive appropriation of part of harbour.

55.—(1) A harbour authority may appropriate any part of their harbour (including, in particular, any of the following or any part thereof, that is to say, any dock, pier, quay, wharf, jetty, boatslip, works, plant or equipment) to the exclusive use of any person, trade or class of vessels and may make any such appropriation either gratuitously or in consideration of the payment to them of such charges as they consider reasonable.

(2) Where any part of a harbour stands appropriated, whether under this section or otherwise, by the harbour authority for the harbour to the exclusive use of any person, trade or class of vessels, any person aggrieved by the appropriation may request the Minister to direct that the appropriation shall terminate and the Minister may, if he so thinks proper after consideration by him of such request and the circumstances of the appropriation, direct that the appropriation shall terminate.

(3) Whenever the Minister directs that the appropriation by a harbour authority of a part of their harbour to the exclusive use of any person, trade or class of vessels shall terminate, the harbour authority shall forthwith terminate the appropriation.