Harbours Act 2015

General Ministerial powers of direction

10. (1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the local authority chief executive concerned, give a direction in writing to a transferred company, requiring it to comply with—

(a) policy decisions of a general kind made by the Minister in relation to—

(i) the development of harbours,

(ii) navigational safety, and

(iii) security and operations generally in harbours,

and

(b) such policies of Government as may be specified in the direction.

(2) A transferred company shall comply with a direction given to it under this section.

(3) Subsection (1) shall not be construed as enabling the Minister to exercise any power or control in relation to the performance in particular circumstances by a transferred company of a function conferred on it by or under this Act, the Act of 1996 or any other Act.