Subsection (1) provides that subsection (2) applies where a harbour authority has reasonable grounds to believe that a service will enter or has entered its harbour on at least 120 occasions, or a higher number of occasions if specified by the regulations during a relevant year.
	Subsection (2) provides that the harbour authority must request that the operator of the service provides it with a safe working declaration in respect of the relevant year, within the period to be set in regulations.
	Subsection (3) provides that the duty on the harbour authority is subject to any direction given by the Secretary of State under section 16(1)(a) of the Seafarers’ Wages Act).
	Subsection (4) provides that a harbour authority which fails to comply with the requirements is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine in England and Wales, and a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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