The Littlehampton Harbour Revision Order 2015
This Order—defines and extends the limits of Littlehampton Harbour (article 3);in Part 2 confers on the Littlehampton Harbour Board (“the Board”) and the harbour master (defined in article 2) powers of direction for the regulation and management of the harbour;confers on the Board powers in respect of harbour services and facilities (article 11);establishes the conditions for a duly authorised officer of the Board to board a vessel (defined in article 2) for certain purposes (article 12);empowers the Board to require information in writing from the owner or master of a vessel embarking or disembarking passengers, or loading or unloading cargo, within the harbour for the purpose of determining whether landing charges are payable (article 13);creates an offence of failing to provide such information or knowingly or recklessly providing false information, the penalty for which on summary conviction is a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (article 13(6));empowers the Board to revoke existing byelaws (article 17);empowers the Board for the management of the harbour to lease or grant the use or occupation of land or other property forming part of the harbour undertaking (defined in article 2) and to dispose of or grant the use or occupation of property vested in and held by them which is no longer required for the management of the harbour (article 18);enables the Board to carry on certain commercial activities (article 19) andamends section 70 of the Littlehampton Harbour and Drainage Outfall Act 1927 (1927 c.lxvii) to increase the penalty on summary conviction for contravention of a byelaw made by the Board to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (article 20).