The Dangerous Vessels (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1991 No. 1219 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

21 May 1991

In force from

22 July 1991

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order empowers harbour masters in Northern Ireland to give directions to prohibit vessels from entering the areas of jurisdiction of their respective harbour authorities or to require the removal of vessels from those areas where those vessels present a grave and imminent danger to the safety of any person or property, or risk of obstruction to navigation (Article 3). Where a harbour master has given such directions the Department of the Environment may countermand them and give further directions to him (Article 5).

Offences created by this instrument

• A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes or fails to comply with any directions given under Article 3 shall… article 7(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

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• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1991