UK Offence Report

The Dart Harbour and Navigation Harbour Revision Order 2021

UK Statutory Instrument 2021 No. 129 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
9 February 2021
In force from
12 March 2021
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours
Made under
Harbours Act 1964

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 confers on the Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority (“the Authority”) as harbour authority for Dart Harbour and the harbour master (defined in article 2) powers of general and special direction for the regulation and management of the harbour (articles 3 to 9). The powers of general direction are extended to include the regulation of vehicles in the harbour and provision is made for a register of all in force general directions. This may be inspected during working hours at the main office of the Authority at 6 Oxford Street, Dartmouth TQ6 9AL and online at www.dartharbour.org (article 3). The Order creates an offence of failing to comply with special or general directions, the penalty for which is a fine on summary conviction not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (article 7). A defence of due diligence is available to a person charged under article 7 (article 7(2)). The Order also amends section 48 (obstruction of harbour master and others) of the Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority 1975 (“the Act of 1975”) (article 14). A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or the public sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on the UK legislation website at www.legislation.gov.uk

Offences created by this instrument

What Parliament said about it

Hansard was searched for this instrument by name and returned nothing. That is the ordinary outcome: an instrument laid under the negative procedure is usually never debated, and becomes law without a word said about it in either House.

How Parliament handled it

This instrument became law without a debate or a vote. Under the negative procedure it took effect unless a motion to stop it succeeded, and none was tabled.

Procedure
Made negative — law unless a motion to stop it succeeded
Could either House amend it?
No. A statutory instrument is put to each House as a whole thing, to be approved or not. Neither House can change a word of it.
Committee
Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by a scrutiny committee

Procedural history

From Parliament's Statutory Instruments service. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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