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Anchoring of ships at and moving ships from public wharves
Public Wharves Regulations, reg. 3 · Revised Edition 2020
No ship shall anchor or make fast within the limits of any public wharf or be taken alongside of or made fast to any public wharf except with the permission of the Harbour Master or any person or persons authorised by him. Any ship so within the limits of any public wharf or alongside of or made fast to any such wharf must at any time at the request of the Harbour Master or any officer authorised by him be moved therefrom or shifted from alongside of such wharf. The master or any person in charge of such ship who shall offend against any of the provisions of this regulation shall be liable for every such 8 Harbours and Merchant Shipping offence to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars and to pay in addition the cost of the removal of any such ship required to be removed as aforesaid; and the Harbour Master or any person or persons authorised by him is hereby indemnified against any claim for damage or other to such ship during her removal or after she has been removed.
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