Prohibition of use of wharf

The Harbour Master may at any time when it shall be necessary and expedient so to do by notice published by posting up on the wharf– (a) prohibit the landing on any public wharf of any specified article, animal or matter; (b) prohibit the use of the whole or any portion of any public wharf, to be named, for such time as may be prescribed in such notice, and the masters of vessels shall thereupon be and are hereby prohibited from using or anchoring or tying to or mooring their vessels at or near such wharf within the area prohibited, provided that special permission may be granted by the Harbour Master, in writing, for the temporary use of such wharf by a vessel in a case of urgency subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be named in the permit, and provided further that this regulation shall not apply to the Fort George Wharf.