β¨ Harbour and Quarantine Regulations
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left on any Public Jetty, Wharf, or Landing
Place or the approach thereto, for a longer
period than six hours, and any person offending
against this Regulation shall incur a penalty not
exceeding ten pounds: And it shall be lawful for
the Harbour Master, when in his opinion the
public convenience requires it, at any time,
during or after the expiry of such period, to
cause such timber or other article immediately
to be removed from any such Jetty, Wharf, or
Landing Place, or approach thereto, at the ex-
pense and risk of the owner or his agent or
the person in charge of such timber or other
article.
21. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone,
or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any
Vessel or Boat, but is to be landed at any place
the Harbour Master may direct, and any per-
son offending against this Regulation shall in-
cur a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds
22. Any person removing, wilfully injuring
or destroying any Buoy, Beacon, or Sea Mark
shall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds.
23. Any person throwing a dead animal into
the Harbour (within the limits of the anchorage),
without attaching to it sufficient weight to sink
it, or place any dead animal between high and
low water marks shall incur a penalty of not
more than twenty shillings, and not less than
five shillings.
24. Vessels are prohibited from firing guns
between the hours of sunset and sunrise, and on
the Sabbath (except in case of distress), and
any person offending against this Regulation
shall incur a penalty not exceeding five
pounds.
25. Any person removing shingle, stone, or
any part of the soil below high water mark,
without permission from the Harbor Master, or
in the absence of the Harbor Master a Resident
Magistrate, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding
ten pounds.
26. To the Master of every Vessel, or in the
absence of the Master, to the principal Officer
on board, a copy of the Harbour Regulations
shall be delivered by the Harbour Master, pro-
vided, however, that it shall not be necessary in
any case to issue a second copy of the Regula-
tions to the Master or Officer in charge of the
same Vessel, unless on demand of such Master
or Officer, and in such case only on the pay-
ment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence, to
be accounted for by the Harbour Master.
27. Every Master or other Officer of a Ship
or Vessel to whom a copy of the Harbour Re-
gulations shall have been delivered, shall give
on demand an acknowledgment thereof, to the
Pilot or other Officer delivering the said copy,
and any Pilot failing to demand, and any
Master of a ship or vessel refusing on demand
to give such acknowledgment, shall forfeit
and pay a fine of not more than five pounds.
Power to Resident Magistrate in certain cases.
29. The Resident Magistrate at any Port
for which no Harbour Master is appointed shall
have all such powers as are hereinbefore given
to Harbour Masters. All penalties hereby
imposed shall be recoverable in a summary way.
NOTE.βProvision has been made for the
application to this Colony of the Passengers'
Act, 1855 (18 and 19 Victoria, cap. 119) by
Proclamation dated the 19th day of March,
1856.
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
- The Master of every Vessel arriving in
the Harbour which shall be deemed by the
Harbour Master or Pilot to be liable to quar-
antine, shall, on being directed so to do by the
Harbour Master, cause the same to be an-
chored in the Quarantine Ground appointed for
the Harbour, or in default thereof he shall
forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds. - The Master of every Vessel so anchored,
shall neither himself quit, nor permit any
Seaman, Passenger, or other person to quit
the same until he shall have been duly admit-
ted to pratique; and any Master infringing
or permitting to be infringed this regulation,
shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds. - Every Seaman, Passenger, or other per-
son so quitting, shall, for every such offence,
forfeit the sum of twenty pounds. - Every vessel so anchored is to hoist a
yellow flag, of not less than six breadths of
bunting, at the Main, by day, and a light by
night in a lanthorn, such as is used in Her
Majesty's Navy, and to keep the same respec-
tively hoisted until released from Quarantine,
forfeit the sum of twenty pounds. - The Master of every Vessel so anchored
is to deliver to the Harbour Master or Pilot,
or other authorised person, his Bill of Health,
Manifest, Log-book, and Journal, and he is
to fill up a Report in the form and manner
pointed out in the Schedule A annexed. - The Master of every vessel so anchored,
who shall suffer any goods, wares, or merchan-
dize, packets, books, letters, or other articles, to
be unshipped or landed, and any person or per-
sons who shall be concerned in the unshipping or
landing of the same, shall forfeit for each and
every article so unshipped or landed, the sum of
twenty pounds. - Every person or persons who shall know-
ingly receive any goods, wares, or merchandize,
packets, package, baggage, books, or letters, or
any other article whatever, from any vessel so
anchored, shall forfeit for each and every article
the sum of twenty pounds. - Any person going within the limits of any
Quarantine Station, when any vessel shall be
there at anchor, performing quarantine, shall
forfeit any sum not exceeding twenty pounds. - If any officer or person entrusted with
orders respecting quarantine shall in any way
neglect his duty, he shall forfeit for each of-
fence the sum of twenty pounds. - The Harbour Master shall, immediately
after his having so anchored any vessel, report
the same to the Resident Magistrate and Health
Officer, or to the person or persons acting, or
appointed to act, for those functionaries. - The Resident Magistrate and Health
Officer, or a Medical Practitioner appointed for
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Otago Harbour Regulations Clauses 21-27 and Magistrate Powers
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ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works28 June 1859
Harbour rules, Penalties, Ballast disposal, Buoy destruction, Firing guns, Soil removal, Regulation delivery
- Harbour Master
- Resident Magistrate
π₯ Quarantine Regulations for Vessels arriving in Harbour
π₯ Health & Social WelfareQuarantine procedures, Vessel anchoring, Yellow flag, Health documents, Penalties, Health Officer reporting
- Harbour Master
- Pilot
- Health Officer
- Resident Magistrate
- Medical Practitioner
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