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British Virgin Islands Ports Authority Regulations, 1995 (S.I. No. 27 of 1995).

Country/Territory
British Virgin Islands (UK)
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Fisheries, Sea
Keyword
Marine pollution Hazardous substances Marine fisheries Fishing vessel Navigation Harbour Institution
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

These Regulations implement provisions of the British Virgin Islands Ports Authority Act with respect to control of ports and navigation, the handling of dangerous goods, the pollution of territorial waters and the licensing of coastal crafts (excluding canoes and open boats used solely for the purpose of fishing). Fishing from a harbour shall be prohibited without a permission of the Managing Director of the Ports Authority. Discharge or deposit of any pollutants in the territorial waters is prohibited. The Managing Director may exclude from the territorial waters a vessel whose general condition or the state of whose cargo in his/her opinion constitutes a threat to the marine environment and may order the master or person in charge of a vessel whose general condition or the state or whose cargo in his/her opinion constitute a threat to the marine environment to take whatever action necessary to ensure the removal of that vessel from the harbour.

Full text
English
Website
bviports.org

References - Legislation

Implements

British Virgin Islands Ports Authority Act, 1990 (No. 12 of 1990).

Legislation | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 1990

Keyword: Marine pollution, Navigation, Harbour, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX