Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

Harbour of Castries Regulations – Section 73  Editor's note: These Regulations were made under the Harbour of Castries Act, 1895. That Act was repealed by the Port Authority Act, 1972 but these Regulations were saved under section 99.The Port Authority Act, 1972 was repealed by the Saint Lucia Air and Seaports Authority Act but these Regulations were saved by section 96. (Gazettes 18/1/1901, 16/7/1904, 19/3/1917, 5/5/1917, Statutory Instruments 18/1922, 11/1924, 6/1926, 9/1926, 10/1926, 14/1926, 67/1936, 88/1941, 26/1953 and 30/1961)

Gazettes 18-1-1901 .. in force 18 January 1901

Gazettes 16-7-1904, 19-3-1917, 5-5-1917 and S.I. 18/1922, 11/1924, 6/1926, 9/1926, 10/1926, 14/1926, 67/1936, 88/1941, 26/1953

Amended by S.I. 30/1961 .. in force 1 December 1961

Commencement [18 January 1901]

Port of Castries

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   1.   In these Regulations the term Harbour Master and Pilot includes anyone acting under his or her orders, and also the Assistant Harbour Master and Pilot, and the term Harbour Master includes the Assistant Harbour Master and the term H.M. Ships includes all Troopships or chartered Transports.

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   2.   The Harbour Master and Pilot's orders shall be obeyed by masters of ships, whether given to them verbally by him or her or in writing signed by him or her.

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   3.   Ships entering the port of Castries shall when required by the Harbour Master and Pilot so to do, heave to, slow down, or stop, so as to enable the Harbour Master and Pilot to come on board.

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   4.   Ships entering or leaving the port in the daytime shall show their national flag, and all ships (hulks included) when anchored at night shall exhibit a white light at a height, not exceeding 20 feet above the hull, where it can best be seen. Ships shall have their anchors buoyed.

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   5.   Ships arriving from any place outside Saint Lucia shall not come within 300 yards of any wharf, unless they have obtained pratique from the Harbour Master and Pilot.

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   6.   Ships having sickness on board, or, during the existence of quarantine, having had communication with an “infected place” or “infected vessel,” as defined by the Quarantine Act shall on arrival be placed on the Quarantine Ground under observation, until the Quarantine Board decides as to their admission to pratique.

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   7.   Ships (except coasting steamers) entering the port between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., when not possessed of clean bills of health, shall anchor at the entrance of the harbour, or, when possessed of clean bills of health, to the West of the Western Wharf, and to the West of the Rendezvous Buoy, taking care not to obstruct the approach to the wharves. Coasting steamers may take their berths at the wharves. Other coasting vessels shall take the position assigned to vessels having clean bills of health.

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   8.   On weekdays every sailing vessel arriving at the port between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. shall immediately be visited by the Harbour Master and Pilot.

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   9.   On Sundays the Harbour Master and Pilot shall visit, between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m. and between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., any sailing vessel that has arrived before those hours. In case of urgent signal being made he or she shall visit.

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   10.   Steamers arriving on Sundays shall be visited immediately by the Harbour Master and Pilot.

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   11.   Steamers arriving in the night shall be visited by the Harbour Master and Pilot immediately, if signal be made for the Pilot. Steamers leaving the port at night may claim the services of the Pilot.

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   12.   Ships requiring a Pilot shall in the daytime fly the Pilot Jack at the foremasthead, and in the night shall exhibit a blue light and blow their steam whistle at intervals.

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   13.   Ships shall not blow their steam whistle in the harbour without the special permission of the Harbour Master and Pilot, except as permitted in the preceding rule.

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   14.   Ships entering the port without the Pilot and anchoring in an improper place will be liable for any damages that may arise in consequence.

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   15.   A person shall not board, or leave, or receive anything from, or convey anything to, any ship coming into port, nor shall any boat go alongside such ship, until the Harbour Master and Pilot shall have boarded such ship and received the master's verbal report; after which the master shall make the requisite report at the Treasury.

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   16.   Masters having powder or any other explosive on board of their ships shall fly the Burgee at the fore, and shall, immediately and before being berthed, report their having powder or other explosive on board, to the Harbour Master and Pilot, who shall cause such powder or other explosive, not being for Her Majesty's Service, to be landed at the appointed place at the consignee's risk and expense or to be otherwise dealt with at the risk and expense of the master.

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   17.   Masters or persons in charge shall, on demand, produce and show to the Harbour Master and Pilot the ship's registers and papers, and have their stores in readiness for the inspection of a Revenue Officer, and the hatches of their vessels cleared, ready to be sealed down.

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   18.   Masters or persons in charge of ships shall, if required by the Harbour Master and Pilot, rig in their jib-booms and outer jib-booms, and shall conform to such other orders as shall be given by the Harbour Master and Pilot.

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   19.   Masters or persons in charge of ships lying in or obstructing the fair way shall, immediately on being notified by the Harbour Master and Pilot, take such berths as he or she shall direct.

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   20.   Ships shall not heave down at or near to any public wharf, but at such place as may be appointed by the Harbour Master with the approval of the Governor General.

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   21.   Ships shall anchor or lie along wharves at places assigned to them by the Harbour Master and Pilot, and shall remove, when required, from such anchorage or wharf to such other anchorage or wharf as the Harbour Master and Pilot shall appoint. Ships (hulks included) shall not be removed from the anchorage or wharf assigned by the Harbour Master and Pilot for any other anchorage or wharf in the said port without leave of the Harbour Master and Pilot. The Harbour Master and Pilot may direct the removal of any ship or boat from alongside any wharf or ship, if in his or her opinion such ship or boat is interfering with the public convenience. The master of any such ship or boat, or any person in charge of the same, shall obey at once the directions of the Harbour Master and Pilot. If any ship is not at once removed when so directed by the Harbour Master and Pilot, he or she may have such vessel removed at the expense of the owner.

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   22.   Masters of ships lying at the wharves or at anchor shall not, except by special permission of the Harbour Master, allow warps or fasts to be laid out to the buoys, or to any other object so as to obstruct the passage of ships or boats, and warps shall not be made fast to any part of the wharves except to posts or rings put down for that purpose.

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   23.   Owners of cargo or their agents shall not allow goods landed from or intended to be put on board ships, to be placed on any wharf so as to obstruct the mooring posts laid down for the use of ships.

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   24.   Ships shall not be left without one person, at least, in charge, and, when alongside the Northern or Western Wharves, shall not be left during the day or night without a sufficient number of persons on board who can shift such ships, if required, from berth to berth, or lay out extra moorings. Such ships is liable to be impounded and removed to such place as may be appointed by the Harbour Master. Such ships shall not be delivered up to the owners until all expenses of the removal and the fine or penalty incurred under the Act shall have been paid. If such expenses and fine or penalty are not paid within 10 days from the day such ships were impounded, such ships may be sold by order of the Harbour Master and Pilot for the benefit of Saint Lucia. For the purposes of this regulation all steamships shall, unless special permission, be given, or unless otherwise ordered, keep sufficient steam to move immediately either by day or by night.

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   25.   The matter of precedence of ships requiring a berth alongside the Castries Wharf shall be at the discretion of the Harbour Master, who shall be empowered to require any ship already granted a berth to move away therefrom, if, in his or her opinion, there is good and sufficient reason so to do.

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   26.   Her Majesty's ships shall have precedence over all other ships at the public wharves if the Commander so requires in the interest of the service, and the term Her Majesty's ships shall include all Troopships or Chartered Transports.

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   27.   Any banana ship shall have precedence over all other ships (except Her Majesty's ships) at the public wharves for the purpose of loading bananas; but it shall not occupy the public wharves for any longer period than is necessary for the purpose.

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   28.   In the case of any dispute whatever about a berth the decision of the Harbour Master shall be final.

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   29.   When the cause giving any vessel a right of precedence shall in the opinion of the Harbour Master cease to operate the right of precedence shall ipso facto cease.

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   30.   Berths at the wharves shall not be held solely to take in a supply of fresh water. The supply of fresh water shall be obtained during the time of taking in or discharging cargo or coals.

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   31.   Masters of ships lying alongside the wharves shall keep sufficient cargo in the holds of their ships for stiffening them so as to enable them to be hauled off to the ballast ground. Ships shall not be permitted to ballast alongside of the wharves without special permission from the Harbour Master.

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      (1)     Application for permission to discharge ballast or stones of any kind shall be made in writing to the Harbour Master and Pilot stating the description and quantity. The place for such discharge shall be appointed by the Harbour Master and Pilot.

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      (2)     Application for permission to take in ballast or stones of any kind shall be made in writing to the Harbour Master and Pilot, stating the quantity required. The description of ballast shall be approved by the Harbour Master before being taken on board.

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   33.   Ships or boats taking on board or discharging any ballast. coals, or other loose article within the harbour, shall have tarpaulins properly stretched and spread so as to prevent any such articles from falling into the sea.

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   34.   Dead animals, offal, ashes, coal-baskets, dirt, or refuse or rubbish of any kind, or any foul liquid matter, shall not be thrown into the harbour.

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   35.   Every person who, except when acting in obedience to lawful authority, throws, or causes or permits to be thrown into the Harbour any explosive substance, commits a breach of these Regulations.

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   36.   Inflammable materials, such as pitch, tar, resin, or oil, shall not be heated on board any vessel lying alongside any wharf; but all such inflammable articles shall be heated at such place as may be appointed by the Harbour Master with the approval of the Governor General.

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   37.   Cables with buoys attached shall not be laid without the written permission of the Harbour Master and Pilot, who shall direct where such cables and buoys shall be laid.

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   38.   Persons shall not by boat-hook, rope, cable, or otherwise hang on to any beacon in the harbour.

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   39.   The approach to the Harbour Master and Pilot's boathouse shall not be obstructed.

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   40.   Persons shall not molest, obstruct, or in any way interfere with the Harbour Master in the performance of his or her duties.

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      (1)     Masters of ships shall in all cases be liable for the breach of any of these Regulations, and for damage caused by their ships or boats.

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      (2)     In the case of hulks, the owner is liable for the breach of any of these Regulations relating to hulks.

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   42.   Masters of ships occasioning damage to any wharf, beacon, or buoy, shall, in addition to any penalty incurred by them under the Act, be liable for the costs of repairing such damage.

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   43.   A prosecution or suit shall not be entered upon by the Harbour Master and Pilot under the foregoing regulations without the approval of the Governor General.

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   44.   Persons who desire to erect wharves, piers, or waterside approaches, or to alter, rebuild, or reconstruct any wharves, piers, or waterside approaches, shall petition the Governor General in writing for permission to do so, and shall at the same time forward plans, on the scale of not less than one inch to 8 feet, showing the positions and descriptions of the intended erections or alterations.

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   45.   Any person committing a breach of the foregoing regulations is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding $240.

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   46.   The Harbour Master may verbally order the master, or apprentice, or seaman, or any distressed British seaman travelling on board any ship, or anyone belonging to any ship arriving at this port not to leave the ship, and should any such person as aforesaid at any time leave the ship and land, despite the order, he or she may be arrested without a warrant by the Harbour Master or any police officer and put on board the ship from which he or she landed. An order not to land when given to the master of the ship shall be considered to be given to every seaman, apprentice, or any one belonging to the ship. And in the event of any such person landing after having been put on board he or she may be arrested without a warrant and detained in custody until the departure of the ship.

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   47.   Any master, apprentice or seaman or any distressed British seaman travelling on board any ship or anyone belonging to any ship arriving at this port who shall land may, at any time, be ordered by the Harbour Master or any police officer at his or her direction to return to the ship from which he or she landed; and should such person as aforesaid refuse or neglect to return to such ship immediately, he or she may be arrested without a warrant by the Harbour Master or any police officer and conveyed back to the ship from which he or she landed. And in the event of any such person landing after having been put on board, he or she may be arrested without a warrant and detained in custody until the departure of the ship.

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   48.   Every seaman belonging to any ship arriving at the port of Castries and landing thereat shall return to his or her ship before she sails, and should any seaman be left at the aforesaid port or be found in Saint Lucia after the departure of his or her ship, the Governor General may order his or her arrest without warrant and detain him or her in custody until he or she can be conveniently shipped from Saint Lucia.

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   49.   The Governor General may order any ship in the Harbour of Castries to leave immediately or may refuse to allow any ship to be coaled.

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   50.   All property found in the harbour, or derelict on the coast of the Island, or within 3 miles thereof, shall be delivered to the Harbour Master by the finders, to be by him or her returned to the owners on payment of salvage (to be fixed by the Director of Finance and Planning) and other expenses; if not claimed within one month, to be sold, and the proceeds, after the payment of salvage and other expenses, to be paid into the Treasury.

Foreign Ships of War

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   51.   The landing of Foreign Armed Sailors or Soldiers from Ships of War or from any Ship or Transport chartered by any Foreign State is prohibited, except with the permission of the Administrator: Provided however that individual officers and men may be allowed to land while such permission is being obtained.

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   52.   The landing of men from Foreign Men-of-War or from Ships or Transports as above described is restricted to the public wharves, the wharf at the Army Service Corps Yard, and, with the permission of the Harbour Master, the Victoria Hospital Pier. In the latter case, landing will only be permitted for the purpose of taking observations or rating chronometers.

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   53.   When Ships of War or Transports are landing large parties of men for liberty or recreation notice should if possible be given to the Commissioner of Police so that the necessary arrangements may be made by him or her to prevent any disorder in the town.

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   54.   Foreign Men-of-War, when in the Harbour, shall not make use of Search Lights or in any way survey the coast line of the Harbour without the permission in writing of the Administrator.

The Castries Wharves

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   55.   The wharves shall be under the charge of the Harbour Master.

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      (1)     No person other than the persons mentioned in the next following sub-rule, shall enter or be in any portion of the northern wharf or shall enter or be in any portion of the eastern, western or southern wharves enclosed by any barrier unless such person is in possession of and produces on demand to a police officer or to an authorised person a valid pass signed by the Harbour Master authorising admission thereto.

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      (2)     The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this rule—

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         (a)     any member of Cabinet or the House of Assembly, the Harbour Master and any member of the Harbour Staff while the latter is on duty;

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         (b)     any port medical officer;

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         (c)     the Comptroller of Customs and any customs or revenue officer while such customs or revenue officer is on duty;

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         (d)     any police officer while on duty;

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         (e)     any passenger going to or from any ship berthed at a wharf or in the harbour;

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         (f)     any officer, sailor or other person employed in any ship berthed at a wharf or in the harbour;

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         (g)     any person in possession of and who produces on demand to a police officer or to an authorised person a valid pass signed by the master, owner or agent of a vessel berthed at a wharf or in the harbour;

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         (h)     any waterfront worker, whilst so engaged in connection with any ship berthed at a wharf, or in the harbour who has in his or her possession and produces on demand to a police officer or to an authorised person a valid badge signifying that such worker is so engaged.

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      (3)     Any person who enters or is in the northern wharf or who enters or is in any portion of the eastern, western or southern wharves enclosed by a barrier, otherwise than in accordance with this rule, commits a breach thereof.

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      (4)     In any proceedings against any person for a breach of this rule the burden of proof that such person is authorised to enter or to be in a wharf shall lie on him or her.

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      (5)     In this rule “authorised person” means:

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         (a)     the Harbour Master or a member of his or her staff while the latter is on duty; and

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         (b)     the Comptroller of Customs or any customs or revenue officer while such customs or revenue officer is on duty.

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   (Substituted by S.I. 30/1961)

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   57.   A person shall not remain or loiter on any part of the wharves, whether the same be enclosed by barrier or not, but shall move on when required so to do by the Harbour Master or by any police officer.

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   58.   No crowd shall collect on any part of the wharves; and persons so collecting shall immediately disperse when required so to do by the Harbour Master or by any police officer.

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   59.   A person shall not throw any dirt, rubbish, or any offensive matter or thing whatsoever on or from any part of the wharves.

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   60.   No goods, merchandise, or other article or thing shall be left or deposited on any wharf within 11 feet from the margin of such wharf.

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   61.   Such goods, merchandise or other articles or things as the Harbour Master may allow to remain on the wharves shall be placed and arranged by the owner or person in charge thereof on such sites and in such manner as the Harbour Master may direct, and shall be removed by the owner or consignee thereof within 24 hours of the time at which the same shall have been landed thereon from any ship or placed thereon for shipment. However, the Harbour Master may grant special permission to allow such goods, merchandise or things to remain on the wharves beyond the time herein specified, if such permission shall not interfere with the public interests.

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   62.   All goods, merchandise, or other article or thing deposited or remaining on the wharves without the Harbour Master's consent may be removed therefrom at the expense of the owner to such place as the Harbour Master may direct; and the same shall not be delivered up to the owner until all the expenses of removal, together with any fines or penalties that may have been incurred, shall have been paid. Where the said expenses, fines or penalties shall not have been paid within one month from the time of removal, the said goods, merchandise, or other article or thing may be sold by order of the Harbour Master for the benefit of Saint Lucia.

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   63.   Coal shall not be stacked on the wharves to a greater height than 20 feet.

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      (1)     The Harbour Master may— (a) let sites on the wharves for periods not exceeding one year; but despite any agreement to the contrary the notice necessary to terminate any such lease (at whatsoever periods and howsoever the rent may be paid) shall be for annual leases — 6 months, and for leases of less than one year's duration — one month, — to be computed in each case from the date of the notice; (b) at his or her discretion, allow coals to be stored on the wharves from day to day at a charge for such storage of one half cent per square yard per day.

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      (2)     Rent shall in the case of annual leases be payable quarterly in advance; for leases for shorter periods monthly in advance.

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   65.   Subject to the next following rule the charge for the storage of articles other than coal on the wharves shall be at the rate of one half cent per ton measurement per day.

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   66.   The Harbour Master may allow sugar, rum, molasses, and products intended for shipment, logwood and other woods excepted, to be deposited on the wharves and to remain thereon for not more than 7 days, free of charge. Logwood and other woods intended for shipment shall be stored on sites outside the wharf barriers and a rental value of $0.08 per square yard per quarter shall be charged for such sites. These sites shall be subject to the approval of the Harbour Master to whom application shall be made in writing. The Harbour Master may allow such woods to be removed to a site within the wharf barriers prior to immediate shipment.

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   67.   All monies due to the Government under these Regulations shall be paid into the Treasury, and the Harbour Master shall furnish all such information as may be required by the Treasurer to enable him or her to collect the same.

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   68.   The Governor General may remit charges in special cases or for good cause.

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      (1)     The Harbour Master shall have power to issue not more than 12 passes for any one month to persons to go on the wharves or to ships lying in the Harbour of Castries for the purposes of carrying on bumboating trade.

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      (2)     Any person carrying on a bumboating trade without such a pass commits an offence against this rule.

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      (3)     A person shall not trade in or convey on to the wharves or on to any ship in the Harbour of Castries any opium or preparation of opium, any bay rum or any perfumed spirits, or any alcohol or compound thereof in any form whatsoever.

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      (4)     The Harbour Master shall have power to withdraw at any time any pass so issued by him or her.

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      (5)     The pass shall be in such form as the Governor General may direct.

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   70.   All penalties for breaches of these Regulations or any of them may be sued for and recovered by the Harbour Master or any Police Officer, and when recovered shall be paid into the Treasury for the use of Saint Lucia.

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   71.   Any person committing a breach of any of the foregoing regulations numbered 55 to 69 inclusive is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding $24.

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   72.   All boats shall lay off from steamers and other vessels carrying passengers at a distance of not less than 20 yards except as hereafter directed.

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   73.   Not more than one boat shall be allowed to come alongside at the same time for the purpose of taking passengers and their luggage, etc.

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   74.   No boat shall be permitted to remain alongside longer than is actually necessary to enable the boatmen to take in passengers and their luggage.

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   75.   Any boatman who in any boat or ship alongside of any steamer or other ship carrying passengers is drunk and disorderly, or

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           Makes use of any violent or obscene language with intent to provoke any person to commit a breach of the peace, or

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           Uses any obscene or profane language to the annoyance of any person, or

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           Fights or otherwise disturbs the peace,

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           commits a contravention of these Regulations.

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   76.   The use in any way or manner whatsoever in the harbour of the small craft known as “Dories” is absolutely prohibited.

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   77.   Boats, rafts, or other obstructions shall not be made fast to any wharf, or so near as to impede the use of the wharf. The Harbour Master and Pilot shall cause any such boat, raft, or other obstruction to be removed, and shall be entitled to recover from the owner all expenses incurred by him or her in its removal.

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   78.   Boatmen, while lying with their boats at any landing place or wharf, or alongside or attending upon any ship within the harbour, shall strictly obey the directions of the Harbour Master and Pilot or of the Police. Boats shall not be secured to the accommodation ladder of any ship.

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   79.   Boats shall not be left alongside ships or wharves used by large ships unattended by persons in charge.

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   80.   Boats of any kind shall not be allowed to remain unemployed alongside wharves liable to be used by large ships.

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   81.   Boats shall not be hauled up on the wharves, the River Guide Bank embankments, or on the Harbour foreshore or be left there, except upon that portion of the Four-a-Chaux bounded on the North by the Castries River, on the South and East by lands of Heirs Mallet-Paret, and on the West by the Harbour of Castries, and at such other places and under such conditions as may be appointed for that purpose by the Governor General and published in the Gazette.

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      (1)     Any person committing a breach of or neglecting to observe any of the foregoing regulations numbered 72 to 78 inclusive is liable to a penalty not exceeding $24. Any such penalty may be sued for by the Harbour Master or Assistant Harbour Master before the First District Court and when recovered shall be paid into the Treasury for the use of Saint Lucia.

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      (2)     Any person committing a breach of regulations numbered 79, 80 and 81 is liable to the above penalty and in addition the boat with all tackle may be seized by order of the Harbour Master and Pilot and removed to such place as may be appointed by him or her as a Pound. Such boats shall not be delivered up to the owners until all expenses of the removal and the fine or penalty incurred under the Act shall have been paid. If such expenses and fine or penalty are not paid within 10 days from the day such boats were impounded, such boats may be sold by the order of the Harbour Master and Pilot for the benefit of Saint Lucia.

Steamers with Gasoline, etc

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   83.   Steamers laden with gasoline, case oils, or any explosive or dangerous cargo may be allowed to bunker in the harbour subject to the following conditions—

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      (a)     Such ship shall only bunker at such berth at the western end of the Northern Wharf as may be assigned to her by the Harbour Master.

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      (b)     No such ship shall lie alongside the wharf except during daylight.

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      (c)     Every such ship shall be hauled off by 4:30 p.m.

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      (d)     No naked lights are to be allowed on deck or below on any such ship.

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      (e)     No person in possession of matches or other combustibles shall be, or be allowed to be, in the bunkers of such ship.

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      (f)     Trimmers on such ship are to be searched and shall allow themselves to be searched.

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      (g)     A person shall not be, or shall be allowed to be, on board such ship except solely on business to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master and with his or her permission.

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      (h)     Sufficient steam shall be kept up to enable such ship to be immediately shifted at any time.

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      (i)     A person shall not smoke or be allowed to smoke on board such ship.

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      (j)     All hatches of such ship shall be kept closed.

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      (k)     Sufficient extra police supervision to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master shall be employed at the expense of such ship by the bunkering agents to ensure the due observance of these Regulations and the Harbour Master's directions.

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   84.   In addition to and without prejudice to any other provision, whenever in the opinion of the Harbour Master the public safety is likely to be endangered by the presence in the harbour of any steamer, ship or boat, the Harbour Master may direct the removal of any such steamer, ship or boat from alongside any wharf or from the harbour.

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   85.   The owner, the master or the person in charge of any steamer, ship or boat or any other person who contravenes any of the provisions of regulations 83 and 84 is liable on summary conviction to a penalty of $240.

Lights on Shipping

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   86.   In the following Regulations unless the contrary intention appears

“ship” shall include every description of vessel of whatever size or kind used in navigation not being a “small ship” as hereinafter defined.

“small ship” includes yachts, launches, pirogues, canoes, row boats, punts, sculls and all other similar craft used in navigation not exceeding 5 tons net register.

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   87.   Every ship or raft afloat in the Harbour of Castries between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and not being alongside any of the wharves, shall exhibit at least 3 feet above the hull a white light in a lantern or lamp so constructed as to show a clear, uniform and unbroken light visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.

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   88.   Every ship or small ship afloat in the Harbour of Castries when laden with gasoline, case oils, or any explosive or dangerous cargo shall in addition to the light hereinbefore prescribed, exhibit in a conspicuous place a red light in a lantern or lamp so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.

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   89.   Every small ship afloat in the Harbour of Castries between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. not being alongside any of the wharves or within the zone hereinafter provided for shall exhibit at least 3 feet above the hull a white light in a lantern or lamp so constructed as to show a clear, uniform and unbroken light visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.

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   90.   

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      (1)     The Harbour Master shall prescribe a zone within which small ships may be moored or berthed and thereby obtain exemption from liability to exhibit the light required by section 89 of these Regulations to be exhibited.

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      (2)     Every small ship moored or berthed within such zone shall be exempt from the requirements of section 89 of these Regulations.

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      (3)     The Harbour Master may, if he or she considers it necessary, change the locality of this zone or vary its limits.

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      (4)     The limits of the zone, and any variations thereof, shall be clearly indicated by the Harbour Master by means of buoys or other easily distinguishable marks or devices.

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      (5)     The limits of the zone when first prescribed, and any variations thereof, shall be made known by notice under the hand of the Harbour Master and published in the Gazette.

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   91.   Nothing in these Regulations contained shall apply to any ship, small ship or raft actually exhibiting any lights required to be exhibited by the Collision Regulations (Imperial Order in Council No. 1113 of 1910) made under the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act, or by any other Imperial Legislation in force or to any ship exhibiting when at anchor the light required by regulation 4 of these Regulations to be exhibited, or to any boat (as defined in the Boats (Licence and Navigation) Act) carrying when under weigh the lights prescribed by Regulations made thereunder.

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   92.   Any person who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any of the foregoing regulations commits an offence and on being convicted thereof is liable to a penalty not exceed $24.

Tariffs

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   93.   The following fares are chargeable for services of boats and boatmen in the Harbour of Castries and within one mile thereof:—

   To or from Castries—		¢
   1.	For one passenger going to or returning from a ship one mile outside of the Harbour entrance or within one mile thereof	96
   2.	If more than one passenger be carried the charge for each passenger will be	96
   3.	For every 100 lbs. and under of baggage	24
   4.	For one passenger going to or returning from a ship at the entrance of the Harbour	24
   5.	If more than one passenger be carried the charge for each passenger will be	24
   6.	For every 100 lbs. and under of baggage	24
   7.	For one passenger going to or returning from a ship lying between the Coconuts and the Rendezvous Buoy	12
   8.	If more than one passenger is carried, the charge for each passenger will be	12
   9.	For every 100 lbs. and under of baggage	12
   10.	For one passenger to or from the Coconuts or Vigie	12
   11.	If more than one passenger is carried, the charge for each passenger will be	12
   12.	For short distances, say within the Rendezvous Buoy and from ship to ship for each person	6
   13.	For each package of luggage	4
   14.	For half an hour or under detained	12
   15.	For every hour or fraction of an hour exceeding half an hour detained	24
   16.	Each passenger is entitled to have baggage not exceeding 15 lbs. free
   17.	For each Labourer or Stevedore conveyed to or from a ship one mile outside of the Harbour entrance or within one mile thereof	48

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   94.   Fares for carrying Gunpowder or any other explosives from ships to the Tapion Magazine or other place appointed for storing Gunpowder or any other explosives shall be charged as follows:—

   	¢
   For each keg of other package under 25 lbs	12
   For each keg or other package over 25 lbs and under 50lbs	24
   And in proportion for any package of greater weight

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   95.   

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      (1)     The following fees are chargeable for rating and checking chronometers—

      	$	¢
      For rating a chronometer	2	40
      For ordinary check of chronometer	1	20
      Ship masters can have their chronometers rated on timely application to the Harbour Master. An ordinary check for a chronometer can be given immediately on application.

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      (2)     Standard Time exactly 4 hours later than Greenwich Mean Time is adopted in Saint Lucia.

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   96.   During such time as a vessel is hove down a charge shall be made at the rate per day or part of a day of $0.02 per foot of her length from stem to stern.

Pound for Boats

(Gazettes 29 June 11)

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   Under regulation 82(2) of the foregoing Regulations the Harbour Master has appointed as a Pound the slipway at the Harbour Master's Office and the waters immediately in front of it.