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     Neil Moors wrote:
    Looks like the government has run out of ideas how to stop it and is rolling the pitch to delegate blame....."I've asked the Ports to stop this.." knowing full well they don't have any powers.

    I guess the Minister forgot the April 1995 ruling that Dover and Plymouth had acted outside their powers when they tried to refuse a new operator who intended to carry livestock. It was held that their powers under s40 of the Harbours Act 1964 to apply such conditions that they saw fit did not permit them to ignore the requirement under s33 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 to "be open to all persons for the shipping and unshipping of goods, and the embarking and landing of passengers." It is possible for primary legislation to disapply s33 from a port, but I doubt whether it is via secondary legislation such as a Harbour Revision Order.

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