02.01.1979
BYELAWS –
RIVER DEBEN
Byelaws for the prevention of danger, obstruction or
annoyance to persons bathing in the sea or using the seashore made by the
Suffolk Coastal District Council under Section 76 of the Public Health Act
1961.
1
These
Byelaws shall apply to such parts of the River Deben as are situate in the
District of Suffolk Coastal between the following boundaries:-
(a)
a line drawn through Felixstowe Ferry Martello Tower on a bearing of 55
degrees, and a line drawn through the sluice outlet of Kings Fleet on a bearing
of 60 degrees; and
(b)
a line drawn through a certain marker post situate at the outlet of
Falkenham Creek on a bearing of 90 degrees, and a line drawn through Wilford
Bridge on a bearing of 125 degrees.
2
In
these Byelaws:-
ÒlineÓ
means an imaginary straight line,
ÒbearingÓ
means a bearing reckoned clockwise from True North,
ÒnavigatorÓ
means the person who, whether as owner or otherwise, has the charge or control
of a pleasure boat and includes a person who, being present, is entitled to
give orders to the person having charge or control.
3
No
person, being the navigator of a pleasure boat, shall during the months of May
to September inclusive cause or suffer such pleasure boat to exceed a speed of
ten nautical miles per hour through the water of that part of the River Deben
situate between the boundaries specified in Byelaw 1 (a) hereof PROVIDED THAT
this Byelaw shall not apply to any person whilst such person is taking part in
an event organised by the Suffolk Coastal District Council or organised by any
person with the written consent of such Council.
4
No
person, being the navigator of a pleasure boat, shall during the months of May
to September inclusive cause or suffer such pleasure boat to exceed a speed of
eight nautical miles per hour through the water of that part of the River Deben
situate between the boundaries specified in Byelaw 1 (b) hereof PROVIDED THAT
this Byelaw shall not apply to any person whilst such person is taking part in
an event organised by the Suffolk Coastal District Council or organised by any
person with the written consent of such Council.
5
No
person, being the navigator of a pleasure boat, shall cause or suffer such
pleasure boat to be driven or sailed in a dangerous manner or without due care
and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons.
6
No
person, being the navigator of a pleasure boat propelled by an internal
combustion engine, shall use such pleasure boat unless the engine thereof is
fitted with a silencer suitable and sufficient for reducing, as far as may be
reasonable, the noise caused by the escape of exhaust gases from such engine.
7
Any
person offending against any of the foregoing Byelaws shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds.
8
Nothing
contained in any of the foregoing Byelaws shall be deemed to be or shall
operate as a grant by or on behalf of the Crown, as owner of the foreshore and
seabed, of any estate or interest in or right over such foreshore and seabed or
any part thereof, nor shall anything contained in or done under any of the
provisions of the foregoing Byelaws in any respect prejudice or injuriously
affect the interests and rights of the Crown in such foreshore and seabed, or
prevent the exercise thereon of any public rights or prejudice or injuriously
affect any right power or privilege legally exercisable in over and in respect
of such foreshore and seabed.
9
The
following Byelaws, which were all made under Section 76 of the Public Health
Act 1961, are hereby repealed:-
(a)
Byelaws
made by the Council of the Rural District of Deben on the 11th day
of December 1968 and confirmed by the Secretary of State on the 24th
day of January 1969;
(b)
Byelaws
made by the Urban District Council of Felixstowe on the 1st day of
December 1971 and confirmed by the Secretary of State on the 15th
day of March 1972;
(c)
Byelaws
made by the Council of the Rural District of Deben on the 9th day of
December 1971 and confirmed by the Secretary of State on the 15th
day of March 1972;
(d)
Byelaws
made by the Council of the Rural District of Deben on the 18th day
of May 1972 and confirmed by the Secretary of State on the 16th day
of November 1972.
The COMMON SEAL of the SUFFOLK )
)
COASTAL
DISTRICT COUNCIL )
)
was hereunto affixed on the second ) L
S
)
day of
January 1979 )
)
in the
presence of:- )
R H F KITSON
CHAIRMAN
D
C BISHOP
DISTRICT
SECRETARY
The foregoing byelaws are hereby confirmed by the Secretary
of State and shall come into operation on the first day of December 1980.
L S G
I de DENEY
Signed by authority of An
Assistant Under Secretary
the Secretary of State of
State
Home Office,
London, SW1
??? November 1980
I certify that this
printed copy of the byelaws is a true copy of the byelaws as confirmed.
November 1980 .................................................................................
District
Secretary to Suffolk Coastal District Council
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