Historically, powers had been granted to the authority, as riparian owners of the port, but powers had also been given to what had since become the Port Authority. The Authority had been given power to regulate traffic in the river, and to charge for moorings. The local authority could not control the grant of such mooring rights by the Port authority, nor levy its own charges. The rights given by statute to the Port Authority over-rode the land owner’s rights.
Citations:
Times 04-Jul-2000, Gazette 06-Jul-2000
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Ipswich Borough Council v Moore and Another CA 25-Jul-2001
A statute in 1950 granted to the port authority powers, inter alia, to grant licences for moorings on the foreshore. These powers overrode the ancient Royal Charter which vested the foreshore in the local authority. Accordingly licences issued by . .
Appeal from – Ipswich Borough Council v Moore and Another CA 29-Jun-2001
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Transport, Local Government
Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.82422
