4-659: Lancaster Port Commission is the statutory harbour authority for the Port of Lancaster in England . It is now based at Glasson Dock . It was set up by act of parliament to facilitate the role that the port could play in international trade, particularly the Atlantic slave trade . Many of the early commissioners were active slave traders. Several Lancaster merchants and ship owners asked parliament for support in dealing with problems experienced in operating from Lancaster, Lancashire . This led to
8-753: The passage of the River Lune Navigation Act 1749 ( 23 Geo. 2 . c. 12): "An Act for improving the Navigation of the River Loyne , otherwise called Lune; and for building a Quay or Wharf near the Town of Lancaster in the County Palatine of Lancaster". This led to the construction of St George's Quay in 1750, and the Custom House was completed in 1764. Robert Foxcroft was appointed chief customs officer and given
12-465: The title of Collector. H had oversight of a substantial staff including searchers, clerical officers, landing and coast waiters, a surveyor and a weighing porter. Statutory harbour authority Competent harbour authorities (CHA) in the United Kingdom are those harbour authorities that have been given statutory powers relating to the provision of pilotage in their waters. The description
16-530: Was created by the Pilotage Act 1987 , at which point a CHA had to be one whose harbour was wholly or partly within a pilotage district where at least one act of pilotage had been performed, or where a pilotage exemption certificate had been in force, between 1984 and 1987. However, the act provided a procedure by which other harbour authorities could be assigned CHA status and some harbours have taken advantage of this process. The Marine Navigation Act 2013 amended
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