Mooring terms and conditions for temporary (overnight and short) stay at Higginson Park

Last updated: 1 May 2022

Payments and defaults

  1. The Council has the right to exercise a general lien upon any vessel and or property of the boat owner or user whilst in or on the Council’s mooring site, until such time as any money due to the Council in respect of the vessel and or other such property on account of rental, storage, commission, access or berthing charges, work done or otherwise paid
  2. Without prejudice to any other rights in respect of breaches of these Conditions, the Council shall have the right to terminate the permission to moor granted to the boat owner or user in the following manner in event of any breach by the boat owner or user of these Conditions or of any failure by the boat owner or user to make payment due to the Council
  3. If the breach is capable of remedy or the boat owner or user has failed to make any such payment, the Council may serve notice on the Boat Owner 5 Higginson Park mooring terms and conditions version 1 – 20/11/2015 or User specifying the breach or failure to pay and requiring them to remedy the breach or pay the amount within seven days.
  4. If the boat owner or user fails to remedy such a breach or pay the amount due within seven days, or the breach is not capable of remedy, the Council may serve notice on the boat owner or user specifying the breach or failure to pay and requiring him to remove the vessel within seven days at the expiry of which the boat owner or user shall remove the vessel and any other property of his or hers from the Council’s mooring site
  5. If the boat owner or user fails to remove the vessel on termination of the ticketed stay period, the Council shall be entitled:

a) to charge the licensee with the amount of outstanding mooring fees attracted by the vessel on-going mooring

b) to apply to a court to reclaim the fees outstanding and to apply for the payment of costs by the boat owner or user