Collieston Harbour

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Collieston Harbour

• Cllr Debra Storr
• Collieston Harbour Trustees

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Feu Disposition

• Board of Trade in Favour of Collieston Harbour
  Trustees 8 February 1985

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Limits of Harbour
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1991 Harbour Order Revised
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1991 Harbour Order Provisions

• 7 Trustees 2 councillors, Slains Minister,
  Slains Estate, 3 elected locally
• steps from time to time for maintenance,
  operation and improvement of the Harbour
• make bylaws
• make charges but not ship, passenger or good
  dues

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Harbour Byelaws 1991
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Byelaw provisions

• Part 1 Preliminary
• Part 2 Navigate with Care
• Part 3 Berthing and Mooring
• Part 4 Goods and Road Traffic
• Part 5 General

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Issues

• Have powers to maintain Harbour but little income
• Trustees exist as a legal entity with unlimited
  liability
• Just one Trustee

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Upside

• Aberdeenshire Council indemnifies its Trustees
• Committed local community
• Collieston Amenities Committee
• Dolphin Gallery
• Collieston Slains Community Trust
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• EGCP interest in small harbours

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Immediate Future

• Amenities Committee commissioned and found funds
  for survey
• Amenities Committee and others have raised funds
  for repairs
• EGCP and Aberdeenshire both seeking additional
  funding sources
• Execute necessary repairs

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Longer term

• Re-constitute full trustees
• Removed unlimited liability from Trustees
• Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation
  (from 2008?)
• Regular maintenance
• Regular funding

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Summary

• Difficult to match responsibilities with capacity
• Enormous amounts of goodwill
• Immediate repairs will be done
• But are there long term solutions?

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