(1) The Comptroller may approve, for such periods and subject to such conditions and restrictions, as he or she may see fit to impose any place in Saint Lucia for the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers onto and from vessels and for the loading and the unloading of goods or any class or description of goods onto or from vessels, and any place so approved shall be referred to in this Act as an “approved wharf”.
(2) The Comptroller may at any time for reasonable cause revoke or vary the terms of any approval given under subsection (1).
(3) An officer may at any time enter an approved wharf and inspect it and any goods at the wharf.
(4) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any condition or restriction imposed by the Comptroller under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.