2. No person may anchor any vessel so as to: (a) obstruct the passage of other vessels or to obstruct the approach to any wharf, pier, jetty or maritime facility which has been lawfully established; or (b) create a hazard to other vessels at anchor; or (c) create a safety hazard for other recreational craft, swimmers or water users. 3. No person may anchor or moor any vessel, except to a mooring for which a license or resource consent has been issued, within the prohibited anchorage areas as defined below: (a) Picton Harbour all that area of water south of a line drawn from Wedge Point to The Snout, except in the defined anchorage area as outlined on Chart NZ 6153. 4. Where the Harbour Master, or any person authorised in writing by the Harbour Master to give orders under this Bylaw, believes on reasonable grounds that a vessel is anchored in a prohibited area, he may order the master of that vessel to remove the vessel from the area. Such order may be given by any means of communication. 5. Where the Harbour Master becomes aware that any vessel has broken adrift or is likely to break adrift from a maritime facility or anchor and is endangering or likely to endanger navigation, he or she shall, as soon as is practicable, and having regard to all the circumstances, cause that vessel to be safely secured. The Harbour Master is entitled to recover from the master or owner of that vessel any expenses incurred under this Bylaw. 6. No liability shall attach itself to the Harbour Master or the Council by reason of any accident which may occur to any vessel in carrying out the provisions of this Bylaw. 2.8. Obstructions 1. No person may obstruct the navigation of any waterway or the access to any wharf, landing place, boat ramp, slipway, navigation channel, or mooring without the prior written permission of the Harbour Master. 2. No person shall place any obstruction, including any vessel, fishing apparatus, in the waterway, that is liable to: (a) restrict navigation; or (b) cause or have the potential to cause, injury or death to any person; or (c) cause damage to any vessel or any property. 3. No person shall leave equipment, stabilisers, booms, cranes, davits or other equipment extending over the side of a vessel so as to cause a hazard to any other vessel. 4. In the interest of navigation safety the Harbour Master may, on reasonable grounds, declare specified areas of the harbour closed to fishing. Such closure will be effective on the day after public notice of the closure is given. 2.9. Notification of collisions and accidents 1. The master of any vessel that: Page 14