Section 5: Existing piers may be removed under certain conditions.

The Minister may, by notice in writing, require the owner of a pier existing at the commencement of this Act to remove the same within such time as may be specified in the notice, if the owner shall, not within the time and in the manner prescribed by section 6 of this Act, either produce an authority from the Government for the erection and continuance of the pier contained in a lease or other formal instrument, or apply for a licence to authorise the continuance of the pier.