The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2012

The Dover Harbour Board have applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 19641 (“the Act”);

The Secretary of State having, in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act2, determined that the application is made in relation to a project which falls within Annex II to Council Directive 85/337/EEC3 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and whose characteristics require that it should be made subject to an environmental assessment, has directed the applicant to supply to the Secretary of State the information referred to in Annex IV to the Directive;

The Secretary of State has in accordance with paragraph 15 of the said Schedule, furnished bodies appearing to him to have environmental responsibilities with the information supplied to him under paragraph 8 of that Schedule and has consulted such bodies;

The Secretary of State has considered the information supplied under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act and is satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b) of the Act;

The Secretary of State for Transport is the appropriate Minister under section 14(7) of the Act4.