Transport and Works Act 1992

1 (1) Section 14 (harbour revision orders) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)(b) at the end there shall be added the words “or in the interests of the recreational use of sea-going ships”.

(3) After subsection (2A) there shall be inserted—

“(2B) Nothing in subsection (2)(b) of this section shall prevent the making of an order for facilitating—

(a) the closing of part of the harbour,

(b) a reduction in the facilities available in the harbour, or

(c) the disposal of property not required for the purposes of the harbour,

if the appropriate Minister is satisfied that the making of the order is desirable on grounds other than those specified in that subsection.”

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) for the words from “a provision” to “said objects” there shall be substituted the words “any other provision of the order”;

(b) after the words “for the purposes of” there shall be inserted the words “, or in connection with,”;

(c) for the words “repealing and amending” there shall be substituted the words “excluding or modifying any provision of any Act or of any instrument made under any Act (including this Act) and for repealing”.

(5) After subsection (4) there shall be inserted—

“(4A) Where two or more harbours are being improved, maintained or managed by the same harbour authority or by harbour authorities which are members of the same group, a harbour revision order may relate to more than one of the harbours; and for this purpose two authorities are members of the same group if one is a subsidiary (within the meaning of the [1985 c. 6.] Companies Act 1985) of the other or both are subsidiaries of another company (within the meaning of that Act).”

(6) In subsection (5), for the words “large-scale map” there shall be substituted the words “map of a scale not less than 1:2500”.

(7) After subsection (5) there shall be inserted—

“(5A) Where a harbour revision order includes provision for extinguishing or diverting a public right of way over a footpath or bridleway, there must be annexed to the order a map of a scale not less than 1:2500 on which the path or way concerned, and in the case of a diversion the new path or way, are plainly delineated.”