The Portsmouth (Millennium Waterbus Landing Stages) Harbour Revision Order 2000

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the Act of 1847” means the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847(1);

“the authorised works” means all or any of the works authorised by this Order or any part of those works, and where any part of those works remain uncompleted, includes the site thereof;

“the Borough Council” means the Gosport Borough Council;

“the City Council” means the Portsmouth City Council;

“the Councils” means both the Borough Council and the City Council;

“deposited plan” and “deposited sections” means the three plans and sections each of which is prepared in duplicate signed by the Head of Ports Division in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and marked “Plan and sections referred to in the Portsmouth Harbour (Millennium Waterbus Landing Stages) Harbour Revision Order 2000”, of which one copy of each of the plans is deposited at the offices of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and one at the offices of the Director of Corporate Services of the City Council;

“enactment” means any enactment whether public general or local and includes any order, bye-law, rule, regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an enactment;

“Harbour Master” means in respect of the Camber Landing Stage and the Gunwharf Landing Stage the Harbour Master appointed from time to time by the City Council and in respect of HMS Alliance Landing Stage such person or body as the Borough Council shall nominate in writing to the Secretary of State and the Queen’s Harbour Master from time to time;

“the Landing Stages” means the Camber Landing Stage, the Gunwharf Landing Stage and the HMS Alliance Landing Stage;

“the level of high water” means the level of mean high-water springs;

“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plan;

“the Camber Landing Stage” means the landing stage to be constructed at the Camber, Portsmouth as part of the authorised works;

“the Gunwharf Landing Stage” means the landing stage to be constructed at Gunwharf, Portsmouth Harbour as part of the authorised works;

“the HMS Alliance Landing Stage” means the landing stage to be constructed at HMS Alliance, Gosport as part of the authorised works;

“Queen’s Harbour Master” means the person for the time being appointed to be Queen’s Harbour Master of the Dockyard Port of Portsmouth under the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865(2);

“tidal work” means so much of the authorised works as is on, under or over any part of the seashore lying below the level of high water;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

“vessel” includes every description of water craft, including non-displacement craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

(2) All distances and lengths stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such distance and length.

(1)

1847 c. 27.

(2)

1865 c. 125.