The Port Security (Port of London) Designation Order 2014

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Port Security (Port of London) Designation Order 2014 and comes into force on 10th April 2014.

Port boundary

2.—(1) For the purposes of the definition of “port” in regulation 2 of the Port Security Regulations 2009(1), the boundary of the Port of London is defined as follows.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (5), (7), (12), (13), (22) and (23), the boundary is generally shown by the inner edge of—

(a)the red line on the overview key plan in Part 1 of Schedule 1; and

(b)the red lines on the plans, in Part 2 of Schedule 1, headed “Key Plan Inset A”, “Key Plan Inset A (continued)”, “Key Plan Inset B”, “Key Plan Inset B (continued)”, “Key Plan Inset C” and “Key Plan Inset C (continued)”.

(3) As to the inland limits of the boundary, so far as not included in the rectangles referred to in paragraph (4), the red line runs—

(a)along the beaches and foreshores; and

(b)along the outer perimeters of jetties, piers and other structures which are not beaches and foreshores.

(4) As to the parts of the boundary included in the rectangles marked “Inset 1” to “Inset 51” on the plans in Part 2 of Schedule 1, the boundary is more particularly shown by the red lines on each of the corresponding inset plans, in Part 3 of Schedule 1, headed respectively “Inset Plan 1” to “Inset Plan 28”, “Inset Plan 29” to “Inset Plan 34”, “Inset Plan 35” to “Inset Plan 43” and “Inset Plan 44” to “Inset Plan 51”.

(5) On Inset Plan 1—

(a)the items marked “A” enclosed in lilac are outside the boundary; and

(b)the part of the item marked “B” (HMS Belfast) enclosed in lilac is outside the boundary.

(6) On Inset Plan 2, the jetty marked “A” is outside the boundary.

(7) On Inset Plan 4, the area marked “A” enclosed in lilac is outside the boundary.

(8) On Inset Plan 8, the areas marked “A” enclosed in red are inside the boundary.

(9) On Inset Plan 15, the jetty at the area marked “A” is outside the boundary.

(10) On Inset Plan 17, the jetty marked “A” is outside the boundary.

(11) On Inset Plan 21, the jetty at the area marked “A” is outside the boundary.

(12) On Inset Plan 22, the area marked “A” enclosed in lilac is outside the boundary.

(13) On Inset Plan 23, the area marked “A” edged on three sides in lilac, and the area marked “B” enclosed in lilac, are outside the boundary.

(14) On Inset Plan 26, the areas marked “A” enclosed in red are inside the boundary.

(15) On Inset Plan 28, the part of the boundary included in the rectangle marked “Inset A” is more particularly shown by the red lines on the corresponding inset plan, in Part 3 of Schedule 1, headed “Inset Plan 28A”.

(16) On Inset Plan 34, the part of the boundary included in the rectangle marked “Inset A” is more particularly shown by the red lines on the corresponding inset plan, in Part 3 of Schedule 1, headed “Inset Plan 34A”.

(17) On Inset Plan 35, the jetty marked “A” is outside the boundary.

(18) On Inset Plan 43, the part of the boundary included in the rectangle marked “Inset 43A” is more particularly shown by the red line on the corresponding inset plan, in Part 3 of Schedule 1, headed “Inset Plan 43A”.

(19) On Inset Plan 44, the area marked “A” enclosed in red is inside the boundary.

(20) Where the red line runs along a beach or foreshore, or along the outer perimeter of a jetty, pier or other structure which is not a beach or foreshore, the boundary runs along the edge of the land on that beach or foreshore, or along the edge of that jetty, pier or other structure, which is below the level of mean high water springs.

(21) The limit of the boundary—

(a)on the River Darent, is the Dartford Creek Flood Barrier at Dartford Creek;

(b)at Barking Creek, is the downstream face of the Alfred’s Way (A13) road bridge;

(c)at the mouth of the River Lea, is the downstream face of the Barking Road (A13) Bridge; and

(d)at the mouth of the Ravensbourne at Deptford Creek, is the normal tidal limit.

(22) The anchorages specified in the table headed “Designated Anchorages” in Part 4 of Schedule 1 are inside the boundary.

(23) The navigational channels specified in the table headed “Designated Navigational Channels” in Part 5 of Schedule 1 are inside the boundary.

The Thames Port Security Authority

3.—(1) For the purposes of the Port Security Regulations 2009(2), the Thames Port Security Authority is designated as the port security authority for the Port of London.

(2) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the Thames Port Security Authority.

Review

4.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)carry out a review of this Order,

(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

(c)publish the report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th October 2005 (which is implemented by means of the Port Security Regulations 2009) is implemented in other member States.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by those Regulations and this Order,

(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and

(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4) The first report under this article must be published before 10th April 2019.

(5) Reports under this article are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Stephen Hammond

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

5th March 2014