Shetland Islands Council exercise jurisdiction as harbour authority under the Zetland County Council Act 1974 in respect of the area specified in Schedule 1 to that Act.

The Order establishes a new harbour area at Uyea Sound, Unst within which the Council shall exercise harbour jurisdiction pursuant to section 6 of the 1974 Act and that area shall be deemed for all purposes to be within the administrative area of the Council.

The applicant for this Order is Shetland Islands Council, Town Hall, Lerwick, Shetland.