PART 5COP 26

Temporary extension of port limits for the COP 26 period

16.—(1) On the COP 26 period commencement date, the Company shall become the harbour authority for the temporary additional area.

(2) Subject to article 18, on the COP 26 period termination date, the Company shall cease to be the harbour authority for the temporary additional area and shall cease to have any duties, powers, rights, privileges or authorities in respect of it as harbour authority under this Order.

(3) On the COP 26 period termination date the Company continues to be the harbour authority for the port.

(4) On the COP 26 period termination date the Company continues to have jurisdiction for the purposes of pilotage under Part 1 of the Pilotage Act 1987(1) in the port.

(5) The Clydeport Acts and Orders 1965 to 2018 remain in force at all times for the purposes of the Company exercising jurisdiction as a harbour authority during the COP 26 period in respect of—

(a)the port, and

(b)the temporary additional area,

subject to the provisions of the Clydeport Acts and Orders 1965 to 2018 and this Order.

(6) On the COP 26 period commencement date, for the purposes of the provisions of the Clydeport Acts and Orders 1965 to 2018 applied by article 17 to the temporary additional area, the definition of “the port” in the Clydeport Acts and Orders 1965 to 2018 is extended to include the temporary additional area until the COP 26 period termination date.

(7) The powers of the harbour master may be exercised within the temporary additional area during the COP 26 period.