(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order reconstitutes the Gloucester Harbour Trustees so as to consist of not less than nine nor more than twelve persons for terms of three years, of whom nine shall be appointed as follows—
a
three by the British Waterways Board;
b
one representative of shipowning interests trading to or within or using the Port of Gloucester, jointly by the General Council of British Shipping and the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers;
c
one representative of commercial interests other than those of the British Waterways Board trading to or within, or dependent upon the harbour, by the Trustees otherwise appointed after appropriate consultation;
d
one by the Central Electricity Generating Board;
e
one by the Gloucestershire County Council;
f
one by the Gloucester City Council;
g
one by the Stroud District Council.
If a majority of the relevant licensed or authorised pilots agree not to require contracts of employment then an additional Trustee representing the pilots shall be appointed by the Amalgamated Gloucester Pilots, or otherwise by the Trustees after appropriate consultation; but this appointment ceases if subsequently pilots become so employed. In addition, the foregoing Trustees may co-opt two further Trustees.
The Order also makes further provision as to the Trustees' powers respecting a reserve fund, the acceptance of gifts, borrowing powers and byelaws.
It further re-defines the limits of the harbour of Gloucester, and extends the inward limits in the River Severn.
The applicants for this Order are the Gloucester Harbour Trustees.