This Order may be cited as the Bristol City Docks Harbour Revision Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th May 1998.

In this Order—

• “the 1961 Act” means the Bristol Corporation Act 19615;

• “the appointed day” means such day as the Council may (with the agreement of the Company) appoint for the purposes of Part V of this Order;

• “the City Docks” means the Docks of the Council known as the Floating Harbour and all basins and other works constructed in connection therewith and includes—

  1. a

     the River Avon from the line coloured blue on the signed plan for the Port of Bristol Harbour Revision Order 19936 to Hanham Mills and all other rivers or parts of rivers, harbours, canals, pills and creeks communicating directly with that part of the river and which on 5th December 19727 were or are for the time being within the city; and

  2. b

     the banks of the River Avon from that line to Hanham Mills and the banks of all pills and creeks communicating directly with that part of the river together with a space of five yards in width on each of the banks thereof immediately above the level of mean high-water springs;

• “the Company” means First Corporate Shipping Limited;

• “the Council” means the City Council of Bristol;

• “the docks estate” means the lands which are for the time being vested in or occupied by the Council for the purposes of their undertaking at the City Docks;

• “hovercraft” has the same meaning as in the Hovercraft Act 19688;

• “operator” and “telecommunications code system” have the same meaning as in Schedule 4 to the Telecommunications Act 19849;

• “personal watercraft” means any watercraft (not being a structure which by reason of its concave shape provides buoyancy for the carriage of persons or goods) propelled by a jet engine or other mechanical means of propulsion and steered either—

  1. a

     by means of a handlebar-operated linkage system (with or without a rudder at the stern);

  2. b

     by the person or persons riding the craft using his or their body weight for the purpose; or

  3. c

     by a combination of the methods referred to in (a) and (b) above;

• “the Portishead Pier estate” has the same meaning as in the City of Bristol (Portishead Docks) Act 199210;

• “statutory undertaker” means—

  1. a

     any person who is a statutory undertaker for any of the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 199011;

  2. b

     any other person who exercises functions under the Land Drainage Act 199112;

  3. c

     a coast protection authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Coast Protection Act 194913; or

  4. d

     any operator of a telecommunications codes system;

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

• “vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes—

  1. a

     non-displacement craft and any thing constructed or used to carry or propel persons or goods by or across water;

  2. b

     any hovercraft; and

  3. c

     any hydrofoil vessel;

• “works” means works of any description;

• “works licence” means a licence granted under article 5 of this Order.