Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Sites) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.

Designated sites

2.—(1) The sites listed in the Schedule to this Order are designated for the purposes of sections 128 and 129 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

(2) A designated site comprises the area within the outer perimeter of the protection provided for the site, being the line of the outermost fences, walls, or other obstacles provided or relied on for protecting the site from intruders.

(3) The line referred to in paragraph (2) shall be determined on the assumption that every gate, door or other barrier across a way through a fence, wall or other obstacle is closed.

(4) In respect of any site directly adjoining the coast, the line referred to in paragraph (2) shall run along the edge of the man-made quay so that any wharf, jetty or structure that projects into the sea is included within the designated site.

Adam Ingram

Minister of State Ministry of Defence

14th December 2005