EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order constitutes part of the Port of Cowes as the Cowes Port Health District and constitutes the Isle of Wight Council to be the port health authority for that area. Articles 3 and 4 and the Schedule relate to the jurisdiction and powers of the Council as port health authority. The Order confers upon the port health authority functions under general Acts relating to public health, food and control of pollution. The Order revokes the Cowes Port Health Authority Order 1990.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.