The Port Security (Port of Cromarty Firth) Designation Order 2013

Citation and commencement U.K.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Port Security (Port of Cromarty Firth) Designation Order 2013 and comes into force on 9th January 2014.

Port boundary U.K.

2.—(1) For the purposes of the definition of “port” in regulation 2 of the Port Security Regulations 2009 M1 , the boundary of the Port of Cromarty Firth is defined as follows.

(2) The boundary is generally shown by the inner edge of the red line on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

(3) The inland part of the red line crosses the water along the seaward edge of Cromarty Bridge from Ardullie Point on the north shore to Findon Pier on the south shore and, so far as not included in the rectangles referred to in paragraph (4)—

(a) runs from Ardullie Point along the beaches and foreshores on the northern edge of the water until the red line reaches the coast at a point 57� 43.64'N, 03� 55.90'W; and

(b) runs from Findon Pier along the beaches and foreshores on the southern edge of the water until the red line reaches the coast at a point 57� 39.25'N, 04� 01.75'W.

(4) As to the parts of the boundary included in the rectangles marked “Evanton”, “Port Authority & Admiralty Pier”, “Saltburn” and “Nigg” on the plan in Part 1 of Schedule 1, the boundary is more particularly shown by the seaward edges of the red lines on each of the corresponding inset plans, in Part 2 of Schedule 1, headed respectively “Inset Plan 1–Evanton”, “Inset Plan 2–Port Authority & Admiralty Pier”, “Inset Plan 3–Saltburn” and “Inset Plan 4–Nigg”.

(5) Where the red line runs along a beach or foreshore, the boundary runs along the edge of the land on that beach or foreshore which is below the level of mean high water springs.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2009/2048, amended by S.I. 2013/2815.

The Cromarty Firth Port Security Authority U.K.

3.—(1) For the purposes of the Port Security Regulations 2009 M2 , the Cromarty Firth Port Security Authority is designated as the port security authority for the port of Cromarty Firth.

(2) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the Cromarty Firth Port Security Authority.

Marginal Citations

M2 S.I. 2009/2048, amended by S.I. 2013/2815.

Review U.K.

4.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of this Order,

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

(c) publish the report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th October 2005 (which is implemented by means of the Port Security Regulations 2009) is implemented in other member States.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by those Regulations and this Order,

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4) The first report under this article must be published before 9th January 2019.

(5) Reports under this article are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Stephen Hammond

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport