Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Portsmouth Harbour (Abolition of Portsmouth and Gosport Joint Board) Revision Order 2014 and shall come into force on 16th June 2014.

Interpretation2.

In this Order—

“the 1907 Act” means the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 19076;
“the Board” means the Portsmouth and Gosport Joint Board7;
“the Act of 1809” means the Act entitled An Act for the better Government of the Watermen working on the Passage between Gosport, Portsmouth, and Portsea, and other Places within Portsmouth Harbour, and to and from Spithead, Saint Helen’s, and other Parts within the Isle of Wight in the County of Southampton, and to and from certain Places in the said Island; and for regulating the Fares of such Watermen8;
“the Act of 1812” means the Act entitled An Act to amend an Act made in the Forty-ninth year of His present Majesty, for the better Government of the Watermen working on the Passage between Gosport, Portsmouth, and Portsea, and other Places within Portsmouth Harbour, and to and from Spithead, Saint Helens, and other Parts within the Isle of Wight in the County of Southampton, and to and from certain Places in the said Island, and for regulating the Fares of such Watermen9.

Abolition of the Board3.

The Board is abolished.

Transfer of property4.

The property of the Board is transferred to, and vested in, Portsmouth City Council and Gosport Borough Council in equal proportions.

Repeals5.

The Acts referred to in columns (1) and (2) of the Schedule are repealed to the extent specified in column (3).

Transitional provision6.

(1)

A licence granted pursuant to the Ferry Acts which is in force on the date of the coming into force of this Order has effect on and after that date as a licence granted by Portsmouth City Council under, and subject to the provisions of and any terms or conditions imposed under, section 94 of the 1907 Act to the holder of the licence and for any boat or vessel used by him for letting for hire or for carrying passengers for hire, but without—

(a)

the charging of a fee in respect of the licence, or

(b)

the setting forth in the licence of the existence of the power conferred by the 1907 Act to revoke or suspend it, and

unless revoked or suspended the licence shall continue in force until it would have expired in accordance with the Ferry Acts and as if it specified a limit of not more than 12 passengers applying to any boat or vessel so used.

(2)

In paragraph (1) “the Ferry Acts” means the Act of 1809 and the Act of 1812 as applied by section 83 of the Gosport and Alverstoke Urban District Council Act 191910.

Signed by authority of the Marine Management Organisation

James Cross
Chief Executive Officer
An authorised employee of the Marine Management Organisation