The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017

The port health district

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (port health districts and authorities), the area described in paragraph (2) is to constitute a port health district.

(2) The area described in this paragraph consists of the Port of Weymouth together with such land and water as is specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f)—

(a) on the landward side, the boundary is the mean high water line of the English Channel;

(b) on the eastern side, the boundary is a line extending due south from St Alban’s Head (OS reference point SY 96207519) to the seaward limit of the territorial waters;

(c) on the western side, the boundary is a line extending due south from the point at which the parish boundaries of Abbotsbury and Puncknowle meet the sea (OS reference point SY53988580) to the seaward limit of the territorial waters;

(d) on the seaward side, the boundary is the limit of the territorial waters;

(3) The area described in paragraph (2) includes—

(a) any wharf, dock, jetty or similar structure on the seaward side of the Port of Weymouth to the limit of the territorial waters; and

(b) any structures and buildings on areas within the gates of any wharf, dock, jetty or similar structure within the districts of the relevant riparian authorities.