The Cornwall Harbours Harbour Revision Order 2023

General functions

5.—(1) The Council may, subject to the provisions of this Order, take all such steps from time to time as it considers necessary or desirable for the maintenance, operation, management and improvement of the harbours and the harbour facilities provided within or in connection with the harbours, and for the conservation of the harbours’ flora, fauna and geological and physiographical features of special interest.

(2) For those purposes and without limiting the scope of paragraph (1), the Council may—

(a) improve, maintain, regulate, manage, mark and light the harbours and provide harbour facilities therein;

(b) subject to obtaining the necessary rights in or over land—

(i) execute and place in and over the harbours such structures, works and equipment as are required, and

(ii) operate, maintain, renew, alter, extend, demolish and reconstruct structures, harbour facilities, works and equipment in the harbours including those executed or placed in accordance with sub-paragraph (i),

(c) acquire land;

(d) do all other things which in its opinion are expedient to facilitate the operation, improvement or development of the undertaking.

(3) The Council must, from time to time, formulate, publish and review a business plan or business plans (“Harbours Business Plan”)(1) in relation to its maintenance, conservation, operation, management and improvement of the undertaking, which it must have regard to when performing its functions.

(4) In the exercise of the powers of sub-paragraph (2)(b), the Council must not—

(a) interfere with, damage or otherwise injuriously affect any apparatus belonging to or maintained by any statutory undertaker;

(b) do anything which obstructs or impedes any work relating to the inspection or repair of any such apparatus, without the consent of the statutory undertaker concerned.

(5) This article is without limitation of the powers of the Council under or by virtue of any other enactment.

(1)

The Harbours Business Plan may be inspected during working hours at the principal office of Cornwall Council, New County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro TR1 3AY and via the Council’s harbours website at www.cornwallharbours.co.uk.