The Peterhead Port Authority Harbour Revision Order 2008

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 331

HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES

The Peterhead Port Authority Harbour Revision Order 2008

Made

2nd October 2008

Coming into force

3rd October 2008

Peterhead Port Authority have applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964(1);

The Scottish Ministers(2) having, in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to that Act(3), determined that the application is made in relation to a project which falls within Annex II to Council Directive 85/337/EEC(4) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and whose characteristics require that it should be made subject to an environmental assessment, have directed the Authority to supply them with the information referred to in Annex IV to the Directive;

Notices have been published by the Authority in accordance with paragraph 10 of that Schedule;

The Scottish Ministers have in accordance with paragraph 15 of that Schedule, furnished bodies appearing to them to have environmental responsibilities with the information supplied to them under paragraph 8 of that Schedule and have consulted such bodies;

The Scottish Ministers have considered the information supplied under paragraph 4 of that Schedule, the environmental statement supplied under paragraph 8(1), the result of consultations under paragraph 15 of that Schedule, the objection made and not withdrawn and the written representations submitted by the applicant and objector in elaboration of the application or objection and are satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b) of that Act;

The Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of that Act hereby make the following Order:–

(1)

1964 c. 40; section 14 was amended by the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), section 18 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 2, 3, 4(1) and 14, and by the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), section 63(1) and Schedule 3, paragraph 2.

(2)

The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(3)

Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1999/3445 as amended by S.I. 2000/2391; paragraph 18 was amended by the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), section 46.

(4)

O.J. No. L 175, 5.7.85, p.40; Council Directive 85/337/EEC was amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC (O.J. No. L 73, 14.3.1997, p.5), and by Council Directive 2003/35/EC (O.J. No. L 156, 25.6.2003, p.17).