The Port of Ramsgate (Pilotage) Harbour Revision Order 1988

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Port of Ramsgate (Pilotage) Harbour Revision Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order “the Authority” means the Thanet District Council;

“the Port” means the Port of Ramsgate;

“signed plan” means the plan signed in triplicate by an Under Secretary in the Department of Transport, two copies of which have been deposited at that Department and one copy of which has been deposited at the offices of the Authority situated in Cecil Street, Margate, Kent CT9 1XZ.

Extension of limits of jurisdiction for the purpose of pilotage

3.  The limits within which the Authority shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of pilotage under Part I of the Pilotage Act 1987 shall include (in addition to the Port) the area outlined in red on the signed plan, being so much of the area outside the Port as lies within a radius of 3 nautical miles from the Lighthouse on the West Pier (Latitude 51° 19'.63 N. Longitude 01° 25'.40 E.) and to the east of a line bearing 065° true and to the north of a line bearing 145° true from that Lighthouse.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

J. W. S. Dempster

An Under Secretary in the

Department of Transport

18th August 1988