The Portsmouth Mile End Quay Harbour Revision Order 1991

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively:–

“the Act of 1847” means the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847(1);

“the authorised works” means the works authorised by this Order or any part of those works and where any part of those works remain uncompleted, includes the site thereof:

“the Council” means the Portsmouth City Council;

“the deposited plan” means the plan prepared in duplicate signed by an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transport and marked “Plan and Sections referred to in the Portsmouth Mile End Quay Harbour Revision Order 1991”, of which one is deposited at the offices of the Department of Transport and one at the offices of the City Secretary and Solicitor of the Council;

“enactment” means any enactment whether public general or local and includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an enactment;

“the level of high water” means the level of mean high-water springs;

“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plan;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

“the Mile End Quay undertaking” means the undertaking of the Council authorised by the Portsmouth Mile End Quay Harbour Revision Orders 1966 to 1991 and the Mile End Gardens (Portsmouth) Act 1978(2);

“Queen’s Harbour Master” means the person for the time being appointed to be Queen’s Harbour Master of the Dockyard Port of Portsmouth under the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865(3);

“tidal work” means a work on, under or over any part of the seashore lying below mean high water springs;

“vessel” includes every description of water craft, including non-displacement craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

(2) All distances and lengths stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such distance and length.

(1)

1847 c. 27.

(2)

1978 c.vii.

(3)

1865 c. 125.