Statutory Instruments
HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES
Made
29th November 1993
Whereas the Secretary of State for Transport is for the purposes of Part I of the Ports Act 1991(1) the appropriate Minister in relation to the Forth Ports Authority;
And whereas the Secretary of State is satisfied as to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of section 7 of that Act:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, after consulting the Authority in pursuance of the said subsection (1), in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that subsection and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Forth Ports Authrity (Dissolution) Order 1993.
2. The Forth Ports Authority shall be dissolved on 1st December 1993.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Caithness
Minister of State
Department of Transport
29th November 1993
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order dissolves the Forth Ports Authority on 1st December 1993. On that day any property, rights and liabilities to which the Authority are entitled or subject immediately before that day are by virtue of section 7 of the Ports Act 1991 transferred to and become property, rights and liabilities of the Authority’s successor company, Forth Ports PLC.
1991 c. 52; for the definition of “the appropriate Minister”, see section 20(1) and (2).