The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads (Extension of Byelaws) Order 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 545

BROADS AUTHORITY

The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads (Extension of Byelaws) Order 1996

Made

4th March 1996

Laid before Parliament

5th March 1996

Coming into force

31st March 1996

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 23(1) of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988(1), hereby makes the following Order: —

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads (Extension of Byelaws) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 31st March 1996.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988.

Byelaws

2.—(1) The byelaws listed in the Schedule hereto shall continue to have effect in relation to the navigation area until 31st March 1998(2) and may be amended or revoked by byelaws made by the Broads Authority under section 10 of the Act.

(2) Any reference in the byelaws continued by this article to the authority or body by whom the byelaws were made, or to an officer or the offices of such authority or body shall be construed as a reference to the Broads Authority, the navigation officer appointed by the Broads Authority under section 10(7) of the Act for the area in question, or the offices of the Broads Authority, as the case may require.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Goschen

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Transport

4th March 1996

Article 2

SCHEDULE BYELAWS CONTINUING IN FORCE UNTIL 31ST MARCH 1998

1.  The Byelaws made by the Oulton Broad Joint Committee on 7 June 1923 and confirmed by the Minister of Transport on 15 June 1923, containing general requirements as to navigation on Oulton Broad.

2.  The Rivers Yare, Bure and Waveney Byelaws 1930, as amended by the Byelaws referred to in paragraph 7.

3.  The Byelaws (except byelaws 4 and 8) made by the Oulton Broad Joint Committee on 10 May 1934 and confirmed by the Minister of Transport on 10 December 1934.

4.  The Great Yarmouth Port and Haven River Byelaws 1946, as amended by the Byelaws referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7, by article 6(3) of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads (Staff and Property etc.) Order 1989(3), and by the Broads Authority Navigation Byelaws 1995.

5.  The Norfolk Broads (Beam Restriction) Byelaws 1981.

6.  The Great Yarmouth Port and Haven (Amendment) Byelaws 1981.

7.  The Great Yarmouth Port and Haven (Increase in Fines) Byelaws 1983 insofar as they relate to the Byelaws referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 above.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order continues in force, until 31st March 1998, certain byelaws relating to the navigation area of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads. The byelaws deal with regulation of navigation and registration and licensing of craft.

(1)

1988 c. 4.

(2)

The byelaws listed in the Schedule were continued in force until 31st March 1996 by article 2 of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads (Extension of Byelaws) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/608).

(3)

S.I. 1989/277.