The Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour Revision Order 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 2601

HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES

The Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour Revision Order 2005

Made

14th September 2005

Coming into force

6th October 2005

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

And whereas the Secretary of State for Transport having, in pursuance of paragraph A2 of Schedule 3 to the said Act(2), determined that the application is made in relation to a project which falls within Annex I to Council Directive 85/337/EEC(3) 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, has directed the applicants to supply him with the information referred to in Annex III to the Directive;

And whereas the Secretary of State for Transport has, in accordance with paragraph 3A of the said Schedule, furnished bodies appearing to him to have environmental responsibilities with the information supplied to him under the said paragraph A2 of that Schedule, and has consulted such bodies;

And whereas the Secretary of State for Transport has considered the information supplied under the said paragraph A2 and is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (2)(b) of the said section 14;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport (being the appropriate Minister under subsection (7) of the said section 14(4) for the purposes of making this Order), in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and now vested in him(5) hereby makes 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 to 4 and 14, and by the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), section 63(1) and Schedule 3, paragraph 1.

(2)

Paragraph A2 was inserted by the Harbour Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1946), regulation 2(2). S.I. 1996/1946 was revoked by S.I. 1999/3445 but continues to apply by virtue of regulation 1(3) of S.I. 1999/3445.

(3)

OJ No. L175, 5.7.85, p. 40.

(4)

For the definition of “the Minister” (mentioned in section 14(7)), see section 57(1).

(5)

S.I. 1981/238, S.I. 1997/2971, S.I. 2001/2568 and S.I. 2002/2626.