2007 No. 347

HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES

The Renfrewshire Council (Cart Navigation) Harbour Revision Order 2007

Made

Coming into force

The Renfrewshire Council has applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 19641;

The Scottish Ministers2 are satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b) of that Act;

The Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by that section make the following Order.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as The Renfrewshire Council (Cart Navigation) Harbour Revision Order 2007 and shall come into force on 29th June 2007.

Interpretation2

In this Order–

  • “the council” means The Renfrewshire Council;

  • “the deposited plan” means the plan in two parts prepared in duplicate and signed on behalf of the Scottish Ministers and marked “Plan referred to in Article 2 of The Renfrewshire Council (Cart Navigation) Harbour Revision Order 2007” of which one is deposited with the Scottish Ministers at the Scottish Executive, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ, and the other at the principal office of the council at Headquarters Buildings, Cotton Street, Paisley PA1 IST.

Rights of navigation to be interfered with3

1

After the date on which this Order comes into force the council and any person authorised by the council may interfere with the enjoyment of any right of navigation to the extent only that such interference is necessary for the purposes of constructing, using and maintaining a bridge over the navigable waters of the White Cart River.

2

The bridge referred to in paragraph (1) above shall consist of a single span steel symmetric bowstring arched bridge with a reinforced concrete/steel deck supported on a piled foundation system and shall link the west and east banks of the White Cart River at the points shown on the deposited plan or thereabouts and provide headway of 3.80 metres minimum above mean high water ordinary spring tide at the lowest point of the bridge.

3

After the date on which construction of the bridge referred to in paragraph (1) above is completed any right of navigation on the affected area shall be enjoyed only by persons and vessels capable of passing safely beneath, and without interference with, that bridge.

Repeals4

On the date of coming into force of this Order the enactments mentioned in the first and second columns of the Schedule to this Order shall be repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

ALASTAIR WILSONA member of the staff of the Scottish ExecutiveVictoria Quay,Edinburgh

SCHEDULEREPEALS

Article 4

Chapter

Short Title

Extent of Repeal

(1)

(2)

(3)

1920 – 10&11 Geo 5 (Ch. Clxi)

Paisley Corporation (Inchinnan Opening Bridge) Order Confirmation Act 1920

In section 11 the words “and so as to give and secure precedence and priority to vessels and boats requiring to pass through the opening span of the said bridge over the road traffic requiring to use the said bridge”.

Section 28(1).

The Second Schedule.

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order allows for the interference with public rights of navigation on part of the White Cart River within the local government area of Renfrewshire for the purpose of constructing, using and maintaining a bridge to be constructed over that part of the river.

This Order revokes certain statutory provisions.