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2.—(1) In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires—
“the 1964 Act” means the Harbours Act 1964(1),
“the 1991 Order” means the Highland Regional Council (Harbours) Order 1991(2),
“the 1995 Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(3),
“the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998(4),
“the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses” means the general lighthouse authority for Scotland, a body corporate constituted by section 193 of, and Schedule 8 of, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(5),
“the Council” means the Highland Council,
“deposited plans, sections and elevations” means the plans, sections and elevations which are bound together and signed in duplicate with reference to this Order and marked “The Highland Council (Uig, Isle of Skye) Harbour Revision Order 2020 Plans, Sections and Elevations” and which are deposited at the offices of the Scottish Ministers at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ and at the offices of the Council at the Highland Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX, and a reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to that numbered sheet bound in the deposited plans, sections and elevations,
“the harbour” means the harbour at Uig Bay for which the Council is the harbour authority by virtue of section 3 of the 1991 Order the limits of which are described in Schedule 1 of the 1991 Order,
“level of high water” means the level of mean high water springs,
“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on sheet 1,
“relevant person” in relation to any property, rights or interests to which section 90B(5) of the 1998 Act applies means the person who manages that property, or those rights and interests,
“vessel” means a ship, boat, raft or water-craft of any description however propelled or moved and includes anything constructed, adapted for or used to carry persons or goods by water or for floating on or being submerged in water (whether permanently or temporarily) and shall include but not be limited to a displacement craft, a personal water craft, a sea plane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle, and
“works” means the works authorised by this Order, or as the case may require, any part of those works and includes any work constructed pursuant to article 3 (power to construct works) or article 5 (subsidiary works).
(2) In this Order, all areas, directions, distances, lengths, widths and heights as stated in any description of works, powers or lands other than article 4 (power to deviate) shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such area, direction, distance, length, width and height.
(3) Any reference in this Order to a work identified by a number is as a reference to the work of that number authorised by this Order.
(4) Any reference in this Order to a numbered sheet is a reference to that numbered sheet in the deposited plans, sections and elevations.
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