The Newlyn Pier and Harbour Revision Order 1987

Interpretation

2.  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,

“the Act of 1847” means the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847(1);

“the Commissioners” means the Newlyn Pier and Harbour Commissioners;

“the County Council” means the Cornwall County Council;

“the deposited plan” and “the deposited sections” means the plan and sections prepared in triplicate, signed by an Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and marked “Plan and sections referred to in the Newlyn Pier and Harbour Revision Order 1987” of which one copy is deposited at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, one copy at the Department of Transport and one copy at the offices of the Commissioners;

“enactment” means any enactment, whether public general or local, and includes any Order, byelaw, rule, regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an enactment;

“the harbour” means the harbour of Newlyn within the limits described in Section 6 of the Newlyn Pier and Harbour Order 1906 and includes any land or property belonging to the Commissioners;

“hovercraft” has the same meaning as in the Hovercraft Act 1968(2).

“the level of high water” means the level of mean high-water springs;

“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plan;

“the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

“revenues” means any tolls, rates or dues or such other sums leviable by, and includes any income of, the Commissioners;

“tidal work” means so much of any work authorised by this Order as is on, under or over tidal waters or tidal lands below the level of high water;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

“the undertaking” means the harbour undertaking of the Commissioners as from time to time authorised by any enactment;

“vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, and includes a hovercraft, a hydrofoil vessel, any thing constructed or used to carry persons or goods by water and, except for the purpose of levying rates, a seaplane on or in the water;

“the works” means the works authorised by article 4 (Power to construct works) and described in article 5 (Description of works) of this Order or any of them and any works constructed under article 7 (Subsidiary works) of this Order or any part of the said works and includes those works as renewed, extended, enlarged or altered or otherwise as provided under article 8 (Alteration and improvement of works) of this Order.

(1)

1847 c. 27.

(2)

1968 c. 59.