Whereas the Secretary of State has, in pursuance of paragraph 1A of Part I of Schedule 3 to the Harbours Act 19641, determined that the application for this Harbour Revision Order is made in relation to a project which falls within Annex II to Council Directive No.85/337/EEC2 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment but whose characteristics do not require that it should be made subject to an environmental assessment:

And whereas the making of this Order is not opposed:

Now therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 14 of the said Act, (being the appropriate Minister under section 14(7) of that Act for the purpose of making this Order), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and on the written application of the Western Isles Islands Council, and being satisfied that the making of the Order is desirable in the interests of securing the improvement, maintenance or management of the harbour in an efficient and economical manner, hereby makes the following Order