The Porthmadog Harbour Revision Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 683

HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES

The Porthmadog Harbour Revision Order 1998

Made

9th March 1998

Coming into force

1st April 1998

Whereas Cyngor Dosbarth Dwyfor was immediately before 1st April 1996 the authority engaged in improving, maintaining and managing the harbour of Porthmadog(1) and, as such authority, had applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964(2);

And whereas objections to the application made pursuant to paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 3 to the said Act(3) have been withdrawn;

And whereas the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (2)(b) of the said section 14:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (being the appropriate Minister under subsection (7) of the said section 14(4)), in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and now vested in him(5), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

(1)

The functions of Cyngor Dosbarth Dwyfor (as harbour authority for the harbour of Porthmadog) were on 1st April 1996 transferred to the Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire County Council by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19). On 2nd April 1996 the name of the council was, with the consent of the Secretary of State for Wales, changed to Gwynedd Council under section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) as amended by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, Schedule 15, paragraph 20(6).

(2)

1964 c. 40; section 14 was amended by the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), section 18 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 2, 3, 4(1) and 14 and by the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), Schedule 3, paragraph 1.

(3)

Schedule 3 was amended by the Transport Act 1981, section 18 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 4(2) to (7) and 12 and by the Transport and Works Act 1992, Schedule 3, paragraph 10.

(4)

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

(5)

S.I. 1981/238 and S.I. 1997/2971.