The Bristol Port Health Authority Order 2010

Port Health Authority

2.—(1) For the purposes of the Act, that part of the Port of Bristol together with the land and water described below to which this article applies shall be a port health district and the Council shall be the port health authority for that district.

(2) This article applies to that part of the Port of Bristol within an area bounded by an imaginary line—

(a) commencing at Wharf Point (latitude 51⁰ 29’58” North longitude 2⁰ 43’00” West) and from then drawn in a south-westerly direction along the line of mean high-water springs to the triangulation point near Ladye Point (latitude 51⁰ 27’09” North - longitude 2⁰ 51’04” West) in the district of North Somerset, then

(b) straight in a south-westerly direction to Sand Point (latitude 51⁰ 23’16” North - longitude 2⁰ 58’48” West), then

(c) straight in a south-westerly direction to the point off Brean Down at which latitude 51⁰ 20’00” North intersects longitude 3⁰ 03’13” West, then

(d) straight in a direction just north of west to the south-eastern extremity of Steep Holme (latitude 51⁰ 20’16” North - longitude 3⁰, 06’09” West), then

(e) in a westerly direction along the line of mean high-water springs to the western extremity of Steep Holme (latitude 51⁰ 20’22” North – longitude 3⁰ 06’52” West), then

(f) straight in a north-easterly direction to the point at which latitude 51⁰ 23’29” North intersects longitude 3⁰ 03’34” West, then

(g) in a straight line in a north-easterly direction to the point at which latitude 51⁰ 26’21” North intersects longitude 2⁰ 59’30” West, then

(h) due north along the meridian of 2⁰ 59’30” West to the point at which it is intersected by latitude 51⁰ 27’10” North, then

(i) straight in a north-easterly direction to the Beacon on Denny Island (latitude 51⁰ 31’30” North - longitude 2⁰ 46’46” West), then

(j) straight in a north-easterly direction to the point on the coast at which the level of mean high-water springs is intersected by latitude 51⁰ 33’00” North, and then

(k) in a south-westerly direction along the line of mean high-water springs to Wharf Point,

together with—

(i) so much of the River Avon up to Hanham Mills as is not comprised within the area and all other rivers or parts of rivers, harbours, canals, pills and creeks within the City of Bristol;

(ii) the banks of the River Avon from its mouth up to Hanham Mills and the banks of all pills and creeks communicating directly with the said river together with a space of 4.57 metres in width on each of the banks immediately above high water mark of ordinary spring tides;

(iii) the Portishead Dock and the West Dock (commonly called the Royal Portbury Dock) and all docks and locks within or abutting;

(iv) all wharves within the City of Bristol; and

(v) the area within the gates of any dock and within the City of Bristol or the District of North Somerset.