EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is one of a series of Orders implementing Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26th October 2005 (OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p28-39) on enhancing port security at individual ports in the United Kingdom. The Directive was transposed in relation to the United Kingdom as a whole by the Port Security Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2048).
Article 2 and Schedule 1 identify the boundary of the Port of Liverpool for the purposes of regulation 3(2)(a) of the Port Security Regulations 2009. Article 3 and Schedule 2 identify the boundary of the Port of the Manchester Ship Canal for the purposes of that regulation 3(2)(a). Article 4(1) designates The Liverpool and Manchester Ship Canal Port Security Authority Limited, for the purposes of regulation 5 of those Regulations, as the port security authority for the Ports of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal. Article 4(2) makes provision with respect to the Authority’s status as a non-Crown body. Article 5 requires the Secretary of State to review the operation and effect of this Order and publish a report before 3rd October 2018 and within every five years after that. Following a review it will fall to the Secretary of State to consider whether the Order should remain as it is, or be revoked or be amended. A further instrument would be needed to revoke the Order or to amend it.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from Gary Kemp at Zone 2/32, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR (Tel: 020 7944 6242; email: gary.kemp@dft.gsi.gov.uk and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on http://www.legislation.gov.uk .