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The Littlehampton Harbour Revision Order 2015

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The harbour limits

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3.—(1) The limits of the harbour within which the Board exercise jurisdiction as a harbour authority and the area within which the powers of the harbour master are exercisable are—

(a)the River Arun and the estuary thereof below the line of high water mark of ordinary spring tides on the south side of Arundel Bridge, the seaward limits being defined by point A (North 50 degrees 48.014 minutes West 0 degrees 32.844 minutes), point B (North 50 degrees 47.865 minutes West 0 degrees 32.849 minutes), point C (North 50 degrees 47.858 minutes West 0 degrees 32.069 minutes) and point D (North 50 degrees 48.135 minutes West 0 degrees 32.055 minutes); and

(b)the quays, piers, landing places and all other works, land and buildings for the time being vested in, or occupied or administered by the Board as part of the harbour undertaking, whether or not within the area described in sub-paragraph (a).

(2) For the purposes of the Littlehampton Harbour Acts and Orders 1927 to 2015 the limits of the harbour are delineated on the harbour map; and in the event of a discrepancy between the description of the limits of the harbour referred to in paragraph (1) and the limits shown on the harbour map the description of the limits shall prevail.

(3) In paragraph (2) “the harbour map” means the map of the harbour prepared in triplicate, signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Marine Management Organisation and marked “Littlehampton Harbour Revision Order 2015”, of which two copies have been deposited at the offices of the Marine Management Organisation and one copy has been deposited at the principal office of the Board;

(4) Section 36 of the 1927 Act is repealed.

(5) In the definition of “The harbour” in section 3 of the 1927 Act, for “the section of this Act of which the marginal note is “Limits of harbour”” substitute “article 3 (The harbour limits) of the Littlehampton Harbour Revision Order 2015”.

(6) In the definition of “the harbour” in article 2 (Interpretation) of the 1988 HRO for “section 36 (Limits of harbour) of the Littlehampton Harbour and Arun Drainage Outfall Act 1927” substitute “article 3 (The harbour limits) of the Littlehampton Harbour Revision Order 2015”.

(7) In paragraph (1)(a) the map reference points specified shall be construed as references to coordinates of the World Geodetic System, revised in 1984 and further revised in 2004.

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