PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Interpretation
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In this Order—
- “the Act of 1847” means the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 ;
- “the Act of 1975” means the Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority Act 1975 ;
- “the Order of 2002” means the Dart Harbour and Navigation Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2002 ;
- “ashore” means all those parts of the harbour which are not constituted of land covered by water at the level of low water;
- “the Authority” means the Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority;
- “Dart Harbour User Group” means the consultative body or bodies established by the Authority in accordance with the requirements of article 14 of the Order of 2002;
- “general direction” means a direction given under article 3 of this Order;
- “harbour” means the harbour as defined in section 2(1) (interpretation) of the Act of 1975 the limits of which are described in section 38 (limits of jurisdiction) of the Act of 1975;
- “the harbour master” means any person appointed as such by the Authority, and includes the duly authorised deputies and assistants of the harbour master and any other person for the time being authorised by the Authority to act, either generally or for a specific purpose, in the capacity of harbour master;
- “harbour operations” includes—
  1. the marking, lighting or dredging of the harbour or any part thereof;
  2. the berthing, mooring, dry docking or storage of a vessel;
  3. the laying and maintenance of moorings or other similar apparatus in the harbour;
  4. the warehousing, sorting, weighing or handling of goods;
  5. the movement of goods and vehicles (including parking, designated and prohibited areas, speed limits, removal from the harbour);
  6. the towing, or moving of a vessel;
  7. the loading or unloading of goods, or embarking or disembarking of passengers;
  8. energy generation;
  9. the control of use of the harbour by members of the public and other third parties (including movement, conduct, authorised activities, designated and prohibited areas) but not so as to cause an interference with any public right of way;
- “harbour premises” means the harbour premises as defined in section 2(1) (interpretation) of the Act of 1975;
- “harbour undertaking” means the undertaking for the time being of the Authority as set out in the Dart Harbour and Navigation Act and Orders 1975 to 2021;
- “hovercraft” means a vehicle which is designed to be supported when in motion wholly or partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the ground, water or other surface beneath the vehicle;
- “jet bike” means any watercraft (not being a structure which by reason of its concave shape provides buoyancy for the carriage of persons or goods) propelled by a water jet engine or other mechanical means of propulsion and steered either—
  1. by means of a handlebar-operated linkage system (with or without a rudder at the stern);
  2. by the person or persons riding the craft using their body weight for the purpose; or
  3. by a combination of the methods referred to in (a) and (b) above;
- “land” includes land covered by water except where expressly stated otherwise;
- “the level of low water” means the level of mean low-water springs;
- “master”, in relation to a vessel, means any person having or taking command, charge, management or conduct of the vessel for the time being;
- “special direction” means a direction given under article 6 of this Order;
- “Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond ;
- “vehicle” includes any vehicle propelled on rails, any machinery on wheels or caterpillar tracks, trailers, caravans, bicycles, and mobile homes and includes a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle;
- “vessel” includes a ship, boat, houseboat, raft or water craft of any description, however propelled or moved, and includes non-displacement craft, a jet bike, a personal watercraft, a seaplane on the surface of the water, a hydrofoil vessel, a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted or floating on or being submersed in water (whether permanently or temporarily);
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All situations, points, directions, distances, lengths, dimensions, areas and other measurements stated in this Order shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such situation, point, direction, distance, length, dimension, area or other measurement.
1847 c. 27.
1975 c. xxii.
S.I. 2002/2730.
The Corporation of Trinity House, Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4DH.