{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-port-of-plymouth-order-2020/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-port-of-plymouth-order-2020/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1261",
  "legislation_title": "The Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-port-of-plymouth-order-2020",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865;\n“auxiliary” means a vessel in use for the purpose of supporting naval or military forces;\n“the dockyard port” means the dockyard port of Plymouth as described in Article 4;\n“local harbour authority” means any harbour authority within the meaning of section 57 of the Harbours Act 1964that exercises any function in relation to any area within the dockyard port of Plymouth;\n“permission” means permission from the Queen’s Harbour Master, unless otherwise stated in this Order;\n“Queen’s Harbour Master” means the person appointed under the Act to be Queen’s harbour master for the dockyard port of Plymouth and any person having authority to act as Queen’s Harbour Master;\n“underway” in relation to a vessel means that such vessel is not at anchor, made fast to the shore, or aground; and\n“vessel” includes every description of watercraft, seaplane, non-displacement craft, submersibles, personal watercraft, sailboard, and craft of every kind however navigated, propelled or moved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 40."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1261/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:23:09.221965+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}