{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-port-of-plymouth-order-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-port-of-plymouth-order-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-6.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": "schedule/1/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Speed limits",
  "text": "(1) A vessel in the dockyard port must not—\n(a) exceed without permission a speed of 10 knots through the water—\n(i) north of 50°20’.000N (Plymouth breakwater); or\n(ii) within 400 metres of the shore south of latitude 50°20’.000N (Plymouth breakwater);\n(b) exceed without written permission a speed of 8 knots through the water east of the line joining 50°21’.798N 004°08’.015W (Fisher’s Nose) and 50°21’.560N 004°08’.128W (western end of Mount Batten breakwater);\n(c) exceed without written permission a speed of 4 knots through the water in the approaches to Sutton Harbour north of latitude 50°21’.798W (Fisher’s Nose); or\n(d) exceed a speed of 4 knots through the water in an area shown on Admiralty charts as designated for bathing or diving.\n(2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to a vessel under 15 metres in length when it is in—\n(a) a high-speed area marked on Admiralty charts;\n(b) Plymouth Sound when over 400 metres from the shore; or\n(c) an area determined by the Queen’s Harbour Master and published in the form of a local notice to mariners.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1261/schedule/1/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}