Introductory text

Harbours, Docks, Piers And Ferries

Made 16th February 2012

Coming into force 16th March 2012

The Dover Harbour Board have applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964^f1 (“the Act”);

The Secretary of State having, in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act^f2, determined that the application is made in relation to a project which falls within Annex II to Council Directive 85/337/EEC^f3 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and whose characteristics require that it should be made subject to an environmental assessment, has directed the applicant to supply to the Secretary of State the information referred to in Annex IV to the Directive;

The Secretary of State has in accordance with paragraph 15 of the said Schedule, furnished bodies appearing to him to have environmental responsibilities with the information supplied to him under paragraph 8 of that Schedule and has consulted such bodies;

The Secretary of State has considered the information supplied under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act and is satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b) of the Act;

The Secretary of State for Transport is the appropriate Minister under section 14(7) of the Act ^f4.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and now vested in her^f5, makes the following Order:—

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Footnotes

f1: 1964 c. 40; section 14 was amended by the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), section 18 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 2 to 4 and 14, and by the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), sections 63(1) and Schedule 3, paragraph 1.
f2: Schedule 3 was substituted by the Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999, S.I. 1999/3445, regulation 15(4) and Schedule 3 (amended by S.I. 2000/2391).
f3: O.J. No. L175, 5.7.85, p. 40; Council Directive 85/337/EEC was amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC (O.J. No. L73, 14.3.97, P. 5) and by Council Directive 2003/35/EC (0.J. No.L156, 25.6.2003, p.17).
f4: For the definition of “the Minister” (mentioned in Section 14(7)), see section 57(1).
f5: S.I. 1981/238, S.I. 1997/2971, S.I. 2001/2568 and S.I. 2002/2626.