Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order confers a power on the Dover Harbour Board to take necessary or desirable steps for the operation, maintenance, management and improvement of Dover Harbour, its facilities and approaches (article 3), as well as other connected powers:—

(a)

to use or develop land in or in the vicinity of the harbour either alone or jointly with others (article 4);

(b)

to engage in commercial activities either alone or jointly with others (article 5);

(c)

to lease or dispose of land and other property (article 6);

(d)

to become a member of, or subscribe for securities in, a company (article 7);

(e)

(subject to paragraph 9B of Schedule 2 to the Harbours Act 1964 (c.40)) to delegate functions to subsidiaries (defined in article 2) (article 8);

(f)

to borrow or lend money (articles 9 and 10);

(g)

to establish and maintain reserve funds (article 11);

(h)

to pay or make subscriptions, payments or donations (article 12).

A full assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on business or the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.