Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order reconstitutes the Dundee Port Authority so as to consist of not less than eight nor more than nine members, of whom five are to be appointed, one is to be elected as indicated below, and two (the Lord Provost for the time being of the City of Dundee district and the chief executive of the Authority) shall be members of the Authority by virtue of their respective offices, with power for the Authority to co-opt a further member who (in addition to the chief executive) shall be an officer of the Authority. The appointed members are as follows:—
a chairman and one other member to be appointed by the Secretary of State;
one member to be appointed by the Dundee and Tayside Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
one member to be appointed by the Dundee Shipowners' and Shipbrokers' Association;
one member to be appointed by Tayside Regional Council.
One member is to be elected by the employees of the Authority from amongst themselves in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
The Order also makes minor or consequential amendments to Schedule 1 to the Dundee Port Authority Order 1975.
The Order being subject to special parliamentary procedure, the provisions of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Acts 1945 and 1965 determine the date upon which it comes into force.
The applicants for this Order are the Dundee Port Authority, Harbour Chambers, Dock Street, Dundee DD1 3HW.