# The Free Zone (Southampton) Designation (Variation of Area) Order 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies the area designated a free zone by the Free Zone (Southampton) Designation Order 1991, and subsequently amended by the Free Zone (Southampton) Designation (Variation) Order 1994 by increasing it from 2.2254 hectares to 3.2436 hectares and relocating it some 4 kilometres to the west.
The free zone will be re-located on land known as the Western Dock Extension, adjacent to the Prince Charles Container Terminal on the north bank of Southampton Water. Access to the free zone will be through dock gate 20.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2615/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/free-zone-southampton-designation-variation-of-area-order-1996/note
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