# The Gosport Borough Council (Forton Lake Opening Bridge) Order 1999, Article 18: Removal of vessels from restricted area


(1) If it appears to the Council necessary or convenient to do so for the purpose of enabling vessels to navigate through the restricted area, the Council may, after consulting the Queen’s Harbour Master, remove any vessel moored or abandoned within the restricted area to another place outside the restricted area where it may without injury be moored or laid.
(2) In this article “restricted area” means a quadrilateral within Forton Lake whose sides are formed by the intersection of the following lines:–
(a) a line due south of the mooring pile, forming part of Work No. 3B, nearest to the bridge on its eastern side;
(b) a line due north of the mooring pile, forming part of Work No. 3A, nearest to the bridge on its western side;
(c) a line extending through the guide piles on the south side of the opening span of the bridge between reference point SU461680100920 and reference point SU461738100926;
(d) a line extending through the guide piles on the north side of the opening span of the bridge between reference point SU461680100930 and reference point SU461738100938.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2400/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gosport-borough-council-forton-lake-opening-bridge-order-1999/article-18
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