{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/irvine-pilotage-powers-order-1988/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/irvine-pilotage-powers-order-1988/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1517",
  "legislation_title": "The Irvine (Pilotage Powers) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/irvine-pilotage-powers-order-1988",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of Pilotage Act 1987",
  "text": "(1) The Company shall be a competent harbour authority for the purposes of the Pilotage Act 1987.\n(2) References in the Pilotage Act 1987 to the harbour authority’s harbour in their application to the Company’s harbour shall be taken as references to the area within the harbour which comprises the waters of the sea bounded by —\n(a) an imaginary straight line extending from Stevenston Burn (latitude 55° 37'.6N longitude 4° 45'.2W) one mile in a south westerly direction to a point at latitude 55° 36'.7N, longitude 4° 46'.3W;\n(b) an imaginary straight line extending from North Gailes Burn (latitude 55° 35'.5N longitude 4° 40'.0W) one mile in a south westerly direction to a point at latitude 55° 33'.3N longitude 4° 41'.0W;\n(c) an imaginary straight line joining the seaward ends of the two aforementioned straight lines, together with all bays, rivers, creeks and channels within that area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1517/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:59:59.722238+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}