{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lerwick-harbour-revision-order-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lerwick-harbour-revision-order-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1170",
  "legislation_title": "The Lerwick Harbour Revision Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lerwick-harbour-revision-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:\n“the Authority” means Lerwick Port Authority;\n“the Board” means the Members of the Authority or a quorum thereof acting collectively;\n“electoral divisions of the Shetland Islands Area” means the electoral divisions into which the Shetland Islands Area is divided by the Shetland Islands Area (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1992;\n“General Manager” means the general manager and clerk to the Trustees;\n“Harbour” means the Port and Harbour of Lerwick as described in the Harbour Acts and Orders and includes the land, buildings, works, plant, property and conveniences connected therewith or any part thereof as the case may be;\n“harbour dues” means dues recovered by the Authority in terms of s.26(2) of the Harbours Act 1964 and any statutory amendment or re-enactment thereof;\n“marine farm” means an area forming part of the Harbour in, under or on tidal waters in respect of which a works licence is issued for the use of said area for the purpose of the development, breeding and growth of any form of marine animal species;\n“Member” means a member of the Authority unless otherwise stated;\n“new constitution date” means the day of the first inaugural meeting of Lerwick Port Authority referred to in article 3(2) of this Order;\n“register of British ships” means the list of vessels shown on the register which is presently maintained by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen as registrar in terms of The Merchant Shipping Act 1995;\n“revaluation” means revaluation of business premises for rating purposes;\n“Shetland Islands Council” and “the Council” means the local authority council for the Shetland Islands as constituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n“Trustees” means the Trustees of the Port and Harbour of Lerwick for the time being acting under the Harbour Acts and Orders;\n“works licence” means a works licence issued by the Trustees or the Authority in terms of Section 10 of the Lerwick Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1974.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/995 (S.95)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1974 c. xx."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1170/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:40.976045+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."
}