Explanatory note

This Order makes provision for the constitution of the London port health district, and its jurisdiction and functions.

Article 2 provides that certain parts of the riparian authorities, together with the Port of London (defined in section 6 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984), make up the London port health district.

Articles 3 and 4, together with the Schedule, make provision as to the jurisdiction and the functions that the port health authority is to exercise as regards the London port health district.

Article 5 revokes the previous Orders relating to the London Port Health Authority. It also provides for powers conferred on the Common Council of the City of London as port health authority by other enactments to continue to be exercised by the authority as constituted by this Order.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.