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The Londonderry Harbour (Variation of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

S.R. 2015/244 · Made 7 May 2015

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Harbours

Made 7th May 2015

Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 29th June 2015

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1.

The Department for Regional Developmentf1, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970f2 and now vested in itf3.

In accordance with section 1(6) of that Act the Department has consulted with the Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners, and such harbour authority or local authority which the Department considered likely to be affected by the Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(1)

f2

1970 c. 1 (N.I.)

f3

S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6(d) and Schedule 4 Part IV.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to Londonderry Port and Harbour Act 1854
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Londonderry Harbour (Variation of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on the day after that on which it is affirmed by resolution of the Assembly.

2Amendment to Londonderry Port and Harbour Act 1854

In section 57 of the Londonderry Port and Harbour Act 1854f1 for “Lifford Bridge” substitute “Craigavon Bridge”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 7th May 2015.

L.S.

Tom Reid

A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends section 57 of the Londonderry Port and Harbour Act 1854 to provide for the limits of jurisdiction of the Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners with respect to conservancy and rates as extending from Craigavon Bridge to a line drawn from Greencastle Fort in the County of Donegal to the Tower on Magilligan Point in the City and County of Londonderry.