{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lyme-regis-bridport-west-bay-and-weymouth-harbour-revision-order-2026/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/62",
  "legislation_title": "The Lyme Regis, Bridport (West Bay) and Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lyme-regis-bridport-west-bay-and-weymouth-harbour-revision-order-2026",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the 1847 Act” means the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847;\n“the 1964 Act” means the Harbours Act 1964;\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;\n“the 2021 Order” means the Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 2021;\n“aid to navigation” includes lights, buoys, beacons and signals including sound and electronic signals and any structure required to house the same;\n“ashore” means all those parts of the harbours not within the Bridport (West Bay) wet harbour area or the Lyme Regis wet harbour area;\n“Bridport (West Bay) harbour” means the harbour of Bridport (West Bay) the limits of which are described in article 6(2);\n“Bridport (West Bay) harbour limits plan” means the plan prepared in duplicate, signed on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation and marked “Signed Bridport (West Bay) harbour limits plan referred to in the Lyme Regis, Bridport (West Bay) and Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 2026”, one copy of which is deposited at the office of the Marine Management Organisation and the other at the principal office of the Council;\n“Bridport (West Bay) harbour premises” means land adjacent to the Bridport (West Bay) wet harbour area vested in, occupied or administered (for the time being) by the Council as part of the harbour undertaking and occupied wholly or mainly for the purpose of activities there carried on, which may include docks, quays, piers, wharves, berths, locks, breakwaters, landing places, yards, roads, sheds, car parks, other buildings and all other works, conveniences, land and premises which at the date of this Order includes the areas shown shaded green on the Bridport (West Bay) harbour premises plan;\n“Bridport (West Bay) harbour premises plan” means the plan prepared in duplicate, signed on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation and marked “Signed Bridport (West Bay) harbour premises plan referred to in the Lyme Regis, Bridport (West Bay) and Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 2026”, one copy of which is deposited at the office of the Marine Management Organisation and the other at the principal office of the Council;\n“Bridport (West Bay) wet harbour area” means those parts of the area described in article 6(2)(a) which are covered by water at the level of low water;\n“charges” means the charges, rates, tolls and dues which the Council is authorised to demand, take and recover in connection with the harbour undertaking;\n“commercial refuelling activities” includes recharging, providing or emptying (in whole or part) a vessel with fuel or alternative power in exchange for financial payment or other valuable consideration;\n“the Council” means Dorset Council;\n“electronic communications network” has the meanings given by section 32 to the Communications Act 2003 (meaning of electronic communications networks and services);\n“enactment” means any enactment whether public general or local and includes any order, byelaw, general direction, rule, regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an enactment;\n“general direction” means a direction given under article 21 (power to make general directions as to the use of the harbours, etc.);\n“harbours” means Lyme Regis harbour and Bridport (West Bay) harbour;\n“the Harbours Advisory Group” means the body or bodies established in accordance with article 31 (advisory bodies);\n“harbour facilities” includes, but is not limited to, shipping, fisheries, marine, energy, fuel and alternative power, recreational, leisure, tourism and retail facilities (including buildings);\n“harbour functions” includes the powers and duties at the harbours and in connection with the harbour undertaking, including those authorised by this Order;\n“the harbour limits plans” means the Lyme Regis harbour limits plan and the Bridport (West Bay) harbour limits plan;\n“harbour master” means any person appointed as such by the Council, and includes the duly authorised deputies and assistants of the harbour master and any other person authorised by the Council to act, either generally or for a specific purpose, in the capacity of harbour master;\n“harbour operations” include—\n(a) the marking, lighting or dredging of the harbours or any part of the harbours;\n(b) the berthing, dry docking, mooring or storage of a vessel;\n(c) the laying and maintenance of moorings or other similar apparatus in the harbours;\n(d) the warehousing, sorting, weighing or handling of goods;\n(e) the movement of goods and vehicles (including parking, designated and prohibited areas, speed limits and removal from the harbours);\n(f) the towing or moving of a vessel;\n(g) the loading or unloading of goods, or embarking or disembarking of passengers;\n(h) energy generation or storage;\n(i) the control of use of the harbours by members of the public and other third parties (including movement, conduct, authorised activities and designated and prohibited areas) but not so as to cause an interference with any public right of way;\n“harbour premises” means the Lyme Regis harbour premises and the Bridport (West Bay) harbour premises;\n“the harbour premises plans” means the Lyme Regis harbour premises plan and the Bridport (West Bay) harbour premises plan;\n“harbours revenue” means all moneys receivable by the Council for and in connection with the harbour undertaking other than borrowed moneys and moneys which ought to be carried to capital account;\n“the harbour undertaking” means the undertaking carried on by the Council at and in connection with the harbours authorised by this Order;\n“hovercraft” means a vehicle which is designed to be supported when in motion wholly or partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the ground, water or other surface beneath the vehicle;\n“the level of low water” means the level of mean low water spring tides;\n“the level of high water” means the level of mean high water spring tides;\n“Lyme Regis harbour” means the harbour of Lyme Regis the limits of which are described in article 6(1);\n“Lyme Regis harbour limits plan” means the plan prepared in duplicate, signed on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation and marked “Signed Lyme Regis harbour limits plan referred to in the Lyme Regis, Bridport (West Bay) and Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 2026”, one copy of which is deposited at the office of the Marine Management Organisation and the other at the principal office of the Council;\n“Lyme Regis harbour premises” means land adjacent to the Lyme Regis wet harbour area vested in, occupied or administered (for the time being) by the Council as part of the harbour undertaking and occupied wholly or mainly for the purpose of activities there carried on, which may include docks, quays, piers, wharves, berths, locks, breakwaters, landing places, yards, roads, sheds, car parks, other buildings and all other works, conveniences, land and premises which at the date of this Order includes the areas shown shaded green on the Lyme Regis harbour premises plan;\n“Lyme Regis harbour premises plan” means the plan prepared in duplicate, signed on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation and marked “Signed Lyme Regis harbour premises plan referred to in the Lyme Regis, Bridport (West Bay) and Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 2026”, one copy of which is deposited at the office of the Marine Management Organisation and the other at the principal office of the Council;\n“Lyme Regis wet harbour area” means those parts of the area described in article 6(1)(a) which are covered by water at the level of low water;\n“master” in relation to a vessel, means any person having or taking command, charge or management of the vessel;\n“operator” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code);\n“peninsula plan” means the plan prepared in duplicate, signed on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation and marked “Signed peninsula plan referred to in the Lyme Regis, Bridport (West Bay) and Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 2026”, one copy of which is deposited at the offices of the Marine Management Organisation and the other at the principal office of the Council;\n“special direction” means a direction given under article 24 (special directions);\n“statutory undertaker” means—\n(a) any person who is a statutory undertaker for any of the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n(b) a coast protection authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Coast Protection Act 1949 (coast protection authorities);\n(c) any operator of an electronic communications network;\n“tidal work” means so much of any works within the harbours that are on, under or over tidal waters or land below the level of high water;\n“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;\n“vehicle” includes any vehicle propelled on rails, any machinery on wheels or caterpillar tracks, trailers, caravans, bicycles, and mobile homes and includes a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle;\n“vessel” includes a ship, boat, houseboat, raft or craft of any description, however propelled or moved, and includes non-displacement craft, watercraft, a hydrofoil vessel, or an amphibious vehicle and any other thing constructed or adapted for floating on or being submersed in water (whether permanently or temporarily);\n“watercraft” means any type of craft which—\n(a) is capable of moving under its own mechanical power;\n(b) is used, navigated or situated wholly or partially in or on water; and\n(c) is capable of being used to carry one or more persons,\nbut does not include a ship or fishing vessel within the meanings given in section 313(1) of the 1995 Act;\n“Weymouth Harbour” means “the harbour” as defined in article 2(1) of the 2021 Order;\n“the Weymouth Harbour Acts and Orders 1854 to 2021” means the Acts and Orders referred to in Schedule 3 to the 2021 Order (Acts and Orders) (to the extent that those Acts and Orders relate to Weymouth harbour) and the 2021 Order;\n“the Weymouth harbour undertaking” means the undertaking carried on by the Council at and in connection with Weymouth Harbour authorised by the Weymouth Harbour Acts and Orders 1854 to 2021.\n(2) All situations, points, directions, distances, lengths, dimensions, areas and other measurements stated in this Order are to be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such situation, point, direction, distance, length, dimension, area or other measurement.\n(3) In this Order, latitude and longitude are stated by reference to the World Geodetic System (WGS84), revised in 1984 and further revised in 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1847 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1964 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2021/43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "The Marine Management Organisation, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7AR."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Dorset Council, County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1XJ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "2003 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "1990 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "1949 c. 74; section 1 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "The Corporation of Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DH."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "As defined in section 57 (interpretation) of the Harbours Act 1964 (c. 40)."
    }
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