# The Montrose Harbour Revision Order 2026, Article 9: Other commercial activities


(1) The Authority may, in addition to any other powers conferred on the Authority—
(a) carry on at any place a trade or business of any kind including a trade or business carried on in conjunction with another person, and
(b) form, invest in and promote, or join with another person in forming, investing in and promoting, a company, for either or both of the following—
(i) subject to article 10, carrying on any part of the port undertaking,
(ii) carrying on at any place a trade or business of any kind,
provided that it is conducive to the improvement, maintenance, operation or management of the port undertaking in an efficient and economical manner.
(2) Except as is otherwise provided by any enactment, the powers of a company referred to in paragraph (1)(b) may include powers to do anything necessary or expedient for the purposes of the objects mentioned in that paragraph or for purposes incidental to those purposes, notwithstanding that the Authority would not itself have the power to do that thing.
(3) The powers of the Authority under this article are additional to the powers of the Authority under section 37 of the 1966 Act (power of harbour authorities to acquire a harbour business or shares in a harbour business).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/273/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/montrose-harbour-revision-order-2026/article-9
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