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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order authorises Birkenhead Port Limited (the applicants for the Order) to construct and maintain specified works at Birkenhead and to carry out subsidiary works. The specified works, together with adjacent land of the Company used for the business, form the “port premises”.

The Order defines the limits of jurisdiction of the Company as a harbour authority and confers various powers on the Company for the operation and maintenance of its undertaking.