# The Port of Tyne Harbour Revision Order 2026, Article 67: Amendment of the 1886 Act


(1) The 1886 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 9 (amendment of provisions of Tyne Improvement Acts 1865 and 1877 respecting swing bridge)—
(a) for “The provisions of the Tyne Improvement Act 1865 and of the Tyne Improvement Act 1877 which relate” substitute “This provision applies in relation”;
(b) omit “shall be varied and amended”;
(c) in paragraph (ii), omit—
(i) “The minimum sum which”,
(ii) “as”,
(iii) “either way”,
(iv) “shall be five shillings”;
(d) in paragraph (iii)—
(i) omit “special”,
(ii) for “hours” substitute “weeks”,
(iii) for “bridge-master” substitute “harbour master”.
(3) In construing the provisions of the 1886 Act, the words “harbour master” and “vessel” have the same meanings as in article 2(1) of this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1088/article/67 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-tyne-harbour-revision-order-2026/article-67
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