# The Port Security (Port of Dover) Designation Order 2011, Article 2: Port boundary

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) For the purposes of regulation 3(2)(a) of the Port Security Regulations 2009 the port of Dover is comprised of —
(a) the area of land and water delineated in red on the plan set out in Schedule 1 (“the Dover Harbour area”); and
(b) an area of land and water which is on the seaward side of the Dover Harbour area and is bounded by—
(i) straight lines joining the points A to B, B to C, C to D, D to E and E to F, and
(ii) lines tracking the level of mean low water springs joining the points X to A and Y to F,
where the co-ordinates of points A, B, C, D, E and F are as set out in Schedule 2 and the positions of points X and Y are determined as set out in article 2(2) and article 2(3) respectively.
(2) Point X is the point where the shortest line tracking the level of mean low water springs which can be drawn from point A to the boundary of the Dover Harbour area first intersects with the boundary of the Dover Harbour area.
(3) Point Y is the point where the shortest line tracking the level of mean low water springs which can be drawn from point F to the boundary of the Dover Harbour area first intersects with the boundary of the Dover Harbour area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3045/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-port-of-dover-designation-order-2011/article-2
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