Paragraph 1 Notification of port related area

(1)

Within 30 days of designating an area as a port related area the Secretary of State must give notice of the designation to the port security officer and—

(a)

the principal operator of that port related area; or

(b)

if there is no principal operator of that port related area, the owner of that area.

(2)

The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing require any person the Secretary of State believes may—

(a)

own land, a building or works within an area identified in the notice, or

(b)

carry out operations in such an area,

to provide the Secretary of State with such information specified in the notice as the Secretary of State may require in order to determine whether that person is the principal operator or the owner of an area that the Secretary of State is considering designating as a port related area.

(3)

A notice under paragraph (2)—

(a)

must specify a date before which the information required by that notice is to be provided to the Secretary of State; and

(b)

may at any time be—

(i)

revoked by a notice in writing served on that person by the Secretary of State, or

(ii)

varied by a further notice under paragraph (2).