Article 4 Transfer of jurisdiction

On the day this Order comes into force the Queen’s Harbour Master shall cease to be the harbour authority for the harbour and to have any duties, powers, rights, privileges or authorities in respect of it, and the Company shall become the harbour authority.

The area within which the Company shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of pilotage under Part I of the Pilotage Act 1987^f1 shall include (in addition to the harbour) so much of the area outside the harbour as lies to the west of a straight line drawn from a point at Latitude 50°32.922'N, Longitude 02°24.867'W (Grove Point, Portland) to a point at Latitude 50°37.450'N, Longitude 02°19.317'W (White Nothe, Weymouth), but excluding Weymouth Harbour.