{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/portland-harbour-revision-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/portland-harbour-revision-order-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2949",
  "legislation_title": "The Portland Harbour Revision Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/portland-harbour-revision-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the master of a power-driven vessel other than a power boat shall not, except and in accordance with the prior permission in writing of the harbour master, cause or permit the vessel to proceed at a speed greater than 12 knots through the water when navigating—\n(a) within the inner harbour; and\n(b) in the approaches thereto north of a line drawn 048° (true) from “D” Head.\n(2) The master of a power-driven vessel shall not, except and in accordance with the prior permission in writing of the harbour master, cause or permit the vessel to proceed at a speed greater than 6 knots through the water in the following areas—\n(a) in Newton’s Cove, west of a line drawn 026° (true) from Torpedo Pier Light to the northern limit of the harbour;\n(b) within 150 metres of the breakwaters, except as required to pass through the main fairways;\n(c) in the inner harbour—\n(i) west of a line drawn 026° (true) from the light structure (New Channel Beacon) situated at Latitude 50° 34.87' N, Longitude 002° 27.61' W to Torpedo Pier Light;\n(ii) south of a line drawn 119° (true) from New Channel Beacon to the light on the northern corner of Queen’s Pier; and\n(iii) south of a line drawn 251° (true) from Beacon E on the Outer Breakwater.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above “power boat” means a power-driven vessel of less than 10 metres in length.\n(4) This paragraph is without prejudice to paragraph 5 above and the Collision Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2949/schedule/1/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:52.626361+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}