# Ports Act 1991, Section 20: Interpretation of Part I.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In this Part—
“accounting year”, in relation to a relevant port authority, means any period in respect of which the authority are required under section 42 of the Harbours Act 1964 to prepare annual statements of accounts;
“the appropriate Minister” means, in relation to any body which is or immediately before a transfer under section 2 above was a relevant port authority, the Minister concerned with the relevant harbour or harbours or, where there is more than one Minister so concerned, both or all of those Ministers acting jointly; and
“the Gazette” means—
(a) in relation to the publication of a notice under section 9(3)(a) or 12(3) affecting a harbour in England or Wales, the London Gazette; and
(b) in relation to the publication of such a noticea notice under section 9(3)(a) affecting a harbour in Scotland, the Edinburgh Gazette.
(2) For the purposes of the definition of “the appropriate Minister” in subsection (1) above—
(a) the Minister concerned with a harbour—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) . . . is the Secretary of State; and
(b) a harbour is a relevant harbour in relation to any such body as is there mentioned if it is one for which that body is or immediately before a transfer under section 2 above was the harbour authority.
. . .
(3) In this Part—
(a) references, in relation to a notice under section 9(3)(a) or 12(3) affecting a harbour, to publication of the notice by Gazette and local advertisement are references to publication—
(i) in the Gazette; and
(ii) in each of two successive weeks, in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality where the harbour is situated; and
(b) references, in relation to such a notice, to the date of the first local advertisement are references to the date of the first publication of the notice in a local newspaper circulating in the locality where the harbour is situated.
(4) References in this Part to—
(a) the scheme;
(b) the successor company; and
(c) the authority;
are explained in section 2(4).
(5) For the purposes of this Part the time when a disposal of securities or of rights to require the issue of securities of a company is made shall be determined as it would fall to be determined in accordance with section 28 of the 1992 Act for the purposes of tax on chargeable gains.
(6) For the purposes of this section a notice under section 9(3)(a) or 12(3) relating to a scheme for the purposes of a proposed transfer under section 2 above of property, rights, liabilities and functions of a relevant port authority is to be regarded as affecting any harbour for which that authority are the harbour authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/52/section/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ports-act-1991/section-20
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