{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ports-act-1991/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ports-act-1991/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/52",
  "legislation_title": "Ports Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ports-act-1991",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Power of Port of London Authority to form a company to operate the port of Tilbury.",
  "text": "(1) The Port of London Authority (referred to below in this Part as “the Port Authority”) shall have power to form a company for the purpose of carrying on—\n(a) that part of their undertaking which consists in operating the port of Tilbury; and\n(b) any activities which appear to them to be incidental to or connected with operating the port of Tilbury.\n(2) The company formed by the Port Authority shall be a company limited by shares and registered under the Companies Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 21(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 124(6) (with art. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/52/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:56.621965+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."
}