# The Portsmouth (Camber Dock) Harbour Revision Order 1995, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In this Order—
“the Act of 1847” means the Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847;
“the Council” means the Portsmouth City Council;
“deposited plan” and “deposited sections” mean respectively the plan and sections prepared in duplicate signed by an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transport and marked “Plan and Sections referred to in the Portsmouth (Camber Dock) Harbour Revision Order 1995” of which one is deposited at the offices of the Department of Transport and one at the offices of the Head of Legal Services of the Council;
“enactment” means any enactment whether public general or local and includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an enactment;
“the level of high water” means the level of mean high-water springs;
“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plan;
“Queen’s Harbour Master” means the person for the time being appointed to be Queen’s Harbour Master of the Dockyard Port of Portsmouth under the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865;
“tidal work” means so much of the authorised works as is on, under or over any part of the seashore lying below the level of high water;
“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
“vessel” includes every description of water craft, including non-displacement craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
(2) All distances and lengths stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such distance and length.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1063/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/portsmouth-camber-dock-harbour-revision-order-1995/article-2
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