# The Portsmouth (Millennium Waterbus Landing Stages) Harbour Revision Order 2000, Introduction: Introductory text


HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES
Made 21st August 2000
Coming into force 4th September 2000
Whereas Portsmouth City Council and Gosport Borough Council have applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964;
And whereas the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in pursuance of paragraph 1A of Schedule 3 to the said Act, determined that the application is made in relation to a project which falls within Annex II to the Council Directive No. 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment but whose characteristics do not require that it should be made subject to an environmental assessment;
And whereas objections duly made to the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to that Act have been withdrawn;
And whereas the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (2)(b) of the said Section 14;
Now therefore, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (being the appropriate Minister under subsection 7 of the said section 14), in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2251/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/portsmouth-millennium-waterbus-landing-stages-harbour-revision-order-2000/introduction
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