# The Tees and Hartlepool Harbour Revision Order 1994

S.I. 1994/2064 · made 29 July 1994

This Order alters the area of jurisdiction of Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Limited by adding, for limited purposes only, a corridor (of about half a mile in width) extending in a north–easterly direction from the mouth of the River Tees to the limit of the United Kingdom’s territorial sea. Part of the Ekofisk oil pipeline lies within this corridor, and the Order has the effect of empowering the Authority and its harbour master to give directions to vessels for the purpose of promoting or securing conditions conducive to the safety of the pipeline.

Made under: Harbours Act 1964

## Introductory text

HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES
Made 29th July 1994
Coming into force 30th July 1994
Whereas Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Limited has applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964;
And whereas an objection to the application made pursuant to paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 3 to the said Act has been withdrawn;
And whereas the Secretary of State for Transport is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (2)(b) of the said section 14:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport (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:–

## 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Tees and Hartlepool Harbour Revision Order 1994 and shall come into force on 30th July 1994.
(2) The Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Acts and Orders 1966 to 1982 and this Order may be cited together as the Tees and Hartlepool Acts and Orders 1966 to 1994.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order–
“the 1966 Act” means the Tees and Hartlepools Port Authority Act 1966;
“the 1974 Order” means the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Revision Order 1974;
“the Company” means Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Limited;
“harbour master” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the 1966 Act;
“the signed plan” means the plan prepared in triplicate, signed by an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transport and marked “Tees and Hartlepool Harbour Revision Order 1994”, two copies of which have been deposited at the Department and one copy of which has been deposited at the offices of the Company situated at Queen’s Square, Middlesbrough, TS2 1AH.

## 3 Extension for limited purposes of Company’s limits of jurisdiction

For the purposes only of the exercise by the Company and its harbour master of powers under articles 3 to 8 of the 1974 Order (which relate to the giving of general and special directions to vessels in the harbour), the limits within which the Company has jurisdiction as harbour authority shall be extended to include the area which is described in the Schedule to this Order and which, for the purpose of identification only, is shown hatched and edged in blue on the signed plan; and in those articles references to the harbour shall be construed accordingly.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
J. D. Henes
An Under–Secretary in the
Department of Transport
29th July 1994

## AREA ADDED TO COMPANY'S LIMITS OF JURISDICTION FOR LIMITED PURPOSES

The area referred to in article 3 of this Order is the area bounded by the following straight lines–
(a) a line from a point at 54° 42.22'N, 01° 06.67'W (“point A”) to a point at 54° 43.18'N, 01° 05.02'W (“point B”);
(b) a line from point B to a point at 54° 44.02'N, 01° 02.52'W (“point C”);
(c) a line from point C to a point at 54° 48.39'N, 00° 52.91'W (“point D”);
(d) a line from point D to a point at 54° 48.28'N, 00° 52.80'W (“point E”);
(e) a line from point E to a point at 54° 47.81'N, 00° 51.40'W (“point F”);
(f) a line from point F to a point at 54° 43.17'N, 01° 01.62'W (“point G”);
(g) a line from point G to a point at 54° 42.40'N, 01° 03.92'W (“point H”);
(h) a line from point H to a point at 54° 41.57'N, 01° 05.33'W (“point I”);
(i) a line from point I to point A.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order alters the area of jurisdiction of Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Limited by adding, for limited purposes only, a corridor (of about half a mile in width) extending in a north–easterly direction from the mouth of the River Tees to the limit of the United Kingdom’s territorial sea. Part of the Ekofisk oil pipeline lies within this corridor, and the Order has the effect of empowering the Authority and its harbour master to give directions to vessels for the purpose of promoting or securing conditions conducive to the safety of the pipeline.

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