Explanatory note

This Order establishes in respect of each of the facilities referred to in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Order harbour limits extending in any direction seawards from the landward end for a distance of 500 metres. The harbours referred to in Part II of Schedule 1 are already established under other enactments. The Order also provides for the making of general byelaws which will be applicable to the whole of the harbour undertaking of the Council whether referred to in Part I or II of Schedule 1. The Order also contains amendments and repeals consequential upon the power to make byelaws.

The applicants for the Order are the Western Isles Islands Council, Sandwick Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, PA87 2BU.