The Port of London (Pilotage) Harbour Revision Order 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1626
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Port of London (Pilotage) Harbour Revision Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“the Authority” means the Port of London Authority;

“the port” means the area within the limits as described in Schedule 1 to the Port of London Act 1968 ;

“the signed plan” means the plan, prepared for the purpose of identification only, signed in triplicate by an Under Secretary in the Department of Transport, two copies of which have been deposited at that Department and one copy of which has been deposited at the offices of the Authority situated at 3 Tilbury Gardens, Tilbury, Essex RM18 7NH.

Section 3 Extension of limits of jurisdiction for purposes of pilotage

The limits within which the Authority shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of pilotage shall include (in addition to the port):—

(a) The area within the seaward limit described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 tothe Port of London Act 1968 but excluded from the port by virtue ofparagraph 2(f) of that Schedule and section 2(2) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 being the area outlined in blue on the signed plan; and

(b) Such waters outside the above mentioned area as lie within lines drawn:—

(i) from Gunfleet Old Lighthouse in position latitude 51° 46'.08 N, longitude 01° 20'.53 E, in an easterly direction to Long Sand Head, in position latitude 51° 48'N, longitude 01° 40'E, and

(ii) thence from Long Sand Head in a south westerly direction to a position latitude 51° 36'N, longitude 01° 23'.08 E,

being the area outlined in yellow on the signed plan.