The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2014

• Citation: S.I. 2014/2720
• Sections: 13

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Dover Harbour Revision Order 2014 and shall come into force on 5th November 2014.

(2) The Dover Harbour Acts and Orders 1954 to 2012 and this Order may together be cited as the Dover Harbour Acts and Orders 1954 to 2014.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“the 1954 Act ” means the Dover Harbour Consolidation Act 1954 ;

“the 1963 Act ” means the Dover Harbour Act 1963 ;

“the 2006 Order ” means the Dover Harbour Revision Order 2006 ;

“ the Board ” means the Dover Harbour Board;

“harbour” means Dover Harbour and has the meaning given by section 4 of the 1954 Act;

“subsidiary” has the meaning given by section 1159(1) of the Companies Act 2006 ; and

“the undertaking” has the meaning given by section 4 of the 1954 Act.

Section 3 General functions in respect of the harbour

(1) The Board may take such steps as they may consider necessary or desirable from time to time for the operation, maintenance, management and improvement of—

(a) the harbour and its approaches; and

(b) the harbour facilities.

(2) For those purposes, and without limitation on the scope of paragraph (1), the Board may—

(a) improve, maintain, regulate, manage, mark and light the harbour and provide harbour facilities;

(b) acquire any undertaking or part of an undertaking; and

(c) do all other things which in their opinion are expedient to facilitate the proper carrying on or development of the harbour.

(3) This article is without prejudice to the powers of the Board under or by virtue of any other enactment.

Section 4 Development of land etc.

(1) If it conduces to the improvement, maintenance or management of the harbour in an efficient and economical manner, the Board may—

(a) use or develop for any purpose, and deal with, any land within or in the vicinity of the harbour; or

(b) form, invest in and promote, or join with another person in forming, investing in and promoting, a company for using or developing for any purpose, and dealing with, any land within or in the vicinity of the harbour.

(2) Except as is otherwise provided by any enactment or rule of law, the powers of a company referred to in paragraph (1)(b) may include powers to do anything necessary or expedient for the purposes of the objects mentioned in that paragraph or for purposes incidental to those purposes, notwithstanding that the Board would not themselves have the power to do that thing.

Section 5 Other commercial activities

(1) If it conduces to the improvement, maintenance or management of the harbour in an efficient and economical manner, the Board may, in addition to any other powers conferred on the Board—

(a) carry on at any place a trade or business of any kind including a trade or business carried on in conjunction with another person; or

(b) form, invest in and promote, or join with another person in forming, investing in and promoting, a company for carrying on any part of the undertaking or carrying on at any place a trade or business of any kind.

(2) Except as is otherwise provided by any enactment or rule of law, the powers of a company referred to in paragraph (1)(b) may include powers to do anything necessary or expedient for the purposes of the objects mentioned in that paragraph or for purposes incidental to those purposes, notwithstanding that the Board would not themselves have the power to do that thing.

Section 6 Powers to grant tenancies and to dispose of land

(1) The Board may, for the purposes of or in connection with the carrying on of the undertaking, lease or grant the use or occupation of, or any right or interest in or over, any lands, works, buildings, machinery, equipment or other property forming part of the harbour for such period, at such rents and other considerations and on such terms and conditions as they think fit.

(2) The Board may also dispose of, or grant the use or occupation for any purpose of, any lands, works, buildings, machinery, equipment or other property vested in them if they consider that—

(a) the property is surplus to that which is required for the purpose of the harbour; or

(b) it would conduce to the improvement, maintenance or management of the harbour in an efficient and economical manner for the property to be held by a person other than the Board,

for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as they think fit.

(3) Nothing in this article shall affect the provisions of section 33 of the 1954 Act (power to dispose of land).

Section 7 Power to become a member of a company or subscribe for securities

(1) The Board may for the purposes of or in connection with the carrying on of the undertaking subscribe for or acquire shares or securities in, or become a member of, any body corporate.

(2) The power in paragraph (1) is in addition to the powers in article 4(1)(b), article 5(1)(b), section 22(1)(c) of the 1963 Act (additional powers of Board) and article 7 of the 2006 Order (deposits and investments).

Section 8 Power to delegate functions

Subject to paragraph 9B of Schedule 2 to the Harbours Act 1964 (functions which cannot be delegated under a power conferred by a harbour revision order), the Board may delegate the performance of any of their functions to be carried out by any such company as is referred to in article 5(1)(b) or article 5 of the 2006 Order (power to form subsidiaries).

Section 9 Power to borrow

(1) The Board, including any subsidiary of the Board, may from time to time borrow, by any methods they see fit, such sums of money as they think necessary for the purposes of meeting their obligations in carrying out their functions ; and where moneys are borrowed by the Board or a subsidiary under this article, the Board or subsidiary may, if they see fit, borrow those moneys upon the security of some or all of their assets for the time being or of some or all of their revenues or of some or all of both their assets and their revenues.

(2) This power is in addition to article 19 of the 2006 Order (borrowing and guarantees).

Section 10 Power to lend

The Board may, for the purposes of or in connection with the carrying on of the undertaking, lend money to—

(a) any such company as is referred to in article 4(1)(b), 5(1)(b) or 7(1) or article 5 of the 2006 Order (power to form subsidiaries); or

(b) any person carrying on or proposing to carry on harbour operations or any business within or in the vicinity of the harbour.

Section 11 Reserve funds

(1) The Board may establish and maintain reserve funds.

(2) The Board may if they think fit carry to a reserve fund any part of their receipts on revenue account as shall be available for the purpose.

Section 12 Payment of subscriptions, etc.

The Board may pay or make reasonable subscriptions, payments or donations, whether annually or otherwise, to the funds of such associations, public institutions or charities as the Board think fit.

Section 13 Saving for Trinity House

Nothing in this Order shall prejudice or derogate from any of the rights, duties or privileges of the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond.