STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1964 No. 1386
HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES
The Control of Harbour Development Order 1964
| Made | 28th August 1964 |
| Laid before Parliament | 8th September 1964 |
| Coming into Force | 15th September 1964 |
The Minister of Transport, in exercise of his powers under section 9 of the Harbours Act 1964(a)[1] and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order:—
1.—(1) This Order shall come into operation on the 15th September 1964, and may be cited as the Control of Harbour Development Order 1964.
(2) In this Order "the Act" means the Harbours Act 1964.
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889(b)[2] shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2. Subject as hereinafter provided , this Order applies to the following projects, that is to say:—
(a) the execution of any works for the construction, reconstruction, improvement or repair of a harbour;
(b) the execution of any works for the construction, reconstruction, improvement or repair of buildings or structures, being buildings or structures required for use or used wholly or mainly for the purpose of harbour operations;
(c) the acquisition or taking on hire of—
(i) dredgers required for use in the execution of any such works as aforesaid, or
(ii) cargo handling plant or cargo handling equipment (whether floating or land based, and whether fixed or mobile), being plant or equipment required for use wholly or mainly for the purpose of harbour operations.
3. Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person engaged in, or proposing to become engaged in, the improvement, maintenance or management of a harbour, or the carrying out of harbour operations, shall undertake, or secure the undertaking of, any project to which this Order applies, where—
(a) the cost of the project, ascertained in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of this Order, exceeds £500,000, or
(b) the project forms part of a larger project the cost of which, ascertained as aforesaid, exceeds that sum, or
(c) the project forms part of a series of projects the cost of which ascertained as aforesaid, in the aggregate exceeds that sum, except under an authorisation in that behalf granted by the Minister under Section 9 of the Act.
