Citation and commencement

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

Interpretation

2. In this Order "the Authority" means the Thanet District Council;

"the Port" means the Port of Ramsgate;

"signed plan" means the plan 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 in Cecil Street, Margate, Kent CT9 1XZ.

Extension of limits of jurisdiction for the purpose of pilotage

3. The limits within which the Authority shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of pilotage under Part I of the Pilotage Act 1987 shall include (in addition to the Port) the area outlined in red on the signed plan, being so much of the area outside the Port as lies within a radius of 3 nautical miles from the Lighthouse on the West Pier (Latitude 51° 19'.63 N. Longitude 01° 25'.40 E.) and to the east of a line bearing 065° true and to the north of a line bearing 145° true from that Lighthouse.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

By virtue of section 7(5) of the Pilotage Act 1987 a direction given by a harbour authority for the purpose of making pilotage compulsory for ships navigating in a specified area shall not apply to any area which is outside the authority's harbour unless the limits of jurisdiction of the authority for pilotage purposes have been extended to cover that area.

This Order accordingly extends the limits of jurisdiction of the Port of Ramsgate for pilotage purposes under Part I of the Pilotage Act 1987 so as to include an area outside the Port in respect of which the authority considers that pilotage should be compulsory.

The applicant for this Order is the Thanet District Council.