United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

"the Commissioners" means the Teignmouth Harbour Commissioners;

"the new constitution date" means 1st November 2003;

"the approaches" means any seaward approaches to the harbour;

"general direction" means a direction authorised by article 18 below;

"the harbour" has the same meaning as in the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924;

"the harbour master" means the harbour master of the Commissioners and includes his authorised deputies and assistants and any person authorised by the Commissioners to act in that capacity;

(a) nine members appointed by the Commissioners; and

(b) the Clerk for the time being of the Commissioners or such other officer of the Commissioners as they shall determine.

    (2) Subject to article 5 below, each Commissioner appointed under paragraph (1)(a) above shall be a person who appears to the Commissioners to have special knowledge, experience or ability appropriate to the efficient, effective and economic discharge by the Commissioners of their functions including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) special knowledge, experience or ability in one or more of the following matters - 

(a) the ports industry;

(b) maritime and commercial activities;

(c) local public service;

(d) boating, tourism and other leisure activities;

(e) environmental matters;

(f) finance and administration;

(g) any other skills and matters considered relevant from time to time by the Commissioners in order for them to discharge their functions.

    (3) The Commissioners shall secure, so far as reasonably practicable, that - 

(a) the Commissioners appointed by them will, between them, have special knowledge, experience and ability in a broad and complementary range of matters relevant to the efficient, effective and economic discharge by them of their functions; and

(b) in particular at least three of the Commissioners have special knowledge, experience and ability in the matters specified in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) above and at least three of them have special knowledge, experience and ability in the matters specified in paragraph (2)(c) to (e) above.

(a) such sums of money as they think necessary not exceeding one million pounds (or that sum as adjusted in accordance with article 17 below); and

(b) with the consent of the Secretary of State, such further sums of money as they may require.

    (2) In calculating the aggregate sums of money borrowed by the Commissioners under paragraph (1) above, there shall be excluded any sums borrowed for the purpose of repaying, within twelve months of the date of borrowing, any sum for the time being outstanding by way of principal on any amount previously borrowed.

    (3) Moneys borrowed by the Commissioners under this article shall be applied only to purposes to which capital money is properly applicable.

    (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) above, but without prejudice to the generality of that paragraph, purposes to which capital money is properly applicable shall be deemed to include - 

(a) the payment of any interest, falling due within five years immediately following the date of borrowing, on any sum of money borrowed by the Commissioners under this article; and

(b) the repayment, within twelve months from the date of borrowing, of any sum for the time being outstanding by way of principal on any amount previously borrowed.

(a) for designating areas, routes or channels in the harbour and the approaches thereto which vessels are to use, or refrain from using, for movement or mooring;

(b) for securing that vessels move only at certain times or during certain periods;

(c) for requiring the master of a vessel to give to the harbour master information relating to the vessel reasonably required by the harbour master for the purposes of this paragraph.

    (2) Directions given under paragraph (1) above may apply - 

(a) to all vessels or to a class of vessels designated, or the designation of which is provided for, in the direction; and

(b) to the whole of the harbour and the approaches thereto, or to a part designated, or the designation of which is provided for, in the direction; and

(c) at all times or at times designated, or the designation of which is provided for, in the direction;

(a) I have disclosed to the Clerk details of every financial or other interest such as is mentioned in those notes;

(b) I will in future notify the Clerk of any alteration in those interests, or any new interest, such as is mentioned in those notes, which I may acquire.



Made and signed in Teignmouth, County of	)
Devon, on the
day of	)	(signature)
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Witnessed by the	)
Clerk
as a Teignmouth Harbour Commissioner	)	(signature)
Note: Where the declaration is to be made by the Clerk, the Form shall be amended so that, for references to "the Clerk", there are substituted references to "the Chairman".

(a) a term referred to in article 5(3)(a) or (b) of this Order;

(b) the remainder of a term during which the Commissioner was appointed to fill a casual vacancy under article 9 of this Order; or

(c) any term served by the Commissioner prior to the new constitution date.

    (5) In this paragraph "appointed Commissioner" means a Commissioner appointed under article 4(1)(a) above.

(a) a term served by the Commissioner as chairman under paragraph 2 above where that term is less than 3 years;

(b) the remainder of a term during which the Commissioner was appointed to fill a casual vacancy in the office of chairman under paragraph 8 above; or

(c) any term served by the Commissioner as a chairman prior to the new constitution date.

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