The North Killingholme Haven Harbour Empowerment Order 1994

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires—

“A.B. Ports” means Associated British Ports;

“the Company” means Simon Storage Group Limited (which is registered in England and Wales with the number 278815);

“deposited plan” and “deposited sections” mean respectively the plan and sections prepared in triplicate signed by an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transport and marked “Plan and sections referred to in the North Killingholme Haven Harbour Empowerment Order 1994” of which copies are deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, the offices of A.B. Ports and the registered office of the Company;

“the Harbour Master” means the harbour master appointed by A.B. Ports under section 5 (Appointment of harbour master) of the British Transport Docks Act 1972(1) and includes his deputies and assistants;

“the jetty premises” means the works and the land and premises at any time belonging to, or vested in, the Company and used or set aside for the purposes of, or in connection with, the commercial management and operation of the works;

“level of high water” means the level of mean high-water springs;

“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plan;

“the river” means the river Humber;

“tidal work” means so much of any work authorised by this Order as is on, under or over tidal waters or tidal lands below the level of high water;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

“vessel” means a ship, boat or raft of any description and includes any other thing constructed or adapted for floating on or being submersed in water (whether permanently or temporarily); and includes a hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968(2) or any other amphibious vehicle or a seaplane;

“the works” means Works Nos 1 and 2 authorised by article 5 (Power to construct works) of this Order, and any works constructed under article 7 (Subsidiary works) of this Order for or in connection with or subsidiary to either of those works and includes those works as reconstructed, renewed, altered, extended, enlarged, added to, replaced or relaid under paragraph (2) of the said article 5.

(2) Any reference in this Order to a distance or length in any description of works, powers or land shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts”were inserted after that reference.