PART 1

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Teesport (Extension of Limits) Harbour Revision Order 2024.

(2) This Order comes into force on 3rd October 2024.

(3) The Teesport Acts and Orders 1966 to 2008(6), the Tees and Hartlepool Harbour Revision Order 1994(7) and this Order may together be cited as the Teesport Acts and Orders 1966 to 2024.

(4) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 1966 Act” means the Tees and Hartlepools Port Authority Act 1966(8);

“the added area plan” means the plan prepared in duplicate, signed on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation and marked “Signed Added Area Plan referred to in the Teesport (Extension of Limits) Harbour Revision Order 2024”, one copy of which is deposited at the offices of the Marine Management Organisation and one copy at the offices of the Company(9), and it is also available electronically on the Company’s website(10);

“the Company” means PD Teesport Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985(11) whose registered number is 2636007; and

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond(12).

PART 2

Extension of limits of harbour and modification of the 1966 Act

3.—(1) The limits of the harbour as defined in Schedule 2 (limits of harbour) to the 1966 Act are extended to include the added area which is shown edged red on the added area plan.

(2) The 1966 Act is accordingly amended as follows.

(3) In section 3(1) (interpretation), in the appropriate place in alphabetical order, insert—

““the added area plan” has the same meaning as in the Teesport (Extension of Limits) Harbour Revision Order 2024;”.

(4) In Schedule 2 (limits of harbour)—

(a)for “shall comprise the areas shown edged blue on the signed plans being—” substitute—

• “are–

(1) the areas shown edged blue on the signed plans being—”; and

(b)after paragraph (f) insert—

“(2) The area shown edged red on the added area plan.”.

PART 3

Saving for Trinity House

4.  This Order must not prejudice or derogate from any of the rights, duties or privileges of Trinity House.

Crown Rights

5.—(1) Nothing in this Order shall—

(a)prejudicially affect any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown, or

(b)authorise the Company to take, use, enter upon or in any manner interfere with any land or interests in land or any rights of whatsoever description (including any part of the shore or bed of the sea or any river, channel, creek, bay or estuary) belonging to—

(i)His Majesty in right of the Crown and under the management of the Crown Estate Commissioners without the consent in writing of those Commissioners, or

(ii)a government department, or held in trust for His Majesty for the purposes of a government department, without the consent in writing of that government department.

(2) A consent under paragraph (1)(b) may be given unconditionally or subject to such conditions and upon such terms as may be considered necessary or appropriate.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made on the application of PD Teesport Limited, extends the limits of the harbour within which PD Teesport Limited exercise jurisdiction as statutory harbour authority at the Port of Tees and Hartlepool to include the added area (article 3) which is shown on the added area plan referred to in article 2.

The added area plan referred to in article 2 may be inspected during working hours at the office of the Marine Management Organisation, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YH and at the offices of PD Teesport Limited at 17-27 Queens Square, Middlesbrough TS2 1AH. It is also available for inspection on PD Teesport Limited website, https://www.pdports.co.uk/marine-information/port-information/.

This Order also provides a saving for Trinity House (article 4) and Crown Rights (article 5).

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as there is no, or no significant, impact predicted on businesses, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector.

An Explanatory Memorandum, together with a copy of the added area plan, is available alongside the instrument on the UK legislation website, www.legislation.gov.uk.