
1 
This Order may be cited as the Woolwich Ferry Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st June 1989.
2 
In this Order –
“the Woolwich Ferry” means the ferry vested in the Secretary of State by virtue of article 7 of the Woolwich Ferry Order 1986.
3 
Part III of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1894 (Explosives at Ferries – Enforcement of Byelaws) shall apply in relation to the Woolwich Ferry as if –
(a) in section 6 for the words “The Council” to “uniform” there were substituted the words:-“The Secretary of State may in writing authorise any person appointed by him for the purpose to search any vehicles or packages and to open any packages tendered to him for transmission over any of his ferries or brought upon any piers, landing places or other ferry works of the Secretary of State and any person so authorised being in uniform”;
(b) in section 7 for the words “any officer of the Council authorised” there were substituted the words “any person authorised by the Secretary of State” and for the word “officer” in both places where it subsequently occurs there were substituted the words “person authorised”; and
(c) in the proviso to section 7 for the words “any officer of the Council” there were substituted the words “any person, other than a constable,” and for the words “the Council” there were substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
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(1) Section 236(8) (Procedure, etc, for byelaws) of the Local Government Act 1972 shall apply in relation to orders made by virtue of article 4(1) of the Woolwich Ferry Order 1986 with the modification that for the words “A copy of the byelaws, when confirmed, shall be printed and deposited at the offices of the authority by whom the byelaws are made” there were substituted the words “A copy of the order shall be printed and deposited at the offices of the authority by whom the order is made”.
(2) The Woolwich Ferry Order 1986 shall be amended by the deletion of the provisions in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule to that Order which are given the item number 8 in column 1 of that Schedule.
Paul Channon
Secretary of State for Transport
24th April 1989