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This Order may be cited as the Port of London Authority Harbour Revision Order 1999 and shall come into force on 26th May 1999.
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In this Order words and expressions defined in the 1968 Act have the same meaning as in that Act and–
 “the 1968 Act” means the Port of London Act 1968;
 “the added limits” means the area described in paragraph (1) of article 3 (Extension of jurisdiction) of this Order;
 “the port” means the area within the limits immediately before the coming into force of this Order;
 “the signed plan” means the plan, prepared for the purpose of identification only, signed in triplicate by the Head of Ports Division in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, two copies of which have been deposited at that Department and one copy of which has been deposited at the offices of the Port Authority situated at Devon House, 58–60 St. Katharine’s Way, London E1 9LB.
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(1) The limits of the Port of London are hereby extended to include so much of the area within the seaward limit as is excluded from the port by virtue of paragraph 2(f) of Schedule 1 to the 1968 Act and section 2(2) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987, being the area outlined in blue on the signed plan.
(2) All enactments conferring rights, powers, privileges or immunities or imposing duties, obligations or liabilities upon the Port Authority or the harbourmaster in relation to the port and all byelaws, regulations and directions made by the Port Authority which immediately before the coming into force of this Order related to or had effect within the port shall relate to or have effect within the added limits.
(3) Paragraph 2(f) of Schedule 1 to the 1968 Act is hereby repealed.
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Section 32 (Further exemption for estuary traffic) of the 1968 Act shall cease to have effect in so far as it prohibits charging river duties of tonnage on any vessel by reason only of its passing through the limits on a voyage between a place on the river Medway and any other place outside the limits.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Stephen Reeves
Head of Ports Division in the
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
12th May 1999