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(1) This Order may be cited as the Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order applies to England.
(3) In this Order –
 “the Council” means Dorset Council;
 “the Port of Weymouth” means the port of that name as appointed for the purposes of customs and excise under section 19(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979  (appointments of ports etc.); and
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(4) References in this Order to reference points are to be construed as references to National Grid reference points.
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(1) For the purposes of section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (port health districts and authorities), the area described in paragraph (2) is to constitute a port health district.
(2) The area described in this paragraph consists of the Port of Weymouth together with such land and water as is specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f)—
(a) on the landward side, the boundary is the mean high water line of the English Channel;
(b) on the eastern side, the boundary is a line extending due south from St Alban’s Head (OS reference point SY 96207519) to the seaward limit of the territorial waters;
(c) on the western side, the boundary is a line extending due south from the point at which the parish boundaries of Abbotsbury and Puncknowle meet the sea (OS reference point SY53988580) to the seaward limit of the territorial waters;
(d) on the seaward side, the boundary is the limit of the territorial waters;
(3) The area described in paragraph (2) includes—
(a) any wharf, dock, jetty or similar structure on the seaward side of the Port of Weymouth to the limit of the territorial waters; and
(b) any structures and buildings on areas within the gates of any wharf, dock, jetty or similar structure within the districts of the relevant riparian authorities.
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(1) The port health authority for the port health district constituted under article 2 is  the Council.
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The Council  as port health authority has jurisdiction over all waters and land within the port health district.
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(1) The functions, rights and liabilities of a local authority or a food authority under the enactments specified in Schedule 2 are assigned to  the Council  as port health authority in so far as they are applicable to a port health authority and to any land, waters, premises, vessels or persons within its jurisdiction.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the enactments specified in Schedule 2 in respect of the functions, rights and liabilities that are assigned to  the Council  under paragraph (1), are to have effect as if—
(a) any vessel lying within the jurisdiction of  the Council  is a house, building or premises; and
(b) the master or other officer or person in charge of the vessel is the occupier.
(3) This article does not apply to—
(a) any vessel belonging to Her Majesty; or
(b) any vessel engaged in the service of Her Majesty, whether belonging to Her Majesty or not; or
(c) any vessel belonging to the armed forces of any country to which the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 apply by virtue of section 1 (countries to which Act applies) of that Act.
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The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 1980 is revoked.
Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health.
Ailsa Wright
Member of the Senior Civil Service,
Department of Health
30th March 2017
SCHEDULE 1
Article 8

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SCHEDULE 2
Article 9

Public Health Act 1936 
Section 1(1) (insofar as it relates to sections 45, 49-52, 83, 262 and 264) Duty to enforce the Act
Section 45 Buildings with defective closets capable of repair
Section 48 Power to examine and test drains etc
Section 49 Rooms over closets of certain types etc
Section 50 Overflowing and leaking cesspools
Section 81 Byelaws for the prevention of certain nuisances
Section 82 Byelaws as to the removal through streets of offensive matter or liquid
Sections 83-86 Filthy or verminous premises or articles, verminous persons, and provision of cleansing stations
Section 140 Power to close, or restrict use of water from, polluted water supply
Section 141 Power to deal with insanitary cisterns, &c.
Part 12 Miscellaneous provisions (including powers of entry)
Public Health Act 1961 
Section 36 Power to require vacation of premises during fumigation
Section 73 Derelict petrol tanks
Slaughterhouses Act 1974 
Part 1 Slaughterhouses and knackers’ yards
Control of Pollution Act 1974 
Part 3 Noise
Part 5 Supplementary provisions (including powers of entry and inspection, obtaining information and default powers)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 
Section 16 Power of local authorities to obtain particulars of persons interested in land
Section 32 Power of local authorities to execute works outside their area
Section 41 Evidence of resolutions and minutes of proceedings, etc
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 
Section 45M and all functions conferred under the Health Protection (Part 2A Orders) Regulations 2010 Local authority power to apply to a justice of the peace for an order to protect human health from risk of infection or contamination
Section 46 Duty to arrange for a body to be buried or cremated
Section 48 Removal of body to mortuary or for immediate burial
Building Act 1984 
Section 76 Powers to deal with defective premises
Food Safety Act 1990 
Section 6 Enforcement of Act
Part 2 Food safety
Part 3 Administration and enforcement
Environmental Protection Act 1990 
Part 3 Statutory nuisance and clean air
Water Industry Act 1991 
Part 3 Water supply
Clean Air Act 1993 
Part 3 Air pollution
The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009 Execution and enforcement of import controls Designation of competent authority
Health Protection (Local Authority Powers) Regulations 2010 Health protection powers
Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 Enforcement