The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (Liverpool Cruise Terminal Extension) Harbour Revision Order 2021
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2021/45 |
| Year | 2021 |
2021 No. 45
Harbours, Docks, Piers And Ferries
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (Liverpool Cruise Terminal Extension) Harbour Revision Order 2021
Made 14th January 2021
Laid before Parliament 21th January 2021
Coming into force 12th February 2021
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited has applied for a harbour revision order in accordance with section 14(2)(a) of the Harbours Act 19641(“the Act”).
The Secretary of State, as the appropriate Minister for the purposes of section 14, has by an Order2under section 42A of the Act3delegated the functions of the appropriate Minister under section 144to the Marine Management Organisation5.
The Marine Management Organisation, being satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b), and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(1) and (3) of the Act, makes the following Order.
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (Liverpool Cruise Terminal Extension) Harbour Revision Order 2021.
(2) This Order comes into force on 12th February 2021.
(3) The Mersey Docks and Harbour Acts and Orders 1857 to 2009 and this Order may be cited as the Mersey Docks and Harbour Acts and Orders 1857 to 2021.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the 1971 Act” means the Mersey Docks and Harbour Act 19716;
“the Company” means The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited;
“deposited plans and sections” means the plans and sections (numbered sheets 1 to 6) prepared in triplicate, signed on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation and marked “The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (Liverpool Cruise Terminal Extension) Harbour Revision Order 2021” of which one copy has been deposited at the offices of the Marine Management Organisation, one copy has been deposited at the head office of the Company at Maritime Centre, Port of Liverpool, L21 1LA, and one copy has been deposited at the offices of Liverpool City Council at Cunard Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1DS, and they are also available electronically on the Company’s website7;
“existing enactments” means The Mersey Docks and Harbour Acts and Orders 1857 to 2009;
“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plans and sections;
“the port” means the port of Liverpool as defined in the 1971 Act (including all land within the ring ownership boundary as defined in section 11 of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Act 19718);
“relevant work” means so much of any work authorised by this Order as is on, under or over the waters of the port;
“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
“the UK Hydrographic Office” mans the Hydrographic Office of the Ministry of Defence, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2DN; and
“the works” means the works authorised by this Order, or any part of such works.
(2) All areas, directions, distances, lengths, widths, heights and grid references as stated in any description of works, power or lands other than article 6 (power to deviate) are to be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such area, direction, distance, length, width, height and grid reference and any reference in a description of works to a point is a reference to that point on the deposited plans and sections.
(3) Map reference points specified in this Order are World Geodetic System 1984 points provided in Latitude and Longitude.
(4) References in the existing enactments to the undertaking of the Company are to be construed as including references to any works carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under or by virtue of this Order.
PART 2
WORKS
Power to construct and maintain works
3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Company may within the limits of deviation and according to the levels shown on the deposited plan and sections construct and maintain the whole or part of the following works, together with all necessary works and conveniences connected with or incidental to them—
Work No. 1A — The demolition of the existing timber jetty and deck (known as Princes Jetty) as shown hatched red on Sheet No. 3 of the deposited plans and sections.
Work No. 1B — The demolition of the existing concrete decked jetty (known as Princes Jetty) as shown hatched red on Sheet No. 3 of the deposited plans and sections.
Work No. 2 — The construction of a reinforced concrete suspended deck on piles driven into the river bed together with the creation of a new cruise liner terminal building, with a gross floor area of 10,000m2, as shown coloured yellow on Sheet No. 3 of the deposited plans and sections, for use as a baggage hall, passenger lounges and other associated facilities.
Work No. 3A — The construction of a vehicular and pedestrian linkspan bridge approximately 85 meters in length commencing at a point at 53.409703, -3.0018239 proceeding in a southerly direction, terminating at a point at 53.408985, -3.0013267 and connecting to a new floating pontoon at Work No. 3B so as to connect the new cruise liner terminal at Work No. 2 with the existing landing stage at Work No. 4 as shown on Sheet No. 4 of the deposited plans and sections.
Work No. 3B — The construction of a new floating pontoon approximately 20 metres in length commencing at a point at 53.409048, -3.0013685 and terminating at a point at 53.408882, - 3.0012533 so as to connect the new linkspan bridge at Work No. 3A with the existing landing stage at Work No. 4 as shown on Sheet No. 4 of the deposited plans and sections.
Work No. 4 — The modification of the existing landing stage, including—
(a) the removal and relocation of the existing pilot boat launch facility;
(b) the removal and replacement of the existing walkway cover so as to connect to the pedestrian linkspan bridge at Work No. 2; and
(c) works to the existing lower terminal buildings.
Work No. 5 — The removal of two existing steel mono pile mooring dolphins and the construction of two new steel mono pile mooring dolphins set into the river bed commencing at a point at 53.409441, -3.0017667 proceeding in a southerly direction, terminating at a point at 53.409231, -3.0016213 as shown on Sheet No. 4 of the deposited plans and sections, the access to which will be via a fixed bridge from the suspended deck.
(2) The Company may within the limits of deviation alter, replace, relay, reconstruct, extend and enlarge the works and may maintain the same as altered, replaced, relayed, reconstructed, extended or enlarged.
Period for completion of works
4.—(1) If the works are not substantially completed within 10 years from the coming into force of this Order or such extended time as the Secretary of State may, on the application of the Company, allow, then on the expiry of that period, or such extended time (as the case may be), the powers by this Order granted to the Company for constructing and maintaining the works will cease to have effect except as to so much of them as is then substantially commenced.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) affects the carrying out of the works under paragraph (2) of article 3 (power to construct and maintain works) or article 5 (subsidiary works).
Subsidiary works
5.—(1) Subject to the provision of this Order, the Company may...
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