The Manchester Ship Canal Revision Order 1987

Made: 8th September 1987

Coming into force: 19th October 1987

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964[^f00001] and now vested in him [^f00002], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and on the application of the Manchester Ship Canal Company, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Manchester Ship Canal Revision Order 1987 and shall come into force on 19th October 1987.

• (2) The Manchester Ship Canal Acts and Orders 1885 to 1984 and this Order may be cited together as the Manchester Ship Canal Acts and Orders 1885 to 1987.

Interpretation

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In this Order —

• “the Company” means the Manchester Ship Canal Company;

• “the directors” means the directors of the Company;

• “the dock” means so much of the dock of the Company in the city of Salford known as Dock No. 9 as lies to the east of an imaginary straight line drawn in a south-easterly direction across the dock from National Grid reference point SJ 380428 397295;

• “the harbour” means the harbour and port of Manchester.

Abandonment of dock

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• (1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the Company may, on such date as the directors may by resolution determine, abandon and discontinue the dock and the Company may —

• (a) use for the general purposes of the harbour the site of the dock and, if they think fit, fill it in in whole or in part; or

• (b) exercise with reference to the dock the powers exercisable by them with reference to surplus lands.

• (2) Within one month of the passing of a resolution of the directors under paragraph (1) of this article, the Company shall give notice of the effect of the resolution by advertisement in such local newspaper as they may deem expedient for causing the resolution to be made known to persons affected thereby.

• (3) If such a resolution is passed the Company shall have regard to the need to provide for the possible future resumption of cargo handling in exercising their rights over their lands adjacent to the unclosed portion of Dock No. 9 and to Salford Quay.

Costs of Order

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The costs, charges and expenses of and incidental to the preparing and obtaining of this Order and otherwise in relation thereto shall be paid by the Company and may in whole or in part be defrayed out of revenue.

Signed

Paul Channon — Secretary of State for Transport — 8th September 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order authorises the Manchester Ship Canal Company to abandon the greater part of Dock No. 9 in the city of Salford.

The applicant for the Order is the Manchester Ship Canal Company, Dock Office, Trafford Road, Manchester M5 2XB.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c. 40; section 14 and Schedule 3 were amended by the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56) section 18 and Schedule 6 paragraphs 2 to 4.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1981/238.