The Ports (Finance) Act 1985 (Increase of Grants Limit) Order 1988

Made: 2nd February 1988

Coming into force: 3rd February 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(3) and (4) of the Ports (Finance) Act 1985[^f00001], and with the consent of the Treasury given for the purposes of the said section 1(3), hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before the House of Commons and approved by resolution of that House in accordance with the said section 1(4):—

1

This Order may be cited as the Ports (Finance) Act 1985 (Increase of Grants Limit) Order 1988, and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2

The Ports (Finance) Act 1985 (Increase of Grants Limit) Order 1986[^f00002]is hereby revoked.

3

The aggregate amount of grants made under section 1 of the Ports (Finance) Act 1985 (grants to the National Dock Labour Board for the purpose of reducing the number of registered dock workers) and referred to in subsection (3) of that section shall not exceed 27 million.

Signed

Signed by order of the Secretary of State.

Patrick Nicholls — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Employment — 28th January 1988

We approve the making of this Order

Michael Neubert — Mark Lennox-Boyd — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 2nd February 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the limit on the aggregate amount of grants that may be made by the Secretary of State to the National Dock Labour Board for the purpose of reducing the number of registered dock workers to ±27 million. It replaces and revokes an earlier Order which had increased the limit from ±10 million to ±20 million.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1985 c. 30

[^f00002]: S.I. 1986/714