The Port of London Authority (Constitution) Harbour Revision Order 2015

Made: 9th December 2015

Coming into force: 31st December 2015

The Secretary of State, being the appropriate minister under section 15(3) of the Act and being satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b) of the Act, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1) of that Act.

Citation and Commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Port of London Authority (Constitution) Harbour Revision Order 2015 and comes into force on 31st December 2015.

Amendment of the Port of London Act 1968

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Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Port of London Act 1968[^f00002] is amended as follows—

• (a) omit paragraph 7; and

• (b) omit paragraph 10.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Linda Willson — Director, Maritime Commerce and Industry — Department for Transport — 9th December 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Port of London Act 1968 (c.xxxii) (“the Act”).

Paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Act prevents a person aged 64 or over from being appointed a member of the Port Authority. Paragraph 10 requires a member of the Port Authority to retire at the end of the calendar year in which they reach the age of 70. Both these provisions will be repealed by the Order.

A full Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument because it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c.40. Section 15 of the Act was amended by section 40 of and Part 2 of Schedule 12 to the Transport Act 1981(c.56).

[^f00002]: 1968 c.xxxii. Part 1 of Schedule 2 was substituted by the Schedule to the Port of London Authority (Constitution) Revision Order 1975 (S.I. 1975/1890). There are other amendments to Part 1 of Schedule 2 but none is relevant.