Harbours Act 2015

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Amendment of section 83 of Act of 1996 (adaption of references in enactments to harbour authorities and pilotage authorities)

48. The following is substituted for section 83 of the Act of 1996:

“83. (1) References in any enactment or instrument made thereunder to a harbour authority shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including references to—

(a) a company established under section 7 in respect of the harbour of a harbour authority,

(b) a local authority to which the harbour of a harbour authority is transferred by an order under subsection (2) of section 88 or under subsection (4) or (5) of that section, or

(c) a local authority to which the harbour of a company is transferred by an order under section 28 of the Harbours Act 2015,

and references in any enactment or instrument made thereunder to a particular harbour authority shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the particular company (if any) so established or, as the case may be, to the particular local authority (if any) to which a transfer as aforesaid is made.

(2) References in any enactment or instrument made thereunder to a pilotage authority shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including references to a company or a local authority on which the function of organising and ensuring the provision of pilotage services in the pilotage district of a pilotage authority is conferred by section 56 or section 29 , 34 or 35 of the Harbours Act 2015 and references in any enactment or instrument made thereunder to a particular pilotage authority shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the particular company (if any) on which the aforesaid function in relation to the pilotage district of that pilotage authority is so conferred.

(3) References in any enactment or instrument made thereunder to the Minister for the Marine shall, in so far as the references relate to a matter to which a function of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company relates and unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that company or the local authority to which the harbour of the company is transferred by an order under section 28 of the Harbours Act 2015.”.