STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 238 of 2004 .

HARBOURS ACT 1996 (LIMITS OF HARBOUR OF DROGHEDA PORT COMPANY) (ALTERATION) ORDER 2004.

S.I. No. 238 of 2004 .

HARBOURS ACT 1996 (LIMITS OF HARBOUR OF DROGHEDA PORT COMPANY) (ALTERATION) ORDER 2004.

I, DERMOT AHERN, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 9(2) of the Harbours Act 1996 (No. 11 of 1996) (as adapted by the Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 307 of 2002 )), after consultation with Drogheda Port Company, hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbours Act 1996 (Limits of Harbour of Drogheda Port Company) (Alteration) Order 2004.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 30 June 2004.

2. The limits of the harbour of Drogheda Port Company, as set out in paragraph 3 of Part I of the Third Schedule to the Harbours Act 1996 (No. 11 of 1996), are altered by substituting for those limits the following:

“The northern limit commencing at the north east angle of the bridge at Shop Street and running in an easterly direction along the North Quays to the eastern extremity at Donor's Green, from there along the Baltray Road to the village of Baltray, from there to Aleria Beacon and along the line of the high water mark bounding the eastern shores of the townland of Baltray to Duff's Farm, thence in a direction of 090 degrees from true north for 5,380 metres, thence in a direction of 180 degrees from true north for 7,271 metres, and thence in a direction of 270 degrees from true north for 5,120 metres to the southern limit of the townland of Bettystown, from there along the high water mark of the eastern shore of the townland of Mornington, from there along the high water mark to the Maiden Tower, from there in a westerly direction along the high water mark to the south east angle of the bridge at Shop Street and running in a northerly direction along the east side of the said bridge to its north east angle.”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order alters the limits of the Harbour of Drogheda Port Company.