Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 171

The Jersey (Navigator Hyperbolic System) Order 1987

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1987 No. 171

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Jersey (Navigator Hyperbolic System) Order 1987

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of February 1987

Present

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 669 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894^[1] and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

    1.    —This Order may be cited as the Jersey (Navigator Hyperbolic System) Order 1987, and shall come into force on 11th March 1987.

    2.    The powers of the Trinity House under Part XI of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 with respect to lighthouses, buoys and beacons may be exercised by the Trinity House to the extent of enabling them to superintend and manage the operation by Racal-Decca Marine Navigation Limited of the Jersey Red Slave Station at position 49° 15'N 2° 05'W which is a part of the South West British Chain of the Decca Navigator System.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Under section 669 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, the Trinity House may not exercise their powers with respect to lighthouses, buoys and beacons in the island of Jersey without the consent of Her Majesty in Council. This Order gives consent to the exercise of their powers by the Trinity House, in contributing to the operating cost of the Jersey Red Slave Station, part of the South West British chain of the Decca Navigator System. The equipment constituting such chain is construed as being included in the term"beacon" in Part XI of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, by virtue of the General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Hyperbolic Systems) Order 1986 (S.I. No. 1986/2285)

[1] 1894 c. 60. back