Harbour facilities

Amendments made: No. 126, in clause 20, page 10, line 22, leave out ‘or extension’.

No. 127, in clause 20, page 10, line 23, leave out ‘the harbour facilities will (when constructed or extended)’ and insert ‘(when constructed) the harbour facilities—

‘(a) will be in England or Wales or in waters adjacent to England or Wales up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea, and

(b) are expected to’.

No. 128, in clause 20, page 10, line 25, at end insert—

‘(1A) The alteration of harbour facilities is within section 13(1)(g) only if—

(a) the harbour facilities are in England or Wales or in waters adjacent to England or Wales up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea, and

(b) the effect of the alteration is expected to be to increase by at least the relevant quantity per year the quantity of material the embarkation or disembarkation of which the facilities are capable of handling.’.

No. 129, in clause 20, page 10, line 30, at end insert—

‘(d) in the case of facilities for more than one of the types of ships mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c), an equivalent quantity of material.

(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), facilities are capable of handling an equivalent quantity of material if the sum of the relevant fractions is one or more.

(2B) The relevant fractions are—

(a) to the extent that the facilities are for container ships—

where x is the number of TEU that the facilities are capable of handling;

(b) to the extent that the facilities are for ro-ro ships—

where y is the number of units that the facilities are capable of handling;

(c) to the extent that the facilities are for cargo ships of any other description—

where z is the number of tonnes of material that the facilities are capable of handling.’.—[Jim Fitzpatrick.]

Clause 20, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.