[Report 1973] / Swansea Port Health Authority.

  • Swansea (Wales). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1973
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Credit: [Report 1973] / Swansea Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Jurisdiotion of the Port By an order of the Local Government Board, which oame into force on the 1st day of July, 1898, permanently constituting The Swansea Port Sanitary Authority, the limits of jurisdiction are set forth in Section II, Article 10, SECTION II - The jurisdiction of the said Port Sanitary Authority shall extend to all that part of the said Port of Swansea which lies on the landward side of a straight line drawn from Mumbles Point to the South-eastern extremity of the said Port at Nash Point, together with the waters of the said Port of Swansea within such limits, and all docks, basins, harbours, creeks, rivers, channels, roads, bays and streams within the aforejsaid limits, and the place or places which may from time to time be appointed as the Customs Boarding Station or Stations for such part of the said Port, and the place or places for the time being appointed for the mooring or anchoring of ships for such part of the said Port under any Regulations for the prevention of the spread of disease issued under the authority of the Statutes in that behalf, and for the purpose of any such Regulations as aforesaid shall also extend to any ship which in pursuance thereof, or of any directions given thereunder, shall be moored or anchored at the place appointed thereunder as aforesaid, or which shall be on its way thither. Contributing Authorities The Contributing Riparian Authorities are the County Borough of Swansea, the Boroughs of Port Talbot and Neath, the Urban District of Porthcawl and the Rural Districts of Cowbridge, Neath and Penybont,