Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 13th December, 2013.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister forTransport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (2) of section 9 (inserted by section 3 (1)(a) of the Harbours (Amendment) Act 2009 (No.26 of 2009)) of the Harbours Act 1996 (No. 11 of 1996) and the Maritime Transport, Safety and Security (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2005 ( S.I. No. 842 of 2005 ) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )),after consultation with the Port of Cork Company and having complied with subsection (3) of that section 9, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Harbours Act 1996 (Limits of Harbour of Port of Cork Company) (Alteration) Order 2013.

2. This Order comes into operation on 1 January 2014.

3. The limits of the harbour of the Port of Cork Company shall be its existing limits as set out in Part I of the Third Schedule to the Harbours Act 1996 (No. 11 of 1996) and, in addition to those limits, the waters within the area, including all tidal inlets, bounded by a straight line drawn from Sheep’s Head to Crow Head both in the county of Cork and the line of high water, which area is known as Bantry Bay excluding the limits of Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre as provided for by section 2 (as amended by Schedule 2 to the Harbours (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 26 of 2009)) of the Fishery Harbour Centre (Amendment) Act 1992 (No. 10 of 1992).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 December 2013.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.