The Jersey (Navigator Hyperbolic System) Order 1987
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)