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| GOVERNANCE & REGULATORY
CORE POLICY
Manage the harbour in an open and accountable manner.
GUIDING POLICIES
1a. Ports Good Governance Guidance (issued in March 2018): Manage the harbour in
accordance with the principles from the Department for Transport’s guidance.
1b. 5 year Strategic Plan: Deliver CHC’s 5 year Strategic Plan and ensure Board and management
decisions are compliant with principles.
1c. Open port policy: Ensure compliance with fundamental open port principle.
1d. Regulatory powers: CHC will maintain statutory and constitutional powers to fulfil its statutory
duties and strategic objectives and operate its commercial marine services.
1e. Statutory and harbours regulations: Comply with all relevant legislation.
1f. Responsible to stakeholders: Deliver good communications including an Annual Report and
public meeting.
1g. Stakeholder engagement: Consult stakeholders, including the CHC Advisory Committee on
harbour plans, policies, investments and stakeholder dividend proposals.
1h. Financial and commercial management: Operate to best value, open, fair and accountable
principles, generating a commercially acceptable rate of return from harbour assets.
OBJECTIVES
Target Date
1.1 5 year Strategic Plan: Consult and agree CHC’s Strategic Plan for 2016 - 2021.
2016
1.2 Governance policies: Review CHC’s governance policies, including stakeholder
dividend and charitable requests. 2016-2017
2019-2020
1.3 Charitable trust: Review the possibilities of charitable investment into stakeholder
dividend projects. 2017-2018
2019-2020
STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2021: Mid-Term Review 2019
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