Declaring And Delineating The Lipata Port Zone And Placing It Under The Administrative Jurisdiction Of The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 160

DECLARING AND DELINEATING THE LIPATA PORT ZONE AND PLACING IT UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY (PPA)

WHEREAS, Section 5, Article IV of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 857, or the “Revised Charter of the PPA,” provides that the PPA may submit to the President, through the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), applications for the declaration of specific areas as Port Districts (Port Zones);

WHEREAS, Section 3 of Executive Order No. 410 (s. 1990), which provides for new guidelines for the processing of applications for port zone delineation, states that applications which are jointly recommended for approval by the Philippine Ports Authority and Regional Development Council shall be submitted directly to the Office of the President;

WHEREAS, the Port of Lipata caters to domestic cargo vessels with major outgoing cargo consisting of palay, rice and fish products while the major incoming cargo consists of cements, fertilizers and general cargo, as well as inter-island (cargo/passenger) vessel plying the Manila-Romblon-Caticlan-Lipata...

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Summary of Executive Order No. 160

Delineation of Lipata Port Zone
- The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Lipata in Barangay Lipata, Municipality of Culasi, Province of Antique is delineated and established with specific boundaries and coordinates. (Section 1)
- The area of the Lipata Port Zone is ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVEN (147,407) SQUARE METERS, more or less. (Section 1)

Administrative Jurisdiction of PPA
- The Lipata Port Zone is placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). (Section 2)
- The PPA shall implement a program for the proper zoning, planning, development, and utilization of the port, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the government. (Section 2)

Repealing and Separability Clauses
- All issuances, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. (Section 3)
- If any provision of this Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting. (Section 4)

Effectivity
- This Order shall take effect immediately. (Section 5)