S.I. No. 131/1948 - Harbour Rates (Grand Canal Docks) Order, 1948.

S.I. No. 131 of 1948.

HARBOUR RATES (GRAND CANAL DOCKS) ORDER, 1948.

I, DANIEL MORRISSEY, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Harbours (Regulation of Rates) Act, 1934 (No. 2 of 1934), hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Grand Canal Docks) Order, 1948.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of May 1948

2. In this Order—

the expression " the Grand Canal Docks " includes the floating and graving docks, basins, cuts, locks, entrances, quays, warehouses, buildings and other works constructed and the lands and premises possessed by the Grand Canal Company on the south side of the river Liffey, between the rivers Liffey and Dodder and the place where the line of the Grand Canal commences at or near Macquay Bridge.

3. The rates set out in the Schedules to this Order are hereby fixed as the maximum rates to be charged by the Grand Canal Company in respect of the Grand Canal Docks.

4. Where the rates fixed under this Order are payable at a tonnage charge, lesser weights shall be chargeable as follows :—

(a) any weight not exceeding 5 cwts. shall count as 5 cwts.,

(b) any weight over 5 cwts. to 10 cwts. shall count as 10 cwts.,

(d) any weight over 15 cwts. to 20 cwts. shall count as one ton.

5. Every statutory or other provision fixing, restricting or otherwise regulating the rates or the maximum or minimum rates chargeable by the Grand Canal Company on subjects of charge set out in the Schedules to this Order, or the basis on which, or method by which, such rates are computed, is hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM TONNAGE RATES

Ref. No.	Description of Charge	Rate
		s.	d.
1	On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage whichever is the greater of every vessel entering or leaving the floating dock for the purpose of shipping, unshipping or trans-shipping cargo a sum not exceeding	0	9
2	On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage whichever is the greater of every vessel paying the rate mentioned at paragraph 1 above, remaining in the floating dock for any period in excess of fourteen days for each period of one month or part thereof a sum not exceeding	1	0
3	On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage whichever is the greater of every vessel entering the floating dock for the purpose of lying therein for each month or part thereof, a sum not exceeding	1	0
4	(a) On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage whichever is the greater of every vessel entering the floating dock to effect repairs afloat, for a period not exceeding one month, a sum not exceeding	1	6
	(b) On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage whichever is the greater of every such vessel remaining in the dock for any period in excess of one month, for each period of a month or part thereof, a sum not exceeding	1	0

The above rates do not apply to vessel paying Grand Canal tolls.

SECOND SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM GOOD RATES

Ref. No.	Description of Charge	Rate
		s.	d.
1	Cargo of every description shipped or unshipped at the wharves, per ton	0	3
2	Ballast conveyed from the river into the dock on lighters per ton (not to exceed 7/6 per lighter load)	0	9
3	Ballast taken by vessels from the quay per vessel	15	0
4	Timber passing between the river and the dock per raft	17	6

The above rates do not apply to vessels paying Grand Canal tolls.

THIRD SCHEDULE

OTHER MAXIMUM CHARGES

Ref. No.	Description of Charge	Rate
		s.	d.
1	Barges paying Grand Canal tolls passing between the River Liffey and the docks, for lockage	5	0
2	Vessels passing through the sea lock and not paying any of the rates mentioned at paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 of the Tonnage Rates Schedule, for lockage inwards or outwards	30	0

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 12th day of April, 1948.

DANIEL MORRISSEY,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.