S.I. No. 187/1968 - Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan), Order, 1968.

S.I. No. 187 of 1968.

HARBOUR RATES (HARBOURS OF DUBLIN, SKERRIES AND BALBRIGGAN), ORDER, 1968.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 104 of the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), and after due compliance with section 106 of that Act, hereby order as follows :

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan), Order, 1968.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 11th day of September, 1968.

2. The maximum goods rates to be chargeable by the Dublin Port and Docks Board in respect of Dublin Harbour, Skerries Harbour and Balbriggan Harbour are hereby fixed as the rates chargeable under section 40 of the Dublin Port and Docks Act, 1902, as amended by Article 4 of the Harbour Rates (Port of Dublin) Order, 1946 (S.R. & O., No. 39 of 1946), and Article 2 of the Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 188 of 1958 ), increased by twenty per cent.

3. (1) The rates set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Order are hereby fixed as the maximum tonnage rates chargeable by the Dublin Port and Docks Board in respect of Dublin Harbour, Skerries Harbour and Balbriggan Harbour.

(2) The provisions set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall apply in relation to the rates chargeable under this Article.

(3) Every statutory or other provision, in so far as it fixes, restricts or otherwise regulates the tonnage rates or the maximum or minimum tonnage rates chargeable by the Dublin Port and Docks Board on subjects of charge set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Order or the basis on which, or the method by which, such rates are computed is hereby revoked.

Article 3

SCHEDULE

PART I

Provisions applying in relation to the maximum tonnage rates.

1. In this Schedule "the harbours" means Dublin Harbour, Skerries Harbour and Balbriggan Harbour.

2. A vessel shall be deemed to be trading with a particular place if it takes on board cargo or passengers at any of the harbours to be landed at that place or if it lands cargo or passengers at any of the harbours taken on board at that place.

3. The tonnage of a vessel upon which tonnage rates shall be based and chargeable shall be the nett register tonnage or half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater.

4. Tonnage rates shall not be chargeable in respect of both the arrival and departure of a vessel, but if a vessel on which tonnage rates have been charged in respect of its arrival takes on board at any of the harbours cargo or passengers for a port or place the tonnage rates for which are higher than those charged on such arrival, the difference between the two rates shall be chargeable.

5. A vessel which does not land cargo or passengers but which takes on board cargo or passengers at any of the harbours shall be deemed to be trading only with the port of destination of such cargo or passengers.

PART II.

Maximum Tonnage Rates.

			s.	d.
1.	For a vessel trading from or to any port or place in the State, Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the Isle Man, per ton		1	11
2.	For a vessel trading from or to any port or place in Europe between the River Elbe and Brest or in the Channel Islands, per ton		2	8
3.	For a vessel trading from or to any port or place not in the State, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, not in Europe between the River Elbe and Brest and not in the Channel Islands, per ton		2	11
			s.	d.
4.	For a vessel which enters the limits of Dublin Harbour for the purpose of taking on board from a lighter or tender bunkers or stores for the vessel's own consumption only and which does not enter the River Liffey or make use of the quays or wharves of that harbour, per ton		0	0½
5.	For a vessel, other than a fishing vessel, which enters the River Liffey for a non trading purpose such as for repairs or through stress of weather, or for bunkers or stores for the vessel's own consumption only and does not take on board any cargo or passengers or discharge cargo or disembark passengers except temporarily in connection with repairs to the vessel, per ton		0	11½
6.	For a fishing vessel which enters any of the harbours to land fish, for each vessel		8	0
7	For a fishing vessel which enters any of the harbours through stress of weather or similar cause and does not land fish but makes use of the quays or wharves of such harbour, for each vessel		4	0
8.	For a vessel remaining or lying in any of the harbours, except in the Grand Canal Dock or in a graving dock or in a graving slip, for a longer period than six consecutive weeks, in respect of each week it shall remain or lie after such period—
		(a) if not under repairs, per ton	0	2
		(b) if under repairs, per ton	0	1

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 28th day of August, 1968.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to authorise the Dublin Port and Docks Board to charge revised maximum tonnage and goods rates at the harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan.