S.I. No. 192/1970 - Harbour Rates (Cork Port and Harbour) Order, 1970.

S.I. No. 192 of 1970.

HARBOUR RATES (CORK PORT AND HARBOUR) ORDER, 1970.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, 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 (Cork Port and Harbour) Order, 1970.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 3rd day of September, 1970.

2. ( a ) For the Table in the Schedule to the Cork Harbour Act, 1933 (No. 1 (Private) of 1933), there shall be substituted the Table in Part I of the Schedule to this Order.

( b ) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the goods rates chargeable by virtue of the said Cork Harbour Act, 1933 :

( a ) the minimum rate payable on each consignment, whether on importation or exportation, shall be one penny, and all fractions of a penny shall be charged as a penny,

( b ) rates shall be charged on a fraction of a ton as follows:—

in cases of consignments of under one cwt.; the rates shall be charged on one cwt., in cases of consignments of over one cwt., fractions of one cwt., under two quarters, shall not be charged, and fractions of two quarters and upwards, shall be charged as one cwt.,

( c ) rates shall be paid in all cases upon the gross weight, including packages,

( d ) returned goods, being imported, shall only be charged export rates.

3. For the Table in Part I of the First Schedule to the Harbour Rates (Cork Port and Harbour) Order, 1940 (S.R. & O., No. 390 of 1940), there shall be substituted the Table in Part II of the Schedule to this Order.

4. The paragraphs in Part III of the Schedule to this Order shall be substituted for the paragraphs in Part II of the said First Schedule to the said Harbour Rates (Cork Port and Harbour) Order, 1940.

5. The following orders are hereby revoked:

( a ) Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour, Rates on Crude Petroleum, Sugar Beet and Sugar Beet Pulp) Order, 1935 (S.R. & O., No. 126 of 1935),

( b ) Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour, Rates on Raw Rubber) Order, 1935 (S. R. & O., No. 592 of 1935),

( c ) Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour, Import and Export Duties on Horses) Order, 1936 (S.R. & O., No. 376 of 1936),

( d ) Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour, Rates on Steel, semi-manufactured and Spelter) Order, 1940 (S.R. & O., No. 55 of 1940),

( e ) Harbour Rates (Cork Port and Harbour) Order, 1940 (Amendment) Order, 1941 (S.R. & O., No. 561 of 1941),

( f ) Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour) (Rates on Dogs) Order, 1945 (S. R. & O., No. 79 of 1945),

( g ) Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour) (Rates on Chocolate and Cocoa) Order, 1948 ( S.I. No. 218 of 1948 ),

( h ) Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour) (Rates on Steel Sheet and Residual Fuel Oil) Order, 1955 ( S.I. No. 70 of 1955 ),

(i) Harbour Rates (Cork Port and Harbour) Order, 1940 (Amendment) Order, 1957 ( S.I. No. 168 of 1957 ),

( j ) Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour) (Rates on New Motor Cars and Motor Vehicles) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 7 of 1958 ),

( k ) Harbour Rates (Cork Port and Harbour) Order, 1940 (Amendment) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 1 of 1959 ),

(l) Harbour Rates (Cork Port and Harbour) (Rates on Containers) Order, 1963 ( S.I. No. 107 of 1963 ), and

( m ) Harbour Rates (Cork Port and Harbour) (Rates on Refractory Materials) Order, 1964 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1964 ).

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

ALL RATES ARE PER TON EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFIED.

Description of Goods				Rates
Import			Export
				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
FOOD AND ANIMALS:
	Live Animals each ... ... ... ...				3	0		1	6
	Meat and Meat Preparations ... ...				6	0		3	0
	Dairy Products and Eggs ... ... ...				9	0		4	6
	Fish and Fish Preparations ... ...				3	0		1	6
	Cereals and Cereal Preparations ... ...				3	0		1	6
	Fruit and Vegetables ... ... ...				8	0		4	0
	Sugar, Sugar Preparations and Honey ...				4	0		2	0
	Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Spices and Manufactures
		thereof ... ... ... ... ...			7	0		3	6
	Feeding stuffs for Animals (not including
		unmilled cereals) ... ... ... ...			4	0		2	0
	Miscellaneous Food Preparations ... ...				12	0		6	0

BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO:
	Beverages ... ... ... ... ...				12	0		6	0
	Tobacco and Tobacco Manufacturers ...				9	0		4	6

CRUDE MATERIALS, INEDIBLE EXCEPT FUELS:
	Hides, Skins and Fur Skins, undressed ...				7	0		3	6
	Oil seeds, Oil nuts and Oil Kernels ...				8	0		4	0
	Crude Rubber (including synthetic and
		reclaimed) ... ... ... ... ...			8	0		4	0
	Wood, Lumber and Cork ... ... ...				2	0		1	0
	Pulp and Waste Paper ... ... ...				6	0		3	0
	Textile Fibres and their Waste ... ...				8	0		4	0
	Crude Fertilisers and Minerals (excluding
		Coal, Petroleum and Precious Stones) ...			3	0		1	6
	Phosphate Rock ... ... ... ...				1	7·2			9·6
	Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap ...				3	0		1	6
	Crude Animal and Vegetable Materials
		N.E.S. ... ... ... ... ...			5	0		2	6


MINERAL FUELS, LUBRICANTS AND RELATED
PRODUCTS:
	Coal, Coke and Briquettes ... ... ...				1	1·2			6·6
	Crude Oil and Reformer Feedstock ...					9·6		—
	Motor Spirit ... ... ... ... ...				8	9·6		1	1·2
	Other Petroleum Oils and Spirits ... ...				4	9·6			7·2
	Other Petroleum Products ... ... ...				5	0		2	6
	Gas (natural and manufactured) ... ...				10	0		5	0

ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS:
	Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats ...				6	0		3	0
	Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats
		(processed and Waxes) ... ... ...			7	0		3	6

CHEMICALS:
	Chemical Elements and Compounds ...				6	0		3	0
	Mineral Tar and Crude Chemicals from Coal,
		Petroleum and Natural Gas ... ...			4	0		2	0
	Dyeing, Tanning and Colouring Materials				6	0		3	0

	Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products ...				10	0		5	0
	Essential Oils and Perfume Materials,
		Toilet, Polishing and Cleansing Preparations ... ... ... ... ...			6	0		3	0
	Fertilisers, Manufactured ... ... ...				4	0		2	0
	Explosives ... ... ... ... ...				17	0		8	6

	Plastic Materials, etc. and Artificial Resins				9	0		4	6

	Chemical Materials and Products N.E.S.				7	0		3	6

MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY
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	Leather, Leather Manufacturers N.E.S.
		and Dressed Furskins ... ... ...			15	0		7	6

	Rubber Manufacturers N.E.S.				16	0		8	0
	Wood and Cork Manufacturers (excluding
		Furniture) ... ... ... ... ...			5	0		2	6
	Paper, Paperboard and Manufactures
		thereof ... ... ... ... ...			6	0		3	0
	Textile Yarn, Fabrics, made up articles
		and related products ... ... ...			11	0		5	6
	Non metallic Mineral Manufactures N.E.S.				2	0		1	0
	Iron and Steel ... ... ... ... ...				3	0		1	6
	Non Ferrous Metals ... ... ... ... ...				4	0		2	0
	Manufactures of Metal				9	0		4	6
	Empty Containers or Flats ... ...				5	0		5	0

MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT:
	Machinery (other than Electric) ... ...				6	0		3	0
	Electrical Machinery and Appliances ...				6	0		3	0
	Motor Cars, Lorries, Trucks, Vans and
		Motor Boats, Each ... ... ...			25	0		12	6
	Motor Cycles, Cycles, Boats, Caravans,
		Trailers etc., Each ... ... ...			3	0		1	6

	Less than 15', Each ... ... ... ...				10	0		5	0
	15' and less than 25', Each ... ...				25	0		12	6
	25' and over, Each ... ... ... ...				40	0		20	0
	Motor vehicles over 3 tons, Each ... ...				40	0		20	0

	Accompanied Passenger Motor Cars, Each				8	6		8	6

	Tractors, Car and Tractor Parts, Bicycle
		Parts and Luggage ... ... ...			4	0		2	0

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
	N.E.S.:
	Sanitary Fixtures and Fittings ... ...				9	0		4	6
	Furniture ... ... ... ... ...				13	0		6	6
	Travel Goods, Handbags and similar articles ......				15	0		7	6
	Clothing ... ... ... ... ...				17	0		8	6
	Footwear ... ... ... ... ...				17	0		8	6
	Professional and other Instruments, Photo-
		graphic and Optical Goods, Clocks ...			17	0		8	6

	Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles N.E.S.				15	0		7	6
	Pianos, Each ... ... ... ... ...				13	0		6	6

CONTAINERS OR FLATS (Laden or partly laden)
	(1)		Containers or flats not exceeding 20' in
			length carrying components for the
			manufacture of motor vehicles and/or
			tractors and other direct materials
			normally used in motor vehicle assembly
			plants, Each ... ... ... ...		10	0		10	0

	(2)		Containers or flats not exceeding 10' in
			length carrying any kind of goods other
			than specified in (1) above, Each ...		30	0		30	0

	(3)		Containers or flats exceeding 10' but
			not exceeding 20' in length carrying any
			kind of goods other than specified in
			(1) above, Each ... ... ... ...		60	0		60	0

	(4)		Containers or flats exceeding 20' in length ... ... ... ... ...	Each double the rate specified at (1) or (3) above, as the case may be			Each double the rate specified at (1) or (3) above, as the case may be

PART II.

Ref. No.	Maximum Tonnage Rates
		s.	d.
1.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel (except as hereinafter specified) from any port or place in Great Britain, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or the State, which ships, trans-ships or unships any cargo or passengers in the port, for each time of entering the Port a sum not exceeding ... ... ... ...	2	0
2.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel (except as hereinafter specified) from any port or place, other than a port or place in Great Britain, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or the State, which ships, transships or unships any cargo or passengers in the port, for each time of entering the port a sum not exceeding ...	2	7·2
3.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel, with or without cargo on board, from any port or place not shipping, trans-shipping or unshipping any cargo or passengers (other than a sick or injured passenger) in the Port other than provisions or fuel (coal or oil) to be used for the purpose of the voyage, for each time of entering the Port a sum not exceeding ... ... ...	0	2·4
4.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every transatlantic passenger vessel and cruising liner actually cruising not shipping, trans-shipping or unshipping in the port any cargo other than mails, passengers or passengers' luggage, or provisions or fuel (coal or oil) to be used for the purpose of the voyage, for each time of entering the port a sum not exceeding ... ... ...	0	2·4
5.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every cruising passenger vessel using the port as a terminal port which enters the port solely for the purpose of landing or embarking passengers or both landing and embarking passengers and not shipping, trans-shipping or unshipping in the port any merchandise or cargo other than passengers or passengers' luggage or provisions or fuel (coal or oil) to be used for the purpose of the voyage, for each time of entering the port a sum not exceeding ...	0	6
6.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every fishing vessel of whatever size and in whatever way propelled which is for the time being employed in sea fishing, or in the sea fishing service, for each time of entering the port a sum not exceeding ... ... ...	0	3·6
7.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel (other than a vessel of the class mentioned at reference number 8 of this part of this Schedule) which remains within the port after the expiration of eight weeks from the date of arrival at the port, for each week or part of a week in excess of eight weeks from the date of such arrival during which such vessel remains within the port, in addition to any other sum payable under this part of this Schedule, a sum not exceeding ...	0	2·4
8.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel employed or plying for any purpose whatsoever within the limits of the port, for each year during or in any part of which it is so employed or plies a sum not exceeding ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	7	6
9.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel from any port or place not unshipping or transshipping in the port any passengers or cargo other than crude or partly refined oil at the Marine Terminal of the Irish Refining Company Limited, for refining at the Whitegate Refinery and not shipping in the port any passengers or cargo other than petroleum products refined at the Whitegate Refinery, for each time of entering the Port a sum not exceeding ... ... ...	0	3·6
10.	For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel from any port or place not unshipping or transshipping any passengers or cargo in the port and not shipping in the port any passengers or cargo other than petroleum products refined at the Whitegate Refinery, for each time of entering the port a sum not exceeding ...	0	3·6

PART III.

1. In the case of a steam or motor vessel the net register tonnage upon which tonnage rates shall be leviable by the Commissioners shall in no case de deemed for the purpose of rating to be less than fifty per cent. of the gross register tonnage of such vessel.

2. Where a ship (hereinafter referred to as the mother vessel) constructed to carry lighters or other vessels (hereinafter referred to as lighters) containing cargo enters the port and ships, trans-ships or unships any lighters and their cargo and does not ship, trans-ship or unship any other cargo, the mother vessel shall be liable in respect of such entry to tonnage rates under reference number 3 in Part II of this Schedule, and such lighters as are unshipped or trans-shipped shall be liable in respect of such entry to tonnage rates under reference number 1 or reference number 2 (as the case may be) in Part II of this Schedule.

3. For the purpose of charging tonnage rates, a composite vessel or barge train consisting of a power unit and separable parts, shall be rated as follows:

( a ) in case all the individual parts have gross and net register tonnages, the sum of all the individual net register tonnages or half the sum of all the gross register tonnages (whichever is the greater) shall be taken as being the net register tonnage of the whole composite vessel or barge train,

( b ) in any other case, the composite vessel or barge train shall be rated as if it were an ordinary vessel of the same overall dimensions as the composite vessel or barge train.

4. Where the tonnage rate specified at reference number 3 in Part II of this Schedule is chargeable in respect of a ship, the ship shall not become liable to be charged any other tonnage rate specified in that Schedule by reason only of its engaging in any of the following activities:

( a ) taking on board, or landing a licensed pilot belonging to another port; or

( b ) landing any sick or injured person or persons or the remains of any deceased person or persons; or

( c ) landing a stowaway or stowaways.

5. If a vessel ships in the port any cargo for trans-shipment or unshipment at any port or place, other than a port or place in the State or in Great Britain, the Isle of Man, or Northern Ireland or trans-ships or unships in the port any cargo shipped at a port or place, other than a port or place in the State or in Great Britain, the Isle of Man or Northern Ireland, the tonnage rate mentioned at Reference Number 2 of Part II of this Schedule shall be payable.

6. For the purpose of assessing the tonnage rate mentioned at Reference Number 7 of Part II of this Schedule "week" means any period of seven consecutive days.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of August, 1970.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Order authorises the Cork Harbour Commissioners to charge revised maximum tonnage and goods rates.