S.I. No. 60/1992 - Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Order, 1992.

S.I. No. 60 of 1992.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIGHT DUES) ORDER, 1992.

I, MICHAEL WOODS, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Act, 1983 (No. 18 of 1983), and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 91 of 1987 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Order, 1992.

(2) This Order shall come into operationn on the 1st day of April, 1992.

2. The Second Schedule (inserted by the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Order, 1991 ( S.I. No. 90 of 1991 ), and amended by the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (No. 2) Order, 1991 ( S.I. No. 229 of 1991 )) to the Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898, is hereby amended as follows:

( a ) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (1) of paragraph 1 of Part 1:

"(1) Subject to a minimum charge of £66 per voyage and to paragraph 1 (2) below, there shall be the following charges per voyage:

( b ) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (5) of paragraph 1 of Part I:

"(6) A dues payment on account of light dues made under paragraph 1 (1) in any year shall not entitle the ship to—

( a ) any exemptionn from dues in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 (2), or

( b ) any limitation of liability for dues in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 (4),

beyond 30 April in the following year.";

( c ) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 2 of Part 1:

"2. In place of payments per voyage, there shall be the following periodical payments for the classes of ships mentioned below:

Tugs.

(1) Either—

( a ) an annual payment per ship of £225 plus a payment of £23 for each metre of length in excess of 10 metres; or

( b ) two equal payments per ship of £126 plus a payment of £13 for each metre in length in excess of 10 metres in respect of each of the six months periods commencing respectively on 1st April and 1st October.

(2) The annual payment for a new or newly registered tug shall be one twelfth of the appropriate annual rate in paragraph 2 (1) (a) above for each month, or part of a month, of the year during which it is so registered, after the date of its first or new registration, subject to a minimum payment of £66.

(3) where a tug (other than one covered by paragraph 2 (2) is not registered for a continuous period of more than three months the annual payments shall be one twelfth of the appropriate annual rate in paragraph 2 (1) (a) of the scale for each month, or part of a month of the year during which it is so registered, subject to a minimum payment of £66.

Pleasure craft.

(4) An annual payment of £86, except that in the case of a pleasure craft which the general lighthouse authority is satisfied is ordinarily kept or used outside the State, Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man, the payment shall be £29 for each period of 30 days in respect of any visit, subject to the total payment in any year for such visit or visits not exceeding the annual payment; any period of such visit comprising less than 30 days is to count as a 30 day period in such a visit.

(5) A new or newly registered pleasure craft shall pay £29 for each month or part of a month of the light dues year remaining, subject to such payment not exceeding the annual payment."; and

( d ) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (5) of Part III:

"(5) Vessels for the time being employed in sea-fishing exclusive of vessels used for catching fish otherwise than for profit;".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of March, 1992.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order amends the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Order, 1991 to provide for increases in light dues payable at ports in the State.