S.I. No. 275/1976 -- Harbour Rates (Foynes Harbour) Order, 1976.

S.I. No. 275/1976 -- Harbour Rates (Foynes Harbour) Order, 1976. 1976 275

S.I. No. 275/1976:

HARBOUR RATES (FOYNES HARBOUR) ORDER, 1976.

I, Peter Barry, 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 compliance with section 106 of that Act, hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Foynes Harbour) Order, 1976.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 6th day of December, 1976.

2. In this Order "the Order of 1973" means the Harbour Rates (Foynes Harbour) Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 304 of 1973 ).

3. The Harbour Rates (Foynes Harbour) Order, 1955 ( S.I. No. 63 of 1955 ), is hereby amended by--

( a ) the substitution for the First Schedule (inserted by the Order of 1973) thereto of the matter contained in Part I of the Schedule to this Order,

( b ) the substitution for the Second Schedule (inserted by the Order of 1973) thereto of the matter contained in Part II of the Schedule to this Order, and

( c ) the substitution for the Third Schedule (inserted by the Order of 1973) thereto of the matter contained in Part III of the Schedule to this Order.

PART I.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM GOODS RATES.

Ref. No.	Commodity	Unit of Quantity	Rate
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1.	Assembled Articles.	Per tonne	£2·00
2.	Containers or Flats Laden or partly laden.
a	Up to 20 feet in length.	Each	£2·00
b	Over 20 feet in length.	Each	£4·00
3.	Containers or Flats empty.	Per tonne	20p
4.	Chemicals and Mineral Products.	Per tonne	11p
5.	Fats, Acids.	Per tonne	17p
6.	Foodstuffs, Animal, Vegetable, and Fish Oil and extracts.	Per tonne	20p
7.	Fuel Solid.	Per tonne	7p
8.	Fuel Liquid, Petroleum Oil and Oil Products.	Per tonne	18p
9.	Grains, Seeds.	Per tonne	13p
10.	Metals, Iron and Steel.	Per tonne	11p
11.	Nonferrous metals.	Per tonne	13p
12.	Manufactures of Metal.	Per tonne	33p
13.	Mineral Ores as mined.	Per tonne	10p
14.	Mineral Ore Concentrates.	Per tonne	12p
15.	Paper, Cardboard.	Per tonne	27p
16.	Textiles, Fibres.	Per tonne	20p
17.	Wood all sorts.	Per tonne	11p
18.	Livestock.	Each	33p
19.	Goods not mentioned in any other reference in this schedule.	Per tonne	30p

Rates on Exports shall be the same as rates on Imports, except in the case of goods imported at the Port of Foynes from any port for export to any other port and on which Import Goods Rates have been paid. In such case the export rate will be half the import rate provided:--

(a) That the Goods are exported in the same form and, if imported in packages, in the same packages as they arrived.

(b) That the Goods remain the bona fide sole property of the same person throughout.

PART II.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM TONNAGE RATES.

Ref. No. (1)	Description of Charge (2)	Rate (3)
(1)	For every Ton of the admeasurement of every Vessel trading solely in the River Shannon for each time of entering the Port a sum not exceeding	5p
(2)	For every Ton of the admeasurement of every Vessel acting only as a tug, towing vessels into or out of or within the limits of the Port, a sum not exceeding	3p
(3)	For every Ton of the admeasurement of every Vessel not trading solely in the River Shannon but loading or discharging in the Port of Foynes cargo for or from any other port in the River Shannon a sum not exceeding	6p
(4)	For every Ton of the admeasurement of every Vessel (except as hereinafter provided) arriving from or departing to any Port outside the River Shannon a sum not exceeding	16p
(5)	For every Ton of every Vessel remaining within the limits of Foynes Harbour after the expiration of a period of one week for each week or part thereof in excess of the first week in addition to any other sum payable under the Schedule a sum not exceeding
	(a) while undergoing repairs	3p
	(b) for any other purpose	5p

The Tonnage of a vessel upon which tonnage rates shall be based and chargeable mentioned at Reference numbers (1) to (5) inclusive of this Schedule shall be the Net Register Tonnage or fifty per cent of the Gross Tonnage of the vessel concerned, whichever is the greater.

The word "week" in Reference Number 5 in this Schedule means any period of 7 consecutive days.

PART III.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

OTHER (MAXIMUM) CHARGES.

Ref. No. (1)	Description of Charge (2)	Rate (3)
1.	For the use of the Foynes Harbour Trustees' 50 tonne Weighbridge, for each tonne weighed a sum not exceeding	5p
2.	For providing a Watchman for any period not exceeding 8 hours a sum not exceeding	The actual cost plus 25%
3.	For the use of the Foynes Harbour Trustees' sheds
	For the first 7 days	18p per sq. yard per week or part of a week or 4p per tonne per week or part of a week, whichever is the greater.
	For the second 7 days	23p per sq. yard per week or part of a week or 5p per tonne per week or part of a week whichever is the greater
	For any period after the second 7 days	30p per sq. yard per week or part of a week or 7p per tonne per week or part of a week whichever is the greater.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of November, 1976.

PETER BARRY,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order authorises the Foynes Harbour Trustees to increase goods and tonnage rates at Foynes Harbour.

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