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S.I. No. 54/1981 -- Harbour Rates (Wicklow Harbour) Order, 1981

S.I. No. 54/1981 -- Harbour Rates (Wicklow Harbour) Order, 1981 1981 54

S.I. No. 54/1981:

HARBOUR RATES (WICKLOW HARBOUR) ORDER, 1981

HARBOUR RATES (WICKLOW HARBOUR) ORDER, 1981

I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister of Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 104 of the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946), the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), and the Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1980 ), 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 (Wicklow Harbour) Order, 1981.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 28th day of February, 1981.

2. (1) The Harbour Rates (Wicklow Harbour) Order, 1949 ( S.I. No. 172 of 1949 ), is hereby amended by--

(a) the substitution for the First Schedule (inserted by the Harbour Rates (Wicklow Harbour) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 262 of 1977 ), of the following:

"FIRST SCHEDULE

Maximum Goods Rates

Commodity Unit of Quantity Rate
Phosphates: per tonne 17p
Fertiliser: per tonne 18p
Steel: per tonne 28p
Paper: per tonne 28p
Pulp: per tonne 14p
Coal and Coke: per tonne 11p
Rubber and Plastics: per tonne 35p
Fruit and Vegetables: per tonne 49p
Fish (Fresh): per tonne £1.40
Timber: per tonne 28p
Vehicles: Each £1.00
Cattle: Each 14p
Horses: Each 35p
Other Animals (Live) Each 7p
Containers:
8' x 8' x 20'
Laden: Each £1.82
Empty: Each 28p
Goods not otherwise mentioned in this Schedule: per tonne: 28p

(b) the substitution for the Second Schedule (inserted by the said Harbour Rates (Wicklow Harbour) Order, 1977)) thereto of the following:

"SECOND SCHEDULE

Maximum Tonnage Rates

Ref. No. Description of Charge Rate
1. Tonnage rates on vessels other than those described at reference numbers 2 and 3 below:

(a) On every ton of the net register tonnage or half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every vessel entering the harbour:

17p

(b) On every ton of the net register tonnage or half the gross tonnage whichever is the greater of every vessel entering the harbour windbound:

7p
2. Rates on fishing vessels:

(a) As a composition in full in lieu of tonnage rates on every fishing vessel entering the harbour for the purpose of landing fish, per year:

£21.00

(b) On every fishing vessel entering the harbour for any purpose other than landing fish, for each entry:

£2.80

The rate at 2(b) is chargeable for each stay in the harbour of seven days or part thereof.

3. Rates on Pleasure Boats:

(a) On every open pleasure boat of 1 ton gross or under as a composition in full in lieu of tonnage rates payable yearly in advance, a sum not exceeding:

£3.00

(b) On every decked or part decked pleasure boat of 1½ tons gross or under as a composition in full in lieu of tonnage rates payable yearly in advance, a sum not exceeding:

£17.00

(c) On every decked or part decked pleasure boat of 10 tons gross or under but over 1½ tons gross as a composition in full in lieu of tonnage rates payable yearly in advance, a sum not exceeding:

£34.00

(d) On every decked or part decked pleasure boat over 10 tons gross as a composition in full in lieu of tonnage rates payable yearly in advance, a sum not exceeding:

£56.00

(e) On all pleasure boats entering the harbour and not paying the composition rates at reference number 3 (a), (b), (c), or (d), over and remaining in the harbour less than 7 days:

£2.80

for vessels remaining in the harbour between 7 and 14 days a further:

£5.00

for vessels remaining in the harbour between 14 and 21 days a further:

£9.00

and for every 7 days or part thereof over 21 days a further:

£9.00 ",and

(c) the substitution for the Third Schedule (inserted by the said Harbour Rates (Wicklow Harbour) Order, 1977), thereto of the following:

"THIRD SCHEDULE

Other (Maximum) Charges

Ref. No Description of Charge Rate
1. For the use of any shed, wharf, pier or quay for any goods (except round native timber, including pit props, for export) for a period exceeding the period authorised by the bye-laws of the harbour authority for the time being in force:
(a) For each week or part thereof for the first three weeks, per tonne a sum not exceeding: 2.4p
(b) For each week or part thereof after the first three weeks, per tonne a sum not exceeding: 4.6p
2. For the use of any wharf, pier or quay for round native timber including pit props for export for each week or part thereof after the expiration of the period authorised by the bye-laws or the harbour authority for the time being in force, per tonne: 2.4p
3. Ballast, per tonne: 14p
4. For the use of any wharf, pier or quay for the launching, lifting out, repairing, fitting or servicing of vessels, per period of seven days or part thereof: £4.00"

(2) Where rates fixed under this Order are payable at a metric tonne charge, lesser weights shall be chargeable as follows:

(a) any weight not exceeding 250 kilogrammes shall count as 250 kilogrammes,

(b) any weight exceeding 250 kilogrammes but not exceeding 500 kilogrammes shall count as 500 kilogrammes,

(c) any weight exceeding 500 kilogrammes but not exceeding 750 kilogrammes shall count as 750 kilogrammes,

(d) any weight exceeding 750 kilogrammes but not exceeding 1 tonne shall count as 1 tonne.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 18th day of February, 1981.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order authorises the Wicklow Harbour Commissioners to charge revised goods, tonnage and other rates at Wicklow Harbour.



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