S.I. No. 36/1991 - Harbour Rates (Bantry Bay Harbour) Order, 1991.


S.I. No. 36 of 1991.

HARBOUR RATES (BANTRY BAY HARBOUR) ORDER, 1991.

I, JOHN P. WILSON, Tánaiste and Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 104 of the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946), and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 91 of 1987 ), 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 (Bantry Bay Harbour) Order, 1991.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 11th day of March, 1991.

2. In this Order "the Harbour" means Bantry Harbour.

3. (1) The rate specified at any reference number in the First Schedule to this Order is hereby fixed as the goods rate to be charged by the Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners in respect of the Harbour on the goods specified at that reference number.

(2) The rate specified at any reference number in the Second Schedule to this Order is hereby fixed as the tonnage rate to be charged by the Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners in respect of the Harbour on a vessel and in the circumstances so specified at that reference number.

4. 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.

5. This Order shall not apply to fishing vessels operating in or out of Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre within the meaning of the Fishery Harbour Centre (Castletownbere) Order, 1970 ( S.I. No. 57 of 1970 ).

FIRST SCHEDULE

Goods Rates

All rates are per metric tonne except where specified.

Description of Goods

Rate Pence

1.

Crude Oil ... ... ... ... ... ...

20

2.

Feeding stuff for animals ... ... ... ... ...

30

3.

Fertiliser (manufactured) ... ... ... ... ...

30

4.

Fish (transhipment) ... ... ... ... ...

30

5.

Machinery ... ... ... ... ... ...

150

6.

Solid fuel ... ... ... ... ... ...

30

7.

Stone (including crushed stone) ... ... ... ...

20

8.

Wood, lumber and cork ... ... ... ... ...

30

9.

Goods not elsewhere specified in this Schedule ... ...

42

SECOND SCHEDULE

Tonnage Rates

Ref. No.

Description of Charge

Rate Pence

1.

For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel (except as hereinafter specified) from any port or place in Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or the State, which ships, tranships or unships any cargo of passengers in the Harbour, for each time of entering the Harbour a sum of ... ... ... ... ...

54

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, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or the State, which ships, tranships or unships any cargo or passengers in the Harbour, for each time of entering the Harbour a sum of

70

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, transhipping or unshipping any cargo or passengers in the Harbour other than provisions or fuel (coal or oil) to be used for the purpose of the voyage, or for the purpose of sheltering or carrying out repairs or awaiting orders, for each time of entering the Harbour, a sum of ... ... ... ... ... ...

10

4.

For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every transatlantic passenger vessel and cruising liner actually crusing not shipping, transhipping or unshipping in the Harbour 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 Harbour a sum of ... ... ...

12

5.

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 Harbour a sum of ... ... ... ... ...

11

6.

For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel from any port or place not unshipping or transhipping in the Harbour any passengers or cargo other than crude or partly refined oil at the Whiddy Island Oil Terminal of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation and not shipping in the Harbour any passengers or cargo, for each time of entering the Harbour, a sum of ...

18

7.

For every net register ton of the admeasurement of every vessel which remains berthed in the Harbour after the expiration of two weeks from the date of arrival at the Harbour, for each week or part of a week in excess of two weeks from the date of such arrival during which such vessel remains berthed in the Harbour, in addition to any other sum payable under this Schedule, a sum of

10

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of February, 1991.

JOHN P. WILSON,

Tánaiste and Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order authorises Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners to introduce goods and tonnage rates at Bantry Bay Harbour.