Dundalk Harbour and Port Act, 1925

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Rates payable on goods as in Schedule “A”.

50.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Commissioners to demand for all goods mentioned in the Schedule “A” hereunto annexed, which shall be shipped or unshipped, received or delivered within the limits of the harbour any sums not exceeding the several tolls in the said Schedule specified with regard to such goods respectively; and as to all such goods as shall not be specified in the said Schedule, the Commissioners may demand a toll equal to the toll for the time being payable in respect of goods of a similar nature, package and quality, and every such toll shall be payable by the owner of the goods and be a lien thereon.

(2) The rates and tolls payable to the Commissioners under this section shall at all times be charged equally to all persons in respect of the same class or description of goods and all such rates and tolls shall be paid to the Commissioners at their offices at the port of Dundalk or at such other place as the Commissioners may from time to time appoint.

(3) All rates and tolls payable by any person to the Commissioners under this section shall be a debt due by such person to the Commissioners and shall be recoverable by them as a civil debt.

(4) In addition to any other remedy for the recovery of any rates or tolls payable to the Commissioners by any person under this section the Commissioners may retain in security any goods or other property of such person and may, in default of payment of such rates or tolls, sell the goods and property so retained and apply the proceeds of such sale in payment of such rates or tolls and of the expenses of such sale.