S.I. No. 12/1974 - Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1974.


S.I. No. 12 of 1974.

HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1974.

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 due compliance with section 106 of that Act, hereby order as follows:—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1974.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 8th day of February, 1974.

2. The Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O., No. 469 of 1942), shall have effect as if—

( a ) for the First Schedule thereto, there were substituted the following:

" FIRST SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM GOODS RATES ON IMPORTS

(50% of these rates are leviable on goods exported).

Article

Rate per metric tonne except where specified

£ p

Acids

30p

Alcohol, Wines, Spirits

60p

Alumina

30p

" Sulphate of

30p

Aluminium

40p

" Ware or foil

45p

" Scrap

20p

Animal Feeding Stuffs

20p

Barytes

30p

Boats, Rowing—each

76p

" Motor, Yachts—each

£1·00

Bricks, Slates, Tiles

20p

Cement clinker

5p

Chemicals N.O.R.

45p

Coal, Coke etc.

9p

Copper Concentrates

10p

Corn and Grain:

Barley, Oats, Maize, Wheat

14p

Bran, Pollard

20p

Cotton Yarn

30p

" Manufactures

60p

Dairy Products

30p

Drapery, all kinds N.O.R.

60p

Earthenware

20p

Electric Fittings, Cables and Appliances

50p

Empties, all kinds

10p

Fancy Goods

60p

Felt

30p

Fertilisers N.O.R.

9p

Fish

15p

" Tinned

60p

Fruit, all kinds

60p

Glass, window

10p

" plate

30p

" ware

60p

Glue

15p

Haberdashery

60p

Hardware

45p

Hides, all kinds

15p

Iron and Steel:

Bar, Hoops, Sheet, Plate, Scrap

10p

Joists, Girders, Wire Rod, Wire Netting

20p

Manufactures N.O.R.

20p

Leather, all kinds

60p

Livestock—each

30p

Luggage or personal effects

60p

Machinery or parts N.O.R.

20p

Meal N.O.R.

20p

Meat and Meat Products

30p

Medicines N.O.R.

45p

Offals (Meat)

30p

Oils:

Paraffin, Petroleum, Fuel, Motor and Aviation Spirit, Lubricating

16p

Olive, Cod, or qualities N.O.R.

30p

Ore, N.O.R.

10p

Paper, all kinds

30p

Pipes—Sewer, Drainage, Gas

10p

Plants, Shrubs, Bulbs etc.

60p

Rubber

50p

" manufactures N.O.R.

60p

Salt—Rock, White N.O.R.

7p

Scrap Metals N.O.R.

10p

Seeds, all kinds

20p

Tea, Coffee, Cocoa N.O.R.

60p

Tobacco

60p

Vegetables N.O.R.

15p

" Tinned

60p

Waste

30p

Wood and Wood Goods:

(For purpose of rating, 1 Standard = 2·64 tonnes)

Deals, Boards, Poles etc.

9p

Logwoods, Mahogany and similar qualities

45p

Plywood, Chipboard, Millboard

30p

Wool and Woollen Manufactures

60p

Goods other than those mentioned in this Schedule

30p

Containers or Flats Laden or partly laden:

(a) Up to 20 feet in length—each

£2·00

(b) Over 20 feet in length—each

£3·00

Where rates payable are fixed at a tonnage charge, lesser weights shall be chargeable as follows:—

( a ) any weight under 500 Kilos shall count as 500 Kilos,

( b ) any weight over 500 Kilos to a tonne shall count as a Tonne.

Goods not belonging to any of the classes of goods in respect of which the Commissioners are otherwise authorised to charge goods rates shall, for the purpose of charging goods rates thereon, be treated by the Commissioners as belonging to such of the said classes of goods, as in the opinion of the Commissioners, is most appropriate. ( Section 99 of Harbours Act, 1946 .)

N.O.R. means "Not otherwise rated".

"

( b ) for the Second Scehdule thereto, there were substituted the following:—

"SECOND SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM TONNAGE RATES CHARGEABLE ON ALL VESSELS ENTERING OR USING THE PORT OF LIMERICK.

PART I.

Ref. No.

Maximum Tonnage Rates

£ p

1.

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, or the State and discharging or loading in the Wet Dock or at Dernish, for every arrival a sum not exceeding

0·11

2.

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place other than a port or place in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the State and discharging or loading in the Wet Dock or at Dernish, for every arrival a sum not exceeding

0·1666

3.

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the State reporting at the Custom House of Limerick or discharging or loading at any quay or place outside the Wet Dock or at Dernish, for every arrival a sum not exceeding

0·11

4.

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the State reporting at the Custom House of Limerick or discharging or loading at any quay or place outside the Wet Dock or at Dernish, for every arrival a sum not exceeding

0·11

5.

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving for a purpose other than to discharge or load cargo, for every arrival:—

(a) in lieu of the sum specified at whichever of reference numbers 1 or 2 would be applicable if the vessel were discharging or loading in the Wet Dock or at Dernish, a sum not exceeding half that sum,

(b) in lieu of the sum specified at whichever of reference numbers 3 or 4 would be applicable if the vessel were reporting at the Custom House of Limerick or discharging or loading at any quay or place outside the Wet Dock or at Dernish, a sum not exceeding half that sum.

6.

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from a port other than a port in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the State and—

(a) discharging or loading an amount of cargo the tonnage of which does not exceed one-half of the net register tonnage of the vessel, or

(b) discharging and loading an amount of cargo the tonnage of which does not in the aggregate, exceed one-half of the register tonnage of the vessel, for every arrival

(i) in lieu of the sum which, but for this reference number, would be chargeable if reference number 2 in this Part of the Schedule were applicable, a sum not exceeding half that sum,

(ii) in lieu of the sum which, but for this reference number, would be chargeable if reference number 4 in this Part of this Schedule were applicable, a sum not exceeding half that sum.

7.

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel lying in the Wet Dock or at any quay or in any part of the River Shannon within the port (other than any part of that river included within the respective limits of the harbours of Foynes, Kildysart, Glin, Tarbert or Kilrush) more than one month, for every period of fourteen days exceeding the first month or any part of such period, a sum not exceeding

0·05

8.

(a) For every mechanically propelled vessel trading in or upon the River Shannon, for every arrival at the quays or in the Wet Dock—

If not exceeding 20 tons net register tonnage a sum not exceeding

1·00

if exceeding 20 tons but not exceeding 50 tons net register tonnage, a sum not eexeeding

1·50

if exceeding 50 tons but not exceeding 100 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding

2·00

if exceeding 100 tons but not exceeding 150 tons net

register tonnage, a sum not exceeding

2·50

if exceeding 150 tons net register tonnage, for every ton of the net register tonnage thereof, a sum not exceeding

0·10

(b) For every vessel other than a mechanically propelled vessel trading in or upon the River Shannon, for every arrival at the quays or in the Wet Dock, a sum not exceeding one-half of the rate which would be chargeable if the vessel were a mechanically propelled vessel

PART II.

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO RATES MENTIONED IN PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE.

1. The tonnage rates (other than those specified at reference number 8 in Part I of this Schedule) shall not be chargeable on vessels trading in or upon the River Shannon.

2. For the purpose of calculating tonnage rates (other than those specified at the said reference number 8) the tonnage of vessels shall be taken to be the net register tonnage or half the gross tonnage thereof, whichever is the greater.

3. For the purpose of ascertaining Tonnage Rates a vessel which does not discharge cargo but which takes on board cargo shall be deemed to be trading only with the port of destination of such cargo.

3. The Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1953 ( S.I. No. 356 of 1953 ), the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 113 of 1958 ), the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 80 of 1959 ), the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 191 of 1961 ), the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 145 of 1972 ), and the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 239 of 1972 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 25th day of January, 1974.

PETER BARRY,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to revise maximum goods and tonnage rates chargeable at the Port of Limerick by Limerick Harbour Commissioners.