S.I. No. 134/1975 - Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1975.


S.I. No. 134 of 1975.

HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1975.

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, 1975.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 8th day of July, 1975.

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 (inserted by the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1974 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1974 )) 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

38p

Alcohol, Wines, Spirits

75p

Alumina

38p

 ,,  Sulphate of

38p

Aluminium

50p

 ,,  Ware or Foil

57p

 ,,  Scrap

25p

Animal Feeding Stuffs

25p

Barytes

38p

Boats, Rowing Each

95p

 ,, Motor, Yachts Each

£125

Bricks, Slates, Tiles

25p

Cement clinker

7p

Chemicals N.O.R.

57p

Coal, Coke, etc.

12p

Copper Concentrates

13p

Corn and Grain:—

Barley, Oats, Maize, Wheat

18p

Bran, Pollard

25p

Cotton Yarn

38p

 ,, ,, Manufactures

75p

Dairy Products

38p

Drapery, all kinds, N.O.R.

75p

Earthenware

25p

Electric Fittings, Cables and Appliances

63p

Empties, all kinds

13p

Fancy Goods

75p

Felt

38p

Fertilisers N.O.R.

12p

Fish

19p

,,Tinned

75p

Fruit, all kinds

75p

Glass, Window

13p

 ,, Plate

38p

 ,, Ware

75p

Glue

19p

Haberdashery

75p

Hardware

57p

Hides, all kinds

19p

Iron and Steel:—

Bar, Hoops, Sheet, Plate, Scrap

13p

Joists, Girders, Wire Rod, Wire Netting

25p

Manufactures N.O.R.

25p

Leather, all kinds

75p

Livestock Each

38p

Luggage or personal effects

75p

Machinery or parts N.O.R.

25p

Meal N.O.R.

25p

Meat and Meat Products

38p

Medicines N.O.R.

57p

Offals (Meat)

38p

Oils:—

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

20p

Oil:—

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

38p

Ore, N.O.R.

13p

Paper, all kinds

38p

Pipes—Sewer, Drainage, Gas

13p

Plants, Shrubs, Bulbs, etc.

75p

Rubber

63p

 ,, Manufactures, N.O.R.

75p

Salt—Rock, White, N.O.R.

9p

Scrap Metals N.O.R.

13p

Seeds, all kinds

25p

Tea, Coffee, Cocoa N.O.R.

75p

Tobacco

75p

Vegetables N.O.R.

19p

  ,,  Tinned

75p

Waste

38p

Wood and Wood Goods:—

(For purpose of rating, 1 Standard =254 tonnes) Deals, Boards, Poles, etc.

12p

Logwoods, Mahogany and similar qualities

57p

Plywood, Chipboard, Millboard

38p

Wool and Woollen Manufactures

75p

Goods other than those mentioned in this Schedule

38p

Containers or Flats Laden or partly Laden:—

(a) Up to 20 feet in length Each

£250

(b) Over 20 feet in length Each

£375

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 opinion of the Commissioners, is most appropriate. ( Section 99 of Harbours Act, 1946 ).

N.O.R. Means 'Not otherwise rated'.

"

and

( b ) For the Second Schedule thereto (inserted by the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1974) 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

14p

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

19p

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

14p

4.

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 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

14p

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 net 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

7p

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

£100

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

£150

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

£200

If exceeding 100 tons but not exceeding 150 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding

£250

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

10p

(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, 1974, is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 24th day of June, 1975.

PETER BARRY,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order authorises the Limerick Harbour Commissioners to increase goods and tonnage rates.