S.I. No. 19/1979 - Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1979.


S.I. No. 19 of 1979.

HARBOUR RATES (HARBOURS OF DUBLIN, SKERRIES AND BALBRIGGAN) ORDER, 1979.

I, PÁDRAIG FAULKNER, Minister for Tourism and 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 Transport and Power (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1977 ), 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 (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1979.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 5th day of February, 1979.

2. In this Order "the Harbours" means Dublin Harbour, Skerries Harbour and Balbriggan Harbour.

3. Section 40 of the Dublin Port and Docks Act, 1902, shall have effect as if for the matter contained in the Fifth Schedule to that Act, there were substituted the matter contained in the First Schedule to this Order.

4. (1) The rates set out in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby fixed as the maximum tonnage rates chargeable by the Dublin Port and Docks Board in respect of the Harbours.

(2) The provisions set out in Part I of the Second Schedule, to this Order shall apply in relation to the rates chargeable under this Article.

5. The Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1976 ( S.I. No. 6 of 1976 ), the Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) (No. 2) Order, 1976 ( S.I. No. 244 of 1976 ), and the Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 8 of 1977 ), are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM GOODS RATES

Based on Standard International Trade Classification

(All rates are per tonne unless otherwise specified)

Division

Commodity

Rate

Food and Live Animals chiefly for Food

00

Live animals chiefly for food (except sheep)

40p each

Sheep

20p"

01

Meat and meat preparations                 

32p

02

Dairy products and birds' eggs

Dried Milk

32p

Other Items

94p

03

Fish, crustaceans and molluscs and preparations thereof

 62p

04

Cereals and cereal preparations

 16p

05

Vegetables and Fruit

Vegetables

32p

Fruit fresh, dried, nuts

62p

Fruit and nuts prepared, preserved, Juices, Jams, Purees, Other Items

94p

06

Sugar, sugar preparations and honey

Sugar, raw, refined and molasses

38p

Other Items

94p

07

Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof

Tea

£1.25

Chocolate

94p

Other Items

62p

08

Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)

 16p

09

Miscellaneous edible products and preparations

 94p

Beverages and Tobacco

11

Beverages

Spirits, Wines and cordials

94p

Other Items

32p

12

Tobacco and tobacco manufactures

Manufactures

£1.25

Other Items

62p

Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels

21

Hides, skins & furskins, raw

  38p

22

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit

  62p

23

Crude rubber (incl. synthetic & reclaimed)

£1.25

24

Cork and Wood

Softwood (1.4 cub. metres= 1 tonne)

18p

Hardwood

46p

25

Pulp and waste paper

 20p

26

Textile fibres (excluding wool tops) and their wastes

Wool, Wool waste

94p

Other Items

32p

27

Crude fertilisers & minerals, excluding petroleum and precious stones

Nepheline Syenite

25p

Other Items

16p

28

Metalliferous ores and metal scrap

Metal scrap

12p

Ores and concentrates, other items

18p

29

Crude animal and vegetable materials, n.e.s.

  32p

Mineral fuel, Lubricants and Related Minerals

32

Coal, coke & briquettes

  12p

33

Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials

Spirits: White spirits, Motor Spirit, Aviation Spirit, Naphtha

62p

Lubricating Oils

62p

Fuel Oils: Gas oil, diesel oil,                  vapourising oil, kerosene,light fuel oil,medium fuel oil, aviation turbine fuel and similar oils

38p

Petroleum Bitumen

16p

Other Fuel Oils: Heavy fuel oil, residual fuel oil, creosote,tar oil etc.

32p

34

Gas, natural and manufactured

  62p

Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes

41

Animal Oils and Fats

 62p

42

Fixed vegetable oils and fats

 62p

43

Animal and vegetable oils and fats, processed and waxes

 62p

Chemicals and Related Products, N.E.S.

51

Organic Chemicals

 94p

52

Inorganic Chemicals

Industrial Gases

£1.25

Sodium Carbonate

20p

Liquid Ammonia

62p

Other Items

32p

53

Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials

 46p

54

Medicinal and pharmaceutical products

 94p

55

Essential oils, perfume materials etc.

Soap, cleansing, polishing preparations

94p

Other Items

£1.25

56

Fertilisers, manufactured

 20p

57

Explosives & pyrotechnic products

£1.25

58

Artificial resins, plastic materials, cellulose esters and ethers

£1.25

59

Chemical materials & products, n.e.s.

 46p

Manufactured Goods Classified Cheifly by Materials

61

Leather, leather manufactures, n.e.s. and dressed furskins

£1.25

62

Rubber manufactures n.e.s.

£1.25

63

Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)

Veneers

94p

Other Items

46p

64

Paper, paperboard & articles of paper pulp paper or paperboard

Liner Board

20p

Other Items

46p

65

Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles. n.e.s. related products

Yarns

38p

Fabrics

26p

Made-up articles, floor coverings

94p

66

Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s.

Cement and other construction materials

16p

Other Items

94p

67

Iron and Steel

Tubes and pipes fabricated

32p

Other Items

20p

68

Non-ferrous metals

 62p

69

Manufactures of metal, n.e.s. (excluding laden/empty units engaged in unit load traffic. see Div. 99)

 94p

Machinery and Transport Equipment

71

Power generating machinery & equipment

 94p

72

Machinery specialised for particular industries

 94p

73

Metalworking machinery

 94p

74

General industrial machinery & equipment n.e.s. and parts, n.e.s.

 94p

75

Office machines & automatic data processing equipment

 94p

76

Telecommunications & sound recording, reproducing equipment

£1.25

77

Electric Machinery, apparatus & appliances, n.e.s. and parts

 94p

78

Road vehicles (excluding laden/empty vehicles engaged in Ro/Ro traffic See Div. 98 & 99)

Passenger Motor cars

£1.50 each

Other road vehicles

£1.25

79

Other transport equipment

 62p

Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

81

Sanitary, plumbing, heating, lighting fixtures & Fittings n.e.s.

Sanitary etc. ware of ceramic material

46p

Other Items

94p

82

Furniture and parts thereof

 94p

83

Travel goods, handbags & similar containers

£1.25

84

Articles of apparel & clothing accessories

 94p

85

Footwear

 94p

87

Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus n.e.s.

£1.25

88

Photographic apparatus, optical goods, n.e.s., watches and clocks

£1.25

89

Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.

£1.25

91

Postal, Mail—exempt

93

Special transactions

£1.25

94

Animals—Live—Zoo

 40p each

95

Military Arms, Ammunition and Equipment

£1.25

96

Coin—not legal tender

£1.25

97

Gold

£1.25

98

TOURIST TRAFFIC

Motor Cars

£1.00 each

Motor Cycles

£1.00"

Trailers

£1.00"

Caravans

£2.00"

Dormobiles/Mini Buses

£2.00"

Coaches and Buses

£4.80"

99

LO/LO CONTAINERS & FLATS

Loaded

Empty

Not exceeding 6.1m (20’) in length

  £6.40 each

  £0.80 each

Exceeding 6.1m (20’) but not exceeding 9.15m (30’) in length

£9.60"

£1.20"

Exceeding 9.15m (30’)

£12.80"

£1.60"

RO/RO CARGO CARRYING VEHICLES

Loaded

Empty

Not exceeding 6.1m (20’) in length

£5.60"

£1.00"

Exceeding 6.1m (20’) but not exceeding 9.15m (30’)

£8.40"

£1.50"

Exceeding 9.15m (30’) but not exceeding 12.2m (40’)

£11.20"

£2.00"

Exceeding 12.2m (40’) but not exceeding 15.25m (50’)

£14.00"

£2.50"

Exceeding 15.25m (50’)

£16.80"

£3.00"

Note:—–

N.E.S. not elsewhere specified.

SECOND SCHEDULE

PART I

Provisions Applying in Relation to Tonnage Rates

1. A vessel shall be deemed to be trading with a particular place it if takes on board cargo or passengers at any of the harbours to be landed at that place or if it lands cargo or passengers at any of the harbours taken on board at that place.

2. The tonnage of a vessel upon which tonnage rates shall be based and chargeable shall be the net register tonnage or half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater.

3. Tonnage rates shall not be chargeable in respect of both the arrival and departure of a vessel but if a vessel on which tonnage rates have been charged in respect of its arrival takes on board at any of the harbours cargo or passengers for a port or place the tonnage rates for which are higher than those charged on such arrival, the difference between the two rates shall be chargeable.

4. A vessel which does not land cargo or passengers but which takes on board cargo or passengers at any of the harbours shall be deemed to be trading only with the port of destination of such cargo or passengers.

PART II

Maximum Tonnage Rates

p

1. For a vessel trading from or to any port or place in the State, Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the Isle of Man, per ton......................................................

17.07

2. For a vessel trading from or to any port or place in Europe between the River Elbe and Brest or the Channel Islands, per ton

23.74

3. For a vessel trading from or to any port or place not in the State, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, or in Europe between the River Elbe and Brest or in the Channel Islands, per ton.....................................................

25.98

4. For a vessel which enters the limits of Dublin Harbour for the purpose of taking on board from a lighter or tender bunkers or stores for the vessel's own consumption only and which does not enter the River Liffey or make use of the quays or wharves of that harbour, per ton..........................................................

0.35

5. For a vessel, other than a fishing vessel, which enters the River Liffey for a non-trading purpose such as for repairs or through stress of weather or for bunkers or stores for the vessel's own consumption only and does not take on board any cargo or passengers or discharge cargo or disembark passengers except temporarily in connection with repairs to the vessel, per ton............................................................ ............................................................ ..........

7.78

6. For a fishing vessel which enters any of the harbours to land fish, for each vessel............................................................ ........................................................

70.00

7. For a fishing vessel which enters any of the harbours through stress of weather or similar cause and does not land fish but makes use of the quays or wharves of such harbour, for each vessel............................................................ ....

35.00

8. For a vessel remaining or lying in any of the harbours, except in the Grand Canal Dock or in a Graving Dock or in a Graving Slip for a longer period than six consecutive weeks, in respect of each week it shall remain or lie after such period—

( a ) if not under repairs, per ton............................................................ ...........

1.47

( b ) if under repairs, per ton............................................................ ..................

0.72

Given under my Official Seal, this 29th day of January, 1979.

PÁDRAIG FAULKNER,

Minister for Tourism and Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order authorises the Dublin Port and Docks Board to charge revised goods rates at the harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan.