S.I. No. 84/1980 - Harbour Rates (Waterford Port and Harbour) Order, 1980.

S.I. No. 84 of 1980.

HARBOUR RATES (WATERFORD PORT AND HARBOUR) ORDER, 1980.

I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister for 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 Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and title of Minister) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1980 ) 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 (Waterford Port and Harbour) Order, 1980.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 2nd day of April, 1980.

2. In this Order "Great Britain" includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

3. The rates set out in the First Schedule to this Order are hereby fixed as the maximum goods rates to be charged by the Waterford Harbour Commissioners in respect of Waterford Port and Harbour: Provided that, save as otherwise provided in that Schedule, all goods exported from Waterford Port and Harbour shall be charged one half of the goods rates to be charged by the said Waterford Harbour Commissioners.

4. The rates set out in the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby fixed as the maximum tonnage rates to be charged by the Waterford Harbour Commissioners in respect of Waterford Port and Harbour.

5. Every statutory or other provision fixing, restricting or otherwise regulating the rates or the maximum or minimum rates chargeable by the Waterford Harbour Commissioners on the items specified in the First Schedule, or on the subjects of charge in the Second Schedule, to this Order, or the basis on which or method by which such rates are computed, is hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Rates on Goods Chargeable on Gross Weight, including Packages.

Article	Unit of Quantity	RATE per metric tonne except where specified
		p
Acid	Tonne	38.18
Alcohol, wine etc.	Tonne	£1.0366
Animals:	Each
Cattle	Each	72.06
Dogs	Each	72.06
Donkeys	Each	72.06
Horses	Each	£1.0532
Pigs	Each	38.80
Sheep	Each	38.80
Wild	Each	£1.0532
Asbestos	Tonne	32.72
Asphalt	Tonne	43.63
Bags & Bagging	Tonne	70.91
Biscuits	Tonne	£1.0366
Bitumen	Tonne	43.63
Borax	Tonne	70.91
Bottles	Tonne	70.91
Boxes, empty	Tonne	70.91
Buckets	Tonne	92.75
Butter	Tonne	92.75
Calcium chloride	Tonne	16.37
Carpets	Tonne	£1.3680
Cars	Each	£3.8760
Cardboard	Tonne	70.91
Chipboard	Tonne	70.91
Cement	Tonne	16.37
Chalk	Tonne	21.81
Cheese	Tonne	92.75
Chocolates	Tonne	£1.0366
Chocolate crumb	Tonne	£1.0366
Cider	Tonne	49.09
Coal and Dust	Tonne	21.81
Cocoa	Tonne	£1.0366
Coffee	Tonne	£1.0366
Combine Harvester	Nos.	£4.4280
Copper	Tonne	£1.0366
Cornflour	Tonne	£1.0366
Cotton Wool	Tonne	81.83
Disinfectant	Tonne	49.09
Drugs & Chemicals (Other)	Tonne	£1.3680
Dust	Tonne	16.37
Dyestuffs	Tonne	70.91
Earthenware:
Pipes	Tonne	32.72
Tiles etc.	Tonne	49.09
Electrical Goods	Tonne	£1.3680
Feeding stuffs	Tonne	32.72
Felt	Tonne	49.09
Fertilisers	Tonne	32.72
Firebricks and clay	Tonne	49.09
Fish, dried	Tonne	60.01
Fish, fresh	Tonne	60.01
Salmon and preserves	Tonne	£1.0366
Fish meal	Tonne	32.72
Founders dust	Tonne	16.37
Fruit:		p
Dried	Tonne	81.83
Fresh	Tonne	81.83
Juice	Tonne	81.83
Pulp	Tonne	81.83
Furniture	Tonne	£1.3680
Gannister	Tonne	16.37
Glasscloth	Tonne	70.91
Glassware	Tonne	£1.0366
Glue (see Resin)	Tonne
Grain	Tonne	32.72
Feeding Stuffs	Tonne
Greaves	Tonne	32.72
Grease	Tonne	32.72
Hair	Tonne	£1.0366
Hardware	Tonne	£1.3680
Hides	Tonne	32.72
Honey	Tonne	70.91
Hops	Tonne	£1.3680
Ink	Tonne	70.91
Iron, pig & scrap	Tonne	16.37
Iron, manufactured	Tonne	38.18
Jute	Tonne	38.18
Lead	Tonne	49.09
Lead ash	Tonne	21.81
Leather	Tonne	£1.0366
Leather dressing	Tonne	54.54
Leather Scrap	Tonne	£1.0366
Leather waste	Tonne	38.18
Linerboard	Tonne	32.72
Linoleum	Tonne	£1.3680
Machinery	Tonne	81.83
Meal (see grain)	Tonne	32.72
Meat (all classes)	Tonne	81.83
Milk:
Condensed	Tonne	70.91
Powder	Tonne	70.91
Millboard	Tonne	£1.3680
Millinery	Tonne	£1.3680
Oil, except Bunker C	Tonne	49.09
Bunker C	Tonne	38.18
Oilcloth	Tonne	£1.0366
Paint	Tonne	49.09
Paper	Tonne	49.09
Paper, waste	Tonne	21.81
Peatmoss	Tonne	32.72
Piece Goods (Textile)	Tonne	£ 1.3680
Plants	Tonne	£1.3680
Polythene	Tonne	£1.0366
Potatoes	Tonne	27.27
Rags	Tonne	32.72
Resin/Starch	Tonne	32.72
Rice	Tonne	32.72
Ropes	Tonne	43.64
Rubber solution	Tonne	49.09
Rubber goods	Tonne	£1.0366
Salt	Tonne	21.81
Sand	Tonne	21.81
Soda	Tonne	32.72
		p
Steel Manufacture	Tonne	38.18
Sugar	Tonne	43.64
Sundries	Tonne	£1.3680
Tallow	Tonne	49.09
Tanning Extract	Tonne	54.54
Tea	Tonne	£1.0366
Timber (see Wood)
Tinplate	Tonne	49.09
Wood	50 cu.ft. (or tonne)	43.64
Woodpulp	Tonne	27.27
Plywood	Tonne	70.91
Wool	Tonne	70.91
Yarns	Tonne	70.91
Containers or flats carrying any kind of goods	Floor space 20' x 8' and pro rata	£3.9480
Import or Export.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Maximum Tonnage Rates.

Description of Charge	Rate
1. On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every vessel discharging or loading cargo or passengers, for each voyage to and from the Harbour:—
(a) From or to any port in the State, Northern Ireland or Great Britain.	28.35p
(b) From or to any port or place in Europe between the River Elbe and Brest	36.45p
(c) From or to any port or place not in the State, Northern Ireland or Great Britain nor in Europe between the Elbe and Brest.	40.50p
2. On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every vessel entering the Harbour for the purpose of seeking shelter therein or for repairs or for orders and not discharging or loading cargo or passengers.	1.20p
3. On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every fishing vessel of twenty five tons net register tonnage or over which is, for the time being, employed in sea fishing or the sea fishing service, for each time such vessel enters the Harbour and does not load fish but makes use of the quays and wharves.	18p
Laying up Charges 4. On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every vessel ( other than a fishing vessel) laid up in Waterford harbour for each week or part of a week after the expiration of five days from the date of arrival of the vessel in the port.	6p
Local Lights Rates For and upon every ton of the rateable tonnage of every vessel which having entered the port from the sea comes up same.	4.86p

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 25th day of March, 1980.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order authorises the Waterford Harbour Commissioners to charge increased goods, tonnage and local lights rates at Waterford Harbour.