S.I. No. 8/1983 - Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1983.

S.I. No. 8 of 1983.

HARBOUR RATES (HARBOURS OF DUBLIN, SKERRIES AND BALBRIGGAN) ORDER, 1983.

I, JAMES MITCHELL, 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 (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1983.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 10th day of January, 1983.

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

3. Section 40 of and the Fifth Schedule to the Dublin Port and Docks Act, 1902 shall have effect as if, for the matter (inserted by the Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1981 (S.I. No. 444 of 1981)), contained in the said Fifth Schedule 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, 1981 (S.I. No. 444 of 1981) is 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)	81p each
	Sheep	46p each
01	Meat and meat preparations	97p
02	Dairy products and birds' eggs
	Dried Milk	97p
	Other Items	£1.70
03	Fish, Crustaceans and Molluscs and preparations thereof	£1.30
04	Cereals and cereal preparations	74p
05	Vegetables and Fruit
	Vegetables	97p
	Fruit fresh, dried, nuts	£1.30
	Fruit and nuts prepared, preserved, Juices, Jams, Purees, Other Items	£1.70
06	Sugar, sugar preparations and Honey Sugar, raw, refined and molasses	£1.03
	Other Items	£1.70
07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof
	Tea	£2.08
	Chocolate	£1.70
	Other Items	£1.30
08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)	74p
09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	£1.70
	Beverages and Tobacco
11	Beverages
	Spirits, Wines and Cordials	£1.70
	Other Items	97p
12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures
	Manufactures	£2.08
	Other Items	£1.30
	Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels
21	Hides, skins and furskins, raw	£1.03
22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit	89p
23	Crude rubber (incl. synthetic & reclaimed)	£2.08
24	Cork and Wood Softwood (1.4 cub. metres = 1 tonne)	76p
	Hardwood	£1.11
25	Pulp and waste paper	78p
26	Textile fibres (excluding wool tops) and their wastes
	Wool, wool waste	£1.70
	Other Items	97p
27	Crude fertilisers & minerals, excluding petroleum and precious stones	72p
28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap Metal scrap	68p
	Ores and concentrates, other items	75p
29	Crude animal and vegetable materials, n.e.s	97p
	Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Minerals
32	Coal, Coke and Briquettes	66p
33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
	Spirits: White spirits, Motor Spirit, Aviation Spirit, Naphtha	£1.30
	Lubricating Oils	£1.30
	Fuel Oils: Gas oil, diesel oil, vapourising oil, kerosene, light fuel oil, medium fuel oil, aviation turbine fuel and similar oils	£1.03
	Petroleum Bitumen	74p
	Other Fuel Oils: Heavy fuel oil, residual fuel oil, creosote, tar oil etc.	97p
34	Gas, natural and manufactured	£1.30
	Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes
41	Animal Oils and Fats	£1.30
42	Fixed vegetable oils and fats	£1.30
43	Animal and vegetable oils and fats, processed and waxes	£1.30
	Chemicals and Related Products N.E.S.
51	Organic Chemicals	£1.70
52	Inorganic Chemicals
	Industrial Gases	£2.80
	Sodium Carbonate	77p
	Liquid Ammonia	£1.30
	Other Items	97p
53	Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	£1.11
54	Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	£1.70
55	Essential oils, perfume materials, etc.
	Soap, cleansing, polishing preparations	£1.70
	Other Items	£2.08
56	Fertilisers, manufactured	78p
57	Explosives and pyrotechnic products	£2.08
58	Artificial resins, plastic materials, cellulose esters and ethers	£2. 08
59	Chemical materials and products n.e.s.	£1.11
	Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Materials
61	Leather, leather manufactures, n.e.s. and dressed furskins	£2.08
62	Rubber manufactures n.e.s.	£2.08
63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)
	Veneers	£1.70
	Other Items	£1.11
64	Paper, paperboard & articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard Liner Board	78p
	Other Items	£1.11
65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.s. related products
	Yarns	£1.03
	Fabrics	£1.30
	Made-up articles, floor coverings	£1.70
66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s.
	Cement and other construction materials	74p
	Other Items	£1.70
67	Iron and Steel
	Tubes and pipes fabricated	97p
	Other Items	78p
68	Non-ferrous metals	£1.30
69	Manufactures of metal, n.e.s. (excluding laden/empty units engaged in unit load traffic. See Div. 99)	£1.70
	Machinery and Transport Equipment
71	Power generating machinery & equipment	£1.70
72	Machinery specialised for particular industries	£1.70
73	Metalworking machinery	£1.70
74	General industrial machinery & equipment n.e.s. and parts, n.e.s.	£1.70
75	Office machines & automatic data processing equipment	£1.70
76	Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing equipment	£2.08
77	Electric Machinery, apparatus & appliances n.e.s. and parts	£1.70
78	Road vehicles (excluding laden/empty vehicles engaged in Ro/Ro traffic.
	See Divs. 98 and 99)
	Passenger Motor cars	£3.29
	Other road vehicles	£2.08
79	Other transport equipment	£1.30
	Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
81	Sanitary, plumbing, heating, lighting fixtures & fittings, n.e.s.	£1.11
	Sanitary etc. ware of ceramic material
	Other Items	£1.70
82	Furniture and parts thereof	£1.70
83	Travel goods, handbags & similar containers	£2.08
84	Articles of apparel & clothing accessories	£1.70
85	Footwear	£1.70
87	Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus n.e.s.	2.08
88	Photographic apparatus, optical goods, n.e.s. watches and clocks	£2.08
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.	£2.08
91	Postal, Mail—exempt
93	Special transactions	£2.08
94	Animals—Live—Zoo	85p
95	Military
	Arms, Ammunition and Equipment	£2.08
96	Coin—not legal tender	£2.08
97	Gold	£2.08
98	Tourist Traffic
	Motor Cars	£1.67 each
	Motor Cycles	£1.67 each
	Trailers	£1.67 each
	Caravans	£3.34 each
	Dormobiles/Mini Buses	£3.34 each
	Coaches and Buses	£8.00 each
99	LO/LO Containers and Flats	Loaded	Empty.
	Not exceeding 6.1m (20') in length	£10.66 each	£1.34 each
	Exceeding 6.1m (20') but not exceeding 9.15m (30') in length	£15.99 each	£2.01 each
	Exceeding 9.15m (30')	£21.32 each	£2.68 each
	RO/RO Cargo Carrying Vehicles
	Not exceeding 6.1m (20') in length	£9.32 each	£1.66 each
	Exceeding 6.1m (20') but not exceeding 9.15m (30')	£13.98 each	£2.49 each
	Exceeding 9.15m (30') but not exceeding 12.2m (40')	£18.64 each	£3.32 each
	Exceeding 12.2m (40') but not exceeding 15.25m (50')	£23.30 each	£4.15 each
	Exceeding 15.25m (50')	£27.96 each	£4.98 each
Note:— N.E.S. = not elsewhere specified.			"

SECOND SCHEDULE

"PART I

PROVISIONS APPLYING IN RELATION TO TONNAGE RATES

1. The expression "the harbours" means Dublin Harbour, Skerries Harbour and Balbriggan Harbour.

2. A vessel shall be deemed to be trading with a particular place if it 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. A minimum charge of £27.50 per voyage will be charged on all vessels except those charged under paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 Part II (ordinary tonnage Rates).

PART II.

ORDINARY TONNAGE RATES.

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	35.5p
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	50.5p
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	57p
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	1.6p
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	15.9p
6. For a fishing vessel under 30m in length which enters any of the harbours, for each vessel	1.58p
7. For a fishing vessel over 30m in length which enters any of the harbours, per ton	15.9p
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 two consecutive weeks, in respect of each week it shall remain or lie after such period—

( a ) if not under repairs, per ton	3.2p
( b ) if under repairs, per ton	1.6p

GIVEN under my official Seal, this 4th day of January, 1983.

JIM MITCHELL,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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