Shipping Dues Exemption Act, 1867

SHIPPING DUES EXEMPTION ACT 1867

CHAPTER XV.

An Act for the Abolition of certain Exemptions from Local Dues on Shipping and on Goods carried in Ships. [12th April 1867.]

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Shipping Dues Exemption Act, 1867.”

[S. 2 rep. 57 & 56 Vict. c. 14. (S.L.R.)]

Interpretation of terms.

“Dues” :

3. The following words and expressions shall in this Act have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there is something in the context inconsistent with such meanings; that is to say,

The word “dues” shall include all tolls, rates, taxes, duties, and imposts levied on ships or on goods carried in ships, except any duties levied by the Commissioners of Customs for the use of Her Majesty :

“Exemption from dues.”

The expression “exemption from dues” shall, in addition to its ordinary meaning, include every privilege of paying smaller dues than the public at large pay under like circumstances.

No exemption from dues allowed in United Kingdom on account of reasons herein named.

4. No exemption from dues shall be allowed in the United Kingdom on account of any one or more of the following reasons; that is to say,

(1.) On account of any ship being registered at or belonging to any particular country, port, or place, or trading between any particular ports or places :

(2.) On account of any ship or goods being the property of or being consigned by or to any particular person or body corporate :

(3.) On account of any goods being destined for sale in any particular town, place, or market :

(4.) On account of any ship or goods being sent to or from or anchoring or mooring at or being laden or unladen at any particular place in any port, or in the neighbourhood of any port, except where a ship in going to or from or anchoring or mooring at or being laden or unladen at such place derives from the expenditure of the class of dues in question no benefit, or less benefit than ships going to or from or anchoring or mooring at or being laden or unladen at another place in the same port :

(5.) On account of any goods being the product of or being destined for use at any particular manufactory, place, or district, or any particular class of manufactories: Provided, that nothing in this Act contained shall affect any exemption from dues which has been granted by an Act of Parliament to the owner or occupier of some particular quay, manufactory, or place, as compensation for obstruction to his water frontage or access to his premises, or other injury caused to him by the works authorized by such Act.

[Ss. 5–9 rep. 56 & 57 Vict. c. 14. (S.L.R.)]

Provision for abolition of dues.

10. Where a receiver of dues in any port or place proves to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade that it would be beneficial to the trade of such port or place that the class of dues from which the exemption exists should be abolished, the Board of Trade may make an order directing the abolition of that class of dues after the date mentioned in the order, and after such date, or, if no date is mentioned, after the date of that order, no dues specified in such order shall be levied, and no compensation shall be payable in respect of any exemption therefrom: Provided, that where such dues are received in trust for a body corporate, such dues shall not be abolished without the consent of such body corporate under their common seal.

Saving of rights of Crown, &c.

11. Nothing in this Act contained shall render liable any ships or goods which belong to or are in the service of Her Majesty, or any corporation having the superintendence or management of lighthouses, to any dues to which they would not be liable if this Act had not passed.