S.I. No. 409/1980 -- Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1980.
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S.I. No. 409/1980:
HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1980.
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HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1980.
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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:
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1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1980.
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(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 6th day of January, 1981.
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2. The Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1942 ( S. R. & O. No. 469 of 1942 ), shall have effect as if--
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( a ) for the First Schedule thereto (inserted by the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1976 ( S.I. No. 13 of 1976 ) (as amended by the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 37 of 1977 )) there were substituted the following:
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"FIRST SCHEDULE
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Maximum Goods Rates on Imports (50% of these rates are leviable on goods exported)
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| ARTICLE |
RATE per metric tonne except where specified £p |
| Acids |
.73 |
| Alcohol, Wines, Spirits |
1.45 |
| Alumina |
.73 |
| Alumina Sulphate |
.73 |
| Aluminium |
.97 |
| Aluminium Ware or foil |
1.10 |
| Aluminium Scrap |
.48 |
| Animal Feeding Stuffs |
.48 |
| Barytes |
.73 |
| Boats, Rowing each |
1.84 |
| Boats, Motor, Yachts each |
2.41 |
| Bricks, Slates, Tiles |
.48 |
| Cement |
.25 |
| Cement Clinker |
.14 |
| Chemicals N.O.R. |
1.10 |
| Coal, Coke etc. |
.24 |
| Copper Concentrates |
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| Corn and Grain:-- |
.25 |
| Barley, Oats, Maize, Wheat |
.34 |
| Bran, Pollard |
.48 |
| Cotton Yarn |
.73 |
| Cotton manufactures |
1.45 |
| Dairy Products |
.73 |
| Drapery, all kinds, N.O.R. |
1.45 |
| Earthenware |
.48 |
| Electric Fittings, Cables and Appliances |
1.21 |
| Empties, all kinds |
.25 |
| Fancy goods |
1.45 |
| Felt |
.73 |
| Fertilisers N.O.R. |
.24 |
| Fish |
.37 |
| Fish Tinned |
1.45 |
| Fruits all kinds |
1.45 |
| Glass, Window |
.25 |
| Glass Plate |
.73 |
| Glass, Ware |
1.45 |
| Glue |
.37 |
| Haberdashery |
1.45 |
| Hardware |
1.10 |
| Hides all kinds |
.37 |
| Iron and Steel:-- |
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| Bar, Hoops, Sheet, Plate, Scrap |
.25 |
| Joists, Girders, Wire Rod, Wire Netting |
.48 |
| Manufacturers N.O.R. |
.48 |
| Leather all kinds |
1.45 |
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| Livestock each |
.73 |
| Luggage or personal effects |
1.45 |
| Machinery or parts N.O.R. |
.48 |
| Meal N.O.R. |
.48 |
| Meat and Meat products |
.73 |
| Medicines N.O.R. |
1.10 |
| Molasses |
.24 |
| Moss Peat |
.24 |
| Offals (Meat) |
.73 |
| Oils:-- |
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| Paraffin, Petroleum, Fuel, Motor and Aviation Spirit, Lubricating |
.39 |
| Oils:-- |
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| Olive, Cod, or qualities N.O.R. |
.73 |
| Ore, N.O.R. |
.25 |
| Paper all kinds |
.73 |
| Pipes--Sewer Drainage, Gas |
.25 |
| Plants, Shrubs, Bulbs etc. |
1.45 |
| Rubber |
1.21 |
| Rubber Manufactures, N.O.R. |
1.45 |
| Salt--Rock, White, N.O.R. |
.18 |
| Scrap Metals N.O.R. |
.25 |
| Seeds all kinds |
.48 |
| Tea, Coffee, Cocoa N.O.R. |
1.45 |
| Tobacco |
1.45 |
| Vegetables N.O.R. |
.37 |
| Vegetables Tinned |
1.45 |
| Waste |
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| Wood and Wood Goods:-- |
.73 |
| For purpose of rating, 1 Standard=2.54 tonnes) Deals, Boards, Poles etc. |
.24
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| Logwoods, Mahogany and similar qualities |
1.10 |
| Plywood, Chipboard, Millboard |
.73 |
| Wool and Woollen Manufactures |
1.45 |
| Goods other than those mentioned in this Schedule |
.73 |
| Containers or Flats laden or partly laden:-- |
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| (a) Up to 20 feet in length each |
4.83 |
| (b) Over 20 feet in length each |
7.25 |
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Where rates payable are fixed at a tonnage charge, lesser weights shall be chargeable as follows
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( a ) any weight under 500 kilos shall count as 500 kilos
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( b ) any weight over 500 kilos to a tonne shall count as a tonne.
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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 the opinion of the Commissioners, is most appropriate. ( Section 99 of Harbours Act, 1946 ).
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N.O.R. means "Not otherwise rated" "
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and
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( b ) for the Second schedule thereto (inserted by the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1976 (as amended by the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1977)) there were substituted the following:
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"SECOND SCHEDULE
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Maximum Tonnage Rates chargeable on all vessels entering or using the port of Limerick
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Part I
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Maximum Tonnage Rates |
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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 |
.28
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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 |
.38
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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 |
.24
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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 |
.24
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For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving for a purpose other than to discharge or load cargo, for every arrival:-- |
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(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,
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(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.
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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:-- |
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(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
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(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,
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for every arrival |
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(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,
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(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.
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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 |
.10
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(a) For every mechanically propelled vessel trading in or upon the River Shannon, for every arrival at the quays or in the Wet Dock:--
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If not exceeding 20 tons net register tonnage a sum not exceeding
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1.00
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If exceeding 20 tons but not exceeding 50 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding
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1.50
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If exceeding 50 tons but not exceeding 100 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding
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2.00
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If exceeding 100 tons but not exceeding 150 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding
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2.50
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If exceeding 150 tons net register tonnage, for every ton of the net register tonnage above 150 tons, an additional sum not exceeding
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.10
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(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.
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Part II
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Provisions applicable to rates mentioned in Part I of this Schedule
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3. The Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1976, and the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1977, are hereby revoked.
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 18th day of December, 1980.
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ALBERT REYNOLDS,
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Minister for Transport.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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This Order authorises the Limerick Harbour Commissioners to increase goods and tonnage rates.
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