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Statutory Instruments
Merchant Shipping
Made
6th March 2014
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2014
Coming into force
1st April 2014
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 205(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and they come into force on 1st April 2014.
2. In paragraph 3(1A)(2) in Part II (Scale of Payments) of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping Light Dues Regulations 1997(3)-
(a)in paragraph (b) after "1st April 2010" insert "and before 1st April 2014"; and
(b)after paragraph (b) insert-
"(c)on and after 1st April 2014, 40 pence per ton subject to a maximum charge of £16,000 per voyage."
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Stephen Hammond
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
6th March 2014
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997 by substituting a lower figure (40p instead of 41p) for the rate per ton at which light dues are payable and a corresponding downward adjustment (£16,000 instead of £16,400) in the maximum amount for any one voyage by a ship which ends at a port or place in the United Kingdom on or after 1st April 2014.
An Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument is available from Michael Read-Leah, Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR and is available alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk
Sub-paragraph (1A) of paragraph 3 was substituted by S.I.2009/1371, in place of the sub-paragraph inserted by S.I. 2006/649, and amended by S.I. 2010/629.
S.I. 1997/562; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/649, 2009/1371 and 2010/629.