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Statutory Instruments
Merchant Shipping
Made
5th April 2017
Laid before Parliament
7th April 2017
Coming into force
1st May 2017
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 2017 and come into force on 1st May 2017.
2. In paragraph 3(1A)(2) of Part II (scale of payments) of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997(3)-
(a)in paragraph (e)(4), after "2016" insert "and before 1st May 2017"; and
(b)at the end of paragraph (e), insert-
"(f)on or after 1st May 2017, 37 and a half pence per ton subject to a maximum charge of £15,000 per voyage".
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Ahmad of Wimbledon
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
5th April 2017
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997 by reducing the rate per ton at which light dues are payable from 38 pence per ton to 37 and a half pence per ton and by making a corresponding downward adjustment (£15,000 instead of £15,200) to the maximum amount for any one voyage by a ship where that voyage ends at a port or place in the United Kingdom on or after 1st May 2017.
An Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument is published alongside these Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk. No impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument which, because it delivers a reduction in the rate of light dues, will reduce the costs of businesses and the voluntary sector.
Sub-paragraph (1A) of paragraph 3 was substituted by S.I. 2009/1371 regulations 2(1) and (2), in place of the sub-paragraph inserted by S.I. 2006/649 regulations 2(1) and 2(2)(b).
S.I. 1997/562; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/649, 2009/1371, 2010/629, 2014/527, 2015/458 and 2016/269.
Paragraph (e) was added by S.I. 2016/269, regulation 2(b).
