S.I. No. 19/1979 -- Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1979.

S.I. No. 19/1979 -- Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1979. 1979 19

S.I. No. 19/1979:

HARBOUR RATES (HARBOURS OF DUBLIN, SKERRIES AND BALBRIGGAN) ORDER, 1979.

I, PÁDRAIG FAULKNER, Minister for Tourism and 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 Transport and Power (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1977 ), 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, 1979.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 5th day of February, 1979.

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

3. Section 40 of the Dublin Port and Docks Act, 1902, shall have effect as if for the matter contained in the Fifth Schedule to that Act, 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, 1976 ( S.I. No. 6 of 1976 ), the Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) (No. 2) Order, 1976 ( S.I. No. 244 of 1976 ), and the Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 8 of 1977 ), are 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)			40p each
	Sheep			20p "
01	Meat and meat preparations			32p
02	Dairy products and birds' eggs
	Dried Milk			32p
	Other Items			94p
03	Fish, crustaceans and molluscs and preparations thereof		62p
04	Cereals and cereal preparations		16p
05	Vegetables and Fruit
	Vegetables			32p
	Fruit fresh, dried, nuts			62p
	Fruit and nuts prepared, preserved, Juices, Jams, Purees, Other Items			94p
06	Sugar, sugar preparations and honey
	Sugar, raw, refined and molasses			38p
	Other Items			94p
07	Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof
	Tea			£1.25
	Chocolate			94p
	Other Items			62p
08	Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals)		16p
09	Miscellaneous edible products and preparations		94p
	Beverages and Tobacco
11	Beverages
	Spirits, Wines and cordials			94p
	Other Items			32p
12	Tobacco and tobacco manufactures
	Manufactures			£1.25
	Other Items			62p
	Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels
21	Hides, skins & furskins, raw		38p
22	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit		62p
23	Crude rubber (incl. synthetic & reclaimed)		£1.25
24	Cork and Wood
	Softwood (1.4 cub. metres= 1 tonne)			18p
	Hardwood			46p
25	Pulp and waste paper		20p
26	Textile fibres (excluding wool tops) and their wastes
	Wool, Wool waste			94p
	Other Items			32p
27	Crude fertilisers & minerals, excluding petroleum and precious stones
	Nepheline Syenite			25p
	Other Items			16p
28	Metalliferous ores and metal scrap
	Metal scrap			12p
	Ores and concentrates, other items			18p
29	Crude animal and vegetable materials, n.e.s.		32p
	Mineral fuel, Lubricants and Related Minerals
32	Coal, coke & briquettes		12p
33	Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
	Spirits: White spirits, Motor Spirit, Aviation Spirit, Naphtha			62p
	Lubricating Oils			62p
	Fuel Oils: Gas oil, diesel oil, vapourising oil, kerosene,light fuel oil,medium fuel oil, aviation turbine fuel and similar oils			38p
	Petroleum Bitumen			16p
	Other Fuel Oils: Heavy fuel oil, residual fuel oil, creosote,tar oil etc.			32p
34	Gas, natural and manufactured		62p
	Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes
41	Animal Oils and Fats		62p
42	Fixed vegetable oils and fats		62p
43	Animal and vegetable oils and fats, processed and waxes		62p
	Chemicals and Related Products, N.E.S.
51	Organic Chemicals		94p
52	Inorganic Chemicals
	Industrial Gases			£1.25
	Sodium Carbonate			20p
	Liquid Ammonia			62p
	Other Items			32p
53	Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials		46p
54	Medicinal and pharmaceutical products		94p
55	Essential oils, perfume materials etc.
	Soap, cleansing, polishing preparations			94p
	Other Items			£1.25
56	Fertilisers, manufactured		20p
57	Explosives & pyrotechnic products		£1.25
58	Artificial resins, plastic materials, cellulose esters and ethers		£1.25
59	Chemical materials & products, n.e.s.		46p
	Manufactured Goods Classified Cheifly by Materials
61	Leather, leather manufactures, n.e.s. and dressed furskins		£1.25
62	Rubber manufactures n.e.s.		£1.25
63	Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)
	Veneers			94p
	Other Items			46p
64	Paper, paperboard & articles of paper pulp paper or paperboard
	Liner Board			20p
	Other Items			46p
65	Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles. n.e.s. related products
	Yarns			38p
	Fabrics			26p
	Made-up articles, floor coverings			94p
66	Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s.
	Cement and other construction materials			16p
	Other Items			94p
67	Iron and Steel
	Tubes and pipes fabricated			32p
	Other Items			20p
68	Non-ferrous metals		62p
69	Manufactures of metal, n.e.s. (excluding laden/empty units engaged in unit load traffic. see Div. 99)		94p
	Machinery and Transport Equipment
71	Power generating machinery & equipment		94p
72	Machinery specialised for particular industries		94p
73	Metalworking machinery		94p
74	General industrial machinery & equipment n.e.s. and parts, n.e.s.		94p
75	Office machines & automatic data processing equipment		94p
76	Telecommunications & sound recording, reproducing equipment		£1.25
77	Electric Machinery, apparatus & appliances, n.e.s. and parts		94p
78	Road vehicles (excluding laden/empty vehicles engaged in Ro/Ro traffic See Div. 98 & 99)
	Passenger Motor cars			£1.50 each
	Other road vehicles			£1.25
79	Other transport equipment		62p
	Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
81	Sanitary, plumbing, heating, lighting fixtures & Fittings n.e.s.
	Sanitary etc. ware of ceramic material			46p
	Other Items			94p
82	Furniture and parts thereof		94p
83	Travel goods, handbags & similar containers		£1.25
84	Articles of apparel & clothing accessories		94p
85	Footwear		94p
87	Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus n.e.s.		£1.25
88	Photographic apparatus, optical goods, n.e.s., watches and clocks		£1.25
89	Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.		£1.25
91	Postal, Mail--exempt		--
93	Special transactions		£1.25
94	Animals--Live--Zoo		40p each
95	Military Arms, Ammunition and Equipment		£1.25
96	Coin--not legal tender		£1.25
97	Gold		£1.25
98	TOURIST TRAFFIC
	Motor Cars			£1.00 each
	Motor Cycles			£1.00 "
	Trailers			£1.00 "
	Caravans			£2.00 "
	Dormobiles/Mini Buses			£2.00 "
	Coaches and Buses			£4.80 "
99	LO/LO CONTAINERS & FLATS	Loaded		Empty
	Not exceeding 6.1m (20’) in length	£6.40 each		£0.80 each
	Exceeding 6.1m (20’) but not exceeding 9.15m (30’) in length	£9.60 "		£1.20 "
	Exceeding 9.15m (30’)	£12.80 "		£1.60 "
	RO/RO CARGO CARRYING VEHICLES	Loaded		Empty
	Not exceeding 6.1m (20’) in length	£5.60 "		£1.00 "
	Exceeding 6.1m (20’) but not exceeding 9.15m (30’)	£8.40 "		£1.50 "
	Exceeding 9.15m (30’) but not exceeding 12.2m (40’)	£11.20 "		£2.00 "
	Exceeding 12.2m (40’) but not exceeding 15.25m (50’)	£14.00 "		£2.50 "
	Exceeding 15.25m (50’)	£16.80 "		£3.00 "

Note:--–

N.E.S. not elsewhere specified.

SECOND SCHEDULE

PART I

Provisions Applying in Relation to Tonnage Rates

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

PART II

Maximum Tonnage Rates

	p
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......................................................	17.07
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	23.74
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.....................................................	25.98
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..........................................................	0.35
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............................................................ ............................................................ ..........	7.78
6. For a fishing vessel which enters any of the harbours to land fish, for each vessel............................................................ ........................................................	70.00
7. For a fishing vessel which enters any of the harbours through stress of weather or similar cause and does not land fish but makes use of the quays or wharves of such harbour, for each vessel............................................................ ....	35.00
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 six consecutive weeks, in respect of each week it shall remain or lie after such period--
( a ) if not under repairs, per ton............................................................ ...........	1.47
( b ) if under repairs, per ton............................................................ ..................	0.72

Given under my Official Seal, this 29th day of January, 1979.

PÁDRAIG FAULKNER,

Minister for Tourism and Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

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