S.I. No. 229/1992 -- Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1992.
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S.I. No. 229/1992:
HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1992.
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HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1992.
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I, MICHAEL WOODS, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 104 of the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946), and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 91 of 1987 ), and after due compliance with section 106 of the said Harbours Act, 1946 , hereby order as follows:
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1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1992.
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(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 17th day of August, 1992.
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2. In this Order "the Order of 1987" means the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 75 of 1987 ).
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3. The Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1942 ( S. R. & O. No. 469 of 1942 ), is hereby amended by:
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( a ) the substitution for paragraph (3) of Article 5 of the following paragraph:
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"(3) where rates payable under this Article 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 and under a tonne shall count as a tonne."
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( b ) the substitution for the First Schedule (inserted by the Order of 1987) thereto of the following Schedule:
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"FIRST SCHEDULE"
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MAXIMUM GOODS RATES ON IMPORTS
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(50 per cent of these rates are leviable on goods exported)
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| Article |
RATE per tonne except where specified |
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£ |
| Acids |
1.72 |
| Alcohol, Wines, Spirits |
3.40 |
| Alumina |
1.72 |
| Alumina Sulphate |
1.72 |
| Aluminium |
2.30 |
| Aluminium Ware or Foil |
2.58 |
| Aluminium Scrap |
1.11 |
| Animal Feeding Stuffs |
.63 |
| Barytes |
1.72 |
| Boats, Rowing, each |
4.30 |
| Boats, Motor, Yachts, each |
5.66 |
| Bricks, Slates, Tiles |
1.11 |
| Cement |
.60 |
| Cement Clinker |
.35 |
| Chemicals, N.O.R. |
2.59 |
| Coal, coke, etc. |
.56 |
| Copper Concentrates |
.60 |
| Corn and Grain: |
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Barley, Oats, Maize, Wheat, Bulk Cereal
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.81 |
| Bran, Pollard |
1.11 |
| Cotton Yarn |
1.72 |
| Cotton Yarn Manufactures |
3.40 |
| Dairy Products |
1.72 |
| Drapery (all kinds) N.O.R. |
3.40 |
| Earthenware |
1.11 |
| Electric Fittings, Cables and Appliances |
2.85 |
| Empties (all kinds) |
.60 |
| Fancy Goods |
3.40 |
| Felt |
1.72 |
| Fertilisers, N.O.R. |
.56 |
| Fish |
.90 |
| Fish Tinned |
3.40 |
| Fruits (all kinds) |
3.40 |
| Glass, Window |
.60 |
| Glass Plate |
1.72 |
| Glass Ware |
3.40 |
| Glue |
.90 |
| Haberdashery |
3.40 |
| Hardware |
2.58 |
| Hides (all kinds) |
.90 |
| Iron and Steel |
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Bar, Hoops, Sheet, Plate, Scrap Joists
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.60 |
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Girders, Wire Rod, and Wire Netting
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1.11 |
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Manufactures N.O.R.
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1.11 |
| Leather (all kinds) |
3.40 |
| Livestock, each |
1.72 |
| Luggage or Personal Effects |
3.40 |
| Machinery or Parts, N.O.R. |
1.12 |
| Meat and Meat Products |
1.12 |
| Medicines, N.O.R. |
2.58 |
| Molasses |
.56 |
| Moss Peat |
.56 |
| Offals (Meat) |
1.72 |
| Petroleum Products (except Heavy Fuel Oil) |
1.10 |
| Heavy Fuel Oil |
.92 |
| Oils--Olive, Cod or Qualities, N.O.R. |
1.72 |
| Ore, N.O.R. |
.60 |
| Paper (all kinds) |
1.72 |
| Pipes--Sewer, Drainage, Gas |
.60 |
| Plants, Shrubs, Bulbs, etc. |
3.40 |
| Rubber |
2.85 |
| Rubber Manufactures, N.O.R. |
3.40 |
| Salt--Rock, White, N.O.R. |
.43 |
| Scrap Metals, N.O.R. |
.60 |
| Seeds (all kinds) |
1.12 |
| Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, N.O.R. |
3.40 |
| Tobacco |
3.40 |
| Vegetables, N.O.R. |
.90 |
| Vegetables Tinned |
3.40 |
| Waste |
1.72 |
| Woods and Wood Goods: |
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(for purpose of rating,
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1 Standard = 2.54 tonnes)
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Deals, Boards, Poles etc.
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.56 |
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Logwoods, Mahogany and similar qualities
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2.58 |
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Plywood, Chipboard, Millboard
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1.72 |
| Wool and Woollen Manufactures |
3.40 |
| Goods other than those mentioned in this Schedule |
1.72 |
| Containers of Flats Laden or partly laden:-- |
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( a ) Up to 20 feet in length each
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11.29 |
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( b ) Over 20 feet in length each
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16.97 |
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N.O.R. means "Not Otherwise Rated", and
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( c ) the substitution for the Second Schedule (inserted by the Order of 1986) thereto of the following Schedule:
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"SECOND SCHEDULE
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Maximum Tonnage Rates chargeable in 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... ...
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.70 |
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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 ... ... ... ... ...
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.87 |
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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
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.58 |
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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
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.58 |
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For every ton or 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 this 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 2 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 of any part of such period, a sum not exceeding
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For every vessel trading in or upon the River Shannon, for every arrival at the quays or in the Wet Dock:
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(i) if not exceeding 150 tons net register tonnage a sum not exceeding
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(ii) 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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.27 |
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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 taken on board cargo shall be deemed to be trading only with the port of distination of such cargo."
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of July, 1992.
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MICHAEL WOODS,
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Minister for the Marine.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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This Order authorises the Limerick Harbour Commissioners to charge revised goods, tonnage and other rates at Limerick Harbour.
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