S.I. No. 80/1959 - Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1959.

1. The new 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.

2. For the purpose of calculating the new 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."

3. The following provisions are hereby revoked

(a) Section 8 of the Limerick Harbour Order, 1903, which was confirmed by the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 4) Act, 1903, and is set out in the Schedule to that Act, and

(b) Article 7 of the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1942 (

S. R. & O. No. 469 of 1942

).

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of May, 1959.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The general effect of this Order is to fix revised maximum tonnage rates which may be charged by the Limerick Harbour Commissioners in respect of vessels using Limerick Harbour and which will include rates and charges heretofore chargeable by the Commissioners under the separate categories—" tonnage rates ", " light dues " and " dock charges ".

S.I. No. 80 of 1959.

HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1959.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 104

of the

Harbours Act, 1946

(No. 9 of 1946), 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 (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1959.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the first day of June, 1959.