S.I. No. 149/1972 - Harbour Rates (Waterford Port and Harbour) Order, 1972.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Waterford Port and Harbour) Order, 1972.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 23rd day of June, 1972.

2. The Waterford Harbour Act, 1919, shall be construed and have effect as if, for the matter contained in the Schedule to that Act (inserted by the Order of 1968), there were substituted the matter contained in the First Schedule to this Order.

3. The Harbour Rates (Waterford Harbour) Order, 1954 (

S.I. No. 225 of 1954

), shall have effect as if, for the matter contained in the Schedule to that Order (inserted by the Order of 1968), there were substituted the matter contained in the Second Schedule to this Order.

4. The Harbour Rates (Waterford Cranage Rates) Order, 1964 (

S.I. No. 172 of 1964

), shall be construed and have effect as if, for the matter contained in the Schedule to that Order, there were substituted the matter contained in the Third Schedule to this Order.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

" Rates on Goods Chargeable on Gross Weight including Packages.

Article

Unit of Quantity

Rate

Acid

Ton

14p

Alcohol, wine etc.

Ton

38p

Animals

Each

Cattle

Each

26p

Dogs

Each

26p

Donkeys

Each

26p

Horses

Each

38p

Pigs

Each

14p

Sheep

Each

14p

Wild

Each

38p

Asbestos

Ton

12p

Asphalt

Ton

16p

Bags & Bagging

Ton

26p

Biscuits

Ton

38p

Bitumen

Ton

16p

Borax

Ton

26p

Article

Unit of Quantity

Rate

Bottles

Ton

26p

Boxes, empty

Ton

26p

Buckets

Ton

34p

Butter

Ton

34p

Calcium Chloride

Ton

6p

Carpets

Ton

50p

Cars

Each

£1·40p

Cardboard

Ton

26p

Chipboard

Ton

26p

Cement

Ton

6p

Chalk

Ton

8p

Cheese

Ton

34p

Chocolates

Ton

38p

Chocolate Crumb

Ton

38p

Cider

Ton

18p

Coal and Dust

Ton

8p

Cocoa

Ton

38p

Coffee

Ton

38p

Combine Harvester

Nos.

£1·60p

Copper

Ton

38p

Cornflour

Ton

38p

Cotton Wool

Ton

30p

Disinfectant

Ton

18p

Drugs & Chemicals (other)

Ton

50p

Dust

Ton

6p

Dyestuffs

Ton

26p

Earthenware

Pipes

Ton

12p

Tiles etc.

Ton

18p

Electrical Goods

Ton

50p

Feeding Stuffs

Ton

12p

Felt

Ton

18p

Fertilizers

Ton

12p

Firebricks & Clay

Ton

18p

Fish, dried

Ton

22p

Fish, fresh

Ton

22p

Salmon & Preserves

Ton

38p

Fish Meal

Ton

12p

Founders Dust

Ton

6p

Fruit

Dried

Ton

30p

Fresh

Ton

30p

Juice

Ton

30p

Pulp

Ton

30p

Furniture

Ton

50p

Gannister

Ton

6p

Glasscloth

Ton

26p

Glassware

Ton

38p

Glue (see Resin)

Grain

Feeding Stuffs

Ton

12p

Greaves

Ton

12p

Grease

Ton

12p

Hair

Ton

38p

Hardware

Ton

50p

Hides

Ton

12p

Honey

Ton

26p

Hops

Ton

50p

Ink

Ton

26p

Iron, Pig or Scrap

Ton

6p

Iron, Manufactured

Ton

14p

Jute

Ton

14p

Lead

Ton

18p

Lead Ash

Ton

8p

Leather

Ton

38p

Article

Unit of Quantity

Rate

Leather Dressing

Ton

20p

Leather Scrap

Ton

38p

Leather Waste

Ton

14p

Linerboard

Ton

12p

Linoleum

Ton

50p

Machinery

Ton

30p

Meal (see grain)

Ton

12p

Meat (all classes)

Ton

30p

Milk

Condensed

Ton

26p

Powder

Ton

26p

Millboard

Ton

50p

Millinery

Ton

50p

Oil, except Bunker C.

Ton

18p

Bunker C.

Ton

14p

Oilcloth

Ton

38p

Paint

Ton

18p

Paper

Ton

18p

Paper, Waste

Ton

8p

Peatmoss

Ton

12p

Piece Goods (Textile)

Ton

50p

Plants

Ton

50p

Polythene

Ton

38p

Potatoes

Ton

10p

Rags

Ton

12p

Resin/Starch

Ton

12p

Rice

Ton

12p

Ropes

Ton

16p

Rubber Solution

Ton

18p

Rubber Goods

Ton

38p

Salt

Ton

8p

Sand

Ton

8p

Soda

Ton

12p

Steel Manufacture

Ton

14p

Sugar

Ton

16p

Sundries

Ton

50p

Tallow

Ton

18p

Tanning Extract

Ton

20p

Tea

Ton

38p

Timber (see Wood)

Tinplate

Ton

18p

Wood

50 c.ft. (or ton)

16p

Wood Pulp

Ton

10p

Plywood

Ton

26p

Wool

Ton

26p

Yarns

Ton

26p

Containers or Flats carrying any kind of goods

Floor Space 20"—8' and pro rata

£1·13p

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Maximum Tonnage Rates.

Ref. No.

Description of Charge

Rate

1.

On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every vessel discharging or loading cargo or passengers, for each voyage to and from the Harbour—

(a) From or to any port in the State, Northern Ireland or Great Britain

12p

(b) From or to any port or place in Europe between the river Elbe and Brest

16p

(c) From or to any port or place not in the State, Northern Ireland or Great Britain nor in Europe between the Elbe and Brest

18p

2.

On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every vessel (other than a vessel bound from one port or place to any other port or place in the State, Northern Ireland or Great Britain) entering the harbour for the purpose of seeking shelter therein or for repairs or for orders and not discharging or loading cargo or passengers

1p

3.

On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every fishing vessel of seventy tons net register tonnage or over which is, for the time being, employed in sea fishing or the sea fishing service, for each time such vessel enters the harbour and does not load fish but makes use of the quays and wharves

10p

4.

Laying Up Charges.

On every ton of the net register tonnage or half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of a vessel (other than a fishing vessel) for each week or part of a week during which the vessel is laid up after the expiration of twenty-one days from the first day on which the vessel is laid up a sum not exceeding

5p

5.

Local Lights Rates.

For and upon every ton of the rateable tonnage of every vessel which having entered the port from the sea comes up same

1p

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Maximum Rates for use of Cranes.

Size of Crane

Maximum Rate per hour

(1)

(2)

20 ton

£5

Under 20 tons

£4

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 9th day of June 1972.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to authorise the Waterford Harbour Commissioners to charge increased goods, tonnage and cranage rates.

S.I. No. 149 of 1972.

HARBOUR RATES (WATERFORD PORT AND HARBOUR) ORDER, 1972.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 104

of the

Harbours Act, 1946

(No. 9 of 1946), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 (

S.I. No. 125 of 1959

), and after due compliance with section 106 of that Act, hereby order as follows