S.I. No. 130/1980 - Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1980.

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

5. A minimum charge of £25 per voyage will be charged on all vessels other than a vessel of a type specified at reference number 6, 7 or 8 in Part II of this Schedule and chargeable with the rates specified at those reference numbers in relation to a vessel of that type.

PART II.

Maximum Tonnage Rates.

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

25p

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

35p

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

39p

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

1p

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

12.5p

6.

For a fishing vessel under 30 metres in length which enters any of the Harbours, for each vessel

£1.25

7.

For a fishing vessel over 30 metres in length which enters any of the Harbours, per ton

12.5p

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 period longer than 2 consecutive weeks, in respect of each week it shall remain or lie after such period—

(a) if not under repairs, per ton

2p

(b) if under repairs, per ton

1p

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of May, 1980.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

S.I. No. 130 of 1980.

HARBOUR RATES (HARBOURS OF DUBLIN, SKERRIES AND BALBRIGGAN) ORDER, 1980.

I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister for 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 Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 (

S.I. No. 11 of 1980

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