cap_73

BOATMEN’S FEES ACT

6 Articles / Provisions · Malta

Open official source Machine-readable Markdown (.md)

Table of Provisions (6)

Preamble Art. 1 Short title. Art. 2 Interpretation. Art. 3 Payment of fee in respect of passengers embarking or disembarking at Malta. Art. 4 Administration of moneys. Art. 5 Power of Minister to make regulations.

Statutory Text (6 Articles)

Laws of Malta — Chapter 73 — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT

Preamble — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT Open official source

BOATMEN’S FEES

CHAPTER 73

BOATMEN’S FEES ACT

To make provision for the levying of a fee in respect of passengers not

making use of dg]ajsas.

(2nd June, 1933) *

ACT XVII of 1933, as amended by Ordinance XI of 1935; Acts: XIII of

1948, XI of 1957; Emergency Ordinance VI of 1958; Ordinances: XVI of

1960 and XXV of 1962; and Legal Notice 408 of 2007.

Laws of Malta — Chapter 73 — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT

Art. 1 Short title. — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT Open official source

The short title of this Act is the Boatmen’s Fees Act.

Laws of Malta — Chapter 73 — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT

Art. 2 Interpretation. — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT Open official source

The expression -

"hired means of conveyance" † includes any boat or other craft

provided by the agent himself or belonging to the ship on or from

which the passengers embark or disembark;

"Minister" means the Minister under whose jurisdiction the

Customs Department may, from time to time, be.

Laws of Malta — Chapter 73 — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT

Art. 3 Payment of fee in respect of passengers embarking or disembarking at Malta. — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT Open official source

(1) From the day on which this Act shall come into force,

the agent of every ship carrying passengers to or from Malta shall

pay into the Office of the Comptroller of Customs a fee of four

cents (0.04) in respect of each passenger embarking on or

disembarking from the ship by any hired means of conveyance

other than a licensed dg]ajsa.

(2) This fee shall not exceed eight cents (0.08) during one

whole day.

(3) The provisions of this article shall not apply to ships

carrying passengers between Malta and Gozo.

Laws of Malta — Chapter 73 — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT

Art. 4 Administration of moneys. — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT Open official source

The moneys accruing from the payment of the fees referred

to in the last preceding article shall be administered by the

Comptroller of Customs who shall pay the same, with such

deductions as the Minister may direct, to the boatmen licensed to

ply their trade in the Grand Harbour and Marsamxett Harbour, in

accordance with regulations made by the Minister under article 5.

Laws of Malta — Chapter 73 — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT

Art. 5 Power of Minister to make regulations. — BOATMEN’S FEES ACT Open official source

(1) The Minister may make regulations in regard to any

matter coming within the scope of this Act.

(2) In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the

foregoing power, such regulations may prescribe the manner in

which the agent shall collect the fees to be paid by him into the

Office of the Comptroller of Customs and the manner in which such

fees shall be paid and distributed to the boatmen.

*See original article 7 of the Act, which article has been omitted under the Malta

Statute Law Revision Ordinance, 1936 and the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980, and

see Government Notice No. 193 of the 2nd of June, 1933.

†Transposed from S. 2 (3) of the 1942 Revised Edition of the Laws of Malta by virtue

of the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980.

BOATMEN’S FEES ACT

Table of Provisions (6)

Statutory Text (6 Articles)

Need to analyze how this provision applies to your matter?