Port Dues (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2010

L.N. 469 of 2010

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

PORTS AND SHIPPING ACT

(CAP. 352)

Port Dues (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 43(3) of the

Authority for Transport in Malta Act and article 27 of the Ports

and Shipping Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and

Communications, in consultation with the Authority for Transport

in Malta and in concurrence with the Minister of Finance, the

Economy and Investment, has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Port Dues

(Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2010 and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Port Dues Regulations, 1977, hereinafter

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st

January, 2011.

For the First Schedule to the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following:-

“FIRST SCHEDULE

Regulation 3(1)

Port Dues payable in respect of vessels entering a port

1. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise

requires

“tourist vessel” means any vessel which is

specifically and exclusively intended for use by persons

travelling for recreation, pleasure or culture, provided

that the vessel does not discharge or load cargo in a port.

2. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, every

vessel entering any port shall pay port dues, in respect of

every period of seven days or part thereof during which the

vessel remains in port, as follows

As

As

As

from 1 st

from 1 st

from 1 st

January

January

January

(a) Vessels not exceeding

tons,

for

every

500 tons or part thereof

€25

€30

€35

(b) Vessels exceeding 2000

i. for the first 2000 tons

€135

€155

€170

ii. for

every additional

1,000 tons or part

thereof.....................

€13.50

€15

€17

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2

(a) the dues payable by tourist vessels calling at

any port shall be at the rate of fifty per centum of the dues

specified in paragraph 2;

(b) the dues payable by vessels registered in Malta

shall be payable only in respect of the first two periods of

seven consecutive days each or part thereof;

(c) the dues payable by vessels calling at any port to

load or unload goods shall be at the rate of ten per centum

over the dues specified in paragraph 2;

(d) (i) the dues payable by any vessel entering any

port and having on board more than 5 tons gross of

explosives, other than safety class explosives, shall be

double the dues specified in paragraph 2; and

(ii) for the purposes of this sub-paragraph,

“explosives” and “safety class explosives” shall have

the same meaning as is assigned to them under the Ports

Regulations.”.

B

B

€0.37