Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 472

The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

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1992 No. 472

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 5(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:-

    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

    2.    The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1990^[2] shall be amended in the Schedule thereto as follows:-
 (a) in paragraph 1(1) of Part I (Scale of Payments):-
for "£53" substitute "£60"


for "35 pence" (in both places) substitute "41.5 pence";


for "70 pence" substitute "83 pence";
 (b) after paragraph 1(5) of Part I insert the following-
"  (6)  A payment on account of light dues made under paragraph 1(1) in any year shall not entitle the ship to-
(a) any exemption from dues in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1(2), or

(b) any limititation of liability for dues in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1(4);

beyond 30 April in the following year" .

 (c) in paragraph 2 of Part I:-

Tugs and registered fishing vessels

 (i) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for "£192" and "£19" substitute "£205" and "£21" respectively;
 (ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for "£107" and "£11" substitute "£115" and "£12" respectively;
 (iii) in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), amend the minimum payments from "£53" to "£60" in each case.

Pleasure craft

 (iv) in sub-paragraph (4), for "£66" substitute "£78"; and for "£22" substitute "£26";
 (v) in sub-paragraph (5), for "£22" substitute "£26".
 (d) in paragraph 5(c) of Part II add at the end:-
"and where the dues payable are not a multiple of a penny the excess shall be rounded down to the nearest penny;" .

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Patrick McLoughlin

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport

4th March 1992

These Regulations provide for increases of 18.6% in the scale of light dues payable per voyage and of around 7% to 8% in the dues paid on a periodical basis under the Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898, as set out in the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1990 (as amended). The last change took effect on 1st September 1991.

[1] 1898 c. 44; section 5(2) was substituted by the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), section 36(2). back

[2] S.I. 1990/364, amended by S.I. 1991/487 and 1797. back