S.I. No. 239/1972:

HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1972.

HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK 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:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1972.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 6th day of October, 1972.

2. The Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1942 (S.R. & O., No. 469 of 1942), shall have effect as if in Part I of the Second Schedule (inserted by the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 80 of 1959 ) ), " or at Dernish " were inserted after " Wet Dock " in each place where it occurs in the second column at reference numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of September, 1972.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to authorise the Limerick Harbour Commissioners to apply the tonnage rates provided under Reference Nos. 1 and 2 of the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1959 i.e. the maximum rates on vessels using the Wet Dock to vessels loading or discharging at Dernish Island.