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

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

S.I. No. 130/1980:

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

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1980.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 12th day of May, 1980.

2. In this Order "the Harbours" means Dublin Harbour, Skerries Harbour and Balbriggan Harbour.

3. Section 40 of the Dublin Port and Docks Act, 1902 shall have effect as if, for the matter contained in the Fifth Schedule to that Act, there were substituted the matter contained in the First Schedule to this Order.

4. (1) The rates set out in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby fixed as the maximum tonnage rates chargeable by the Dublin Port and Docks Board in respect of the Harbours.

(2) The provisions set out in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Order shall apply in relation to the rates chargeable under this Article.

5. The Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 19 of 1979 ), and the Harbour Rates (Harbours of Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan) (No. 2) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 89 of 1979 ), are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Maximum Goods Rates

Based on Standard International Trade Classification (all rates are per tonne unless otherwise specified)

Division Commodity Rate
Food and Live Animals chiefly for Food
00 Live animals chiefly for food

  (except sheep)

48p each
Sheep 24p each
01 Meat and meat preparations 56p
02 Dairy products and birds' eggs
 Dried Milk 56p
 Other Items £1.18
03 Fish, crustaceans and molluscs and preparations thereof 86p
04 Cereals and cereal preparations 40p
05 Vegetables and Fruit
 Vegetables 56p
  Fruit fresh, dried nuts 86p
  Fruit and nuts prepared, preserved,
  Juices, Jams, Purees, Other Items. £1.18
06 Sugar, sugar preparations & honey
Sugar raw, refined and molasses 62p
 Other Items £1.18
07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof
 Tea £1.49
 Chocolate £1.18
 Other Items 86p
08 Feeding stuff for animals (excluding unmilled cereals) 40p
09 Miscellaneous edible products and preparations £1.18
Beverages and Tobacco
11 Beverages
 Spirits, Wines and cordials £1.18
 Other Items 56p
12 Tobacco and tobacco manufactures
 Manufactures £1.49
 Other Items 85p
Crude Materials, Inedible, except Fuels
21 Hides, skins & furskins, raw 62p
22 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit 86p
23 Crude rubber (incl. synthetic & reclaimed) £1.49
24 Cork and Wood
 Softwood (1.4 cub. metres 1 tonne) 42p
Hardwood 70p
25 Pulp and waste paper 44p
26 Textile fibres (excluding wool tops) and their wastes
 Wool, wool waste £1.18
 Other Items 56p
27 Crude fertilisers & minerals, excluding petroleum and precious stones
 Nepheline Syenite 49p
 Other Items 40p
28 Metaliferous ores and metal scrap
Metal scrap 36p
Ores and concentrates, other Items 42p
29 Crude Animal and Vegetable Materials n.e.s 56p
Mineral fuels, Lubricants and Related Minerals
32 Coal, coke & briquettes 36p
33

Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials

Spirits: White spirits, Motor spirit, Aviation Spirit, Naphtha

86p

Lubricating Oils. 86p
Fuel Oils: Gas oil, diesel oil, vapourising oil, kerosene, light fuel oil, medium fuel oil, aviation turbine fuel and similar oils

62p

Petroleum Bitumen 40p
Other Fuel Oils: heavy fuel oil, residual fuel oil, creosote, tar oil etc.

56p

34 Gas, natural and manufactured 86p
Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes
41 Animal Oils and Fats 86p
42 Fixed vegetable oils and fats 86p
43 Animal and vegetable oils and fats, processed and wax 86p
Chemicals and Related Products, N. E. S.
51 Organic Chemicals £1.18
52 Inorganic Chemicals
  Industrial Gases £1.49
  Sodium Carbonate 44p
  Liquid Ammonia 86p
  Other Items 56p
53 Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials 70p
54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products £1.18
55 Essential oils, perfume materials etc. Soap, cleansing, polishing preparations

£1.18

 Other Items £1.49
56 Fertilisers, manufactured 44p
57 Explosives & pyrotechnic products £1.49
58 Artificial resins, plastic materials cellulose esters and others

£1.49

59 Chemical materials & products, n.e.s. 70p
Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Materials
61 Leather, leather manufactures, n.e.s. and dressed furskins £1.49
62 Rubber manufactures n.e.s. £1.49
63 Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)
 Veneers £1.18
 Other Items 70p
64 Paper, paperboard & articles of paper pulp paper or paperboard
 Liner Board 44p
 Other Items 70p
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.s. related products
 Yarns 62p
 Fabrics 86p
Made-uip articles, floor coverings £1.18
66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s.
 Cement and other construction
 Materials 40p
 Other Items £1.18
67 Iron and Steel
Tubes and pipes fabricated ...
Other Items 56p 44p
68 Non-ferrous metals 86p
69 Manufactures of metal, n.e.s. (excluding laden/empty units engaged in unit load traffic. See Div. 99)

£1.18

Machinery and Transport Equipment
71 Power generating machinery and equipment £1.18
72 Machinery specialised for particular industries £1.18
73 Metalworking machinery £1.18
74 General industrial machinery & equipment n.e.s. and parts, n.e.s.

£1.18

75 Office machines & automatic data processing equipment £1.18
76 Telecommunications & sound recording, reproducing equipment £1.49
77 Electric Machinery, apparatus & appliances, n.e.s. and parts £1.18
78

Road vehicles (excluding laden/empty vehicles engaged in Ro/Ro traffic. See Divs. 98 & 99)

Passenger Motor Cars

Other road vehicles

£1.80 each

£1.49

79 Other Transport equipment 86p
Miscellaneous Manufactured articles
81 Sanitary, plumbing, heating, lighting fixtures & Fittings n.e.s. Sanitary etc. ware of ceramic

70p

  Material
  Other Items £1.18
82 Furniture and parts thereof £1.18
83 Travel goods, handbags & similar containers £1.49
84 Articles of apparel & clothing accessories £1.18
85 Footwear £1.18
87 Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus n.e.s. £1.49
88 Photographic apparatus, optical goods, n.e.s. watches and clocks

£1.49

89 Miscellaneous manufactured articles n.e.s. £1.49
91 Postal, Mail--exempt --
93 Special transactions £1.49
94 Animals--Live--Zoo 48p each
95

Military

Arms, ammunition and Equipment

£1.49
96 Coin--not legal tender £1.49
97 Gold £1.49
98 Tourist Traffic
 Motor cars £1.20
 Motor Cycles £1.20
 Trailers £1.20
 Caravans £2.40
 Dormobiles/Mini Buses £2.40
 Coaches and Buses £5.76
99 LO/LO Containers & Flats Loaded Empty
Not exceeding 6.1m (20') in length

£7.68

each

£0.96

each

Exceeding 6.1m (20') but not exceeding 9.15m (30') in length

£11.52

each

£1.44

each

Exceeding 9.15m (30') £15.36 each

£1.92

each

RO/RO Cargo Carrying Vehicles Loaded Empty
Not exceeding 6.1m (20') in length £6.72 each

£1.20

each

Exceeding 6.1m (20') but not exceeding 9.15m (30') £10.08 each

£1.80

each

Exceeding 9.15m (30') but not exceeding 12.2m (40') £13.44 each

£2.40

each

Exceeding 12.2m (40') but not exceeding 15.25m (50') £16.80 each

£3.00

each

Exceeding 15.25m (50') £20.16 each

£3.60

each

Note: N.E.S.--not elsewhere specified.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Provisions applying in relation to tonnage rates.

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.



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