S.I. No. 12/1974 - Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1974.

(1)This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1974.

(2)This Order shall come into operation on the 8th day of February, 1974. 2. The Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O., No. 469 of 1942), shall have effect as if— ( a ) for the First Schedule thereto, there were substituted the following: " FIRST SCHEDULE. MAXIMUM GOODS RATES ON IMPORTS (50% of these rates are leviable on goods exported). Article Rate per metric tonne except where specified £ p Acids 30p Alcohol, Wines, Spirits 60p Alumina 30p " Sulphate of 30p Aluminium 40p " Ware or foil 45p " Scrap 20p Animal Feeding Stuffs 20p Barytes 30p Boats, Rowing—each 76p " Motor, Yachts—each £1·00 Bricks, Slates, Tiles 20p Cement clinker 5p Chemicals N.O.R. 45p Coal, Coke etc. 9p Copper Concentrates 10p Corn and Grain: Barley, Oats, Maize, Wheat 14p Bran, Pollard 20p Cotton Yarn 30p " Manufactures 60p Dairy Products 30p Drapery, all kinds N.O.R. 60p Earthenware 20p Electric Fittings, Cables and Appliances 50p Empties, all kinds 10p Fancy Goods 60p Felt 30p Fertilisers N.O.R. 9p Fish 15p " Tinned 60p Fruit, all kinds 60p Glass, window 10p " plate 30p " ware 60p Glue 15p Haberdashery 60p Hardware 45p Hides, all kinds 15p Iron and Steel: Bar, Hoops, Sheet, Plate, Scrap 10p Joists, Girders, Wire Rod, Wire Netting 20p Manufactures N.O.R. 20p Leather, all kinds 60p Livestock—each 30p Luggage or personal effects 60p Machinery or parts N.O.R. 20p Meal N.O.R. 20p Meat and Meat Products 30p Medicines N.O.R. 45p Offals (Meat) 30p Oils: Paraffin, Petroleum, Fuel, Motor and Aviation Spirit, Lubricating 16p Olive, Cod, or qualities N.O.R. 30p Ore, N.O.R. 10p Paper, all kinds 30p Pipes—Sewer, Drainage, Gas 10p Plants, Shrubs, Bulbs etc. 60p Rubber 50p " manufactures N.O.R. 60p Salt—Rock, White N.O.R. 7p Scrap Metals N.O.R. 10p Seeds, all kinds 20p Tea, Coffee, Cocoa N.O.R. 60p Tobacco 60p Vegetables N.O.R. 15p " Tinned 60p Waste 30p Wood and Wood Goods: (For purpose of rating, 1 Standard = 2·64 tonnes) Deals, Boards, Poles etc. 9p Logwoods, Mahogany and similar qualities 45p Plywood, Chipboard, Millboard 30p Wool and Woollen Manufactures 60p Goods other than those mentioned in this Schedule 30p Containers or Flats Laden or partly laden: (

1. a)Up to 20 feet in length—each £2·00 (
2. b)Over 20 feet in length—each £3·00 Where rates payable are fixed at a tonnage charge, lesser weights shall be chargeable as follows:— ( a ) any weight under 500 Kilos shall count as 500 Kilos, ( b ) any weight over 500 Kilos to a tonne shall count as a Tonne. Goods not belonging to any of the classes of goods in respect of which the Commissioners are otherwise authorised to charge goods rates shall, for the purpose of charging goods rates thereon, be treated by the Commissioners as belonging to such of the said classes of goods, as in the opinion of the Commissioners, is most appropriate. ( Section 99 of Harbours Act, 1946 .) N.O.R. means "Not otherwise rated". " ( b ) for the Second Scehdule thereto, there were substituted the following:— "SECOND SCHEDULE. MAXIMUM TONNAGE RATES CHARGEABLE ON ALL VESSELS ENTERING OR USING THE PORT OF LIMERICK. PART I. Ref. No. Maximum Tonnage Rates £ p 1. For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, or the State and discharging or loading in the Wet Dock or at Dernish, for every arrival a sum not exceeding 0·11 2. For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place other than a port or place in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the State and discharging or loading in the Wet Dock or at Dernish, for every arrival a sum not exceeding 0·1666 3. For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the State reporting at the Custom House of Limerick or discharging or loading at any quay or place outside the Wet Dock or at Dernish, for every arrival a sum not exceeding 0·11 4. For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the State reporting at the Custom House of Limerick or discharging or loading at any quay or place outside the Wet Dock or at Dernish, for every arrival a sum not exceeding 0·11 5. For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving for a purpose other than to discharge or load cargo, for every arrival:— (
3. a)in lieu of the sum specified at whichever of reference numbers 1 or 2 would be applicable if the vessel were discharging or loading in the Wet Dock or at Dernish, a sum not exceeding half that sum, (
4. b)in lieu of the sum specified at whichever of reference numbers 3 or 4 would be applicable if the vessel were reporting at the Custom House of Limerick or discharging or loading at any quay or place outside the Wet Dock or at Dernish, a sum not exceeding half that sum. 6. For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from a port other than a port in Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the State and— (
5. a)discharging or loading an amount of cargo the tonnage of which does not exceed one-half of the net register tonnage of the vessel, or (
6. b)discharging and loading an amount of cargo the tonnage of which does not in the aggregate, exceed one-half of the register tonnage of the vessel, for every arrival (
7. i)in lieu of the sum which, but for this reference number, would be chargeable if reference number 2 in this Part of the Schedule were applicable, a sum not exceeding half that sum, (
8. ii)in lieu of the sum which, but for this reference number, would be chargeable if reference number 4 in this Part of this Schedule were applicable, a sum not exceeding half that sum. 7. For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel lying in the Wet Dock or at any quay or in any part of the River Shannon within the port (other than any part of that river included within the respective limits of the harbours of Foynes, Kildysart, Glin, Tarbert or Kilrush) more than one month, for every period of fourteen days exceeding the first month or any part of such period, a sum not exceeding 0·05 8. (
9. a)For every mechanically propelled vessel trading in or upon the River Shannon, for every arrival at the quays or in the Wet Dock— If not exceeding 20 tons net register tonnage a sum not exceeding 1·00 if exceeding 20 tons but not exceeding 50 tons net register tonnage, a sum not eexeeding 1·50 if exceeding 50 tons but not exceeding 100 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding 2·00 if exceeding 100 tons but not exceeding 150 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding 2·50 if exceeding 150 tons net register tonnage, for every ton of the net register tonnage thereof, a sum not exceeding 0·10 (
10. b)For every vessel other than a mechanically propelled vessel trading in or upon the River Shannon, for every arrival at the quays or in the Wet Dock, a sum not exceeding one-half of the rate which would be chargeable if the vessel were a mechanically propelled vessel PART II. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO RATES MENTIONED IN PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE. 1. The tonnage rates (other than those specified at reference number 8 in Part I of this Schedule) shall not be chargeable on vessels trading in or upon the River Shannon. 2. For the purpose of calculating tonnage rates (other than those specified at the said reference number 8) the tonnage of vessels shall be taken to be the net register tonnage or half the gross tonnage thereof, whichever is the greater. 3. For the purpose of ascertaining Tonnage Rates a vessel which does not discharge cargo but which takes on board cargo shall be deemed to be trading only with the port of destination of such cargo. 3. The Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1953 ( S.I. No. 356 of 1953 ), the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 113 of 1958 ), the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 80 of 1959 ), the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 191 of 1961 ), the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 145 of 1972 ), and the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 239 of 1972 ), are hereby revoked. GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 25th day of January, 1974. PETER BARRY, Minister for Transport and Power. EXPLANATORY NOTE. The effect of this Order is to revise maximum goods and tonnage rates chargeable at the Port of Limerick by Limerick Harbour Commissioners. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais