S.I. No. 134/1975 - Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1975.

(1)This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1975.

(2)This Order shall come into operation on the 8th day of July, 1975. 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 (inserted by the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1974 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1974 )) 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 38p Alcohol, Wines, Spirits 75p Alumina 38p ,, Sulphate of 38p Aluminium 50p ,, Ware or Foil 57p ,, Scrap 25p Animal Feeding Stuffs 25p Barytes 38p Boats, Rowing Each 95p ,, Motor, Yachts Each £125 Bricks, Slates, Tiles 25p Cement clinker 7p Chemicals N.O.R. 57p Coal, Coke, etc. 12p Copper Concentrates 13p Corn and Grain:— Barley, Oats, Maize, Wheat 18p Bran, Pollard 25p Cotton Yarn 38p ,, ,, Manufactures 75p Dairy Products 38p Drapery, all kinds, N.O.R. 75p Earthenware 25p Electric Fittings, Cables and Appliances 63p Empties, all kinds 13p Fancy Goods 75p Felt 38p Fertilisers N.O.R. 12p Fish 19p ,,Tinned 75p Fruit, all kinds 75p Glass, Window 13p ,, Plate 38p ,, Ware 75p Glue 19p Haberdashery 75p Hardware 57p Hides, all kinds 19p Iron and Steel:— Bar, Hoops, Sheet, Plate, Scrap 13p Joists, Girders, Wire Rod, Wire Netting 25p Manufactures N.O.R. 25p Leather, all kinds 75p Livestock Each 38p Luggage or personal effects 75p Machinery or parts N.O.R. 25p Meal N.O.R. 25p Meat and Meat Products 38p Medicines N.O.R. 57p Offals (Meat) 38p Oils:— Paraffin, Petroleum, Fuel, Motor and Aviation Spirit, Lucricating 20p Oil:— Olive, Cod, or qualities N.O.R. 38p Ore, N.O.R. 13p Paper, all kinds 38p Pipes—Sewer, Drainage, Gas 13p Plants, Shrubs, Bulbs, etc. 75p Rubber 63p ,, Manufactures, N.O.R. 75p Salt—Rock, White, N.O.R. 9p Scrap Metals N.O.R. 13p Seeds, all kinds 25p Tea, Coffee, Cocoa N.O.R. 75p Tobacco 75p Vegetables N.O.R. 19p ,, Tinned 75p Waste 38p Wood and Wood Goods:— (For purpose of rating, 1 Standard =254 tonnes) Deals, Boards, Poles, etc. 12p Logwoods, Mahogany and similar qualities 57p Plywood, Chipboard, Millboard 38p Wool and Woollen Manufactures 75p Goods other than those mentioned in this Schedule 38p Containers or Flats Laden or partly Laden:— (

1. a)Up to 20 feet in length Each £250 (
2. b)Over 20 feet in length Each £375 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 opinion of the Commissioners, is most appropriate. ( Section 99 of Harbours Act, 1946 ). N.O.R. Means 'Not otherwise rated'. " and ( b ) For the Second Schedule thereto (inserted by the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1974) 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 14p 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 19p 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 14p 4. 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 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 14p 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 net 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 7p 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 £100 If exceeding 20 tons but not exceeding 50 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding £150 If exceeding 50 tons but not exceeding 100 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding £200 If exceeding 100 tons but not exceeding 150 tons net register tonnage, a sum not exceeding £250 If exceeding 150 tons net register tonnage, for every ton of the net register tonnage thereof, a sum not exceeding 10p (
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, 1974, is hereby revoked. GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 24th day of June, 1975. PETER BARRY, Minister for Transport and Power. EXPLANATORY NOTE. This Order authorises the Limerick Harbour Commissioners to increase goods and tonnage rates. 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