(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1any. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 statutory provision made with respect to a local lighthouse authority shall,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2, cease to have effect in so far as it limits the discretion of the authority as to the charges to be made by them.
(2)Subject to the following provisions of this Act, a local lighthouse authority who are not a harbour authority may demand, take and recover, in respect of every ship which enters or leaves a port, harbour or estuary wherein is situate a lighthouse, buoy or beacon whereover they have authority and which passes the lighthouse, buoy or beacon and derives benefit therefrom, such charges as they think fit.
(3)Any reference in sections 655 and 656 of the said Act of 1894 to local light dues shall be construed as referring to charges exigible by virtue of this section.
(4)Any dues fixed by virtue of the said section 655(1) or by virtue of any other statutory provision, being dues that are in force immediately before the coming into operation of this section and are to be paid to a local lighthouse authority who are not a harbour authority, shall, so far as they could be imposed by virtue of this section, be deemed to have been so imposed.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
F2Words repealed by Docks and Harbours Act 1966 (c. 28, SIF 58), s. 46(2)(4)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The “said Act of 1894” means Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (c. 60, SIF 111)