Harbour Charges
C2C330 Duty of harbour and local lighthouse authorities to make available for inspection, and to keep for sale, copies of lists of certain charges. C1
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A list showing the ship, passenger and goods dues for the time being exigible—
a
by virtue of section 26 of this Act by a harbour authority at a harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, they are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing; or
F1b
by virtue of section 43 of the M1Transport Act 1962 by any of the Boards at a harbour which, in the exercise and performance of statutory powers and duties, that Board are engaged in improving, maintaining or managing, except where the Board in question are . . . F2, the British Railways Board or the British Waterways Board and the harbour in question is not specified in Schedule 9 to that Act;
shall be kept at the harbour office and shall be open there during reasonable hours for inspection by any person without charge, and copies of the list shall be kept for sale at that office at a price not exceeding F35p for each copy.
2
A list showing the charges for the time being exigible by virtue of section 29 of this Act by a local lighthouse authority . . . F4shall be kept at the authority’s office and shall be open there during reasonable hours for inspection by any person without charge, and copies of the list shall be kept for sale there at F5such reasonable price (if any) as the authority determine.
3
No ship, passenger or goods due exigible as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) above shall be levied by, as the case may be the harbour authority or Board concerned if, at the time at which it is exigible, the authority or Board are in default in compliance with the requirement of subsection (1) of this section with respect to the keeping of a list of dues at the harbour office or the due is not shown in the list kept there at that time in compliance with that requirement; and no charge exigible by virtue of section 29 of this Act by a local lighthouse authority shall be levied by the authority if, at the time at which it is exigible, either the authority are in default in compliance with the requirement of subsection (2) of this section with respect to the keeping of a list of such charges at the authority’s office, or the charge is not shown in the list kept there at that time in compliance with that requirement.
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A copy of a list which, in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section, is for the time being kept by a harbour authority . . . F6at the office of a harbour which is not a fishery harbour or marine work . . . F6or, in pursuance of subsection (2) of this section, is for the time being kept by a local lighthouse authority at their office, shall be supplied by them to F7the Secretary of State without charge; a copy of a list which, in pursuance of the said subsection (1), is for the time being kept by a harbour authority at the office of a fishery harbour shall be supplied by them to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food F8or, if the fishery harbour is in Wales, to the Secretary of State without charge; and a copy of a list which, in pursuance of the said subsection (1), is for the time being kept by a harbour authority at the office of a harbour which is a marine work shall be supplied by them to the Secretary of State without charge.
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Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to combined charges within the meaning of section 27A of this Act.
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References in this section to the dues or charges exigible by an authority or Board are references to the amount exigible where no composition agreement applies and no specially agreed rebate is allowed.