The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light...

  3. 2.The instruments specified in column 1 in Schedule 1 to...

  4. 3.(1) The amounts of general light dues which may be...

  5. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      1. PART I

        1. 1.Interpretation

      2. PART II SCALE OF PAYMENTS

        1. 1.Periodical payments

        2. Tugs and fishing vessels

        3. Pleasure vessels

        4. 2.Pleasure vessels

        5. 3.Payments per voyage

      3. PART III RULES

        1. 1.Dues payable under paragraph 3 of the scale of payments...

        2. 2.(a) The payments under paragraph 1 of the scale of...

        3. 3.When issuing an invoice in respect of a tug or...

        4. 4.(a) Any payment in respect of a visit as is...

      4. PART IV DESCRIPTION OF VESSELS EXEMPT FROM LIGHTS DUES

        1. 1.Ships on charter to Her Majesty or used by a...

        2. 2.Ships of less than 20 tons, other than ships liable...

        3. 3.Sailing ships used exclusively for sail training purposes, operating as...

        4. 4.Tugs and fishing vessels of less than 10 metres in...

        5. 5.Ships (other than those subject to periodical payments) when navigating...

        6. 6.Ships putting in solely for bunkers, stores, crew changes, embarkation...

        7. 7.Ships putting in from stress of weather or because of...

        8. 8.Ships navigating solely and entirely within the limits of a...

        9. 9.Any ship (including a pleasure vessel) in respect of any...

        10. 10.Vessels involved in land defences and/or land reclamation on behalf...

        11. 11.Vessels solely engaged in pollution control prevention or recovery on...

        12. 12.Vessels engaged solely in the transportation of sewerage waste to...

        13. 13.Vessels putting in or departing in ballast for the purpose...

        14. 14.Dumb barges, lighters, hulks, or other vessels being towed which...

  7. Explanatory Note