EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997 by substituting a lower figure (41p instead of 43p) for the rate at which light dues are payable for any one voyage by a ship which ends at a port or place in the United Kingdom on or after 1st April 2010 (regulation 2(a)). Regulation 2(b) makes a corresponding downward adjustment in the maximum amount payable for any one voyage.
An impact assessment showing the beneficial effect that the instrument is expected to have on the costs of business is available from Ports Division, Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website (www.opsi.gov.uk). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.