2014 No. 527
Merchant Shipping
The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made 6th March 2014
Laid before Parliament 10th March 2014
Coming into force 1st April 2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 205(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, makes the following Regulations:
1995 c.21.

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and they come into force on 1st April 2014.

2 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997
In paragraph 3(1A) in Part II (Scale of Payments) of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping Light Dues Regulations 1997—
(a) in paragraph (b) after “1st April 2010” insert “and before 1st April 2014”; and
(b) after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) on and after 1st April 2014, 40 pence per ton subject to a maximum charge of £16,000 per voyage.”

Sub-paragraph (1A) of paragraph 3 was substituted by S.I.2009/1371, in place of the sub-paragraph inserted by S.I. 2006/649, and amended by S.I. 2010/629.
S.I. 1997/562; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/649, 2009/1371 and 2010/629.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Stephen Hammond Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 6th March 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997 by substituting a lower figure (40p instead of 41p) for the rate per ton at which light dues are payable and a corresponding downward adjustment (£16,000 instead of £16,400) in the maximum amount for any one voyage by a ship which ends at a port or place in the United Kingdom on or after 1st April 2014.
An Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument is available from Michael Read-Leah, Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR and is available alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk