PART 3CHARGES
Payment of charges20
1
The charges which the conservancy authority is for the time being authorised to demand, take and recover in respect of vessels and goods or otherwise under any enactment must be payable before the removal from the estuary of any vessel or goods in respect of which they are payable, and may be demanded, taken and recovered by such persons, at such places, at such times and under such terms and conditions as the authority may from time to time specify in its published list of charges.
2
Charges payable to the conservancy authority shall be payable by the owner of any vessel or goods in relation to which the charges are payable.
3
Where charges payable to the conservancy authority may be recovered by it from more than one person, the persons from whom they may be recovered are jointly and severally liable.
4
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the terms and conditions as to the payment of charges which the conservancy authority may from time to time specify—
a
may include the time when a charge falls due for payment, and
b
may require such information to be given to the authority by—
i
the owner or master of a vessel, or
ii
a person using a service or facility of the authority,
as the conservancy authority may require in connection with the assessment or collection of a charge.