Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 504
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2002
Made
6th March 2002
Laid before Parliament
8th March 2002
Coming into force
1st April 2002
The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 205(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( 1 ) hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997
2.Part II of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997( 2 ) shall be amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a), for “£202 plus a payment of £21” there shall be substituted “£190 plus a payment of £20”;
(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “£114” there shall be substituted “£110”; and
(c) in paragraph 3(1), for the words “and to paragraph (2) below,” to the end there shall be substituted:
“ , to a maximum charge of £16,000 per voyage and to paragraph (2) below, the amount of light dues per voyage shall be 40 pence per ton. ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
6th March 2002
S.I. 1997/562 , to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations.