Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 610
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
8th March 2004
Laid before Parliament
11 th March 2004
Coming into force
1st April 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him 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 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.
Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997
2. For paragraph 3(1) of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997 ( 2 ) there shall be substituted the following—
“ (1) In respect of ships of all other classes, subject to a minimum charge of £60 per voyage, to a maximum charge of £13, 650 per voyage and to paragraph (2) below, the amount of light dues per voyage shall be 39 pence per ton. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
8th March 2004