Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 543
Merchant Shipping
The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
5th April 2017
Laid before Parliament
7th April 2017
Coming into force
1st May 2017
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 205(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st May 2017.
Amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997
2. In paragraph 3(1A)( 2 ) of Part II (scale of payments) of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997( 3 )—
(a) in paragraph (e)( 4 ), after “2016” insert “and before 1st May 2017”; and
(b) at the end of paragraph (e), insert—
“ (f) on or after 1st May 2017, 37 and a half pence per ton subject to a maximum charge of £15,000 per voyage ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Ahmad of Wimbledon
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
5th April 2017
Sub-paragraph (1A) of paragraph 3 was substituted by S.I. 2009/1371 regulations 2(1) and (2), in place of the sub-paragraph inserted by S.I. 2006/649 regulations 2(1) and 2(2)(b).
S.I. 1997/562 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/649 , 2009/1371 , 2010/629 , 2014/527 , 2015/458 and 2016/269 .
Paragraph (e) was added by S.I. 2016/269 , regulation 2(b).