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PORTS AND MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 50 Imposition of navigation service charge

PORTS AND MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 50

Imposition of navigation service charge

50 Imposition of navigation service charge

(1) A navigation service charge is payable in respect of the general use by a vessel of a designated port and its infrastructure, apart from:
(a) the use of a pilot, or
(b) the use of land-based port facilities and staff directly involved in providing services at those facilities, or
(c) port access for cargo at the interface between the vessel and land-based facilities for the purpose of stevedoring operations.
(2) Unless the regulations otherwise provide, the charge:
(a) is payable on each entry by the vessel into any designated port, and
(b) is to be calculated by reference to the gross tonnage of the vessel.
(3) The charge is payable whether entry to the waters of a port is by sea or from the land (or, in the case of a seaplane, from the air).
(4) A navigation service charge is payable by the owner of the vessel concerned.