PORTS AND MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 61
Wharfage charge
61 Wharfage charge
(1) A wharfage charge is payable in respect of availability of a site at which
stevedoring operations may be carried out.
(2) Unless the regulations
otherwise provide, the charge is to be calculated by reference to the quantity
of cargo loaded or unloaded at the site.
(3) The charge is payable:
(a) in
the case of cargo that is unloaded at the site--by the person who, immediately
after it is unloaded, is the owner of the cargo, and
(b) in the case of cargo
that is loaded at the site--by the person who, immediately before it is
loaded, is the owner of the cargo.
(4) To the extent, however, that the
charge is not paid by the person indicated in subsection (3) as liable for its
payment, the charge is payable by the person who, at the time payment is
demanded by the relevant port authority, is the owner of the cargo.
