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S.I. No. 149/1972 -- Harbour Rates (Waterford Port and Harbour) Order, 1972.

S.I. No. 149/1972 -- Harbour Rates (Waterford Port and Harbour) Order, 1972. 1972 149

S.I. No. 149/1972:

HARBOUR RATES (WATERFORD PORT AND HARBOUR) ORDER, 1972.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 104 of the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), and after due compliance with section 106 of that Act, hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Waterford Port and Harbour) Order, 1972.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 23rd day of June, 1972.

2. The Waterford Harbour Act, 1919, shall be construed and have effect as if, for the matter contained in the Schedule to that Act (inserted by the Order of 1968), there were substituted the matter contained in the First Schedule to this Order.

3. The Harbour Rates (Waterford Harbour) Order, 1954 ( S.I. No. 225 of 1954 ), shall have effect as if, for the matter contained in the Schedule to that Order (inserted by the Order of 1968), there were substituted the matter contained in the Second Schedule to this Order.

4. The Harbour Rates (Waterford Cranage Rates) Order, 1964 ( S.I. No. 172 of 1964 ), shall be construed and have effect as if, for the matter contained in the Schedule to that Order, there were substituted the matter contained in the Third Schedule to this Order.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

" Rates on Goods Chargeable on Gross Weight including Packages.

Article	Unit of Quantity	Rate
Acid	Ton	14p
Alcohol, wine etc.	Ton	38p
Animals :	Each
Cattle	Each	26p
Dogs	Each	26p
Donkeys	Each	26p
Horses	Each	38p
Pigs	Each	14p
Sheep	Each	14p
Wild	Each	38p
Asbestos	Ton	12p
Asphalt	Ton	16p
Bags & Bagging	Ton	26p
Biscuits	Ton	38p
Bitumen	Ton	16p
Borax	Ton	26p

Article		Unit of Quantity	Rate
Bottles		Ton	26p
Boxes, empty		Ton	26p
Buckets		Ton	34p
Butter		Ton	34p
Calcium Chloride		Ton	6p
Carpets		Ton	50p
Cars		Each	£1·40p
Cardboard		Ton	26p
Chipboard		Ton	26p
Cement		Ton	6p
Chalk		Ton	8p
Cheese		Ton	34p
Chocolates		Ton	38p
Chocolate Crumb		Ton	38p
Cider		Ton	18p
Coal and Dust		Ton	8p
Cocoa		Ton	38p
Coffee		Ton	38p
Combine Harvester		Nos.	£1·60p
Copper		Ton	38p
Cornflour		Ton	38p
Cotton Wool		Ton	30p
Disinfectant		Ton	18p
Drugs & Chemicals (other)		Ton	50p
Dust		Ton	6p
Dyestuffs		Ton	26p
Earthenware :
Pipes		Ton	12p
Tiles etc.		Ton	18p
Electrical Goods		Ton	50p
Feeding Stuffs		Ton	12p
Felt		Ton	18p
Fertilizers		Ton	12p
Firebricks & Clay		Ton	18p
Fish, dried		Ton	22p
Fish, fresh		Ton	22p
Salmon & Preserves		Ton	38p
Fish Meal		Ton	12p
Founders Dust		Ton	6p
Fruit :
Dried		Ton	30p
Fresh		Ton	30p
Juice		Ton	30p
Pulp		Ton	30p
Furniture		Ton	50p
Gannister		Ton	6p
Glasscloth		Ton	26p
Glassware		Ton	38p
Glue (see Resin)
Grain
Feeding Stuffs	Ton	12p
Greaves		Ton	12p
Grease		Ton	12p
Hair		Ton	38p
Hardware		Ton	50p
Hides		Ton	12p
Honey		Ton	26p
Hops		Ton	50p
Ink		Ton	26p
Iron, Pig or Scrap		Ton	6p
Iron, Manufactured		Ton	14p
Jute		Ton	14p
Lead		Ton	18p
Lead Ash		Ton	8p
Leather		Ton	38p

Article	Unit of Quantity	Rate
Leather Dressing	Ton	20p
Leather Scrap	Ton	38p
Leather Waste	Ton	14p
Linerboard	Ton	12p
Linoleum	Ton	50p
Machinery	Ton	30p
Meal (see grain)	Ton	12p
Meat (all classes)	Ton	30p
Milk :
Condensed	Ton	26p
Powder	Ton	26p
Millboard	Ton	50p
Millinery	Ton	50p
Oil, except Bunker C.	Ton	18p
Bunker C.	Ton	14p
Oilcloth	Ton	38p
Paint	Ton	18p
Paper	Ton	18p
Paper, Waste	Ton	8p
Peatmoss	Ton	12p
Piece Goods (Textile)	Ton	50p
Plants	Ton	50p
Polythene	Ton	38p
Potatoes	Ton	10p
Rags	Ton	12p
Resin/Starch	Ton	12p
Rice	Ton	12p
Ropes	Ton	16p
Rubber Solution	Ton	18p
Rubber Goods	Ton	38p
Salt	Ton	8p
Sand	Ton	8p
Soda	Ton	12p
Steel Manufacture	Ton	14p
Sugar	Ton	16p
Sundries	Ton	50p
Tallow	Ton	18p
Tanning Extract	Ton	20p
Tea	Ton	38p
Timber (see Wood)
Tinplate	Ton	18p
Wood	50 c.ft. (or ton)	16p
Wood Pulp	Ton	10p
Plywood	Ton	26p
Wool	Ton	26p
Yarns	Ton	26p
Containers or Flats carrying any kind of goods	Floor Space 20"--8' and pro rata	£1·13p

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Maximum Tonnage Rates.

Ref. No.	Description of Charge	Rate
1.	On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every vessel discharging or loading cargo or passengers, for each voyage to and from the Harbour--
	(a) From or to any port in the State, Northern Ireland or Great Britain	12p
	(b) From or to any port or place in Europe between the river Elbe and Brest	16p
	(c) From or to any port or place not in the State, Northern Ireland or Great Britain nor in Europe between the Elbe and Brest	18p
2.	On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every vessel (other than a vessel bound from one port or place to any other port or place in the State, Northern Ireland or Great Britain) entering the harbour for the purpose of seeking shelter therein or for repairs or for orders and not discharging or loading cargo or passengers	1p
3.	On every ton of the net register tonnage or of half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of every fishing vessel of seventy tons net register tonnage or over which is, for the time being, employed in sea fishing or the sea fishing service, for each time such vessel enters the harbour and does not load fish but makes use of the quays and wharves	10p
4.	Laying Up Charges.
	On every ton of the net register tonnage or half the gross tonnage, whichever is the greater, of a vessel (other than a fishing vessel) for each week or part of a week during which the vessel is laid up after the expiration of twenty-one days from the first day on which the vessel is laid up a sum not exceeding	5p
5.	Local Lights Rates.
	For and upon every ton of the rateable tonnage of every vessel which having entered the port from the sea comes up same	1p

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Maximum Rates for use of Cranes.

Size of Crane	Maximum Rate per hour
(1)	(2)
20 ton	£5
Under 20 tons	£4

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 9th day of June 1972.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to authorise the Waterford Harbour Commissioners to charge increased goods, tonnage and cranage rates.