Commonwealth Light Dues Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 331.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE LIGHTHOUSES ACT 1911.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation, under the Lighthouses Act 1911, to come into operation on the first day of January, 1918.

Dated this 18th day of December, 1917.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. M. HUGHES,

for the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of Commonwealth Light Dues Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1915, No. 96, as amended by Statutory Rules 1916, No. 55.)

Regulations 4 and 5 of the Commonwealth Light Dues Regulations are hereby repealed and the following inserted in their stead:—

Payment of Light Dues.

“4. (1) In the case of ships arriving from ports outside. Australia, Light Dues shall be payable at the following places:—

(a) In the case of the first arrival of a ship at a port in Australia after the commencement of this Regulation, at that port; and

(b) Thereafter at the port in Australia in which the ship is at the expiration of a period of three months from the date of the last payment of Light Dues in accordance with these Regulations; and

(c) In the case of a ship not in port at the expiration of that period, at the first port at which the ship arrives after the expiration of that period.

“(2) Payments due on the ships specified in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be made to the Collector or other proper officer of Customs at the Customs House of the port at which the Dues are payable, at the following times:—

(a) In the case of the first arrival of the ship at a port in Australia after the commencement of this Regulation or of the arrival of a ship after the expiration of the period of three months for which payment has been made, immediately on the arrival of the ship; or

(b) If the period of three months for which payment has been made expires while the ship is in port, immediately on the expiration of that period.

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“(3) Where the period of three months for which payment has been made expires while the ship is in the course of its voyage from one Australian port to another and payment is made immediately on the arrival of the ship at that port, the date of commencement of the ensuing period shall be the day following the expiration of the previous period.

“(4) In the case of ships trading solely between Australian ports, Light Dues shall be payable at the following places:—

(a) at the home port of the ship; or

(b)at such other port in Australia as is notified by the owners or agents of the ship to the Collector of Customs at the home port prior to the payment falling due.

“(5) Payments due on the ships specified in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be made (every three months) to the Collector or other proper officer of Customs at the Customs House of the port at which the Dues are payable, on or before the first day of January, the first day of April, the first day of July and the first day of October in each year, and each payment shall be for a period of three months.

“(6) In the case of a ship being laid up and not engaged in trade for a period of at least one month a proportionate remission of the Light Dues in respect of the period in respect of which the ship is so laid up may be made, provided application is made to the Collector of Customs at the port at which the Dues are payable and the Collector considers the circumstances are such as to warrant the remission.

Rate of Light Dues.

5. The rate of the Light Dues payable under these Regulations shall be Ninepence per ton:

Provided that for ships calling at one port only in Australia en route to a port of destination outside Australia, the rate of Light Dues payable shall be Fivepence per ton.”

 

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