Navigation Acts Amendment Act 1896 (NSW)

No. XXXVI.

An Act to amend the “Navi,i»*ation Acts, xavioatiox acts

1871-1881.” \\Mli November, 1896.] -mê kn ,.

“O E it enacted Ly the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, l)y and JLj with the advice and consent ol' the Ec^islative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South AValcs in Pavliainent assembhal, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1. In this Act the expression “ Principal Act” means the inierpietation.

“ Navigation Act of 1871.”

2. Erom and after a day to be fixed T)y the Governor by pro- Mavine noani to

clamation in the Gazette, the Marine Board of New South lYales shall <onsist ot mne . f* • 1 ̂ - 1 1 T • 1 j i i i c m b e i ’s .

consist of nine members, that is to say, tlie President and eight

Wardens.

3. The thirty-fifth section of the Principal Act is hereliy Fees for ecTtiticaU's.

amended by substituting the Avords “ an additional pound for ci'cry additional three hundred tons or part thereof” for the words “ the sum of four pounds.”

4. There shall be payable and paid u^ion every shi]) n o t Xi-w pilotage rates,

exempted by the Principal Act as hereby amended, on her arrival at or dc'parturc from any port or place Avithin the jurisdiction at A\hich tliere is a pilotage establishment, pilotage rates as i’olloAV :—

(n) Upon every ship on her arrival or departure as aforesaid in ballast, the sum of one ptamy per ton :

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152 No. 37. 60» VIC. 1896.

Factories and Shops.

{b) Upon every ship on her arrival as aforesaid for the purpose of refitting or docking the ship or of obtaining coal to ho used in the ship on her voyage and for no other purpose, the sum of one penny per to n ; and on her departure after such refitting or docking, or after obtaining coal to he used in the ship on her voyage, the sum of twopence per ton ;

(c)	Upon every ship compelled to enter any port or place through stress of weather or for repairs, or to receive orders, or to take in provisions, or being in distress, the sum of one penny per ton on her arrival or departure as aforesaid:
{d)	Upon every ship on her arrival or departure as aforesaid under circumstances other than those hereinbefore in this section set forth, the sum of twopence per to n :

Provided always that no vessel arriving at or departing from any port or place within the jurisdiction under the provisions of subsections {b) and (c) of this section shall he required to pay the harbour and light rate imposed under section fifty-five of the Principal A ct:

Minimum and	Provided also that pilotage rates payable in respect of the arrival of any ship at, or her departure from, the port of Sydn('y or port of Newcastle shall not he less than two pounds ten shillings, and in respect of her arrival at, or departure from, any other port or place within the jurisdiction shall not he less than one pound five shillings :
maximum rates.
Provided also, that no such rates in respect of tlie arrival of any ship at any port or place within the jurisdiction, or her departure from the said port or place, shall exceed twenty pounds in each instance. Section fifty-four of the Principal Act is hereby repealed.
Harbour removal	5. Schedule H of the Principal Act is hereby amended by substituting the words “ and an additional j)Ouiid for every five hundred tons or part thereof in excess of one thousand tons up to a maximum of two thousand tons ” for “ exceeding 1000 tons £3 0 0.”
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Short title.	6. This Act may he cited as the “ Navigation Acts Amc'iidmcnt Act, 1896,” and the Navigation Acts, 1871-1881, and this Act may he collectively cited as the “ Navigation Acts, 1871-1896.”