Tonnage Rates (Amendment) Act 1899 (NSW)

on every vessel fully laden discharging the whole of he r inward cargo a t any

A c t No. 52, 1899.

An Ac t t o a m e n d t h e l aw r e l a t i n g to W h a r f a g e

a n d T o n n a g e R a t e s . [29th December, 1899.]

E it enacted by the Queen ' s Most Exce l len t Majes ty , by and with

Assembly of N e w South Wales in Pa r l i amen t assembled, and by t h e	B the advice and consent of t he Legislat ive Council and Legis la t ive
au tho r i t y of t h e same, as follows :—

1. (1) I t shall be lawful to levy a ra te of one f a r th ing per ton

a n y public wharf or pr ivate sufferance wharf for every day or p a r t of a day t h a t such vessel occupies a be r th a t a n y such wharf, and a ra te of one ha l f -penny per ton on every such vessel d ischarging a port ion only of he r inward cargo , and on every vessel par t ly laden d ischarging t h e whole or a portion of her inward cargo a t any such wharf for every day or p a r t of a day t h a t any such vessel occupies a ber th a t a n y such

wharf.

(2) Such ra tes shall no t be leviable un t i l after the expira t ion

of the respective periods specified in the Third Schedule to t he Whar fage and Tonnage Rates Act of 1880 : Provided tha t in t h e ease of any vessel fully laden d ischarg ing a por t ion only of her inward cargo, and in t h e case of a vessel par t ly laden d ischarging t h e whole or a por t ion of he r inward cargo a t any such wharf, t he n u m b e r of free lay days to be al lowed shall bear t he same propor t ion to the n u m b e r of free lay (lays which would be allowed if the vessel were fully laden and discharged t h e whole of her inward cargo a t any such wharf as t he quan t i ty of cargo discharged at any such wharf as aforesaid bears to t h e gross registered tonnage where t he vessel is a steam-vessel a n d to fifteen- t e n t h s of t he ne t registered tonnage where t he vessel is a sailing vessel.

2 . I n es t imat ing the registered tonnage of any vessel for t he

purposes of t he W h a r f a g e and Tonnage Rates Ac t of 1880 or this Act , t h e same shall be ascer ta ined in accordance wi th t h e provisions of the Impe r i a l Merchan t Shipping Act , 1894, and the Schedules there to , and any enac tmen t s amend ing the same.

I n t he case of steam-vessels the gross tonnage m e a s u r e m e n t

shall be deemed to be t he tonnage of such vessels for t he purpose of ascer ta in ing t h e tonnage ra tes leviable unde r the W h a r f a g e and Tonnage Rates A c t of 1880 and th is Act .

The latest publ icat ion of Lloyd ' s Register shal l be p r ima facie

evidence of the net and gross tonnage of all vessels men t ioned there in .

3 . Sections six and eleven and the proviso to section three so

far as i t refers to goods from the Pacific I s lands of t h e Whar f age and

4 . This Ac t shall be construed as one wi th the Whar f age a n d

Tonnage Rates Ac t of 1880 are hereby repealed.

Tonnage Rates A c t of 1880 and the W h a r f a g e and Tonnage Rates A c t A m e n d m e n t Act , 1882, and may be cited as t he " Tonnage Rates

( A m e n d m e n t ) Act , 1899 . "

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