Article 5 Payment of charges
The charges which the Commissioners are authorised to demand, take and recover in respect of vessels and goods under article 4 or any other enactment shall be payable before the removal from the harbour of any vessel or goods in respect of which they are payable, and may be demanded, taken and recovered by such persons, at such places, at such times and under such terms and conditions as the Commissioners may from time to time specify in their published list of charges.
Charges payable to the Commissioners—
in respect of a vessel, shall be payable by the owner or master of the vessel; and
in respect of goods, shall be payable by the owner, consignee or shipper of the goods.
Where charges payable to the Commissioners may be recovered by them from more than one person, the persons from whom they may be recovered shall be jointly and severally liable.
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the terms and conditions as to the payment of charges which the Commissioners may specify may include the time when a charge falls due for payment and may require such information to be given to the Commissioners by the owner or master of a vessel or a person using a service or facility of the Commissioners as the Commissioners may require in connection with the assessment or collection of a charge.