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Collection of rates Collection of rates

United Kingdom

And with respect to the collection and recovery of rates, be it enacted as follows:

  1. 34Collector may enter vessels to ascertain rates payable.
  2. 35Master to report arrival of vessel.
  3. 36Master of vessel to produce certificate of registry.
  4. 37Masters of vessels to give accounts of goods intended to be unshipped within the limits, &c.
  5. 38Penalty on masters giving no account, or a false account, of goods to be unshipped.
  6. 39Shippers to give an account of goods intended to be shipped.
  7. 40In case of dispute between collector and master, &c. goods to be weighed or measured.
  8. 41As to the expences of weighing or measuring goods.
  9. 42Rates on goods when payable.
  10. 43Penalty on evading payment of rates.
  11. 44Recovery of tonnage rates by distraint of ship and tackle.
  12. 45Recovery of rates on goods.
  13. 46Disputes concerning rates or charges occasioned by distress to be settled by a justice in England or Ireland, and in Scotland by the sheriff.
  14. 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  15. 48Collector of customs may withhold a clearance to any vessel until the rates paid.