Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide for increases of 18.6% in the scale of light dues payable per voyage and of around 7% to 8% in the dues paid on a periodical basis under the Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898, as set out in the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1990 (as amended). The last change took effect on 1st September 1991.