# The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1989, Paragraph 10


(a) A fishing vessel may, subject to paragraph (b) below, instead of making the payment required by paragraph 4(c) of the scale, pay two equal payments of £85 per vessel plus £8.50 for each metre in length in excess of 10 metres in respect of each of the five month periods commencing respectively on 1st June 1989 and 1st November 1989.
(b) In issuing a notice of levy in respect of a fishing vessel a general lighthouse authority shall inform the recipient of his right to elect to make payment in accordance with this Rule. Where the recipient makes a payment in accordance with paragraph (a) above within 28 days of the service of the notice Rule 9 shall not apply; otherwise he shall be liable to pay in accordance with Rule 9. If the recipient makes such a payment in respect of the period from 1st June 1989 in accordance with paragraph (a) above the remaining payment shall be payable within 28 days of 1st November 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/305/schedule/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-1989/schedule/paragraph-10
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