Paragraph 1 Payments per voyage
Subject to a minimum charge of £50 per voyage and to paragraph 1(2) below, there shall be the following charges per voyage:
Ships, other than Ro/Ro ferries, not liable to periodical payments: 30 pence per ton
Ro/Ro ferries:
30 pence per ton on the first 1000 tons, plus
60 pence per ton on any excess over 1000 tons.
A ship liable to make payments on account of light dues under this paragraph shall not be required to pay dues in respect of more than two voyages in any one month. In the year commencing 1 April 1990 such a ship shall also not be required to pay dues on more than 6 voyages in total, and in any subsequent year the said yearly limit shall be 7 voyages.
A voyage of a ship shall be reckoned from port to port, and a voyage which begins and ends at the same port without a call being made at any other port shall count as a single voyage.