# The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1990, Part III: EXEMPTIONS


There shall be exempted from dues under this Schedule:—
(1) Ships belonging to Her Majesty or to a foreign Government unless carrying cargo or passengers for freight or fares;
(2) Ships of less than 20 tons, other than ships liable to pay dues by reference to their length;
(3) Sailing ships used exclusively for sail training purposes;
(4) Tugs and fishing vessels of less than 10 metres in length;
(5) Ships (other than those subject to periodical payments) when navigating wholly and bona fide in ballast and not engaged in any other revenue earning, commercial, or passenger carrying activity or service;
(6) Ships putting in solely for bunkers, stores, or provisions for their own use on board;
(7) Ships putting in from stress of weather or because of damage or on voyages solely for the purpose of repairing, provided they do not discharge or load cargo other than cargo discharged with a view to such repairs, and afterwards reshipped;
(8) Ships navigating solely and entirely within the limits of a harbour authority unless such limits include a lighthouse, buoy or visible beacon maintained by a general lighthouse authority at the expense of the General Lighthouse Fund;
(9) Any ship (including a pleasure craft) in respect of any year ending 31 March during the whole of which it is laid up; and in the case of any such ship which has opted to pay in two payments as provided for in paragraph 2(1)(b) of the scale, this exemption shall apply in respect of any period covered by such option, during the whole of which it is laid up.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/364/schedule/part/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-1990/schedule/part-III
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