{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-1997/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-1997/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/562",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations revoke and replace the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1990 as amended.\nThe Regulations make the following reductions to the amount of light dues which may be levied:\nDescription\nPrevious amount\nNew amount\nAnnual payment per ship for tugs and registered fishing vessels\n£212\n£202\nPayment for each metre of length in excess of 10 metres for tugs and registered fishing vessels\n£22\n£21\nTwo equal payments per ship for tugs and registered fishing vessels\n£119\n£114\nPayment for each metre of length in excess of 10 metres length for tugs and registered fishing vessels\n£12.50\n£12\nMinimum annual payment for a new or newly registered tug or fishing vessel\n£62\n£60\nMinimum annual payment for a tug or registered fishing vessel which is not registered for a continuous period of more than three months.\n£62\n£60\nAnnual payment for pleasure vessels\n£81\n£77\nPayment for each period of 30 days in respect of a visit within an area for which any general lighthouse authority has responsibility for a pleasure vessel not ordinarily kept or used in such an area\n£27\n£26\nAmount for each month or part of month for a new or newly registered pleasure vessel\n£27\n£26\nMinimum amount per voyage for ships not subject to periodical payments\n£62\n£60\nRate per ton for ships subject to payments per voyage\n43 pence\n41 pence\nIn addition, the Regulations also make the following amendments:\n(a) A ship’s tonnage is to be ascertained by reference to its International Tonnage Certificate (1969) or, if the ship does not have such a certificate, by reference to the ship’s gross tonnage.\n(b) The exemption in favour of ships navigating wholly within the limits of a harbour authority has been modified except in relation to the Port of London Authority and the Forth Port Authority.\n(c) Additional exemptions have been granted for various classes of ships.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/562/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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