Regulation 4 Periodical paymentsI1

For the classes of ships included in this regulation, light dues must be levied by a general lighthouse authority, or its authorised collector, by way of periodical payments according to the procedure and in the amounts set out in this regulation.

Unless paragraph (5) applies, a general lighthouse authority, or its authorised collector, must inform the registered owner of a tug or fishing vessel kept in the area for which that lighthouse authority has responsibility that light dues must be paid by means of—

The required payment to be made by a registered owner in accordance with paragraph (2) is—

For the purposes of paragraph (3), where the F3registered length that is in excess of ten metres is not a multiple of one metre, any excess F4not exceeding half a metre must be rounded down and any excess greater than half a metre must be rounded up to the nearest integer value.

This paragraph applies if the registered tug or a fishing vessel is kept for a part of the year in the area for which a general lighthouse authority has responsibility.

If paragraph (5) applies, the light dues payable are one-twelfth of the appropriate annual rate calculated under paragraph (3)(a) for each month or part of a month for which the registered tug or fishing vessel is kept in the area for which the general lighthouse authority has responsibility subject to a minimum payment of £60.

The payment for a pleasure vessel which is kept for the whole year in the area for which a general lighthouse authority has responsibility is £77 for the year.

The payment for a pleasure vessel which is kept for a part of the year in the area for which a general lighthouse authority has responsibility is the lower of—

If any vessel to which this regulation applies is declared a total loss during a period for which it has paid or is liable to pay light dues, that vessel must be deemed by a general lighthouse authority, or its authorised collector, not to be liable to such dues from the last day of the month in which the said loss occurs.

If paragraph (9) applies, liability to pay a periodical charge with respect to such a vessel is one-twelfth of the annual amount under paragraph (3)(a) or (8)(a) as the case may be for each month for which a periodical charge is payable, subject to a minimum payment of—

Any amount paid in excess of the amount reassessed in accordance with paragraph (10) must be repaid to the person who paid the excess amount.

In this regulation, where the amount payable is not a multiple of a penny, the excess must be rounded down to the nearest penny.