Article 45 Recovery of charges

In addition to any other remedy given by this Order and by the 1847 Act as incorporated with this Order, the Authority may recover any charges payable to it as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Where the master of a vessel in respect of which a charge is payable to the Authority refuses or neglects to pay the same or any part thereof, paragraph (1) applies whether or not the Authority’s collector has gone on board the vessel and demanded the charge pursuant to section 44 of the 1847 Act (recovery of tonnage rates by distraint of ship and tackle).