Article 30 Payment of chargesI1

The charges which the Commissioners are for the time being authorised to demand, take and recover in respect of vessels and goods or otherwise under any enactment shall be payable before the removal from the harbour of any vessel or goods in respect of which they are payable, and may be demanded, taken and recovered by such persons, at such places, at such times and under such terms and conditions as the Commissioners may from time to time specify in their published list of charges.

Charges payable to the Commissioners on or in respect of—

Where paragraph (2) provides that charges are payable by more than one person, those persons shall be jointly and severally liable.

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) the terms and conditions as to the payment of charges which the Commissioners may from time to time specify may include the time when a charge falls due for payment and may require such information to be given to the Commissioners by the owner or master of a vessel or a person using a service or facility of the Commissioners as the Commissioners may require in connection with the assessment or collection of a charge.

Where charges payable to the Commissioners have not been paid by the time they are due for payment, until such charges have been paid in full the Commissioners may refuse entry to, require removal from, or detain within, the harbour—