Article 23 Payment of charges
The charges which the Company 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 or the harbour premises 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 Company may from time to time specify in their published list of charges.
Charges payable to the Company on or in respect of—
a vessel, shall be payable by the owner or master thereof;
goods, shall be payable by the owner, consignee or shipper thereof.
Where charges payable to the Company may be recovered by them from more than one person, the persons from whom they may be recovered shall be jointly and severally liable.
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) above, the terms and conditions as to the payment of charges which the Company 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 Company by the owner or master of a vessel or a person using a service or facility of the Company as the Company may require in connection with the assessment or collection of a charge.