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Section 7 Imposition of surcharges: in-year declaration that is prospective onlyI1I2

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This section applies if—

(a)

a harbour authority requests the operator of a service to which this Act applies to provide the authority with an equivalence declaration in respect of the service for a relevant year,

(b)

the operator provides the declaration during the relevant year in accordance with regulations under section 3(5), and

(c)

the declaration is within subsection (3) of section 4 (and not also within subsection (4) of that section).

(2)

The harbour authority must impose a charge on the operator of the service in respect of each occasion when a ship providing the service entered its harbour between the beginning of the relevant year and the time the declaration was provided.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 20(3)

I2

S. 7 in force at 1.12.2024 by S.I. 2024/1008, reg. 2