{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seafarers-wages-act-2023/section-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/8",
  "legislation_title": "Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seafarers-wages-act-2023",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Imposition of surcharges: in-year declaration that is prospective only",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if—\n(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,\n(b) the operator provides the declaration during the relevant year in accordance with regulations under section 3(5), and\n(c) the declaration is within subsection (3) of section 4 (and not also within subsection (4) of that section).\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 20(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 1.12.2024 by S.I. 2024/1008, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/8/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:53:17.823981+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}