Article 38 Payment of charges

A charge which the Commissioners are for the time being authorised to demand, take and recover in respect of a vessel or goods or otherwise 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 conditions as the Commissioners may from time to time specify in their published list of charges.

Charges payable to the Commissioners shall be payable by the owners of any vessel or goods in relation to which the charges are payable.

Where a charge payable to the Commissioners may be recovered by them from more than one person, the persons from whom it may be recovered shall be jointly and severally liable.