Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Notification 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 22 Jul 2021

No. S 543

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act

(CHAPTER 170A)

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
(Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees)
(Amendment No. 2) Notification 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(1), (7) and (8) of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification is the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Notification 2021 and comes into operation on 23 July 2021.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification (N 2) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “fees”, the following definitions:

“ “FSRU” means a floating storage regassification unit used for the regassification or storage of LNG, or both;

“FSU” means a floating storage unit used for the storage of LNG;”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “GT”, the following definition:

“ “LNG” means liquefied natural gas;”.

Amendment of Schedule

3. The Schedule to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “The wharfage charges” in paragraph 6(2) and substituting the words “Subject to sub‑paragraph (2A), the wharfage charges”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (2) of paragraph 6, the following sub‑paragraph:

“(2A) No wharfage charge mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2) is payable on any LNG discharged from or loaded on an FSU or FSRU approved by the Port Master to conduct such discharge or loading at a berth at a privately‑operated wharf approved by the Port Master for such discharge or loading, for which charges are payable under paragraph 6A.”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 6, the following paragraph:

“Charges for LNG operations by approved FSU and FSRU at approved berth

6A.—(1) The charges payable on any LNG discharged from or loaded on an FSU or FSRU approved by the Port Master to conduct such discharge or loading at a berth (whether or not at a privately‑operated wharf or a public terminal) approved by the Port Master for such discharge or loading are as follows:

Per tonne of LNG or
part thereof discharged
from FSU or FSRU

Per tonne of LNG or
part thereof loaded on
FSU or FSRU

Nil

20 cents

(2) The Authority may elect to collect any of the charges payable under sub‑paragraph (1) from —

(a)	the owner or agent of the FSU or FSRU, as the case may be; or
(b)	the operator of the approved berth mentioned in that sub‑paragraph.

(3) In this paragraph, “public terminal” means any wharf operated under a public licence or an exemption granted by the Authority under Part XII of the Act.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 741/2004; S 575/2005; S 113/2006; S 316/2007; S 523/2007; S 134/2009; S 404/2009; S 662/2009; S 168/2010; S 728/2010; S 680/2011; S 279/2012; S 392/2013; S 846/2013; S 226/2014; S 431/2014; S 159/2017; S 474/2017; S 690/2017; S 440/2018; S 903/2020; S 56/2021]

Made on 16 July 2021.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/01.C06/NWT; AG/LEGIS/SL/170A/2020/3 Vol. 1]

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