Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment) Notification 2023

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 20 Dec 2023

No. S 861

Maritime and Port Authority
of Singapore Act 1996

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
(Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees)
(Amendment) Notification 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(1), (7) and (8) of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996, 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) Notification 2023 and comes into operation on 1 January 2024.

Deletion of paragraph 4A

2. In the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification (N 2), delete paragraph 4A.

Amendment of Schedule

3. In the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification, in the Schedule —

(a)

in paragraph 4, replace sub‑paragraphs (1) and (2) with —

“(1) The owner, agent or master of a pleasure craft must pay the port dues set out below:

Type of pleasure craft

Port dues payable
per year
or part of a year
(inclusive of GST)

(a)	For a Class I pleasure craft that is —

$5.45 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT

(i)	not more than 5 metres in length; and

(ii)	not mechanically propelled;

(b)	For a Class II pleasure craft that is —

$20.71 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT

(i)	more than 5 metres in length; and

(ii)	not mechanically propelled;

(c)	For a Class III pleasure craft licensed for private use that is mechanically propelled

$29.43 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT

(d)	For a Class III pleasure craft licensed for commercial use that —

$29.43 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT

(i)	is mechanically propelled; and

(ii)	has a carrying capacity of not more than 12 passengers;

(e)	For a Class IV pleasure craft licensed for commercial use that —

$65.40 per passenger seat subject to a minimum charge of $1,308.

(i)	is mechanically propelled; and

(ii)	has a carrying capacity of more than 12 passengers

(2) Subject to sub‑paragraphs (3) and (4), the owner, agent or master of a harbour craft must pay the port dues set out below:

Type of harbour craft

Port dues payable
per year
or part of a year
(inclusive of GST)

(a)	For a Class I harbour craft that is —

$20.71 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT

(i)	not mechanically propelled; and

(ii)	licensed to carry goods

(b)	For a Class I harbour craft that is —

$20.71 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT

(i)	not mechanically propelled; and

(ii)	licensed to carry not more than 12 passengers

(c)	For a Class II harbour craft that is —

$29.43 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT

(i)	mechanically propelled; and

(ii)	licensed to carry goods

(d)	For a Class II harbour craft that is —

$29.43 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT

(i)	mechanically propelled; and

(ii)	licensed to carry not more than 12 passengers

(e)	For a Class III harbour craft licensed to carry more than 12 passengers

$65.40 per passenger seat subject to a minimum charge of $1,308

(f)	For a Class IV harbour craft used for purposes other than those specified in sub‑paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) (including a harbour craft used as a tug, dredger, floating crane or used for the purposes of salvage, engineering or reclamation works)

$109 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT

(g)	For a harbour craft used as a bunker barge or as a tanker

$109 per 10 GT or part of every 10 GT.

”;

(b)

in paragraphs 5(2)(a) and (3), 10(c) and (d) and 13(i) and (j), replace “$54” with “$54.50”;

(c)

in paragraph 5(2)(b) and (3), replace “$108” with “$109”;

(d)

in paragraph 7(3), replace sub-paragraph (b) with —

“(b)

a vessel that is not within the meaning of a ship under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993, and the vessel is not bound for a destination outside Singapore:

Total volume of water
supplied to the vessel
(thousand litres)

Charges payable per
1,000 litres or part of
every 1,000 litres
(inclusive of GST)

(i)

0 – 50

$7.63

(ii)

51 – 100

$8.72

(iii)

101 – 150

$10.90

(iv)

151 – 200

$11.99

(v)

201 – 250

$14.17

(vi)

251 – 300

$15.26

(vii)

301 – 350

$17.44

(viii)

351 – 400

$18.53

(ix)	Exceeding 400

$22.89

”;

(e)

in paragraph 8(2A), replace sub-paragraph (b) with —

“(b)

a vessel that is not within the meaning of a ship under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993, and the vessel is not bound for a destination outside Singapore:

Total volume of water
supplied to the vessel
(thousand litres)

Charges payable per
1,000 litres or part of
every 1,000 litres
(inclusive of GST)

(i)

0 – 50

$9.81

(ii)

51 – 100

$10.90

(iii)

101 – 150

$13.08

(iv)

151 – 200

$14.17

(v)

201 – 250

$16.35

(vi)

251 – 300

$17.44

(vii)

301 – 350

$19.62

(viii)

351 – 400

$20.71

(ix)	Exceeding 400

$25.07

”;

(f)

in paragraph 9(1), replace sub‑paragraph (a) with —

“(a)	for the deployment of an anti‑pollution vessel as follows:

Where vessel is deployed for 8 hours or less in a calendar day, charges per hour or part of an hour (inclusive of GST) starting at the time the vessel is activated to the time it is instructed to be deactivated, including any period during which the vessel is —

(i)

awaiting instructions at a forward storage area or base; or

(ii)

in transit

Where vessel is deployed for more than 8 hours in a calendar day, charges for that calendar day (inclusive of GST), including any period during which the vessel is —

(i)

awaiting instructions at a forward storage area or base; or

(ii)

in transit

Charges per calendar day or part of a calendar day (inclusive of GST), for any period that the vessel is in the process of demobilisation, including any time taken to carry out any cleaning, repair or other work required to restore the vessel to the condition that it was in at the time of its activation

(i)	a launch, inclusive of bunkers and minimum manning

$272.50

$2,180

$1,635

(ii)	a workboat or hydrographic craft used as a command craft, inclusive of bunkers and minimum manning

$599.50

$4,796

$3,597

(iii)

an unmanned workboat or hydrographic craft used as a command craft, inclusive of bunkers

Not applicable

$2,398

(iv)	a garbage collection craft used as an anti‑oil pollution craft, inclusive of bunkers and minimum manning

$370.60

$2,943

$2,212.70”;

(g)

in paragraph 9(3), replace sub-paragraph (a) with —

“(a)

manpower charges as follows:

(i)	for a member of the Authority’s senior management

Hourly rate of between $207.10 (inclusive of GST) and $327 (inclusive of GST), as the Authority may determine based on the seniority of the person deployed or involved (pro‑rated on a per minute basis)

(ii)	for a senior officer employed by the Authority

Hourly rate of between $92.65 (inclusive of GST) and $152.60 (inclusive of GST), as the Authority may determine based on the seniority of the senior officer deployed or involved (pro‑rated on a per minute basis)

(iii)

for a junior officer employed by the Authority

Hourly rate of between $49.05 (inclusive of GST) and $70.85 (inclusive of GST), as the Authority may determine based on the seniority of the junior officer deployed or involved (pro‑rated on a per minute basis)

(iv)	for a person employed or engaged by the Authority on a contract or temporary basis

The costs actually incurred by the Authority

”;

(h)

in paragraph 9(3)(c)(i) and (ii), replace “$1.08 million” wherever it appears with “$1.09 million”;

(i)

in paragraph 9(3)(c)(ii), replace “$108,000” with “$109,000”; and

(j)

in paragraphs 10(a) and 13(a), (b) and (c), replace “$5.40” with “$5.45”.

[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; S 543/2021; S 957/2021; S 1010/2022]

Made on 15 December 2023.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Chairperson,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/01.C06/NWT; AG/LEGIS/SL/170A/2020/3 Vol. 2]

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