Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment) Notification 2006

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 24 Feb 2006

No. S 113

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act

(Chapter 170A)

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment) Notification 2006

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

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification may be cited as the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment) Notification 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2006.

Amendment of Schedule

2. Part I of the Schedule to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification (N 2) is amended by deleting paragraph 4 and substituting the following paragraph:

“4.—(1) The owner, agent or master of a pleasure craft shall pay port dues at the following rates:

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

$5 per 10 GT or part thereof;

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

(ii) not mechanically propelled;

(b) Class II — for a pleasure craft that is ––

$19 per 10 GT or part thereof;

(i) more than 5 metres in length; and

(ii) not mechanically propelled;

$27 per 10 GT or part thereof;

(2) The owner, agent or master of a harbour craft shall pay port dues at the following rates:

(a) Class I — for a harbour craft that is ––

$19 per 10 GT or part thereof;

(i) not mechanically propelled; and

(ii) used for carrying goods or not more than 12 passengers;

(b) Class II — for a harbour craft that is ––

$27 per 10 GT or part thereof;

(i) mechanically propelled; and

(ii) used for carrying goods or not more than 12 passengers;

$60 per passenger seat subject to a minimum charge of $1,200;

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

$100 per 10 GT or part thereof;

(e) for a harbour craft used as a bunker barge or as a tanker

$100 per 10 GT or part thereof;

but —

(i) a charge of $20 per 10 GT or part thereof shall be levied on any harbour craft (except a harbour craft used for land reclamation work in Singapore) operating as a sea-going vessel on every occasion the craft leaves the port limits; and

(ii) where a harbour craft used as a bunker barge or tanker is not more than 5 years old, a 50% rebate of the port dues payable is to be given if the owner, agent or master of the harbour craft complies with such condition as the Authority may impose.

(3) In addition to the port dues payable under sub-paragraph (2) (e), where a harbour craft used as a bunker barge or as a tanker is more than 16 years old, the owner, agent or master of the harbour craft shall pay additional port dues at the rate of 10% of the port dues payable under that sub-paragraph per year or part thereof for each year or part thereof that the harbour craft exceeds 16 years of age.

(4) The port dues payable under this paragraph shall be paid annually in advance at the time the licence under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft) Regulations (Rg 3), or the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Pleasure Craft) Regulations (Rg 6), as the case may be, is issued or renewed.

(5) If the Authority is satisfied that a harbour craft or a pleasure craft has been scrapped during the period for which port dues were paid under this paragraph, the Authority shall refund the port dues paid in respect of all complete months of the unexpired period.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 741/2004; S 575/2005]

Made this 16th day of February 2006.

PETER ONG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/01.C06.V03/BW; AG/LEG/SL/170A/2005/5 Vol. 1]

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