Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment) Notification 2010

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No. S 168

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act

(Chapter 170A)

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) (Amendment) Notification 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(1) 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, 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 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.

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 by deleting the definition of “JTC”.

Amendment of Schedule

3. Part II of the Schedule to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification is amended by deleting paragraph 6 and substituting the following paragraph:

“6.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the wharfage charges payable on goods discharged from or loaded on a vessel, or transferred between vessels, at any privately-operated wharf are as follows:

Per tonne of goods or part thereof discharged from vessel

Per tonne of goods or part thereof loaded on vessel

Per tonne of goods or part thereof transferred between vessels

On all goods, including general cargo

20 cents

20 cents.

(2) The wharfage charges payable on goods discharged from or loaded on a vessel, or transferred between vessels, at any privately-operated wharf (being goods that will be going into or that have come out of a facility for, or as a result of, the following processes at that facility) are as follows:

Per tonne of goods or part thereof transferred between vessels at wharf and going into facility

Per tonne of goods or part thereof discharged from vessel onto wharf and going into facility

Per tonne of goods or part thereof transferred between vessels at wharf and that have come out of facility

Per tonne of goods or part thereof loaded on vessel at wharf and that have come out of facility

(a) On the following types of goods for oil refining or petrochemical manufacturing:

(i) Oil or bulk liquid

10 cents

(ii) End-products (including refined products, bunkers and manufactured products)

Nil

(b) On any oil or bulk liquid (including refined products, bunkers and manufactured products) for bulk liquid storage, including blending

20 cents

Nil

Nil.

(3) The Authority may elect to collect any of the wharfage charges payable under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) from —

(a)	the owner or agent of the vessel;
(b)	the operator of the privately-operated wharf; or
(c)	the operator of the facility.

(4) For the purposes of assessing the wharfage charges payable under sub-paragraph (2), the Authority may determine the purpose for which the goods are going into a facility.

(5) Any person who is aggrieved by the Authority’s determination under sub-paragraph (4) may, within 14 days of the determination, appeal in writing to the Minister whose decision shall be final.

(6) In this paragraph —

“facility” means any oil refinery facility, petrochemical facility, oil storage facility or bulk liquid storage facility located within Singapore;

“privately-operated wharf” means any wharf, dock, pier, installation or landing place that is neither owned by the Authority nor 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]

Made this 23rd day of March 2010.

LUCIEN WONG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/01.C11.V06/LSK; AG/LEG/SL/170A/2005/5 Vol. 1]