CHAPTER
272
HATCHET BAY HARBOUR CONTROL |
ARRANGEMENT OF
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Certain provisions of Ch. 269 not to apply to
Hatchet Bay. |
CHAPTER 272 |
HATCHET BAY
HARBOUR CONTROL |
An Act
relating to the proposed harbour at Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera. | 24 of 1927
43 of 1964
E.L.A.O., 1974
5 of 1987 |
[Commencement 5th
May, 1927] |
1. This Act may be cited as the Hatchet Bay Harbour
Control Act. | Short title. |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Maritime Affairs. | Interpretation. |
3. Whenever a satisfactory harbour has been provided at
Hatchet Bay in the Island of Eleuthera, it shall be lawful for the Minister to
make such rules as may be necessary for- | Rules. |
(a) securing to
the person or company providing the said harbour the free and unrestricted use
thereof at all times and for all purposes; |
(b) the good
government and control of the said harbour and of the masters of ships, vessels
or boats, seamen and other persons employed in, or making use of the said
harbour; |
(c) and
generally for dealing with any questions which may from time to time arise and
which shall in the opinion of the Minister either directly or indirectly,
relate to or affect the said harbour. |
4. (1) The Minister may in and by such rules impose all
necessary taxes and dues on ships or vessels using the said harbour: | Taxes may be imposed. |
Provided that such
taxes and dues shall not exceed a maximum of five
cents per ton (gross measurement) for each day that the said harbour is used by
any such ship or vessel. |
(2) The taxes and
dues imposed under the said rules shall not apply- |
(a) to ships or
vessels under one hundred tons (gross measurement); |
(b) to ships or
vessels owned, chartered or hired by, or carrying cargo for, the person or
company providing the said harbour: |
Provided that the
said ships or vessels are wholly or mainly engaged in handling limestone, lime
products or materials necessary or incidental to the lime industry or other
industries ancillary thereto. |
5. (1) Those provisions of the Port Authorities Act
regulating the rates of pierage, wharfage, storage and scaleage (and other like
matters formerly contained in the provisions of the Pierage and Wharfage Act,
1874 repealed by the said Act) shall not apply to the district of Hatchet Bay,
Eleuthera. | Certain provisions of Ch. 269 not to apply to Hatchet
Bay. |
(2)
The Minister may from time to time by Order fix, determine and provide the
rates of pierage, wharfage, storage and scaleage for the said district of
Hatchet Bay, and may also in and by any such Order prescribe the penalty for
making charges in excess of the said rates, and by whom the same may be
recovered. |