UK amends Light Dues Regulations and increases rate per ton

The UK's Secretary of State has published the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

These Regulations have been published on March 8th, 2023, and will enter into force on April 1st, 2023.

This document amends the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997 (S. I. 1997/562) by increasing the rate per ton at which light dues are payable from 41 pence per ton to 45 pence per ton and by making a corresponding upward adjustment (from £16,400 to £18,000) to the maximum amount for any one voyage by a ship where that voyage ends at a port or place in the United Kingdom on or after April 1st, 2023.

These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

For more information, please see the document below (available only to subscribers):

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The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2023