Charges relating to expenses payable out of General Lighthouse FundU.K.
3(1)If—U.K.
(a)any [F1EU] obligation, or
(b)any international agreement made between any three or more countries including the Republic of Ireland and ratified by the United Kingdom,
requires the United Kingdom to provide for any of the costs incurred by general lighthouse authorities in respect of lighthouses, buoys and beacons to be recovered otherwise than by means of the levying of general light dues in accordance with section 205 (as it has effect on the commencement of this Schedule), regulations under this Schedule may make provision imposing charges for the purposes of recovering all or any part of the costs required to be so recovered.
(2)In this paragraph “buoys and beacons” includes equipment which is intended as an aid to the navigation of ships and, subject to that, expressions used in this paragraph and in Part VIII of this Act have the same meaning as in that Part.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), art. 6 (with art. 3(3))