The Secretary of State for Transport (Harbour Authorities) Charging Scheme 1982

2.  In this Scheme—

“accounting period” means the first accounting period and any period of one year beginning (after 31st March 1983) on 1st April;

“the Act” means the Transport Act 1981;

“the appointed day” means the day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 15(1) of the Act;

“cargo handling” means the loading or unloading of goods in or from a ship;

“the contributing authorities” means the harbour authorities specified in the Schedule to this Scheme and “contributing authority” shall be construed accordingly;

“contributions” means the contributions which the Secretary of State is required by section 16(1) of the Act to levy from harbour authorities;

“financial year” means, in relation to each of the contributing authorities, the year for which their annual accounts are normally made up;

“the first accounting period” means the period beginning on the appointed day and ending on 31st March 1983;

“harbour”, “fishery harbour” and “marine work” have the respective meanings assigned to those expressions by section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964;

“the last financial year” means, in relation to each of the contributing authorities, the financial year ending last before the 1st October last preceding the beginning of the accounting period;

“relevant income” means, in relation to each contributing authority, all income of that authority arising from or in connection with the improvement, maintenance or management by that authority of the harbour or harbours (other than a fishery harbour or marine work) for which they are the harbour authority but not including—

(a)

income in respect of cargo handling by the contributing authority;

(b)

income received by the contributing authority in respect of pilot-age;

(c)

income from securities owned by the contributing authority other than securities of a subsidiary (within the meaning of section 154 of the Companies Act 1948) of the contributing authority, which is not engaged wholly or mainly in cargo handling;

(d)

income from loans or deposits made by the contributing authority for a period not exceeding sixty calendar months;

(e)

rents from tenancies granted by the contributing authority in connection with the improvement, maintenance or management of the harbour or harbours in question except in so far as those rents in any financial year exceed ten per cent of the sum arrived at after deducting the aggregate amount of items (a) to (d) above from the total amount of the contributing authority's income arising from or in connection with the improvement, maintenance or management of the harbour or harbours in question by the contributing authority;

(f)

income from the sale of fish by the contributing authority;

“securities” means shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock and other securities of a like nature.