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					<dc:description>These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997 by reducing the rate per ton at which light dues are payable from 39p per ton to 38p per ton and by making a corresponding downward adjustment (£15,200 instead of £15,600) in the maximum amount for any one voyage by a ship which ends at a port or place in the United Kingdom on or after 1st April 2016.</dc:description>
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<Title>The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2016</Title>
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<Text>Made</Text>
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<Text>These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st April 2016.</Text>
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<Title>Amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997</Title>
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<Text>In paragraph 3(1A) of Part II (scale of payments) of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/>—</Text>
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<Text>in paragraph (d), after “2015” insert “and before 1st April 2016”; and</Text>
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<P3para><Text>on and after 1st April 2016, 38 pence per ton subject to a maximum charge of £15,200 per voyage.</Text>
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<PersonName>Robert Goodwill</PersonName>
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<P><Text>These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997 by reducing the rate per ton at which light dues are payable from 39p per ton to 38p per ton and by making a corresponding downward adjustment (£15,200 instead of £15,600) in the maximum amount for any one voyage by a ship which ends at a port or place in the United Kingdom on or after 1st April 2016.</Text></P>
<P><Text>An Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument is available from the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR and is published alongside these Regulations at <ExternalLink URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/" Title="UK Legislation website" id="i00003">http://www.legislation.gov.uk</ExternalLink>. No impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument which, because it delivers a reduction in the rate of light dues, will reduce the costs of businesses and the voluntary sector.</Text></P>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1995" Number="0021">1995 c.21</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/562" id="c00002" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1997" Number="0562">S.I. 1997/562</Citation>; relevant amending instruments are <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/649" id="c00003" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2006" Number="0649">S.I. 2006/649</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/1371" id="c00004" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="1371">2009/1371</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/629" id="c00005" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="0629">2010/629</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/527" id="c00006" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="0527">2014/527</Citation> and <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/458" id="c00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2015" Number="0458">2015/458</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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