Harbours Amendment Act 1970
Harbours Amendment Act 1970
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Harbours Amendment Act 1970
Public Act |
1970 No 68 |
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Date of assent |
27 November 1970 |
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Contents
Analysis
An Act to amend the Harbours Act 1950
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Harbours Amendment Act 1970, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Harbours Act 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
(2)
This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of August 1969 (being the date of the commencement of sections 6 and 7 of the Harbours Amendment Act 1968).
2 Measurement of tonnage of ships
Section 100 of the principal Act (as substituted by section 6 of the Harbours Amendment Act 1968) is hereby amended by adding the following subsection as subsection (2):
“(2)
For the purposes of determining the tonnage of any ship in accordance with subsection (1) of this section,—
“(a)
If the certificate of registry or other national papers of the ship denote that the ship has been assigned more than 1 gross tonnage, the gross tonnage of the ship shall be the higher or highest of those tonnages; and
“(b)
If the certificate of registry or other national papers of the ship denote that the ship has been assigned more than 1 register tonnage, the register tonnage shall be the higher or highest of those tonnages.”
3 Liability to harbour dues of space not included in tonnage of ships
Section 102 of the principal Act (as substituted by section 7 of the Harbours Amendment Act 1968) is hereby amended by repealing subsection (2), and substituting the following subsection:
“(2)
The tonnage so to be added shall—
“(a)
In the case of any uncovered space upon deck, be determined by ascertaining the mean length, breadth, and height, in feet, of the uncovered space, and dividing the product of those dimensions by 100; and
“(b)
In the case of any covered space not included in the cubical contents forming the ship’s register tonnage, be determined in the manner prescribed by tonnage regulations made under section 445 of the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952.”
This Act is administered in the Marine Department.
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