UK amends Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations

UK Department for Transport has issued amendments to the  the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997.

The amendments increase the rate per ton at which light dues are payable from 38 and a half pence per ton to 41 pence per ton and by making a corresponding upward adjustment (from £15,400 to £16,400) 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 1st April 2022.

An Explanatory Memorandum for the instrument is published alongside the Regulations. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for the amendments because they vary the charges with respect to light dues and such charges are not included as a “regulatory provision” for the purposes of section 22(4)(a)(i) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26).

RELEVANT DOCUMENT (AVAILABLE ONLY TO SUBSCRIBERS):

The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2022