(1)    These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

(2)    They come into force on 1st July 2009.

(1)    Paragraph 3 in Part II of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1997 is amended as follows.

(2)    For sub-paragraph (1A) substitute—

“(1A)    Subject to a minimum charge of £60, the amount of light dues per voyage shall be—

(a)    after 30th June 2009 and before 1st April 2010, 39 pence per ton subject to a maximum charge of £13,650 per voyage;

(b)    on and after 1st April 2010, 43 pence per ton subject to a maximum charge of £17,200 per voyage.”.

(3)    In sub-paragraph (4), for “seven” substitute “nine”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Jim Fitzpatrick

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

8th June 2009

These Regulations make the following increases in the amount of light dues leviable by a general lighthouse authority in respect of aids to navigation under their management:

A full impact assessment of the effect that the instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from Ports Division, Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the the instrument on the OPSI website (www.opsi.gov.uk). A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.