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Port Charges Regulation 1957

This reprint of this Statutory Instrument incorporates all amendments, if any, made before25 November 2006 and in force at  1 July 2001.

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Legislative Counsel
Dated 25 November 2006

INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Chapter 114.

Port Charges Regulation 1957

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

Port Charges Regulation 1957

MADE under the Port Charges Act 1957.

Dated                   200 .

1. DELIVERY OF MANIFEST, ETC.

(1) The master, owner or agent of an overseas vessel must within 24 hours after its arrival at a port, deliver to the Collector of Customs a true and complete copy of the inward manifest of the vessel in respect of all goods to be landed, discharged or transhipped in the port.

(2) The copy of the manifest referred to in Subsection (1)–

(a) shall be in Form 1 or in such other form as is approved by the Comptroller of Customs; and

(b) shall be signed by the master, owner or agent; and

(c) shall, if required by the Collector of Customs, be verified by the master, owner or agent by statutory declaration.

(3) On demand by the Collector of Customs, the master, owner or agent must produce to the Collector the master’s copy of all bills of lading relating to goods referred to in Subsection (1).

(4) In the case of a vessel having no goods referred to in Subsection (1) on board when entering a port, the copy manifest shall be marked with the word “Nil”.

(5) A person who except with the consent of the Collector of Customs–

(a) lands, discharges or tranships; or

(b) causes or suffers to be landed, discharged or transhipped,

goods in a port before a copy manifest has been delivered in accordance with this section, is guilty of an offence.

(6) The master, owner or agent of a vessel who–

(a) fails to deliver a copy manifest in accordance with this section; or

(b) fails to comply with a requirement under this section; or

(c) delivers, or causes or permits to be delivered a copy manifest that is false or inaccurate in any material respect,

is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not exceeding K40.00.

2. OUTWARD MANIFEST.

(1) The master, owner or agent of a vessel by which goods are shipped–

(a) overseas; or

(b) coastwise from a Government wharf,

must, within 24 hours of the shipment, deliver to the Collector of Customs a true and complete copy of the outward manifest of the vessel in respect of the goods.

(2) The copy of the manifest referred to in Subsection (1)–

(a) shall be in Form 2 or in such other form as is approved by the Comptroller of Customs; and

(b) shall be signed by the master, owner or agent; and

(c) shall, if required by the Collector of Customs, be verified by the master, owner or agent by statutory declaration.

(3) The master, owner or agent of a vessel referred to in Subsection (1) who–

(a) fails to deliver a copy manifest in accordance with this section; or

(b) fails to comply with a requirement under this section; or

(c) delivers, or causes or permits to be delivered, a copy manifest that is false or inaccurate in a material particular,

is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not exceeding K40.00.

3. INWARD WHARFAGE RATES.

The master, owner or agent of a vessel from which goods have been unshipped and on which inward wharfage charges are payable shall–

(a) within 48 hours of completion of unshipment–furnish to the Collector of Customs full and complete particulars in duplicate, of the goods in Form 3; and

(b) at the same time pay the inward wharfage rates.

4. OUTWARD WHARFAGE RATES.

The master, owner or agent of a vessel on which goods are shipped shall, if outward wharfage rates are payable on the goods–

(a) within 48 hours of the departure of the vessel–furnish to the Collector of Customs full and complete particulars in duplicate, of the goods in Form 4; and

(b) at the same time pay the outward wharfage rates on the goods.

5. BERTHAGE, PORT AND LIGHT DUES.

Where the master, owner or agent of a vessel is liable to pay berthage fees, port dues or light dues, he shall–

(a) make payment–

(i) at or before the time when the vessel makes entry into or clears outwards from port; or

(ii) within such further period (not exceeding 48 hours) as the Collector of Customs allows; and

(b) at the time of payment, furnish to the Collector of Customs particulars in duplicate in Form 5.

6. PILOTAGE AND REMOVALS.

Where the master, owner or agent of a vessel is liable to pay pilotage or removal fees he shall–

(a) make payment–

(i) before the departure from the port of the vessel; or

(ii) within such further period (not exceeding 48 hours) as the Collector of Customs allows; and

(b) furnish to the Collector of Customs at the time of payment particulars in duplicate in Form 6.

SCHEDULE 1

PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Port Charges Act 1957.

Form 1 – Inward Manifest.

Reg., Sec. 1. Form 1

PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Port Charges Act 1957.

Form 2 – Outward Manifest.

Reg., Sec. 2. Form 2

PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Port Charges Act 1957.

Form 3 – Port Charges–Wharfage inwards.

Reg, Sec. 3. Form 3

PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Port Charges Act 1957.

Form 4 – Port Charges–Wharfage Outwards.

Reg, Sec. 4. Form 4

PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Port Charges Act 1957.

Form 5 – Berthage, Port and Light Dues.

Reg., Sec. 5. Form 5

PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Port Charges Act 1957.

Form 6 – Pilotage and Removal Rates.

Reg., Sec. 6. Form 6

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