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Rarotonga Harbour Charges and Fees Amendment Act 1980

COOK ISLANDS

RAROTONGA HARBOUR CHARGES AND FEES AMENDMENT ACT

1980, No. 9

ANALYSIS

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1. Short Title
2. Port and Wharf charges

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1980, No. 9

An Act to further amend the Rarotonga Harbour Charges and Fees Act 1973-74

(9 August 1980

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title – This Act may be cited as the Rarotonga Harbour Charges and Fees Amendment Act 1980 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Rarotonga Harbour Charges and Fees Act 1973-74 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act ").

2. Port and wharf charges - Section 11 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted:

"11. (1) There shall be payable to the Secretary the following charges for yachts in harbours –

(a) For any yacht not exceeding 8 metres in length:

(i) In Avatiu Harbour – three dollars per day with a minimum charge of $15.00;

(ii) In Avarua Harbour – one dollar fifty cents per day with a minimum charge of $7.50;

(b) For any yacht exceeding 8 metres but not exceeding 12 metres in length:

(i) In Avatiu Harbour – four dollars per day with a minimum charge of $20.00;

(ii) In Avariu Harbour – one dollar seventy-five cents per day with a minimum charge of $8.75;

(c) For any yacht exceeding 12 metres but not exceeding 15 metres in length:

(i) In Avatiu Harbour – five dollars per day with a minimum charge of $25.00;

(ii) In Avarua Harbour – two dollars twenty-five cents per day with a minimum charge of $11.25;

(d) For any yacht exceeding 15 metres in length:

(i) In Avatiu Harbour – six dollars per day with a minimum charge of $30.00;

(ii) In Avarua Harbour – two dollars fifty cents per day with a minimum charge of $12.50.

(2) There shall be payable to the Secretary the sum of $35.00 per week for any yacht on Crown land within the precincts of any harbour or adjoining any harbour.

(3) For the purposes of this section the measurement for length shall be taken as the mean measurement of length.

(4) For the purposes of this section part of a day shall be deemed to be a day and part of a week shall be deemed to be a week.

(5) This section shall not apply to any yacht that is owned solely by a Cook Islander or a permanent resident of the Cook Islands.

(6) The payment of charges under this section shall not affect the powers of any Harbourmaster pursuant to the Rarotonga Harbour Controls Regulations 1974.

(7) No yacht shall be permitted to anchor, berth or otherwise enter any lagoon without the permission of the Harbourmaster and such permission shall be subject to such conditions as he may impose."

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This Act is administered by the Ministry of Trade, Industries, Labour and Commerce.