house area (f) but subject, in the case of the Commissioners of lightNorthern Lighthouses (g) and the Commissioners of Irish authoriLights (h), to the restrictions enacted in this Part of this ties. Act (i), have the following powers (in this Act referred to as lighthouse powers), namely, powers 1854, s. 404. 50 & 51 Vict. c. 62, (a.) to erect or place any lighthouse (h), with all requisite. 5. works, roads, and appurtenances : (b.) to add to, alter, or remove any lighthouse (h): (c.) to erect or place any buoy () or beacon (h), or alter or remove any buoy (h) or beacon (h): (d.) to vary the character of any lighthouse (h) or the mode of exhibiting lights therein. to land. 639.—(1.) A general lighthouse authority (f) may take Powers as and purchase any land which may be necessary for the 1854, ss. exercise of their lighthouse powers (k), or for the mainten- 404, 412. ance of their works, or for the residence of the light keepers, and for that purpose the Lands Clauses Acts (1) shall be incorporated with this Act and shall apply to all lighthouses (h) to be constructed and all land to be purchased under the powers thereof. (2.) A general lighthouse authority (ƒ) may sell any land belonging to them. tions on exercise house powers by sioners. 640. (1.) When the Commissioners of Northern Light- Restrichouses (g) or the Commissioners of Irish Lights (h) propose to exercise any of their lighthouse powers (k), they shall sub- of lightmit a scheme to the Trinity House (h) specifying the mode in which they propose to exercise the power, and their reasons Commisfor wishing to exercise the same, and they shall not 1854, 8. exercise any such power until they have so submitted a 405, 406, scheme to the Trinity House (h) and obtained the sanction of the Board of Trade in manner provided by this Act (m). (2.) The Trinity House (h) shall take into consideration any scheme so submitted to them, and shall make a report, stating their approval or rejection of the scheme with or 407. Power of Trinity House to direct lighthouse works to be done. 1854, 88. 408, 409. without modification, and shall send a copy of the report to the commissioners by whom the scheme is submitted (0). (3.) For the purpose of obtaining the sanction of the Board of Trade to any scheme so submitted to the Trinity House (p), the Trinity House (p) shall send a copy of the scheme and of their report thereon, and of any communications which have passed with reference thereto between them and the commissioners by whom the scheme is submitted (o), to the Board of Trade, and that Board may give any directions they think fit with reference to the scheme, and may grant or withhold their sanction either wholly or subject to any conditions or modifications they think fit. (4.) The commissioners by whom a scheme is submitted (0) may, before a decision on the scheme is given by the Board of Trade, forward either to that Board or to the Trinity House (p) any suggestions or observations with respect to the scheme or the report of the Trinity House (p) thereon, and the Board of Trade in giving any decision on the scheme shall consider those suggestions or observations. (5.) The decision of the Board of Trade with reference to any scheme shall be communicated by that Board to the Trinity House (p), and by the Trinity House to the commissioners by whom the scheme is submitted (0), and those commissioners shall act in conformity with the decision. 641.—(1.) The Trinity House (p) may, with the sanction of the Board of Trade, direct the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses (q) or the Commissioners of Irish Lights (p) (a.) to continue any lighthouse (p), buoy (p), or beacon (p): (b.) to erect or place any lighthouse (p), buoy (p), or beacon (p), or add to, alter, or remove any existing lighthouse, buoy, or beacon: (c.) to vary the character of any lighthouse (p) or the mode of exhibiting lights therein: and the commissioners shall be bound within a reasonable time to obey any directions so given and sanctioned. (2.) For the purpose of obtaining the sanction of the Board of Trade to any direction under this section, the Trinity House (r) shall make a written application to the Board of Trade, showing fully the work which they propose to direct and their reasons for directing the same, and shall give notice in writing of the application to the commissioners to whom they propose to give the direction at their principal office in Edinburgh or Dublin, as the case may be. (3.) Before the Board of Trade decide on any such application, an opportunity shall be given to the commissioners to whom it is proposed to give the direction for making any representation which they may think fit to make with regard to the application to the Board of Trade or the Trinity House (r). 642. Where any improved light, or any siren, or any Additions to lightdescription of fog signal has been added to an existing houses. lighthouse (r), the light, siren, or signal may, for the pur- 50 & 51 poses of this Part of this Act, be treated as if it were a separate lighthouse. Light Dues (s). Vict. c. 62, 8.5. ance of light dues. 396. 643. Subject to any alterations to be made under the Continupowers contained in this Part of this Act, a general lighthouse authority (t) shall, in respect of any lighthouses (r), 1854, s. buoys (r), or beacons (r) which at the commencement of this Act are under their management, continue to levy dues (in this Act called light dues), subject to the same limitations as to the amount thereof as are in force at the commencement of this Act (u); and those light dues shall be payable in respect of all ships (r) whatever, except ships belonging to Her Majesty, and ships exempted from payment thereof in pursuance of this Act (x). €44. On the completion of any lighthouse (r), buoy (1), Dues for new lightCouncil made under the old sections houses. corresponding to §§ 644, 645 of this 1854, 8. 410. Act. (x) § 616, s. (a.). Revision of light dues by or beacon (y), Her Majesty may, by Order in Council (*), fix dues to be paid in respect thereof in the case of any ship (y) which passes the same, or derives benefit therefrom, and the dues so fixed shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be light dues (a). 645.—(1.) Her Majesty may, by Order in Council (z), increase, vary, or reduce any light dues (a) payable in Order in respect of any lighthouse (y), buoy (y), or beacon (y) for the time being under the management of a general lighthouse authority (b). Council. 1854, 8. 397. Regulation of by light house (2.) Provided that the light dues (a) payable in respect of a lighthouse (y), buoy (y), or beacon (y) which was existing on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall not be made to exceed the amount which at any period previous to that date was received in respect thereof, or to which they might have been raised during any part of that period. 646.-(1.) A general lighthouse authority (b) may, with light dues the consent of Her Majesty given by Order in Council (2), (a.) exempt any ships (y) or any classes of ships (y) from the payment of light dues (a) receivable by that authority (b), and annex any terms or conditions to those exemptions; authori ties. 1854, 8. 398. (b.) alter the times, places, and modes at and in which the light dues (a) receivable by the authority are payable; (c.) substitute any other dues or class of dues, whether by way of annual payment or otherwise, in respect of any ships (y) or classes of ships (y), for the dues payable to that authority for the time being. (2.) Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of the Shipping Dues Exemption Act, 1867 (c), or any Act amending the same (d). (y) Defined, § 742. (z) § 738. (a) Defined, § 643. (b) Defined, § 634, s. 1. (c) 30 & 31 Vict. c. 15. It abolished a large number of then existing local exemptions from dues. (d) The only amending Act appears to be the Statute Law Revision Act, 1884, which repcals § 6. 1854, s. 647. Tables of all light dues (e), and a copy of the regula- Publications for the time being in force in respect thereof, shall tion of light dues be posted up at all custom houses in the United Kingdom, and reguand for that purpose each of the general lighthouse lations. authorities (ƒ) shall furnish copies of all such tables and 399. regulations to the Commissioners of Customs in London, and to the chief officers of customs (g) resident at all places where light dues (e) are collected on account of that lighthouse authority (f); and those copies shall be posted up by the Commissioners of Customs at the Custom House in London, and by the chief officers of customs (g) at the custom houses of the places at which they are respectively resident. 648.—(1.) All light dues (e) coming into the hands of Applicaany general lighthouse authority (ƒ) under this Act shall tion and be carried to the Mercantile Marine Fund (h). (2.) Every person appointed to collect light dues (e) by any collection of light dues. 1854, ss. of the general lighthouse authorities (ƒ) shall collect 402, 403. all light dues (e) payable at the port (g) at which he is so appointed, whether they are collected on account of the authority by whom he was appointed or on account of one of the other general lighthouse authorities (ƒ). (3.) Any person so appointed to collect light dues (e) shall pay over to the general lighthouse authority (f) by whom he was appointed, or as that authority directs, the whole amount of light dues (e) received by him; and the authority receiving the dues shall keep accounts thereof, and shall cause the dues to be remitted to Her Majesty's Paymaster-General in such manner as the Board of Trade direct. of light dues. 649.-(1.) The following persons shall be liable to pay Recovery light dues (e) for any ship (g) in respect of which light dues (e) are payable, namely,— (a.) the owner (i) or master (g); or (b.) such consignees or agents thereof as have paid, or (e) Defined, § 643. (f) Defined. § 634, s. 1. (g) Defined, § 742. (h) § 676, s. 1 (i.). (i) Note to § 58. 1862, ss. 44, 45. |