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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 31st March 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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(1) The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 2025 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “light dues”, for “s.205” substitute “205”.
(3) In Schedule 1 (vessels exempt from light dues), for paragraph 2, substitute—“
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Ships of less than 20 tons, other than ships liable to pay light dues by reference to their length.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
19th March 2025