Malaysia legislation
Section 32
Section 32
Levy of rates
Subject to this Part, a Port Authority may levy such rates as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 64(3) for the use of works or appliances provided, or services to be performed, by the Port Authority, in respect of vessels or goods pursuant to its powers under this Ordinance; and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, a Port Authority may levy rates for the following purposes:
(a)
the loading, shipping, wharfage, cranage, storage, carriage or demurrage of goods;
(b)
the carriage of passengers;
33
(c)
the use, by a person or vessel, of a pier or wharf under the control of the Port Authority;
(d)
the use of gear, tackle, instruments, tools or staging supplied by the Port Authority for the purpose of a vessel using a pier or wharf under the control of the Port Authority;
(e)
the use of a vessel or engine belonging to, or maintained by, the Port Authority for the extinction of fires;
(f)
the towing of, and rendering assistance to, a vessel being within or without a port and whether entering or leaving a pier or wharf under the control of the Port Authority;
(g)
the supply, by the Port Authority, of water;
(h)
the supply, by the Port Authority, of fuel; and
(i)
the use or hire of any facilities, including warehouses, godowns, transit sheds, container yards and parking spaces or bays for vehicles.
[Ins. Cap. A70.]
Liability for payment of rates