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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.
FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, &c.,—Continued,
SURVEY OF STEAMSHIPS :—
Inspection or Life-Saving Appliances.
12.—(a) For the inspection of life-saving appliances on board a ship on or before the first registry, or re-registry, a fee calculated on the basis of $30 for each lifeboat is to be charged.
(b) This fee will cover the issue to the owner, master or agent of the ship a report of the inspection of the whole of the life-saving appliances but if a duplicate copy of the report is required an additional fee of $1.50 is to be charged.
(c) For the subsequent inspection at the request of the master or owner, or where a ship is found to have defective or deficient life-saving appliances, a fee ol $15 per visit, with a maximum of $60, is to be charged.
(d) For a certificate of inspection of the life-saving appliances on a foreign ship the fee prescribed in paragraph (a) is to be charged.
(e) On application being made for the survey during construction at the boat-builders' works, and certification of lifeboats intended to form part of the life-saving appliances of either a passenger ship or a cargo ship the following fees are to be charged:
Lifeboats 20 ft. in length and under..... Lifeboats over 20 ft. in length.
Motor lifeboats
Per boat. $ 15.00
22.50 45.00
For the survey of a lifeboat undergoing heavy repairs involving re-certifica- tion the same fee is to be charged.
These fees cover the issue to the applicant of a report of inspection of the boats only aud, in the case of a passenger ship, are in addition to the fee for survey for a passenger certificate. If the boats are supplied to a cargo ship and a subsequent inspection of the whole of the life-saving appliances is made under paragraph (a) only the balance of the fees under that paragraph is to be charged,
On application being made for survey during construction at the makers works, and certification, of a buoyant apparatus intended to form part of the life- saving appliances of a passenger ship a fee of $3 per unit with a minimum fee of $30 is to be charged,
This fee covers the issue to the applicants of a report of the inspection of the { buoyant apparatus only, and is in addition to the usual fee for survey for a passenger certificate.
(For the inspection and stamping of life-jackets at the makers works, an inclusive fee of 8 cents for each life-jacket is to he charged, but the minimum fee for the attendance of a Surveyor is $24 i.e., the fee for the inspection and stamping of 300 life-jackets.
(A) For the inspection and stamping of life-buoys at the makers works, an inclusive fee of 38 cents for each life-buoy is to be charged, with a minimum fee of $7.50.
(j) Boats' davits intended for stock purposes may be inspected and the material tested at the makers works provided an application is made and a fee of $15 is paid for each set of davits to be inspected. If the davits are subsequently supplied to a ship during survey for a passenger certificate the fee paid will be returned to the makers.
(*) For the examination of the design of the life-saving appliance, and the inspection of the first appliance made to that design, the following fees are to be charged:-
A lifeboat or a motor lifeboat
J
(The appropriate fee in paragraph (e) is to be charged for each subsequent boat built to the approved design)
$75
Ordinance 10 of 1899
and Regulations, Table C.
Boat disengaging gear
75
Appliance for preventing the fouling of boats falls Searchlight for motor lifeboat
75
...
30
Buoyant apparatus
75
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45
30
Special type of lifebuoy or buoyant deck ebair..... Special type of life jacket
These fees are to be paid when application is made for the consideration of
the design.
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