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South African Maritime Safety Authority Levies Act, 1998 (Act No. 6 of 1998)

Notices

Determination of Levies

Annexure (Paragraph 3)

Levies

 

Item

Description of ship

Rate of levy

Additional remarks

1

Ships required to hold a local safety certificate issued in terms of the merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

R18.86 per metre overall length or part thereof per calendar year or part thereof

Payable to the Authority at the same time as the charge for the initial or renewal survey of the ship for the issue of a local safety certificate, unless proof of prior payment to the National Ports Authority is produced.

2

Fishing vessels not required to hold a local safety certificate issued in terms of the Merchant shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

R129.10 per 100 tons or part thereof

Payable to the National Ports Authority upon each call at a commercial port.

3

Coasting ships (not being ships referred to in item 1)

R129.10 per 100 tons or part thereof per calendar month or part thereof

(a) Payable to the National Ports Authority.
(b) If a coasting ship calls at a port outside the Republic of South Africa or the Republic of Namibia, then item 4 also applies.

4

All other ships

R129.10 per tons or part thereof

(a) Payable upon first entry into the territorial waters of the Republic after a voyage from a port or place outside the Republic, except in the case of a ship engaged solely in victualling or changing crew beyond port limits.
(b) Payable to the National Ports Authority in the case of a ship calling at a commercial port, or to the Authority in any other case unless proof of prior payment to the National Ports Authority is produced.

 

Notes:

 

1. To avoid doubt, the amounts in the table exclude value-added tax (VAT).

 

2. A levy is payable in accordance with the relative assessment issued by the Authority or the National Ports Authority, as the case may be.

 

 


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