Section 20: Rates, charges, dues and fees

20. Rates, charges, dues and fees (1) Subject to this Act, the Authority may levy such rates, charges, dues and fees as the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, from time to time prescribe for the use of services and facilities provided by the Authority, and for the issue or renewal of any licence by the Authority. (2) The Authority may levy such charges as it thinks fit for services or facilities provided or goods supplied by it in pursuance of the power conferred by this Act or any other enactment in respect of which no rates, charges, dues or fees have been prescribed under subsection (1). (3) (a) The Authority may, if it thinks fit, remit or waive the whole or any part of any rates, charges, dues and fees paid or payable under this Act, or grant special conditions and special tariffs to benefit any type of traffic, operation or activity. (b) The owner or master of every vessel, other than— (i) a Mauritius Government vessel not engaged in trade; (ii) a foreign military vessel; (iii) a locally owned vessel not exceeding 10 tons and not engaged in trade; (iv) a vessel plying solely within a port for purposes of trade or business; (v) a vessel calling for the sole purpose of landing survivors, which enters or is moored or anchored in a port, shall pay to the Authority the prescribed fees. (c) A receipt for every fee payable by virtue of this section shall be given to the payer, and any vessel in respect of which the receipt is not produced on demand by an officer may be detained until the receipt is produced. P14 – 11 [Issue 1] Ports Act (4) A rate, charge, due or fee payable by virtue of this section may, without prejudice to section 22, be recovered by the Authority in any Court of competent jurisdiction. (5) The rates, charges, dues and fees applied by the Authority immediately before 1 August 1998 shall continue to be valid as though determined by the Authority under this section until rescinded, varied or otherwise determined by the Authority.