Moved by
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
4: Clause 9, leave out Clause 9 and insert the following new Clause—
“Detention of vessels for failure to pay surcharge
(1) A ship providing a service to which this Act applies may be detained by a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section if—
(a) a harbour authority has imposed a surcharge on the operator of the service in respect of the entry into its harbour by any ship providing that service, and
(b) the operator has not paid the surcharge in accordance with provision made by or under this Act.
(2) It does not matter for the purposes of subsection (1) whether an objection has been made to the surcharge under section 8.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment would replace the penalty of refusal of access with a more conventional penalty of detention.