(1) Subject to
subsection (2), by and to section 12, there are payable upon the entry of
every vessel into a port, in respect of the provision of lights, beacons and
like navigational facilities at the port, fees, known as conservancy dues, at
such rates as are prescribed.
(2) The regulations
may provide that vessels of a specified class, or of specified classes, are
exempt from the payment of the fees referred to in subsection (1).
[Section 8 amended: No. 88 of 1978 s. 5; No. 46 of
1993 s. 43; No. 5 of 1999 s. 24(3) and (4).]