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Navigation (Inland Waterways) (Power driven small craft) Rules, no. 26 of 1966

Made 1966-05-01 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
African Union (AU)
Country
Nigeria · Anambra
Subjects
Water
Keywords
navigation, inland waters, fees/royalties, surface water

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  1. Navigation (State Inland Waters) [CAP. 95 3157 SECOND SCHEDULE REG.2(2). 1. Fees to be paid for Licenses, (a) Lighters— K Exceeding 150 tons loaded displacement... cence: 80 Exceeding 100 tons but not Exceeding 150. .iiscececseresereeseces 60 Exceeding 50 tons but not.exceeding 100i deissusscocnnsesne SO Exceeding 20 tons but not exceeding SO... eee 40 Not exceeding 20 tons loaded displacements...cccescssseecsaceovees 30 (b) Other boats— Exceeding 30 tons loaded displacements... SO Exceeding 50 tons but not exceeding 30, ..ccccccsccecerseseceeceesees 40 Exceeding 10 tons but not exceeding 20....cccccesersereeseseecens 30 Not exceeding 10 tons loaded displacements...cccceccueeeene 10 2. Duplicate copy of any license issued as ADOVE sicecescccccsssesteceeseeees 2 CHAPTER 91 NAVIGATION (INLAND WATERWAYS) (POWER-DRIVEN EN, 260f SMALL CRAFT) RULES [lstof May 1966] 1. These Rules may be cited as Navigation (Inland \’ ier-ways) (Power- Citation, Driven Small Craft) Rules. 2. (1) The provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Power-Diiven Small Application \rat) Rules, 1963 (hereinafter referred to as “the Rules”) shall, on the date te ; srovisions of / sonumencement of these Rules, apply to every power-driven small craft. |.N. 64 of Whiler heat : : 1963 ta Wwhst being operated on the inland waterways of Anambra State. operations on tuland He pilae chy ¢ ay eee Dy Matis: iiotacinaas . Waterways of (2) The rules shall apply subject to the modifica ns and adaptations Anambra - Spex tied in the schedule hereta. State. 3158 CAP. 95] Navigation (State Inland Waters) 1. In rule 1, the words “and shall come into force on the 20th day of June, 1963” are deleted, Bat Application. 2. In rule 2— (a) the words “the Federation” where they occur are replaced by the words “the Anambra state of Nigeria”, and (b) the words “any International or Inter-regional waterway in Nigeria” are replaced by the words “any inland waterway”. 3. Immediately after rule 2 the following additional rule is inserted— “Interpretation In these rule— = “the Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1962; 3 “Inland waterways” means an inland waterway in the Anambra State of Nigeria not eing an inland Waterway declared by Parliament to be international waterway or to be inter-regional waterway; “inspector” has the meaning : ssigned to it by section 2 of the Act; “loadline” means the mark ascertained in accordance with section 17 (2) indicating the maximum depth to which a power-driven small craft is authorized by the surveyor to be louded; : | “surveyor” means a surveyor of ships appointed under section 146 of the Act”. eos 4. In rule 5 (2) the words “two naira” are replaced by the word “two c * iT oe ‘ . ' cy i Ny b e y o y ip ro tm ed Me gs ge yr * P e t e s & o w e oar l e a a

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