Surcharges Section 9: Surcharges general
Section 9 provides that the amount of a surcharge is to be determined by a tariff of surcharges specified in regulations and that a harbour authority’s duty to impose a surcharge is subject to any direction given by the Secretary of State not to impose a surcharge.
	Subsection (3) provides that a harbour authority which fails to comply with a duty to impose a surcharge under sections 6, 7 and 8 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine in England and Wales or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
	Subsections (4) and (5) provide the power to make regulations setting out the procedural and administrative detail related to the imposition of surcharges.
	Pursuant to subsection (6) a harbour authority may retain a surcharge and apply it for the purposes of shore-based welfare facilities for seafarers.