Surcharges Section 6: Imposition of surcharges: failure to provide declaration in time
Section 6 applies if a harbour authority requests an equivalence declaration and it is not provided in the form, manner and period prescribed in regulations.
	In these circumstances the section requires the harbour authority to impose surcharges in respect of each occasion when a ship providing the service entered or enters its harbour between the beginning of the relevant year and whichever is the earlier of the end of the relevant year or the operator providing an equivalence declaration. Where an operator provides a declaration with respect to the relevant year such that it is no longer required to pay surcharges, the harbour authority is required in the circumstances in subsection (5) to refund certain surcharges already paid.