Surcharges Section 7: Imposition of surcharges: in-year declaration that is prospective only
Section 7 applies if a harbour authority requests an operator to provide an equivalence declaration and the operator provides a declaration which is prospective only because it cannot demonstrate that it has paid the NMW equivalent for a period of the relevant year in the past. In those circumstances section 7 requires the harbour authority to impose surcharges in respect of each occasion when a ship providing the service entered its harbour between the beginning of the relevant year and the time the declaration was provided.