Singapore legislation
Section 213
Section 213
Powers of Authority to prescribe fees, recovery of fees and application of moneys
(1)
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of the issue or recording of any certificate, licence or other instrument or the doing of any other thing pursuant to this Act.
(2)
All fees prescribed under this Act are to be paid to the Director.
(3)
All fees due to or which may be recovered by the Director under this Act are, without affecting any other remedy, recoverable as salvage is recoverable.
(4)
In this section, “fees” includes —
the fees prescribed under section 14;
the fines imposed on the seamen of a ship for disciplinary offences required by section 83 to be paid to the Director;
the fees in respect of survey or inspection of a ship or its equipment or other services rendered to or in relation to a ship by a surveyor of ships or a radio surveyor; and
the fees in respect of services rendered to or in relation to a ship by the Director or a person authorised by the Director.
(5)
All moneys recovered or received under this Act must be paid to the Authority except that the annual tonnage tax paid under section 14(2) must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.