228 Royal Yacht Squadron Privileges

• Author: Ralph Hone
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CHAPTER 228.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON PRIVILEGES.

AN ACT FOR GRANTING CERTAIN PRIVILEGES TO VESSELS OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON AND OTHER YACHTS ARRIVING WITHIN THE COLONY.

[25th February 1841.1

1. This Act may be cited as The Royal Yacht Squadron Privileges Act.

2. All vessels belonging to the Royal Yacht Squadron, not having cargoes on board, shall be permitted to enter the several ports of the Colony, and again to depart therefrom, free and exempt from all tonnage duties, light money or other harbour or port dues whatsoever, save and except such pilotage fees as shall be actually earned by any pilot for services rendered to any such vessel, and without being required to enter or clear out at any custom house within the same:

   Provided that to entitle a vessel to the privileges of this Act, the master or commander of such vessel must produce to the chief customs officer at the port at which such vessel shall arrive, the Admiralty warrant authorising such vessel to wear the Saint George's ensign.

3. The provisions of section 2 of this Act shall extend and apply to all yachts arriving within the Colony:

   Provided that to entitle a vessel other than an English yacht to these privileges, the master or commander thereof shall produce to the chief customs officer at the port at which such vessel shall arrive, the commission or other document issued by the proper authority of the foreign nation to which such yacht belongs under which such vessel is identified And recognised as a yacht of such nation.

   32 of 1841.

   2 of 1886.

   Short title.

   The Royal Yacht Squadron exempted...