TONGA

PORTS MANAGEMENT ACT 2001

PART I - PRELIMINARY

1. Short Title
2. Interpretation

PART II - ROLE OF THE MINISTRY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PORTS

3. Application and Mandate
4. Appointments and Responsibilities
5. Powers of the Ministry

PART III - OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HARBOURS

6. Powers of the Ministry with respect to Harbours

PART IV - OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WHARVES

7. Powers of the Ministry with respect to wharves

PART V - PORT OPERATIONS

8. Powers of officers in relation to vessels
9. Fire on board a vessel in port
10. Power to board vessel
11. No liability to Government

PART VI - PORT FEES AND RATES

12. Stevedoring services
13. Power to levy fees and rates
14. Fees
15. Persons liable for fees
16. Rates
17. Power to board
18. Maritime and other liens
19. Lien on Cargo and Goods
20. Power to sell or dispose of goods
21. Shipping clearance to be withheld
22. Exemptions
23. Evasion
24. Interest on overdue accounts

PART VII - PILOTAGE

25. Pilotage Authority
26. Pilotage Areas
27. Pilotage
28. Exemptions from Pilotage
29. Compulsory Pilotage
30. Vessel to be piloted by a pilot
31. Ministry to employ pilots
32. Pilot not personally liable
33. The role of pilot and master
34. Owner and master liable for damage
35. Civil liability for loss or damage

PART VIII - DANGEROUS GOODS

36. Dangerous Goods

PART IX - OFFENCES

37. Penalty for obstructing Ministry
38. Reporting false information
39. False information as to vessel characteristics
40. Wilful damage to port works
41. Offences in connection with safety of vessels
42. Pollution within a port

PART X - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

43. Master, owner or agent liable for damage
44. Power to detain
45. Evidence of identity
46. Confidential documents
47. Equipment not subject to distraint
48. Regulations

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TONGA

PORTS MANAGEMENT ACT 2001
No. 26 of 2001.

I assent,

TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
21st September, 2002.

AN ACT
TO THE MANAGEMENT OF HARBOURS AND WHARVES

[30th October, 2001.]

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:-

PART I - PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Ports Management Act 2001.

(2) This Act shall come into force on a date to be proclaimed by His Majesty in Council.

Interpretation

2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"buoy" includes a floating object of any size, shape and colour which is moored to the seabed and serves as an aid to navigation or any other specific purpose;

"container" means an article of transport, equipment of a permanent character designed for repeated use, constructed to facilitate the multi-modal transportation of goods, capable of being secured and readily handle, having corner fitting for those purposes and being of International Standards Organisation (ISO) size;

"dangerous goods" means any goods or substances classified as dangerous goods by the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, and also includes goods or substance declared to be dangerous goods pursuant to Part VIII;

"fees" include port fees, light dues and wharfage levied under this Act but does not include rates;

"foreign going ship" means a ship employed in trading between any port or place in Tonga and any other port or place outside Tonga or between any port or place outside Tonga:

"goods" includes animals, carcasses, baggage, personal effects, general cargo, containers, and any other movable property of any kind whatsoever;

"harbour" means any natural or manmade area of water for the shelter of ships in which they can anchor or moor and can safely load and discharge cargo or embark and disembark passengers, but does not include a "port of refuge" sought by ships in cases of force majeure.

"International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code" means the Code published by the International Maritime Organisation from time to time;

"inward clearance" means the clearance granted by the appropriate authorities for the vessel to enter and remain within the port;

"master" includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any vessel;

"Minister" means the Minister of Marine and Ports;

"marine navigational aid" means all buoys, beacons, marks and signs in aid of marine navigation, including of any electronic aid to marine navigation, not carried on board a vessel;

"overseas vessel" means, in respect of Part VII, a vessel whose last port of departure was outside Tonga or a foreign going ship.

"owner" when used in relation to goods, includes any person being or holding himself out to be the owner, importer, exporter, consignor, consignee, shipper or agent responsible for the sale, custody, loading, handling, discharge or delivery of such goods or any person entitled to possession; and when used in relation of any vessel, includes every person acting as agent for the owner responsible for receiving freight or paying other charges in respect of the vessel and includes any part-owner, charterer, operator, or mortgagee in possession, or any duly authorised agent of any such person;

"person" means either an individual or a corporation as the context requires;

"pilot" means a pilot holding a licence issued under the Shipping (Pilotage) Regulations;

"port" means any harbour, wharf or other place declared to be a port pursuant to section 3;

"publication" means published in the Gazette.

"rates" means any rates or charges imposed by the Ministry under this Act and includes any toll or rent, but does not include fees;

"Secretary" means the Secretary for Marine and Ports;

"stevedoring company" means an organisation whether incorporated or not, which has all the necessary equipment to be capable of providing the full range of stevedoring services to all vessels using a port and other such arrangements as may be approved by the Minister;

"stevedoring services" in relation to a stevedoring company includes landing, handling, cranage, storage or carriage of goods and the deposit or placing of goods in its care, custody or control;

"vessel" includes every ship, boat, ferry or craft used or capable of being used in navigation by water; and includes any hovercraft or non-displacement vessel or offshore mobile unit; but excludes a canoe or other craft of traditional build;

"warehouse" includes any warehouse, shed or other building belonging to or under the control of the Ministry in which goods may be lawfully placed;

"wharf" includes a quay, pier, jetty, ramp or other similar landing place from which passengers or goods may be loaded on or discharged from a vessel.

(2) The Minister may in writing delegate to any person any of his powers, authority or functions under this Act and that person shall not further delegate that power, authority or function unless the initial delegation specifically allows for that further delegation.

(3) The Port Safety Regulations shall apply to all persons, activities, ships and their equipment within all ports and any other places within the Kingdom where the loading, transfer or discharge of cargo occurs and to all Tongan ships and to all ships in Tongan waters.

PART II - ROLE OF THE MINISTRY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PORTS

Application and mandate

3. (1) Ports to which this Act applies shall be those ports in Tonga not so designated in the Ports Authority Act 1998.

(2) Every harbour named in Schedule I to this Act shall, where possible, be defined by means of a legal description and chart drawn up by the Ministry, published in the Gazette.

(3) Every wharf named in Schedule II to this Act shall, where possible, be defined by means of a legal description or plant, including all earthworks, breakwaters and jetties extending into the harbour area and buildings, installation and improvements located on the landward side or adjacent to or in the vicinity of the port.

(4) The Ministry may, with the consent of Cabinet, at any time declare any other place to be a port within the meaning of this Act.

(5) The Ministry shall have all the powers, rights, functions and authorities necessary or expedient to manage and operate ports governed by this Act.

Appointments and responsibilities

4. (1) Such persons shall be appointed as may be required to supervise the operation of each port and collect any fees and rates payable under this Act.

(2) The Secretary is responsible for the efficient and effective management and operation of ports and shall have the power to issue directives on the following matters:

(a) Operation and management of a port in accordance with Government policy;

(b) The manner of collection and reporting fees and rates in accordance with the current Government policy and practice;

(c) Authorisation of any person to carry out any work or perform any act in the operation and management of a port.

Powers of the Ministry

5. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Parts III or IV the Ministry shall not act as agent for any ship, or owner or operator to any ship.

(2) The powers conferred by this Part shall be in addition to and not in derogation from any other powers conferred upon the Ministry by this Act or any other law.

PART III - OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HARBOURS

Powers of the Minister with respect to harbours

6. (1) The Minister may -

(a) install and maintain marine navigation aids;

(b) control the erection and use of wharves, docks and other works, whether above or below the high water mark, within a port;

(c) reclaim, excavate, enclose or raise any part of any land vested in the Ministry, subject to be provisions of any other Act or statutory requirement;

(d) add to, alter or reconstruct any port or any part of a port;

(e) acquire such land execute such work and do such acts and things as may be necessary or expedient in respect of the functions of the Ministry under the provisions of this Act or of any other law;

(f) acquire, hire, procure, construct, erect, manufacture, provide, maintain or repair anything whatsoever required for the purposes of this Act or to sell or otherwise dispose of the same;

(g) provide services within a port, including, berthing, towing, mooring, moving or docking of any vessel;

(h) provide lighterage or appoint, licence and regulate lighterage operators;

(i) provide pilotage services within any port.

(2) No person shall lay down in any harbour any private buoy, mooring or anchor without permission in writing from the Secretary and such permission may be withdrawn at any time, whereupon any such buoy, mooring or anchor shall be immediately removed by the owner thereof.

(3) Any person who fails to remove such buoy, mooring or anchor when required to do so by the Secretary commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or for a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both.

PART IV - OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WHARVES

Powers of the Minister with respect to wharves

7. (1) The Minister may:

(a) make provision for the embarking or disembarking of passengers to or from any vessel, including the provision of landing places;

(b) make provision for the loading and discharging of cargo to or from any vessel, including the provision of wharves;

(c) appoint officers in the Ministry to regulate commercial services provided at or within a port;

(d) regulate operators and other providers of labour and equipment;

(e) supervise and control the sorting, weighing, measuring, storing, warehousing or otherwise handling of any goods;

(f) supervise and control the supply of fuel, water or telephone services or other goods and services to vessels;

(g) render any immediate assistance to any vessel or assist in the recovery of any property lost, sunk or stranded;

(h) supervise and control the loading, discharging or warehousing of goods in a port or of the bunkering of vessels;

(i) provide such fire and security services, both within a port or elsewhere, as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of extinguishing fires and preserving life and property;

(j) direct the manner in which the equipment is operated and maintained;

(k) do all things necessary for the performance of its functions under this Act or any other law.

(2) The Minister may provide reception facilities required by any other law.

PART V - PORT OPERATIONS

Powers or officers in relation to vessels

8. (1) Any officer designated by the Minister by publication may within a port -

(a) direct where a vessel shall be berthed, moored or anchored and the method of berthing, mooring and anchoring;

(b) direct the removal of any vessel from any berth, wharf, terminal or anchorage and stipulate the time within which such removal is to be effected; and

(c) regulate the movement of vessels generally.

(2) Any person who, without lawful excuse, refuses or neglects to obey or comply with any direction given under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or for a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both.

(3) The Secretary may require the removal of any vessel aground, stranded or wrecked within a port area that, in his opinion, constitutes a hazard to the safe navigation of other vessels.

(4) If any person to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) or (3) refuses or neglects to comply with such direction or requirement, the Secretary may, whether or not any proceedings have been instituted against any person for any offence, do or cause to be done all such acts as are in his opinion reasonable or necessary for the purpose of ensuring such compliance and may hire or employ such persons as he considers necessary for such purpose and all expense incurred in doing such acts shall be paid, borne by or recoverable from the person to whom the direction was given.

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no vessel shall berth, moor or anchor in any navigable channel in a manner that impedes the safe navigation of other vessels.

(6) The master of any vessel that berths, moors or anchors in a navigable channel so as to impede the safe navigation of other vessels, commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no person shall use a fishing net and no vessel shall fish in any navigable channel.

(8) Any person who uses a fishing net to fish and the person in charge of a fishing vessel to fish so as to impede the safe navigation of other vessels, commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(9) No vessel shall be abandoned within the confines of a port area, and any vessel so abandoned may be removed by the Secretary who shall claim the expenses of removal from the owner.

Fire on board a vessel in port

9. (1) In the event of fire breaking out on board a vessel in a port, any officer designated by the Minister may board the vessel within the port with such assistance and persons as he considers proper to prevent danger to other vessels and for the taking of any other measures that he considers expedient for the protection of life and property, including requiring the master to take any measures that are deemed necessary and giving orders to any person capable of rendering assistance.

(2) If such measures are not forthwith carried out by the master of any vessel to whom such orders are given, the officer may himself proceed to carry them into effect.

(3) All expenses incurred in the exercise of the powers of the officer under this section shall be recoverable from the person to whom the direction was given.

(4) Any person who, without lawful excuse, refuses or neglects to obey or comply with any order given under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both.

Power to board vessel

10. (1) Any officer designated by the Minister may board any vessel within a port whenever he suspects that an offence against this Act has been or is about to be committed on such vessel or whenever he considers it is necessary to do so in the discharge of any duty imposed upon him by this Act.

(2) Any master of a vessel who, without lawful excuse, refuses to allow the officer to board that vessel under the powers vested in subsection commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both.

No liability of officers

11. No designated officer shall be liable for any act, omission or default in the execution of his duty, except in cases of malice, gross negligence, wilful neglect or misconduct.

PART VI - PORT FEES AND RATES

Stevedoring services

12. (1) Only a stevedoring company that has obtained a permit from the Ministry may provide stevedoring services within the port area.

(2) No such permit shall be granted until the Secretary is satisfied that the equipment provided by the stevedoring company necessary to discharge or load any vessel in an efficient and effective manner is completely safe in all respects.

(3) Subject to subsection (2) above, the stevedoring company shall provide any equipment necessary to load or discharge a vessel in the most expeditious manner.

(4) A stevedoring company permitted under this Act may contract with a shipping company or local agent to provide stevedoring services for a particular vessel during the time the vessel is in port.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a vessel trading only between ports in Tonga is exempted from the services of a stevedoring company unless such services are requested by the master or owner.

PART VII - PILOTAGE

Power to levy fees and rates

13. (1) It shall be lawful for the Ministry to levy fees and rates for the use of any of its infrastructure, facilities, assets or equipment, or the provision of any service provided by its employees, agents, contractors.

(2) Such fees and rates shall be determined by the Minister with the consent of Cabinet and shall be published in the Gazette.

(3) Where a fee or rate is calculated on the basis of a vessel's tonnage, the gross tonnage to be used shall be that contained on the vessel's International Tonnage Certificate or, if a vessel is exempt from tonnage measurement, it shall be charged an equivalent fee based on the overall length of the vessel.

Fees

14. (1) A berthage fee shall be payable by the owners, operators, charterers or agents of a vessel for services provided by the Ministry at any of the ports to which this Act applies.

(2) A fee shall be payable to the Ministry for a permit to operate stevedoring or shore handling activities under the control of the Ministry.

(3) The Ministry may charge Wharfage Fees for the use of the wharf by cargo owners.

Person liable for fees

15. (1) Owners, operators, charterers or agents of a vessel shall be liable to pay fees in respect of any vessel using the port or its facilities or services.

(2) Stevedores or shore handling contractors shall be liable for the payment of permit fees or charges that may be applied from time to time by the Ministry.

(3) Any person entitled to possession of the goods either as owner or agent for the owner shall pay any cargo handling fees prior to receipt of goods.

Rates

16. The Ministry may levy rates for -

(a) the use of any land, building, or space for the storage of cargo, containers or for the provision of any goods, services or facilities used;

(b) the use of any slipway, marine railway or equipment for taking a vessel out of the water; and

(c) the laying down of any private buoy, mooring or anchor for which permission has been granted.

Power to board

17. Any duly authorised employee of the Ministry may board and inspect any vessel within a port in order to ascertain the amount of the fees or rates payable in respect thereof after inward clearance has been granted.

Maritime and other liens

18. (1) Any vessel, in respect of which a receipt for fees and rates payable is not produced when demanded by a duly authorised employee of the Ministry, may be detained until a receipt is produced or other satisfactory proof of payments has been given, and failure to pay any fees or rates payable under this Part shall give rise to a lien against the vessel or freight.

(2) Any officer of the Ministry who receives fees or rates from a vessel or its agent, or from a cargo owner or his agent, shall issue an official receipt and any officer who fails to do so commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

Lien on cargo and goods

19. (1) The Ministry shall have a lien on cargo and goods for the amount of all fees and rates levied under the provisions of this Act.

(2) The Ministry shall be entitled to seize and detain such cargo and goods until the fees and rates are fully paid or secured to the satisfaction of the Minister.

(3) Such lien shall have priority over all other liens and claims to the cargo and goods.

(4) Any agent or stevedore that releases for delivery any goods, after having received written notice from the Secretary of a lien on the goods, commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine equal to the CIF value of the goods or up to $5,000, whichever is the greater.

Power to sell or dispose of goods

20. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, the Minister may sell or dispose of any goods which have been placed in or on premises of the Ministry and have not been removed within a period of 60 days.

Provided that -

(a) the period shall be extended to 90 days; and

(b) if the goods are of a perishable nature the Minister may direct their removal within a shorter period, and if not so removed, the Minister may sell all or any of the goods or dispose of them as he may think fit.

(2) The proceeds of any sale under this section shall be applied by the Minister in the following order:

(a) first, in payment of any duty or tax owing to the Government;

(b) Secondly, in payment of the expenses of the sale;

(c) thirdly, in payment of all fees and rates due to the Ministry under the provision of this Act in respect of the goods;

(d) fourthly, in payment of freight or other claims or liens of which notice has been given under the provisions of any law; and

(e) fifthly, by paying upon demand any surplus to the person entitled to it, or, if no such claim is made within one year of the date of the sale, the Ministry shall be entitled to retain such surplus and all other rights to it are extinguished.

Shipping clearance to be withheld

21. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act or any other law, if the Minister gives to any public officer, whose duty it is to grant clearance to any vessel, a written notice stating that an amount therein specified is due in respect of fees or rates levied under this Act in respect of that vessel, that public officer shall not grant such clearance until the amount due has been paid or has been secured to the satisfaction of the Ministry.

Exemptions

22. The Minister by publication with his reasons may -

(a) exempt any vessel or goods or classes of vessels or goods from the payment of any fee or rate that would otherwise be payable under this Act;

(b) reduce, refund or waive, in whole or in part, any fees or rates payable under this Act.

Evasion

23. (1) Any person who evades or attempts to evade any of the fees or rates payable by him under this Act commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months.

(2) Any person found to have committed an offence under subsection (1) shall in addition to any penalty under that subsection be liable to pay to the Ministry, double the amount of fees or rates that person evaded or attempted to evade.

(3) The tender to or acceptance by the Ministry of any fees or rates the payment of which has been previously evaded or left unpaid, shall not release or discharge any person from his liability under the provisions of subsection (1).

Interest on overdue accounts

24. The Ministry may charge interest at the rate of 10% per annum on any account not paid within 30 days of the invoice being sent.

Pilotage Authority

25. The Ministry shall be the pilotage authority for any pilotage area within or adjacent to any port.

Pilotage Areas

26. The Minister may by notice published in the Gazette proclaim an area within or adjacent to a port to be a pilotage area, in which the use of a licensed pilot shall be compulsory.

Pilotage

27. (1) Subject to sections 30 and 31 of this Act, every vessel while navigating in any pilotage area shall engage the services of a licensed pilot.

(2) A vessel while being moved within any area of a port that is part of a pilotage area shall be deemed to be a vessel navigating in a pilotage area.

(3) An owner or master who fails to comply with any provision of this Part commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.

Exemptions from pilotage

28. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29, the Minister may, exempt any vessel or class of vessel from the services of a licensed pilot while navigating in any compulsory pilotage area, and on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit to impose, if there is no increased risk to the safety of the vessel, passengers, crew or cargo.

Compulsory pilotage

29. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27, any vessel under the command of a master holding a valid Pilotage Exemption Certificate may be exempted from taking a pilot in a compulsory pilotage area.

(2) Every overseas vessel of over 45 meters in length or over 500 gross tons shall take on a licensed pilot when entering or leaving a compulsory pilotage area.

(3) Every overseas vessel of over 35 meters in length or over 200 gross tons, carrying oil or oil products or hazardous liquid substances in bulk as cargo shall take on a licensed pilot when entering or leaving a compulsory pilotage area.

(4) Every vessel that has a defect in its hull, machinery or equipment, which might materially affect its navigation, shall take on a licensed pilot when entering or leaving a compulsory pilotage area.

(5) The Minister may by notice in the Gazette declare any area within a port a Pilot Boarding Station.

(6) The master of an inbound vessel shall inform the Ministry by giving 72 hours notice of his Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) at the Pilot Boarding Station and shall confirm it not less than 4 hours prior to arrival and provide such other information concerning the vessel as required by the Ministry.

(7) The master of an outbound vessel shall advise the Ministry at least 6 hours before the estimated time of departure of the vessel.

Vessel to be piloted by a pilot

30. (1) No vessel shall be piloted in a pilotage area by any person other than a licensed pilot.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) the Secretary may, if he considers expedient, authorise any person to pilot vessels in a pilotage area subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.

Ministry to employ pilots

31. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, and any other law or Regulation, the Ministry shall employ such number of pilots as is necessary for the purpose of providing an adequate and efficient pilotage service.

(2) No person shall be employed as a pilot in a pilotage area unless that person is in possession of a valid pilotage licence issued by the Secretary.

The Secretary may issue a pilotage licence to any person who has demonstrated competence and proficiency as a pilot in the port for which the license is to be issued.

Pilot not personally liable

32. A pilot shall not be personally liable in any civil proceedings for -

(i) any damage done by him;

(ii) for any loss suffered as a result of any act done by him; or

(iii) for any failure to do anything required to be done by him;

while acting as a pilot, unless that act or omission arose from his malice, gross negligence, wilful neglect or misconduct.

The role of pilot and master

33. (1) The duty of a pilot is to pilot the ship safely subject to the authority of the master.

(2) The master is not relieved of his responsibility for the conduct and navigation of the ship by reason of the ship being in the charge of a pilot.

Owner and master liable for damage

34. The owner and the master of a ship shall be jointly and severally liable in civil proceedings for any loss or damage caused by the ship, or as a result of any fault in the navigation of the ship, notwithstanding that a pilot was, or was required to be, on board the ship at the time that the loss or damage was caused.

Civil liability for loss or damage

35. The Government, Ministry or any employee shall not be liable in any civil proceedings for any damage done by, or any loss suffered as a result of, any act or omission on the part of a pilot under this Part while acting as pilot of a ship.

PART VIII - DANGEROUS GOODS

Dangerous Goods

36. (1) The Ministry shall ensure the safe movement, loading, discharging, handling and storage of dangerous goods within a port and may direct the conditions under which dangerous goods may be loaded, discharged, handled or stored.

(2) In particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Minister may -

(a) declare by publication any goods to be dangerous goods;

(b) direct the navigation and place of berthing of any vessel;

(c) require dangerous goods to be stowed in containers and on board vessels in accordance with the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code;

(d) issue orders for the operation and control of lightering, landing, loading, discharging, conveying, storing and handling of dangerous goods;

(e) prohibit, or permit unconditionally or subject to conditions and restrictions, the movement, storage, or stowage of any kind of dangerous goods or any other goods;

(f) direct the times at which dangerous goods may be moved, stored or stowed;

(g) take such other steps as he deems necessary to protect persons and property from danger.

PART IX -OFFENCES

Penalty for obstructing Ministry

37. Any person who at any time hinders or obstructs any employee, agent or contractor of the Ministry in the performance and execution of his duty, commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.

Reporting false information

38. Any person who makes, knowingly or recklessly, any statement which is false in any material particular in any return, claim or other document which is required or authorised to be made by or under the provisions of this Act commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

False information as to vessel characteristics

39. Any master, owner or agent of a vessel entering or leaving a port who gives false information of the tonnage, draught, length or beam of such vessel to any employee of the Ministry authorised to ascertain the same commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years, or both.

Wilful damage to port works

40. Any person who wilfully removes, destroys or damages any port works or any property belonging to the Ministry or who wilfully hinders or prevents such port works or property from being used or operated in the manner in which it is intended to be used or operated commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both, and in addition shall pay compensation to the Ministry in such sum as the Court may determine.

Offences in connection with safety of vessels

41. Any person who in any port -

(a) without lawful excuse loosens or removes from its moorings or from its fastenings in or alongside any anchorage or wharf, any vessel, canoe or traditional craft without leave or authority from the master or owner of such vessel or person in charge of such anchorage or wharf;

(b) without the permission of the Secretary or any lawful excuse, discharges any firearm except for the purpose of making a signal of distress or for other lawful purpose;

(c) moves, damages or otherwise interferes with any marine navigational aid;

(d) fumigates by whatever means any vessel in the port, or boils or heats any pitch, tar, resin, turpentine oil or other inflammable oils or liquids of any kinds on board any vessel; or carries out any welding or cutting using gas or electrical appliances without the permission of the Secretary;

(e) uses a naked light when drawing off sprits, turpentine oil or other inflammable oils or liquids of any kind on board any vessel; or

(f) disables a ship while berthed or uses welding equipment for repairs at a berth, unless granted permission in writing by the Secretary under such terms and conditions as he may set;

commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both.

Pollution within a port

42. (1) Every person who throws, discharges, deposits, causes, suffers, or allows to be thrown, discharged, or deposited any harmful substance into any waters of a port commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both and to pay such amount as the Court may assess in respect of the expenses and costs that have been incurred or will be incurred in removing or cleaning up or dispersing any harmful substance to which the offence relates.

(2) It shall be a defence to any prosecution under subsection (1) if the defendant proves that the action complained of was necessitated by reason of an emergency imperilling life, or was caused by an unavoidable accident, collision or stranding.

(3) No vessel shall emit smoke and other pollutants to the atmosphere in excess of those quantities permitted by international conventions and standards and every person who permits emissions of smoke and other pollutants from a vessel in excess of these standards commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both.

(4) No vessel shall cause noise in the environment in excess of those levels permitted by international conventions and standards and every person who causes noise in the environment from a vessel in excess of these standards commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both.

(5) For the purpose of this section, "harmful substance" means any substance that, if introduced into the sea, is liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea.

PART X - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Master, owner or agent liable for damage

43. (1) Where any damage is sustained to any property of the Ministry by any vessel or by any person employed thereon, the cost of making good the damage may be recovered by the Minister from the master, person in charge of the vessel, owner or agent.

(2) The Minister may detain any such vessel until the cost of making good the damage has been paid or security in an amount and in the form agreed to by the Minister.

Power to detain

44. (1) Any employee of the Ministry may detain any person found committing or whom he has reason to believe has committed, an offence under this Act.

(2) A person detained under this section shall forthwith be handed over to the Police.

Evidence of identity

45. Any employee of the Ministry who reasonably believes that any person has committed an offence against the provisions of this Act required that person to furnish evidence of his identity. Any person who refuses to furnish such evidence or who wilfully mis-states such information commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

Confidential Documents

46. (1) Documents that are marked "Given in Commercial Confidence" or "Commercially Confidential" shall not be accessible to the general public.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may order the release of documents referred to in subsection (1) if in his opinion they are not commercially sensitive or it is in the public interest to do so.

Equipment not subject to distraint

47. When any equipment, fixed or movable, belonging to the Ministry is in a place outside the property of the Ministry, such equipment shall not be subject to distraint nor be taken in execution of any legal process against any other person.

Regulations

48. The Minister, with the consent of Cabinet, may make regulations for giving effect to and carrying out the purposes of this Act, including but not limited to, the following -

(a) regulating vessel and vehicular traffic;

(b) prescribing all such things as may be necessary with respect to harbour lights, buoys, beacons and signals and preventing and providing for the removal of obstructions or impediments to navigation;

(c) designating, declaring, defining and regulating the operation of wharves and ferry terminals on and from which goods shall be discharged or loaded or into vessels and the manner in which and the conditions under which such discharging and loading shall be carried out, and for varying the position of vessels discharging or loading;

(d) regulating the erection or construction of wharves and ferry terminals in a port or encroaching in any way on the waters thereof,

(e) providing minimum standards for machinery and appliances (other than machinery and appliances carried on a vessel) used in loading or unloading of goods;

(f) keeping free passages of such width as it considers necessary within a port and along or near to the wharves, passenger jetties, moorings and other similar works in or adjoining the same and for marking out the spaces so to be kept free;

(g) regulating the anchoring, fastening, mooring and unmooring, and warping of all vessels and the use of warps, mooring buoys, chains and other moorings and the granting of permission, on such conditions as the Ministry may think fit for the keeping or placing of anchors or private moorings or buoys;

(h) regulating the use of anchorages, wharves and ferry terminals and the movement of vessels, persons and vehicles and preventing obstruction at anchorages and on wharves and ferry terminals and ensuring the safety of the same and any cargo thereon;

(i) regulating the use by vessels of whistles, sirens and other like instruments and the signals to be used and measures to be taken in case of fires in a port;

(j) enforcing and regulating the use of navigation lights, signals and signal lights by vessels and the steps to be taken by vessels navigating in the waters of a port for the avoidance of accidents;

(k) requiring the master of every vessel to report his arrival, to produce the Certificate of Registry on demand, and to deliver a copy of every bill of lading or manifest of the cargo or other account of goods intended to be discharged;

(l) specifying the information to be supplied by the masters, owners and other persons in respect of vessel arriving and departing, and of goods loaded or discharged in a port, and the time and manner in which such information is to be divulged;

(m) supervising, regulating and controlling stevedoring and other activities carried on within a port and if he thinks fit, providing for the licensing thereof;

(n) prohibiting the loading or discharging of dangerous goods from a vessel or the movement within a port area, except in accordance with the International maritime Dangerous Goods Code or any other law or Regulation;

(o) regulating the reception, storage and removal of goods within and from the premises of the Ministry, and for declaring the procedure to be followed for taking charge of goods which have been damaged before discharge or are alleged to have been so damaged;

(p) regulating the examination and checking of any vehicle, case, bag or luggage where there is reason to believe that any person has in his possession any goods on which duties or fees have not been paid;

(q) regulating towage of or other assistance to vessels and the terms and conditions of such towage or assistance;

(r) regulating the keeping clean of basins and other works of the Ministry and the waters of any port and preventing oil, rubbish or other things being discharged or thrown or entering therein or thereon;

(s) providing reception facilities as required by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution at Sea (MARPOL 73/78), arranging for the provision of these facilities by the private sector and ensuring that these services are provided in a timely manner;

(t) prescribing the terms and conditions for the sale and supply of fresh water by the Ministry;

(u) providing for the cleaning, fumigating and disinfecting of building, wharves, vessels and cargo;

(v) regulating the safe and convenient use of the wharves, ferry terminals, landing places and buildings maintained by the Ministry;

(w) regulating the use in ports of motor launches, yachts, pleasure craft, surf boards and water skis;

(x) regulating the time when fees on goods shipped or received are to be payable;

(y) settling the mode of payment of fees or rates chargeable under this Act, facilitating their collection and preventing their evasion;

(z) ensuring that perimeter fencing is erected where required to ensure that trespassers are excluded and that adequate security is provided to ensure that all goods within the port area are properly safeguarded and not liable to theft or damage.

SCHEDULE 1
(Section 3(2))

Legal description of Harbours and Harbour Areas

1. 'OHONUA HARBOUR - 'EUA

'Ohonua Harbour comprises of all areas within as that defined below.

A straight line joining the following positions commencing as -

from	Latitude	21°21.0'S	Longitude	174°58.0'W
to	Latitude	21°21.0'S	Longitude	174°58.5'W
to	Latitude	21°20.0'S	Longitude	174°58.5'W
to	Latitude	21°20.0'S	Longitude	174°57.12'W

and then a line southwards on the contour of the high water mark until the point of commencement at Latitude 21°21.0'S Longitude 174°58.0'W.

Refer to Chart B.A. 1385

2. LIFUKA HARBOUR - HA'APAI

Lifuka Habour comprises of all areas within as that defined below. A straight line joining the following positions commencing as -

from	Latitude	19°49.5'S	Longitude	174°22.92'W
To	Latitude	19°49.5'S	Longitude	174°24.0'W
To	Latitude	19°46.0'S	Longitude	174°24.0'W
To	Latitude	19°46.0'S	Longitude	174°21.0'W
To	Latitude	19°46.3'S	Longitude	174°21.0'W

and then a line southwards on the contour of the high water mark until the point of commencement at Latitude 19°49.5'S Longitude 174°22.92'W.

Refer to Chart B.A. 473.

3. NEIAFU HARBOUR - VAVA'U

Neiafu Harbour comprises of all areas within as that defined below. A straight line joining the following positions commencing as -

from	Latitude	18°39.64'S	Longitude	174°00.5'W
to	Latitude	18°39.25'S	Longitude	174°01.22'W

and then a line northwards on the contour of the high water mark until Latitude 18°38.85'S Longitude 174°01.27'W and then a straight line to Latitude 18°38.36'S Longitude 174°00.67'W and then a line northwards on the contour of the high water mark until Latitude 18°38.15'S Longitude 174°00.2'W and then a straight line to Latitude 18°38.18'S Longitude 174°00.0'W and then a line southwards on the contour of the high water mark until Latitude 18°38.36'S Longitude 173°59.93'W and then a straight line to Latitude 18°38.54'S Longitude 173°59.86'W and then a line southwards on the contour of the high water mark along the coast until Latitude 18°40.5'S Longitude 173°59.4'W and then a straight line to Latitude 18°40.53'S Longitude 173°59.5'W and then a line along the coast on the contour of the high water mark towards the west until the point of commencement at Latitude 18°39.64'S Longitude 174° 00.5'W.

Refer to Chart B.A. 3097

4. FALEHAU HARBOUR - NIUA TOPUTAPU

Falehau Harbour comprises of all areas within at that defined below, excluding islands from their high water marks. A straight line joining the following positions commencing as:

from	Latitude	15°56.7'S	Longitude	173°45.0'W
to	Latitude	15°55.0'S	Longitude	173°45.0'W
to	Latitude	15°55.0'S	Longitude	173°43.15'W
to	Latitude	15°55.75'S	Longitude	173°43.15'W

and then a line southwards on the contour of the high water mark until the point of commencement at Latitude 15°56.7'S and Longitude 173° 45.0'W.

Refer to Chart B.A. 968

5. FUTU HARBOUR - NIUA FO'OU

Futu Harbour comprises of all areas within as that defined below. A straight line joining the following positions commencing as -

from	Latitude	15°35.5'S	Longitude	175°40.32'W
to	Latitude	15°35.5'S	Longitude	175°40.5'W
to	Latitude	15°35.0'S	Longitude	175°40.5'W
to	Latitude	15°35.0'S	Longitude	175°40.18'W

and then a line southwards on the contour of the high water mark until the point of commencement at Latitude 15°35.5'S Longitude 175°40.32'W.

Refer to Chart B.A. 968

SCHEDULE II
(Section 3(3))

Legal description of Wharves and Wharf Areas

1. 'EUA

1. New Nafanua Wharf - 'Ohonua
2. Old Nafanua Wharf - 'Ohonua

2. HA'APAI

1. Taufa'ahau Wharf - Pangai
2. Pulotu Wharf - Ha'afeva

3. VAVA'U

1. Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho Wharf - Neiafu

4. NIUA TOPUTAPU

1. Pasivulangi Wharf - Falehau

5. NIUA FO'OU

1. Futu Wharf - Futu

Passed in the Legislative Assembly this 30th day of October, 2001.

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TONGA

KO E LAO
KI HONO PULE 'O E NGAAHI TAULANGA
MO E NGAAHI UAFU 2001

KONGA I - TALATEU

1. Hingoa nounou mo e kamata'anga
2. 'Uhinga'i lea

KONGA II - KO E FATONGIA 'O E POTUNGAUE 'I HONG
PULE'I 'O E NGAAHI TAULANGA'

3. Ngaue'aki mo e tu'utu'uni
4. Ngaahi fokotu'u mo e ngaahi fatongia
5. Ngaahi mafai 'o e Potungaue

KONGA III - FAKALELE MO PULE'I 'O E NGAAHI
TAULANGA'

6. Ngaahi mafai 'o e Minisita kau ki he ngaahi taulanga'

KONGA IV - FAKALELE MO PULE'I 'O E NGAAHI UAFU

7. Ngaahi mafai 'o e Minisita kau ki he ngaahi uafu'

KONGA V - NGAAHI NGAUE 'A E TAULANGA'

8. Mafai 'o e kau 'ofisa ki he ngaahi vaka
9. Vela 'i ha vaka 'i ha taulanga
10. Mafai ke heka ki vaka
11. 'Ikai mo'ua 'a e kau 'ofisa

KONGA VI - NGAAHI TOTONGI (FEES) MO E NGAAHI
TOTONGI (RATES) KI HE TAULANGA

12. Ngaahi ngaue sitivatoa
13. Mafai ke hilifaki 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees) mo e ngaahi totongi (rates)
14. Ngaahi totongi (fees)
15. Kinautolu to nau ala totongi 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees)
16. Ngaahi totongi (rates)
17. Ngaahi mafai ke heka ki vaka
18. Ngaahi 'eke malu'i mo'ua 'i tahi mo e ngaahi 'eke malu'i mo'ua kehe
19. 'Eke malu'i mo'ua ki he uta mo e ngaahi koloa
20. Mafai ke fakatau atu pe tuku atu 'o e ngaahi koloa
21. Ta'ofi ke faka'ata 'o e vaka

KONGA II - KO E FATONGIA 'O E POTUNGAUE 'I HONG PULE'I
'O E NGAAHI TAULANGA'

22. Ngaahi faka'ata
23. Ta'efietotongi
24. Totongi tupu ki he ngaahi mo'ua te'eki totongi

KONGA VII - PAILATE

25. Mafai ki he pailate
26. Ngaahi 'elia ki he pailate
27. Pailate
28. Faka'ata mei he pailate
29. Pau ke ngaue'aki ha pailate
30. Ke pailate'i 'a e vaka 'e ha pailate
31. Fakangaue'i 'e he Potungaue ha kau pailate
32. 'Ikai ala mo'ua fakataautaha ha pailate
33. Fatongia 'o e pailate mo e 'eikivaka
34. Ala mo'ua 'a e taha 'oku 'o'ona mo e 'eikivaka ki ha maumau
35. Mo'ua sivile ki he maumau pe mole

KONGA VIII - NGAAHI KOLOA FAKATU'UTAMAKI

36. Ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki

KONGA IX - NGAAHI HIA

37. Tautea ki hono fakafe'atungia'i 'o e Potungaue
38. Lipooti 'a e fakamatala loi
39. Fakamatala loi fekau'aki mo e fotunga 'o e vaka
40. Maumau'i fakalotokovi 'o e ngaahi naunau 'a e taulanga
41. Ngaahi hia fekau'aki mo e malu 'o e ngaahi vaka
42. 'Uli'i 'o e loto'i taulanga

KONGA X - NGAAHI TU'UTU'UNI KEHE

43. Ala mo'ua 'a e 'eikivaka, taha 'oku 'o'ona pe fakafofonga ki ha maumau
44. Mafai ke ta'ofi
45. Fakamo'oni ko hai ia
46. Ngaahi tohi fakapulipuli
47. Ngaahi me'angaue 'e 'ikai ala fa'ao fakalao
48. Ngaahi tu'utu'uni

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TONGA

Fika 26 'o e 2001

'Oku ou loto ki ai,

TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
21 'o Sepitema 2002

KO E LAO
KI HONO PULE'I 'O E NGAAHI TAULANGA MO E UAFU

[30 'o 'Okatopa, 2001]

'OKU TU'UTU'UNI 'e he Tu'i mo e Fale Alea 'o Tonga' 'i he Fakataha Alea 'o e Pule'anga' 'o pehe:

KONGA I - TALATEU

Hingoa nounou mo e kamata'anga

1. (1) 'E ui 'a e Lao ni ko e Lao ki hono Pule'i 'o e Ngaahi Taulanga 2001.

(2) Kuo pau ke kamata ngaue'aki 'a e Lao ni 'i ha 'aho 'e fanongonongo 'e he 'Ene 'Afro 'i he Fakataha Tokoni.

'Uhinga'i lea

2. (1) 'I he Lao ni, tukukehe Ioka ha atu ha to e 'uhinga kehe 'i hono tu'unga -

"poe" 'oku kau ki ai ha me'a 'oku tete 'o ha fa'ahinga lahi, fuo mo e lanu 'a is 'oku no'o ki he kilisitahi pea taumu'a ke tokoni ki he faifolau pe ha ngaahi taumu'a mahino kehe;

"koniteina" 'oku 'uhinga ki ha me'angaue natula tolonga ki he fe'ave'aki kuo ngaohi ke toutou ngaue'aki, kuo fo'u ke fakafaingofua'i hono fakauta founga kehekehe 'a e ngaahi koloa, 'oku lava 'o tapuni malu pea faingofua hono hiki holo', 'oku 'i ai 'a e ngaahi fitingi 'i hono ngaahi tuliki' ki he ngaahi taumu'a ko ia'pea 'oku 'i he Ngaahi Taulanga 'a e Kautaha Fakavaha'apule'anga' (ISO) 'a hono lahi';

"ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki" 'oku 'uhinga ki ha ngaahi koloa pe ngaahi me'a 'oku fakakalasi ko e ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki 'e he Kouti ki Tahi Fakavaha'apule'anga ki he Ngaahi Koloa Fakatu'utamaki (IMDG), pea kau foki ai mo e ngaahi koloa pe ngaahi me'a 'oku fakaha ko e ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki fakatatau ki he Konga VIII;

"ngaahi totongi (fees)" 'oku kau ki ai 'a e ngaahi totongi taulanga, ngaahi totongi maama mo e totongi uafu 'oku hilifaki 'i he Lao ni ka 'oku 'ikai ke kau ki ai 'a e ngaahi totongi (rates);

"vaka 'oku folau fakavaha'a pule'anga" 'oku 'uhinga ko ha vaka 'oku ngaue fefakatau'aki 'i he vaha'a 'o ha taulanga pe feitu'u 'i Tonga mo ha taulanga pe feitu'u kehe 'i tu'a Pule'anga pe 'i he vaha'a 'o ha taulanga pe feitu'u 'i tu'a Pule'anga;

"ngaahi koloa" 'oku kau ki ai 'a e monumanu, 'anga'anga, ngaahi kato, ngaahi koloa fakataaautaha, uta fakalukufua, ngaahi koniteina, pea mo ha fa'ahinga koloa pe 'oku ala hiki holo;

"taulanga" 'oku 'uhinga ki ha fa'ahinga 'elia vai fakanatula pe ngaohi 'e he tangata ke malu ki ai 'a e ngaahi vaka' 'a is to nau lava ke li taula pe no'o ai mo lava ke uta mo fakahifo ai pe fakaheka mo fakahifo ai ha kau pasese, ka 'oku 'ikai kau ki heni ha "taulanga fakauu" 'oku kumi 'e he ngaahi ngaahi vaka' 'i he taimi 'o ha fakatamaki fakaenatula (force majeure);

"Kouti (IMDG) ki Tahi Fakavaha'apule'anga ki he ngaahi Koloa Fakatu'utamaki" 'oku 'uhinga ki he Kouti kuo paaki 'e he Kautaha Fakavaha'apule'anga ki Tahi mei he taimi ki he taimi;

"faka'ata hd mail' 'oku 'uhinga Id hono faka'ata mai mei he kau ma'u mafai totonu' ke hu mai 'a e vaka' mo tau 'i he loto taulanga' (port);

"'eikivaka" 'oku 'uhinga ki he tokotaha kotoa pe, tukukehe ha pailate, 'oku ne pule'i pe tokanga'i ha fa'ahinga vaka;

"Minisita" 'oku 'uhinga ki he Minisita 'o e Malini' mo e Ngaahi Taulanga' (Ports);

"ngaahi tokoni faifolau 'i tahi" 'oku 'uhinga ki he kotoa 'o e ngaahi poe, ngaahi pikoni, ngaahi maaka mo e ngaahi faka'ilonga ke tokoni ki he faifolau 'i tahi, kau ai ha fa'ahinga tokoni faka'elekitulonika ki he faifolau 'i tahi 'a is 'oku 'ikai uta 'i ha vaka;

"vaka muli" 'oku 'uhinga, 'i he'ene felave'i mo e Konga VII, ki ha vaka 'a is ko e taulanga fakamuimui na'e mavahe mei ai' 'oku 'i tu'a Pule'anga pe ko ha vaka 'oku folau fakavaha'a Pule'anga;

"tokotaha 'oku o'ona" 'i he taimi 'oku ngaue'aki ai ki ha koloa, 'oku kau ai ha taha 'a is pe pehe ko is 'oku o'ona, tokotaha hu koloa mai, tokotaha hu koloa atu, konisana, konisaini, tokotaha hu atu pe fakafofonga 'oku ne tokanga'i hono fakatau atu, tauhi, fakaheka, hiki holo, faka'ata pe tiliva 'o e ngaahi koloa ko is pe ko ha taha 'oku 'i ai 'a e totonu ke 'i ai 'a e koloa; pea 'i hono ngaue'aki felave'i mo ha vaka, 'oku kau ai ha taha 'oku hoko ko e fakafofonga ki he taha 'oku o'ona, 'oku ne tanaki 'o e feleti pe totongi 'o e ngaahi totongi kehe felave'i mo e vaka pea kau ai ha kaunga-ma'u (owner), taha no vaka, taha 'oku ne fakalele, pe mokasi 'oku 'i ai 'a e vaka pe ha taha fakafofonga kuo fakamafai'i 'o ha taha pehe;

"taha" 'oku 'uhinga ki ha tokotaha fakafo'ituitui pe ko ha kautaha 'o hange' ko hono 'uhinga 'i he tu'unga';

"pailate" 'oku 'uhinga ki ha pailate ma'u laiseni mei he Ngaahi Tu'utu'uni (Pailate) ki he Folau Vaka;

"taulanga (port)" 'oku 'uhinga ki ha taulanga, uafu pe ha to e feitu'u kuo fakaha ko ha taulanga fakatatau ki he kupu 3;

"pulusi" 'oku 'uhinga ki hono pulusi 'i he Kasete;

"ngaahi totongi (rates) 'oku 'uhinga ki ha ngaahi totongi (rates) pe ngaahi totongi (charges) 'oku hilifaki 'e he Potungaue 'i he Lao ni pea kau ki ai ha totongi (toll) pe totongi (rent), ka 'oku 'ikai ke kau ki ai 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees);

"Sekelitali" 'oku 'uhinga ki he Sekelitali ki he Malini mo e Ngaahi Taulanga;

"kautaha sitivatoa" 'oku 'uhinga ki ha kautaha tatau ai pe pe kuo lesisita pe 'ikai, 'a is kuo ne ma'u 'a e ngaahi naunau totonu 'e lava ke ne fakahoko kakato 'a e ngaahi ngaue sitivatoa ki he kotoa 'o e ngaahi vaka 'oku nau ngaue'aki ha taulanga (port) mo ha ngaahi fokotu'utu'u kehe 'a is 'e ala tali 'e he Minisita';

"ngaahi ngaue sitivatoa" 'i he fekau'aki mo ha kautaha sitivatoa 'oku kau ai 'a e fakahifo, hiki holo, ngaue kuleini (cranage), tauhi pe fetuku 'o e ngaahi koloa pea mo hono tuku 'o ha ngaahi koloa ke ne tokanga'i, tauhi pe pule'i;

"vaka" 'oku kau ai 'a e vaka (ship), vaka (boat), vaka fetuku pe vaka kotoa pe 'oku ngaue'aki pe lava ke ngaue'aki 'i he faifolau 'i he vai; pea kau ki ai ha huvakalafi (hovercraft) pe vaka 'oku mavahe mei he fukahi vai pe 'iuniti hiki holo 'i tahi; ka 'oku 'ikai kau ki ai ha popao pe vaka kehe fo'u 'i he fotunga tu'ufonua;

"tale tuku'anga koloa" 'oku kau ai ha fa'ahinga fale tuku'anga koloa pe, fale tuku'anga me'a pe fale kehe 'oku ma'u pe pule'i 'e he Potungaue 'a is 'e lava ke tuku fakalao ai 'a e ngaahi koloa;

"uafu" 'oku kau ai 'a e uafu (quay), uafu (pier), uafu (jetty), uafu (ramp) pe ngaahi feitu'u kehe pehe 'oku lava ke fakaheka pe fakahifo mei ai 'a e kau pasese pe ngaahi koloa mei ha vaka.

(2) 'E ngofua ki he Minisita 'i he tohi ke ne foaki ki ha taha ha ni'ihi 'o hono ngaahi mafai', pule' pe ngaahi ngaue 'i he Lao ni pea kuo pau 'e 'ikai to e foaki 'e he tokotaha ko ia' 'a e mafai, pule pe ngaue ko ia' tuku kehe 'o ka 'oku fakangofua 'e he 'uluaki foaki mafai 'a e to e foaki mafai ko ia'.

(3) Kuo pau ke ngaue'aki 'a e Ngaahi Tu'utu'uni ki he Malu 'o e Ngaahi Taulanga' ki he kakai, ngaahi ngaue, ngaahi vaka mo 'enau ngaahi me'angaue kotoa pe 'i he loto'i taulanga kotoa pe mo ha ngaahi feitu'u kehe pe 'i he Pule'anga 'oku fakahoko ai hano fakaheka, fetuku pe faka'ata 'o ha uta ki he ngaahi vaka Tonga kotoa pe pea ki he ngaahi vaka kotoa pe 'oku 'i he ngaahi potu tahi 'o Tonga'.

KONGA II - KO E FATONGIA 'O E POTUNGAUE 'I HONG
PULE'I 'O E NGAAHI TAULANGA'

Ngaue'aki mo e tu'utu'uni

3. (1) Ko e ngaahi taulanga 'oku ngaue'aki ki ai 'a e Lao ni kuo pau ko e ngaahi taulanga ko is 'i Tonga 'oku 'ikai ke fakaha atu 'i he Lao ki he Ma'u Mafai ki he Ngaahi Taulanga' 1998.

(2) Ko e ngaahi taulanga kotoa pe 'oku fakahingoa 'i he Tepile I ki he Lao ni kuo pau, 'i ha me'a 'e ala lava', ke fakamahino'i is 'aki ha fakamatala fakalao mo ha siate 'e to 'e he Potungaue' mo pulusi 'i he Kasete'.

(3) Ko e uafu kotoa pe 'oku fakahingoa 'i he Tepile II ki he Lao ni kuo pau, 'i ha me'a 'e ala lava', ke fakamahino'i is 'aki ha fakamatala fakalao pe ha palani, 'o kau ai 'a e ngaahi tanunga kelekele kotoa pe, ngaahi pa'anga peau, mo e fanga ki'i uafu (jetty) 'oku a'u atu ki he 'elia taulanga' pea mo ha ngaahi fale, langa mo ha ngaahi fakalelei 'oku tu'u 'i he tafa'aki ki 'uta' pe 'oku hoko atu pe ofi atu ki he taulanga'.

(4) 'E ngofua ki he Potungaue, 'i he loto ki ai 'a e Kapineti, 'i ha taimi pe ke ne fakaha ha feitu'u kehe ke hoko ko e taulanga 'i loto 'i he 'uhinga 'o e Lao ni.

(5) Kuo pau ke ma'u 'e he Potungaue 'a e ngaahi mafai, ngaahi totonu, mo e ngaahi ngaue mo e pule kotoa pe 'oku taau pe 'aonga ki hono pule'i pea mo hono fakalele 'o e ngaahi taulanga 'oku pule'i 'e he Lao ni.

Ngaahi fokotu'u mo e ngaahi fatongia

4. (1) Kuo pau ke fokotu'u ha ni'ihi 'a is 'e fiema'u ki hono tokanga'i 'o hono fakalele 'o e taulanga taki taha pea mo hono tanaki ha ngaahi totongi (fees) mo ha ngaahi totongi (rates) 'oku pau ke totongi 'i he Lao ni.

(2) 'Oku fatongia'aki 'a e Sekelitali' 'a hono pule'i lelei mo taau mo hono fakalele 'o e ngaahi taulanga' pea kuo pau ke ne ma'u 'a e mafai ke fai ha ngaahi tu'utu'uni fekau'aki mo e ngaahi me'a ko 'eni':

(a) Ko hono fakalele mo pule'i 'o ha taulanga 'o fakatatau ki he polisi 'a e Pule'anga';

(b) Ko e founga tanaki mo hono lipooti 'o e ngaahi totongi' (fees) mo e ngaahi totongi' (rates) 'o fakatatau ki he polisi mo e founga ngaue lolotonga ko is 'a e Pule'anga';

(c) Ko hano fakamafai'i 'o ha taha ke ne fakahoko ha ngaue pe ke ne fai ha ngaue 'i hono fakalele mo pule'i 'o ha taulanga.

Ngaahi mafia 'o e Potungaue

5. (1) Neongo ha me'a 'i he ongo Konga III pe IV kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke hoko 'a e Potungaue' ko ha fakafofonga ki ha vaka, pe ha taha 'oku 'o'ona pe ha taha fakalele 'o ha fa'ahinga vaka.

(2) Ko e ngaahi mafai kuo foaki 'e he Konga ni kuo pau ko e fakalahi atu pea 'ikai ko ha to'o 'o ha ngaahi mafai kehe kuo foaki ki he Potungaue' 'e he Lao ni pe ha to e lao kehe.

KONGA III - FAKALELE MO PULE'I 'O E NGAAHI TAULANGA'

Ngaahi mafia 'o e Minisita kau ki he ngaahi taulanga

6. (1) 'E ngofua ki he Minisita ke ne-

(a) fokotu'u mo tauhi 'a e ngaahi tokoni faifolau 'i tahi;

(b) pule'i hono fokotu'u mo hono ngaue'aki 'o e ngaahi uafu, ngaahi toho'anga vaka mo e ngaahi ngaue kehe, tatau ai pe 'i 'olunga pe 'i lalo 'i he ngata'anga 'o e tahi lahi, 'i loto 'i ha taulanga;

(c) tanu, tata, tapuni'i pe fakama'olunga ha konga 'o ha kelekele 'oku ma'u 'e he Potungaue, fakatatau ki ha ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'o ha Lao pe tu'utu'uni fakalao kehe;

(d) fakalahi, liliu pe to e langa ha taulanga pe ha konga 'o ha taulanga;

(e) ma'u ha kelekele pehe pea fakahoko ha ngaahi ngaue mo fai 'a e ngaahi ngaue mo e ngaahi me'a ko is 'oku fiema'u mo lelei ki h e ngaahi fatongia 'o e Potungaue fakatatau ki he ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'o e Lao ni pe ha lao kehe;

(f) ma'u, no, ma'u mai, langa, fokotu'u, fa'u, 'oatu, tauhi pe monomono ha fa'ahinga me'a pe 'oku tu'utu'uni koe'uhi ko e ngaahi taumu'a 'o e Lao ni pe ke fakatatau atu pe tuku atu kehe ia;

(g) fakahoko 'a e ngaahi ngaue 'i ha loto'i taulanga, kau ai 'a e, no'o, taulani, tau, hiki pe fakaautau ha vaka;

(h) fakahoko 'a e ngaue fetukutuku pe fokotu'u, laiseni mo pule'i 'a e kau fakalele ngaue fetukutuku;

(i) fakahoko 'a e ngaahi ngaue fakapailate 'i ha loto'i taulanga.

(2) Kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke tuku 'e ha taha 'i ha taulanga' ha poe, no'o'anga vaka pe ha taula taautaha ta'e tomu'a faka'ata 'e he Sekelitali' 'i he tohi pea 'e ngofua ke to'o ha faka'ata pehe 'i ha fa'ahinga taimi pe, 'a is kuo pau ke to'o leva 'e he taha 'oku 'o'ona 'a e poe, no'o'anga vaka pe taula ko ia.

Ko ha taha 'oku ne ta'e to'o ha poe, no'o'anga vaka pe ha taula pehe 'i ha fekau 'e he Sekelitali' ke to'o 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ne ala mo'ua 'o ka halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'e 'ikai laka hake 'i he $5,000 pe ngaue popula 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he mahina 'e 6, pe fakatou'osi.

KONGA IV - FAKALELE MO PULE'I 'O E NGAAHI UAFU

Ngaahi mafia 'o e Minisita kau ki he ngaahi uafu

7. (1) 'E ngofua ki he Minisita ke ne:

(a) tu'utu'uni ki he fakaheka mo fakahifo 'o e kau pasese ki ha pe mei ha vaka, kau ai hono tu'utu'uni 'a e ngaahi feitu'u fakahifo'anga;

(b) tu'utu'uni ki hono fakaheka pea mo fakahifo 'o e ngaahi uta ki ha pe mei ha vaka, kau ai hono fokotu'u ha ngaahi uafu;

(c) fokotu'u 'a e kau 'ofisa 'i he Potungaue ke nau pule'i 'a e ngaahi ngaue fakakomesiale 'oku fakahoko 'i he pe 'i ha loto'i taulanga;

(d) pule'i 'a e kau fakalele ngaue mo e kau pule ngaue leipa mo e me'angaue kehe;

(e) tokanga'i mo pule'i 'a hono fakafa'ahinga, fua mamafa, fua loloa, tauhi, tukufale'i 'o e ngaahi koloa pe ko hano fa'ahinga tokanga'i pe 'o e ngaahi koloa;

(f) tokanga'i mo pule'i 'a hono tuku atu 'o e lolo, vai pe ngaahi ngaue fakatelefoni pe ngaahi koloa mo e ngaahi ngaue kehe ki he ngaahi vaka;

(g) fai ha tokoni fakavavevave ki ha vaka pe tokoni ki hono kumi ha koloa kuo mole, ngoto pe mahaia;

(h) tokanga'i pe pule'i 'a e fakaheka, fakahifo pe tukufale'i ha koloa 'i ha taulanga pe ko hono 'utu 'o e ngaahi vaka;

(i) fakahoko 'a e ngaahi ngaue fakamalu'i mo tamate afi, 'i he loto'i taulanga pe 'i ha feitu'u kehe, 'o hange ko is 'e fiema'u ki he taumu'a tamate afi mo hono malu'i 'a e mo'ui mo e koloa;

(j) fakahinohino'i 'a e anga hono ngaue'aki mo hono tauhi 'o e ngaahi me'angaue;

(k) fai 'a e ngaahi me'a kotoa pe 'oku fiema'u ki hono fakahoko hono ngaahi fatongia 'i he Lao ni pe 'i ha lao kehe.

(2) 'E ngofua ke 'oatu 'e he Minisita ha ngaahi naunau tanaki'anga veve 'oku fiema'u 'e ha lao kehe.

KONGA V - NGAAHI NGAUE 'A E TAULANGA'

Mafai 'o e kau 'ofisa ki he ngaahi vaka

8. (1) 'E ngofua ki ha 'ofisa kuo fili 'e he Minisita 'aki hano pulusi ke ne, 'i he loto'i taulanga'-

(a) tu'utu'uni 'a e feitu'u kuo pau ke tau, no'o pe li taula ai ha vaka pea mo e founga 'o e tau, no'o mo e li taula ko ia';

(b) tu'utu'uni ke to'o ha vaka mei ha taulanga, uafu, taulanga vaka pe li'anga taula mo fakamahino'i 'a e taimi ke to'o ai'; mo

(c) pule'i fakalukufua 'a e nga'unu holo 'a e ngaahi vaka.

(2) Ko ha taha, ta'e ha 'uhinga fakalao, 'oku ne fakafisi pe ta'etokanga ke talangofua pe fai pau ki ha tu'utu'uni kuo fai 'i he kupu si'i (1) 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $10,000 pe ngaue popula 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he ta'u 'e 1, pe fakatou'osi.

(3) 'E ngofua ki he Sekelitali ke ne fekau ke to'o ha vaka kuo toka, mahaia pe maumau 'aupito 'i he loto'i 'elia 'o ha taulanga 'oku, 'i he 'ene fakakaukau', fakatu'utamaki ki he malu 'o e faifolau 'a e ngaahi vaka kehe'.

(4) Ko ha taha kuo 'oatu ki ai ha fekau 'i he kupu si'i (1) pe (3) to ne fakafisi pe ta'etokanga ke talangofua ki ha fekau pe ha ngaahi fiema'u pehe', 'e ngofua ki he Sekelitali, neongo kuo pe te'eki ai ke faka'ilo ha taha ki ha fa'ahinga hia, ke ne fai pe kouna ke fai 'a e ngaahi ngaue kotoa pe 'oku ne pehe 'oku taau pe fiema'u ke fakapapau'i 'oku fai ha talangofua pehe pea 'e ngofua ke ne no pe fakangaue'i ha ni'ihi 'oku ne pehe 'oku taau ki he taumu'a ko ia' pea ko e ngaahi fakamole kotoa pe 'i hono fakahoko 'o ha ngaahi ngaue pehe kuo pau ke totongi is 'e he toko taha na'e 'oatu ki ai 'a e fekau'.

(5) Neongo ha me'a 'i he Lao ni, kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke no'o, tau pe li taula ha vaka 'i ha hu'anga vaka 'i ha founga to ne fakafaingata'a'ia'i ai 'a e malu 'a e faifolau 'a e ngaahi vaka kehe'.

(6) Ko ha 'eikivaka 'o ha vaka 'oku no'o, tau pe li taula 'i ha hu'anga vaka 'oku faingata'a'ia ai 'a e malu 'a e faifolau 'a e ngaahi vaka kehe, 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $10,000.

(7) Neongo ha me'a 'i he Lao ni, kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke ngaue'aki 'e ha taha ha kupenga toutai pea kuo pau 'e 'ikai ha vaka 'e toutai 'i ha hu'anga vaka.

(8) Ko ha taha 'oku ne ngaue'aki ha kupenga toutai ke toutai mo ha taha 'oku ne pule'i ha vaka ke toutai 'o faingata'a'ia ai 'a e malu 'a e faifolau 'a e ngaahi vaka kehe, 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $10,000.

(9) Kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke li'aki ha vaka 'i loto 'i he ngaahi ngatangata'anga 'o ha 'elia taulanga, pea 'e ngofua ke to'o 'e he Sekelitali ha vaka kuo li'aki pehe 'a is to ne 'eke'i 'a e ngaahi fakamole ki hono to'o ko ia' mei he taha 'oku Vona'.

Vela 'i ha vaka 'i ha taulanga

9. (1) 'Oka vela ha vaka 'i ha taulanga, 'e ngofua ki ha 'ofisa kuo fili 'e he Minisita' ke ne heka ki he vaka ko ia' 'i he loto'i taulanga' fakataha mo ha tokoni mo ha ni'ihi 'oku ne pehe 'oku taau' ke ta'ofi ha hoko ha fakatu'utamaki ki ha ngaahi vaka kehe pea ke fai ha ngaahi me'a kehe 'a is 'oku ne pehe 'oku taau' ki he malu'i 'o e mo'ui mo e koloa, kau ai ha'ane fekau'i 'a e 'eikivaka' ke ne fakahoko ha ngaahi me'a to ne pehe 'oku taau' pea ke ne fekau'i ha taha 'oku lava ke ne fai ha tokoni.

(2) Ka 'ikai ke fakahoko leva 'a e me'a ko ia' 'e he 'eikivaka 'o ha vaka na'e fai ki ai 'a e fekau ko ia', 'e ngofua ki he 'ofisa' ke ne fakahoko leva is 'e ia.

(3) Ko e ngaahi fakamole kotoa pe na'e tupu mei hono fakahoko 'a e ngaahi mafai 'o e 'ofisa' 'i he kupu ni kuo pau ke totongi is mei he taha ko is na'e fekau'i'.

(4) Ko ha taha 'oku ne fakafisi pe ta'etokanga ke talangofua pe fai ki ha fekau 'i he kupu si'i (1), ta'e 'i ai ha 'uhinga fakalao, 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $10,000 pe ngaue popula 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he ta'u 'e 1, pe fakatou'osi.

Mafai ke heka ki vaka

10. (1) 'E ngofua ki ha 'ofisa kuo fili 'e he Minisita' ke ne heka ki ha vaka 'i ha loto'i taulanga 'i ha taimi pe 'oku ne mahalo ai kuo fakahoko pe 'oku teu ke fakahoko ha maumau lao 'i he Lao ni 'i ha vaka pehe pe 'i ha taimi pe 'oku ne pehe ai 'oku taau ke fai pehe 'i hono fakahoko hono ngaahi fatongia kuo hilifaki kiate is 'e he Lao ni.

(2) Ko ha 'eikivaka 'o ha vaka, ta'e ha 'uhinga fakalao, 'oku ne fakafisi ke fakangofua 'a e 'ofisa' ke heka ki he vaka ko ia' 'o fakatatau ki he ngaahi mafai kuo tuku 'i he kupu si'i (1) 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $5,000 pe ngaue popula 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he mahina 'e 6, pe fakatou'osi.

'Ikai mo'ua 'a e kau 'ofisa

11. Kuo pau 'e 'ikai mo'ua ha 'ofisa kuo fili koe'uhi ko ha fakahoko 'o ha ngaue, pe ta'e fakahoko 'o ha ngaue, pe ta'efai ke fakahoko 'a hono fatongia, tukukehe kapau ko ha fai 'i he lotokovi, ta'etokanga lahi, ta'etokanga fakalotokovi pe ko e anga kovi.

KONGA VI - NGAAHI TOTONGI (FEES) MO E NGAAHI TOTONGI (RATES) KI HE TAULANGA

Ngaahi ngaue sitivatoa

12. (1) Ko ha kautaha sitivatoa pe kuo ne ma'u ha ngofua mei he Potungaue 'e ngofua ke ne fakahoko 'a e ngaahi ngaue sitivatoa 'i he loto'i 'elia taulanga.

(2) Kuo pau 'e 'ikai foaki ha ngofua pehe kae 'oua ke fiemalie 'a e Sekelitali' 'oku taau 'a e me'angaue 'a e kautaha sitivatoa ki hono fakahifo mo fakaheka 'o ha vaka 'i ha founga 'oku taau mo lelei mo malu kakato 'i he ngaahi me'a kotoa pe.

(3) Fakatatau ki he kupu si'i (2) 'i 'olunga, kuo pau ke 'ai 'e he kautaha sitivatoa ha fa'ahinga me'angaue 'e fiema'u ki hono fakaheka pe fakahifo 'o ha vaka 'i he founga vave taha'.

(4) 'E ngofua ki ha kautaha sitivatoa 'oku fakangofua 'i he Lao ni ke ne aleapau mo ha kautaha vaka pe fakafofonga fakalotofonua ke ne fakahoko 'a e ngaahi ngaue sitivatoa ki ha vaka pau lolotonga 'a e taimi 'oku 'i he taulanga' ai 'a e vaka ko ia'.

(5) Neongo 'a e kupu si'i (1), 'e 'ata ha vaka fefolau'aki 'i he vaha'a 'o e ngaahi taulanga 'o Tonga' mei he ngaahi ngaue 'a ha kautaha sitivatoa tukukehe kapau 'oku kole 'e he 'eikivaka' pe taha 'oku 'o'ona' ha ngaahi ngaue pehe.

Mafai ke hilifaki 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees) mo e ngaahi totongi (rates)

13. (1) Kuo pau ke fakalao ki he Potungaue ke ne hilifaki ha ngaahi totongi (fees) mo ha ngaahi totongi (rates) ki hano ngaue'aki 'o ha ni'ihi 'o 'ene ngaahi koloa tu'uma'u', ngaahi naunau, ngaahi koloa pe me'angaue, pe ki hono fakahoko 'e he'ene kau ngaue, kau fakafofonga pe kau aleapau'ha fa'ahinga ngaue.

(2) Kuo pau ke tu'utu'uni 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees) mo e ngaahi totongi (rates) pehe 'e he Minisita 'i he loto ki ai 'a e Kapineti pea kuo pau ke pulusi is 'i he Kasete'.

(3) Kapau 'oku fika'i ha totongi (fees) pe totongi (rate) 'o makatu'unga 'i he toni 'o ha vaka, kuo pau ke ngaue'aki 'a e toni fakakatoa ko is 'oku ha 'i he Tohi Fakamo'oni Toni Fakavaha'apule'anga 'a e vaka', pe kapau 'oku 'ata ha vaka mei he fua toni', kuo pau ke hilifaki ki ai ha totongi (fee) tatau mo e totongi toni 'o ha vaka 'oku fakatatau ki hono loloa fakalukufua.

Ngaahi totongi (fees)

14. (1) Kuo pau ke totongi ha totongi no'o 'e kinautolu 'oku 'onautolu, kau fakalele vaka', kau no vaka pe kau fakafofonga 'o ha vaka ki he ngaahi ngaue kuo fakahoko 'e he Potungaue 'i ha fa'ahinga taulanga 'oku ngaue'aki ki ai 'a e Lao ni.

(2) Kuo pau ke totongi ha totongi (fee) ki he Potungaue ki ha ngofua ke fakalele ha ngaahi ngaue sitivatoa pe ha ngaahi ngaue fetuku holo 'i 'uta 'a ia 'oku pule'i 'e he Potungaue.

(3) 'E ngofua ke hilifaki 'e he Potungaue ha Ngaahi Totongi Uafu ki hono ngaue'aki 'o e uafu 'e kinautolu 'oku 'anautolu 'a e ngaahi uta.

Kinautolu to nau ala totongi 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees)

15. (1) Kuo pau ke totongi 'e kinautolu 'oku 'onautolu ha vaka, kau fakalele vaka, kau no vaka pe kau fakafofonga vaka 'a e ngaahi totongi fekau'aki mo ha vaka 'oku ne ngaue'aki 'a e taulangape ko 'ene ngaahi naunau pe ngaahi ngaue'.

(2) Kuo pau ki he kau sitivatoa pe kau aleapau fetuku holo 'i 'uta ke nau totongi 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi (charges) 'e ala hilifaki 'e he Potungaue mei he taimi ki he taimi.

(3) Ko ha taha 'oku 'i ai ha'ane totonu ke ne ma'u 'a e ngaahi koloa 'o tatau ai pe pe ko ha taha 'oku 'a'ana pe ko ha fakafofonga 'o e taha 'oku 'a'ana' kuo pau ke ne totongi ha fa'ahinga totongi (fees) ki hono fetuku holo 'o e uta kimu'a pea toki ma'u 'ene ngaahi koloa'.

Ngaahi totongi (rates)

16. 'E ngofua ke hilifaki 'e he Potungaue ha ngaahi totongi (rates) ki -

(a) hono faka'aonga'i 'o ha kelekele, fale, pe ha fo'i 'ata ke tauhi ai 'a e uta', ngaahi koniteina pe ki hano 'oatu ha ngaahi koloa, ngaahi ngaue pe ngaahi naunau 'a is 'oku faka'aonga'i';

(b) hono ngaue'aki 'o ha toho'anga vaka, halanga lelue 'i tahi pe ha me'angaue ki hono to'o ha vaka mei he vai; mo

(c) hano fakatoka ha poe, no'o'anga vaka pe ha taula taautaha 'a is kuo faka'ata.

Ngaahi mafai ke heka ki vaka

17. 'E ngofua ki ha taha ngaue 'a e Potungaue 'a is kuo fakamafai'i, ke ne heka mo sivi ha vaka 'i he loto'i taulanga' koe'uhi ke fakapapau'i 'a e lahi 'o e ngaahi totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi (rates) 'oku totonu ke ne totongi hili hono foaki ha'ane faka'ata hu mai.

Ngaahi 'eke malu'i mo'ua 'i tahi mo e ngaahi 'eke malu'i mo'ua kehe

18. (1) Ko ha vaka, 'oku 'ikai ke ne 'oatu ha tali totongi 'o ha ngaahi totongi (fees) mo e ngaahi totongi (rates) na'e totonu ke ne totongi 'o ka 'eke 'e ha taha ngaue 'a e Potungaue kuo fakamafai'i, 'e ngofua ke ta'ofi kae'oua ke 'oatu 'a e tali totongi ko ia' pe ha fakamo'oni fakafiemalie kehe 'o e totongi, pea ko hono ta'e totongi 'o ha ngaahi totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi (rates) 'oku totonu ke totongi 'i he Konga ni kuo pau ke hoko is ko ha 'eke malu'i mo'ua ki he vaka pe uta 'o e vaka ko ia'.

(2) Ko ha 'ofisa 'o e Potungaue' 'oku ne ma'u 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi(rates) mei ha vaka pe ko hono fakafofonga, pe mei ha taha 'oku 'a'ana 'a e uta'pe ko hono fakafofonga', kuo pau ke ne 'oatu ha tali totongi fakapotungaue pea ka 'i ai ha 'ofisa 'oku ne ta'efakahoko is 'oku fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'a 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $1,000.

'Eke malu'i mo'ua ki he uta mo e ngaahi koloa

19. (1) Kuo pau ke fai 'e he Potungaue ha 'eke malu'i mo'ua ki he uta mo e ngaahi koloa ki he lahi 'o e ngaahi totongi (fees) mo e ngaahi totongi (rates) kuo hilifaki kotota pe 'o fakatatau ki he ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'a e Lao ni.

(2) Kuo pau ke 'i ai ha totonu 'a e Potungaue' ke ne puke mo tauhi 'a uta mo e ngaahi koloa ko ia' kae'oua kuo totongi pe ma'u kakato 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees) mo e ngaahi totongi (rates) ke fiemalie 'a e Minisita.

(3) Kuo pau ke mu'omu'a 'a e 'eke malu'i mo'ua ko ia' 'i he ngaahi 'eke malu'i mo'ua mo e ngaahi 'eke kehe kotoa pe ki he ngaahi uta mo e ngaahi koloa ko ia'.

(4) Ko ha fakafofonga pe ha taha sitivatoa to ne faka'ata ha fa'ahinga koloa ke fetuku, hili ha'ane ma'u mei he Sekelitali ha fanongonongo tohi 'o ha 'eke malu'i mo'ua ki he ngaahi koloa ko ia', 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'oku tatau mo e mahu'inga CIF 'o e ngaahi koloa ko ia' pe a'u ki he $5,000, pe ko e fe pe 'e lahi ange'.

Mafai ke fakatau atu pe tuku atu 'o e ngaahi koloa

20. (1) Fakatatau ki he ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'a e Konga ni, 'e ngofua ke fakatau atu pe tuku atu 'e he Minisita ha fa'ahinga koloa 'a is kuo tuku 'i loto pe 'i he ngaahi feitu'u 'o e Potungaue'pea kuo te'eki ke lave 'i loto 'i he vaha'a taimi ko e 'aho 'e 60.

Ka kuo pau -

(a) ke fakaloloa atu 'a vaha'a taimi ko ia' ki he 'aho 'e 90; pea

(b) kapau ko ha ngaahi koloa 'oku natula 'auha ngofua 'e ngofua ke fekau 'e he Minisita ke lave is 'i loto 'i ha vaha'a taimi nounou ange, pe a kapau 'e 'ikai ke lave, 'e ngofua ke fakatau atu 'e he Minisita 'a e kotoa pe ni'ihi 'o e ngaahi koloa ko ia' pe to ne tuku atu is 'o hange ko is to ne pehe 'e taau'.

(2) Kuo pau ke ngaue'aki 'e he Mini sita 'a e pa'anga 'oku ma'u mei ha fa'ahinga fakatau atu 'i he kupu ni 'o fakatatau ki he hokohoko ko 'eni':

(a) 'uluaki', ke totongi 'aki ha tute pe tukuhau ko e mo'ua ki he Pule'anga;

(b) ua', ke totongi 'aki 'a e ngaahi fakamole 'o e fakatau atu ko ia';

(c) tolu, ke totongi 'aki 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees) mo e ngaahi totongi (rates) 'oku totonu ke totongi ki he Potungaue' 'o fakatatau ki he tu'utu'uni 'a e Lao ni fekau'aki mo e ngaahi koloa ko ia';

(d) fa, ke totongi 'aki 'a e totongi feleti pe ngaahi 'eke pe ngaahi 'eke malu'i mo'ua kehe kuo 'osi 'oatu ha fanongonongo fekau'aki mo is 'o fakatatau ki he ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'o ha fa'ahinga Lao pe; pea

(e) nima', ke totongi atu ha toenga ki he taha 'oku 'i ai ha'ane totonu ki ai, 'oka ne 'eke, pe, kapau 'oku 'ikai ke fai ha 'eke pehee 'i loto 'i he ta'u 'e taha mei he 'aho na'e fai ai 'a e fakatau, kuo pau ke 'i ai 'a e totonu ke ma'u 'e he Potungaue 'a e toenga ko ia'pea 'e ngata leva 'a e ngaahi totonu kehe kotoa pe ki ai.

Ta'ofe 'a e faka'ata 'o e vaka

21. Neongo 'a e ngaahi tu'utu'uni ko 'eni' pe ko ha toe lao kehe, kapau 'e 'oange 'e he Minisita ki ha 'ofisa fakapule'anga, 'a is ko hono fatongia ke 'oange ha faka'ata ki ha vaka, ha fanongonongo tohi 'oku ha ai 'a e lahi 'o e ngaahi totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi (rates) kuo hilifaki 'i he Lao ni 'a is 'oku kei mo'ua 'aki 'e he vaka ko ia', kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke foaki 'e he 'ofisa fakapule'anga ko ia' ha faka'ata pehe kae'oua kuo totongi pe kuo ma'u 'a e pa'anga ko is ki he fiemalie 'a e Potungaue'.

Ngaahi faka'ata

22. 'E ngofua ki he Minisita ke ne pulusi 'i ha'ane 'uhinga pe 'a'ana -

(a) ke ne faka'ata ha vaka pe ngaahi koloa pe ngaahi kalasi vaka pe ngaahi koloa mei ha'anau totongi 'o e totongi (fees) pe totongi (rates) 'e totongi kehe 'i he Lao ni;

(b) ke ne fakasi'isi'i, totongi fakafoki pe tukuange, fakakatoa pe fakakonga, ha fa'ahinga totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi (rates) 'oku totonu ke totongi 'i he Lao ni.

Ta'e fie totongi

23. (1) Ko ha taha 'oku ne ta'e fie totongi pe feinga ke 'oua to ne totongi ha ngaahi totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi (rates) 'oku totonu ke ne totongi 'i he Lao ni 'oku ne fai ha hia pea 'e ala mo'ua ki he tautea pa'anga 'i ha'ane halaia 'o 'ikai laka hake he $5,000 pe ko e ngaue popula 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he mahina 'e 6.

(2) Ka 'i ai ha taha kuo ma'u na'a ne fai ha hia 'i he kupusi'i (1) kuo pau ko e fakalahi atu ki ha fa'ahinga tautea 'i he kupu si'i ko ia' ke ne ala totongi ki he Potungaue, 'a e liunga ua 'o e lahi 'o e ngaahi totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi (rates) ko is na'a ne ta'e fie totongi pe feinga ke 'oua to ne totongi.

(3) Ko e talamahu'inga ki he pe ko e tali 'e he Potungaue ha ngaahi totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi (rates) 'a is na'a ne ta'e fie totongi kimu'a pe na'e 'ikai ke totongi kimu'a, kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke tukuange pe faka'ata ai ha taha mei ha'ane ala mo'ua 'i he ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'a e kupu si'i (1).

Totongi tupu ki he ngaahi mo'ua te'eki totongi

24. 'E ngofua ke hilifaki 'e he Potungaue' ha totongi tupu 10% ki he ta'u 'i loto 'i he 'aho 'e 30 mei he 'aho na'e ki ha mo'ua te'eki totongi 'oatu ai 'a e tohi mo'ua'.

KONGA VII - PAILATE

Mafai ki he pailate 

25. Kuo pau ko e Potungaue' 'a e ma'u mafai ki he pailate ki ha 'elia pailate 'i loto pe 'i ha feitu'u 'oku fehokotaki mo e taulanga'.

Ngaahi 'elia ki he pailate

26. 'E ngofua ki he Minisita 'i ha fanongonongo 'e pulusi 'i he Kasete ke ne fakaha ha 'elia 'i loto pe 'oku fehokotaki mo e taulanga ko ha 'elia pailate, 'a ia kuo pau ke ngaue'aki ki ai ha pailate kuo laiseni.

Pailate

27. (1) Fakatatau ki he ongo kupu 30 mo e 31 'o e Lao ni, kuo pau ki he vaka kotoa pe 'oku ne lolotonga fai folau 'i ha 'elia pailate ke ne faka'aonga'i 'a e ngaahi ngaue 'a ha taha pailate kuo laiseni.

(2) Kuo pau 'e lau ha vaka 'oku lolotonga nga'unu holo 'i ha loto'i Ielia 'o ha taulanga 'a is ko ha konga 'o ha 'elia pailate ko ha vaka is 'oku fai folau 'i ha 'elia pailate.

(3) Ka 'i ai ha taha 'oku 'o'ona pe ha 'eikivaka 'oku 'ikai to ne talangofua ki ha tu'utu'uni 'o e Konga ni 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau 'e ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o ka halaia 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $10,000 pe ko e ngaue popula 'i he vaha'a taimi 'e 'ikai laka hake 'i he ta'u 'e taha, pe fakatou'osi.

Faka'ata mei he pailate

28. Neongo 'a e ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'a e kupu 29, 'e ngofua ki he Minisita, ke ne faka'ata ha fa'ahinga vaka pe ha kalasi vaka mei he ngaahi ngaue 'a ha pailate kuo laiseni lolotonga 'e ne fai folau 'i ha fa'ahinga 'elia pailate pau, pea 'i ha ngaahi 'uhinga mo e ngaahi tu'unga 'oku ne pehe 'oku taau ke hilifaki' 'o kapau 'e 'ikai ke lahi ange ai 'a e fakatu'utamaki 'e ala hoko ki he malu 'o e vaka, kau pasese, kauvaka' pe uta'.

Pau ke ngaue'aki ha pailate

29. (1) Neongo 'a e ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'a e kupu 27, ka 'i ai ha vaka 'oku pule'i 'e ha 'eikivaka 'oku 'i ai ha'ane Tohi Faka'ata Pailate 'oku kei 'conga 'e ngofua ke faka'ata is mei ha'ane fakaheka ha pailate 'i ha 'elia 'oku pau ke ngaue'aki ha pailate.

(2) Ko e vaka muli kotoa pe 'oku loloa ange 'i he mita 'e 45 pe mamafa ange 'i he toni fakakatoa 'e 500 kuo pau ke ne fakaheka ha pailate kuo laiseni 'i he taimi 'oku ne hu pe mavahe ai mei ha 'elia 'oku pau ke ngaue'aki ha pailate.

(3) Ko e vaka muli kotoa pe 'oku loloa ange 'i he mita 'e 35 pe mamafa ange 'i he toni fakakatoa 'e 200, 'oku uta lolo pe ngaahi me'a ngaahi mei he lolo pe ha fa'ahinga uta lahi huhu'a pe fakatu'utamaki kuo pau ke ne fakaheka ha pailate kuo laiseni 'i he taimi 'oku ne hu pe mavahe ai mei ha 'elia 'oku pau ke ngaue'aki ha pailate.

(4) Ka 'i ai ha vaka 'oku maumau hono sino', misim' pe naunau' 'a is to ne ala uesia lahi 'ene fai folau', kuo pau ke ne faka'aonga'i ha pailate kuo laiseni 'i he taimi 'oku ne hu pe mavahe ai mei ha 'elia 'oku pau ke ngaue'aki ha pailate.

(5) 'E ngofua ki he Minisita 'i ha fanongonongo 'i he Kasete ke ne fakaha ha 'elia 'i he loto'i taulanga' ke hoko ko ha Feitu'u Fakaheka'anga Pailate.

(6) Kuo pau ki he 'eikivaka 'o ha vaka 'oku teu hu ki taulanga ke ne fakaha ki he Potungaue' 'i ha fanongonongo houa 'e 72 kimu'a 'i hono Taimi Tau Fakaangaanga (ETA) ki he Feitu'u Fakaheka'anga Pailate pea kuo pau ke ne to e fakapapau'i is 'o 'oua 'e toe si'i hifo 'i ha houa 'e 4 kimu'a pea a'u ki ai' pea ke ne 'oatu foki ha fakamatala kehe fekau'aki mo e vaka' 'o hange ko is 'e fiema'u 'e he Potungaue'.

(7) Kuo pau ki he 'eikivaka 'o ha vaka teu hu ki tu'a ke ne fakaha ki he Potungaue 'a e taimi 'oku fakafuofua 'e mavahe ai 'a e vaka' 'o 'oua 'e to e tomui ange 'i he houa 'e 6.

Ke pailate'i 'a e vaka 'e ha pailate

30. (1) Kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke pailate'i ha vaka 'i ha 'elia pailate 'e ha taha kehe mei ha pailate kuo laiseni.

(2) Neongo 'a e kupu si'i (1) 'e ngofua ki he Sekelitali, kapau 'oku ne pehe 'oku fakapotopoto, ke ne fakamafai'i ha taha ke ne pailate'i ha ngaahi vaka 'i ha 'elia pailate fakatatau ki ha ngaahi 'uhinga mo ha ngaahi tu'unga 'oku ne pehe 'oku taau'.

Fakangaue'i 'e he Potungaue ha kau pailate

31. (1) Fakatatau ki he ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'a e Lao ni, mo ha to e lao kehe pe Tu'utu'uni, kuo pau ke fakangaue'i 'e he Potungaue' ha kau pailate tokolahi fe'unga 'i he taumu'a ke taau mo lelei 'a e fakahoko ngaue pailate'.

(2) Kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke fakangaue'i ha taha ke pailate 'i ha 'elia pailate kae 'oua ke ma'u 'e he taha ko ia' ha laiseni pailate 'oku kei 'conga kuo 'oatu 'e he Sekelitali'.

(3) 'E ngofua ke 'oatu 'e he Sekelitali ha laiseni pailate ki ha taha kuo ne faka'ali'ali 'a e poto'i ngaue mo e 'ilo fakapailate 'i he loto'i taulanga 'e foaki ki ai 'a e laiseni ko ia'.

'Ikai ala mo'ua fakataautaha ha pailate

32. Kuo pau 'e 'ikai ala mo'ua fakataautaha ha pailate 'i ha hopo sivile ki ha -

(i) fa'ahinga maumau kuo ne fakahoko;

(ii) mole kuo hoko koe'uhi ko ha fa'ahinga ngaue kuo ne fai; pe

(iii) ta'e fakahoko ha fa'ahinga me'a na'e totonu ke ne fakahoko;

lolotonga 'ene ngaue ko ha pailate, tukukehe kapau ko e ngaue pe ta'e fakahoko ngaue ko ia' ko ha'ane lotokovi, ta'etokanga lahi, ta'etokanga fakalotokovi pe ko e anga kovi.

Fatongia 'o e pailate mo e 'eikivaka

33. (1) Ko e fatongia 'o ha pailate ke ne pailate'i ke hao mo malu 'a e vaka' 'o fakaongoongo ki he mafai 'o e 'eikivaka'.

(2) 'Oku 'ikai 'ata 'a e 'eikivaka' mei hono fatongia fekau'aki mo e anga mo hono faifolau'i 'a e vaka koe'uhi' ko ha pailate'i 'a e vaka' 'e ha pailate.

Ala mo'ua 'a e taha 'oku 'o'ona mo e 'eikivaka ki ha maumau

34. Kuo pau ke ala mo mo'ua fakataha mo mo'ua kehekehe 'a e taha 'oku 'o'ona mo e 'eikivaka 'o ha vaka 'i ha hopo sivile ki ha mole pe maumau kuo fakatupu 'e he vaka, pe tupu mei ha fehalaaki 'i he faifolau 'a e vaka, neongo na'e 'i he, pe na'e fiema'u ke 'i he vaka' ha pailate, 'i he taimi na'e tupu ai 'a e mole pe maumau ko ia'.

Mo'ua sivile ki he maumau pe mole

35. Kuo pau 'e 'ikai ala mo'ua 'a e Pule'anga, Potungaue pe ha taha ngaue 'i ha fa'ahinga hopo sivile ki ha maumau kuo fakahoko 'e ha, pe ha mole kuo hoko mei ha, fa'ahinga ngaue pe ta'efakahoko ha ngaue 'e ha pailate 'i he Konga ni lolotonga 'e ne pailate 'i he vaka'.

KONGA VIII - NGAAHI KOLOA FAKATU'UTAMAKI

Ngaahi koloa fakatu 'utamaki

36. (1) Kuo pau ke fakapapau'i 'e he Potungaue 'oku malu hono fetuku holo, fakaheka, fakahifo, hiki holo mo hono tauhi 'o e ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki 'i he loto'i taulanga' pea 'e ngofua ke fekau'i 'a e ngaahi tu'unga ke fakahoko'aki hono fakaheka, fakahifo, hiki holo pe tauhi 'a e ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki'.

(2) Tautefito, kae 'ikai fakangatangata ai 'a e fakalukufua 'o e kupu si'i (1), 'e ngofua ki he Minisita ke ne -

(a) fakaha 'aki hano pulusi ha ngaahi koloa ko ha ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki;

(b) fekau'i 'a e faifolau' mo e feitu'u ke no'o ai ha vaka;

(c) tu'utu'uni ke fa'oaki 'a e ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki ki ha ngaahi koniteina pea 'i he ngaahi vaka' 'o fakatatau ki he Kouti (IMDG) ki Tahi Fakavaha'apule'anga ki he Ngaahi Koloa Fakatu'utamaki;

(d) 'oatu ha ngaahi tu'utu'uni ki hono fakalele mo pule'i 'o e ngaue fetukutuku, fakahifo'anga, fakaheka, fakahifo, fetuku, tauhi mo hono hiki holo 'o e ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki;

(e) tapui, pe fakangofua ta'efakangatangata pe fakatatau ki ha ngaahi tu'unga mo e ngaahi fakangatangata, 'o hono, fetuku, tauhi, pe fa'oaki ha ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki pe ha ngaahi koloa kehe;

(f) fekau'i 'a e ngaahi taimi 'e ngofua ke to'o, tauhi pe fa'oaki ai 'a e ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki;

(g) fakahoko ha ngaahi sitepu kehe pehe 'a is 'oku ne pehe 'oku fe'unga ke malu'i ai 'a e kakai mo e koloa mei ha fakatu'utamaki.

KONGA IX - NGAAHI HIA

Tautea ki hono fakafe'atungia'i 'o e Potungaue

37. Ko ha taha 'i ha fa'ahinga taimi pe to ne fakafaingata'a'ia'i pe fakafe'atungia'i ha taha ngaue, fakafofonga pe taha aleapau 'a e Potungaue 'i he'ene fai mo fakahoko hono fatongia 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $5,000 pe ngaue popula ki ha vaha'a taimi 'o 'ikai laka hake he mahina 'e 6, pe fakatou'osi.

Lipooti 'a e fakamatala loi

38. Ko ha taha 'oku ne fai, 'i he 'ilo pau pe 'i ha ta'etokanga, ha fakamatala 'oku loi 'i ha me'a mahu'inga 'i ha tohi fakamatala (return), 'eke pe ha tohi ngaue kehe 'a is 'oku fiema'u pe 'oku fakamafai'i ke fakahoko 'e he pe fakatatau ki he ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'a e Lao ni 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $5,000 pe ngaue popula ki ha vaha'a taimi 'e 'ikai laka hake 'i he mahina 'e 6, pe fakatou'osi.

Fakamatala loi fekau'aki mo e fotunga 'o e vaka

39. Ko ha 'eikivaka, taha 'oku 'o'ona pe fakafofonga 'o ha vaka to ne hu pe mavahe mei he taulanga 'a is to ne 'oatu ha fakamatala 'oku loi fekau'aki mo e toni, loloto, 1616a pe maaukupu 'o e vaka ko ia' ki ha taha ngaue 'a e Potungaue' kuo fakamafai'i ke ne fakapapau'i 'a e me'a ko ia', 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai lahi hake 'i he $20,000 pe ngaue popula ki ha vaha'a taimi 'e 'ikai laka hake 'i he ta'u 'e 2, pe fakatou'osi.

Maumau'i fakalotokovi 'a e ngaahi ngaue 'a e taulanga

40. Ko ha taha 'oku ne to'o, faka'auha pe maumau'i fakalotokovi ha ngaahi ngaue fakataulanga pe ha koloa 'a e Potungaue' pe to ne fakafaingata'a'ia'i pe ta'ofi fakalotokovi ha ngaahi ngaue fakataulanga pe koloa pehe ke 'oua 'e lava 'o faka'aonga'i pe ngaue'aki ha fa'ahinga koloa 'i he founga 'oku taumu'a ke faka'aonga'i pe ngaue'aki ki ai' 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $20,000 pe ko e ngaue popula ki ha vaha'a taimi 'e 'ikai laka hake 'i he ta'u 'e 2 pe fakatou'osi, pea fakalahi atu 'aki 'ene totongi ha totongi huhu'i ki he Potungaue ki he lahi 'e tu'utu'uni 'e he Fakamaau'anga.

Ngaahi hia fekau'aki mo e malu 'o e ngaahi vaka

41. Ka 'i ai ha taha 'i ha taulanga to ne -

(a) tukuange pe 'ave fakalotokovi pea ta'e 'i ai ha'ane totonu fakalao mei hono taulanga pe no'o'anga 'i loto pe 'i ha tafa'aki 'o ha li'anga taula vaka pe uafu, ha fa'ahinga vaka, popao pe vaka tu'ufonua ta'e tomu'a fakangofua pe fakamafai'i 'e he 'eikivaka pe taha 'oku 'o'ona 'a e vaka ko ia' pe taha 'oku ne pule'i 'a e li'anga taula vaka pe uafu';

(b) fana'i ha me'atau ta'e tomu'a ma'u ha ngofua mei he Sekelitali pe ta'e 'i ai ha totonu fakalao tukukehe ka ko e taumu'a ke fakahaa'i ha faka'ilonga 'o e fakatu'utamaki pe ko ha taumu'a fakalao kehe;

(c) 'unuaki'i, maumau'i pe kaunoa 'i ha faka'ilonga tokoni faifolau;

(d) faka'ahu 'i ha fa'ahinga founga pe ha vaka 'i he taulanga', pe fakalili pe tutu ha valita (pitch), ta, lesini, lolo tepenitaine pe ha fa'ahinga lolo pe huhu'a vela ngofua pehe 'i ha vaka; pe to ne fakahoko ha ngaue hoko pe tutu'u 'o ngaue'aki 'a e naunau kasa pe naunau 'uhila ta'e fakangofua 'e he Sekelitali;

(e) ngaue'aki 'a e afi ke to'o 'aki ha sipiliti, lolo tepenitaine pe ha ngaahi lolo pe ha fa'ahinga huhu'a vela ngofua 'i ha vaka; pe

(f) maumau'i fakataimi ha vaka lolotonga 'oku no'o pe to ne ngaue'aki ha naunau kasa ki ha ngaue monomono'i ha no'o'anga vaka, tukukehe ka kuo foaki ki ai ha tohi ngofua 'e he Sekelitali 'i ha ngaahi 'uhinga pea mo ha ngaahi tu'unga to ne fokotu'u atu;

'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $20,000 pe ko e ngaue popula ki ha vaha'a taimi 'e 'ikai laka hake 'i he ta'u 'e 2 pe fakatou'osi.

'Uli'i 'o e loto'i taulanga

42.(1) Ko e tokotaha kotoa pe 'oku ne 11, tukuange, tuku, fakatupu, faka'ata pe fakangofua ke 11, tukuange, pe tuku ha me'a fakatu'utamaki ki ha loto vai 'o ha taulanga 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $25,000 pe ko e ngaue popula ki ha vaha'a taimi 'e 'ikai laka hake 'i he ta'u 'e 2 pe fakatou'osi pea ke ne totongi 'a e pa'anga ko is 'e ala fakafuofua'i 'e he Fakamaau'anga fekau'aki mo e ngaahi fakamole na'e tupu pe 'e tupu mei hono to'o pe fakama'a pe fakamovete 'o ha me'a fakatu'utamaki 'oku fekau'aki mo e hia ni.

(2) Kuo pau ko ha taukapo is ki ha faka'ilo 'i he kupu si'i (1) kapau 'oku fakamo'oni'i 'e he faka'iloa na'e fiema'u ke fakahoko 'a e ngaue kuo launga'i koe'uhi na'e pau ke hoko ha fakatu'utamaki ki ha mo'ui, pe na'e fakatupu is 'e ha fakatu'utamaki, fepaki pe ko ha mahaia na'e 'ikai to e lava ke ta'ofi.

(3) Kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke tukuange 'e ha vaka ha 'ahu mo ha ngaahi 'uli kehe ki he 'etimosifia 'o laka hake 'i he lahi ko is kuo fakangofua 'e he ngaahi konivesio mo e ngaahi tu'unga fakavaha'apule'anga pea ko e tokotaha kotoa pe 'oku ne fakangofua ke tukuange ha 'ahu mo ha 'uli mei ha vaka 'o lahi hake 'i he ngaahi tu'unga ni 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake he $10,000 pe ko e ngaue popula ki ha vaha'a taimi 'e 'ikai laka hake he ta'u 'e 1, pe fakatou'osi.

(4) Kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke longoa'a ha vaka 'i ha feitu'u 'o laka hake 'i he ngata'anga ko is kuo fakangofua 'e he ngaahi konivesio mo e ngaahi tu'unga fakavaha'apule'anga pea ko e tokotaha kotoa pe 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he $10,000 pe ke ngaue popula ki ha vaha'a taimi 'o 'ikai laka hake 'i he ta'u 'e 1, pe fakatou'osi.

(5) Koe'uhi ko e taumu'a 'o e kupu ni, 'oku 'uhnga 'a e "me'a fakatu'utamaki" ki ha me'a, kapau 'e 'ai ki he tahi, 'e malava ke ne fakatupu ha ngaahi fakatu'utamaki ki he mo'ui 'a e tangata, ke ne maumau'i 'a e ngaahi me'a mo'ui mo e ngaahi me'a mo'ui 'o tahi, ke ne maumau'i 'a e ngaahi 'conga ki he kakai (amenities) 'o e tahi' pe ke ne uesia 'a e ngaahi 'conga totonu kehe 'o e tahi.

KONGA X - NGAAHI TU'UTU'UNI KEHE

Ala mo'ua 'a e 'eikivaka, taha 'oku bona pe fakafofonga ki ha maumau

43. (1) 'I he hoko ha maumau ki ha koloa 'a e Potungaue ko e fakatupu 'e ha vaka pe 'e ha taha 'oku fakangaue'i ai, ko e fakamole ki hono fakalelei'i 'o e maumau ko ia' 'e 'eke is 'e he Minisita mei he 'eikivaka', taha 'oku ne pule'i 'a e vaka, taha 'oku 'o'ona pe fakafofonga'.

(2) 'E ngofua ki he Minisita ke ne ta'ofi ha vaka pehe kae 'oua kuo totongi 'a e fakamole ki hono fakalelei'i 'o e maumau' pe kuo totongi ha malu'i 'i he lahi pea 'i he founga kuo loto ki ai 'a e Minisita.

Mafai ke ta'ofi

44. (1) Ko taha ngaue 'o e Potungaue' 'e ngofua ke ne ta'ofi ha taha 'oku ma'u 'oku ne fai pe 'i ai ha 'uhinga ke ne tui ai kuo ne fai, ha hia 'i he Lao ni.

(2) Ko ha taha kuo ta'ofi 'i he kupu ni kuo pau ke 'oatu leva is ki he kau Polisi.

Fakamo'oni ko hai ai

45. Ko ha taha ngaue 'o e Potungaue 'oku 'i ai ha 'uhinga lelei ke ne tui ai kuo fai 'e ha taha ha hia 'oku fepaki mo e ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'o e Lao ni 'e ngofua ke ne fekau 'a e taha ko ia' ke ne 'oange ha fakamo'oni pe ko hai ia. Ko ha taha pehe 'oku ne fakafisi ke 'oange ha fakamo'oni pehe pe 'oku ne talahala'i fakalotokovi ha fakamatala pehe 'oku ne fai ha hia pea kuo pau ke ala mo'ua 'i ha'ane halaia ki he tautea pa'anga 'o 'ikai to e laka hake 'i he $1,000.

Ngaahi tohi fakapulipuli

46. (1) Ko e ngaahi tohi ko is 'oku faka'ilonga'i "'Oatu Fakapulipuli Fakakomesiale" pe "Fakapulipuli Fakakomesiale" kuo pau 'e 'ikai 'ata is ki he kakai'.

(2) Neongo 'a e kupu si'i (1), 'e ngofua ki he Minisita ke ne tu'utu'uni ke faka'ata 'a e ngaahi tohi kuo lau ki ai 'i he kupu si'i (1) kapau 'i he'ene fakakaukau' 'oku 'ikai ke pelepelengesi fakakomesiale pea 'oku kaunga lelei ki he kakai ke fai pehe.

Ngaahi me'angaue 'e 'ikai ala fa'ao fakalao

47. Ko ha me'angaue, tu'uma'u pe ala hiki holo, 'a e Potungaue' 'oku 'i ha feitu'u 'i tu'a mei he kelekele 'o e Potungaue', ko e me'angaue ko ia' kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke ala fa'ao fakalao pe 'ave 'o fakahoko 'aki ha tu'utu'uni faka-fakamaau'anga ki ha taha kehe.

Ngaahi Tu'utu'uni

48. 'E ngofua ki he Minisita, 'i he loto ki ai 'a e Kapineti, ke ne fa'u ha ngaahi tu'utu'uni ke fakahoko 'aki mo fakaa'u 'a e ngaahi taumu'a 'o e Lao ni, 'o kau ki ai 'a e, kae 'ikai fakangatangata pe ki he, ngaahi me'a ni-

(a) pule'i 'a e fe'alu'aki 'a e vaka mo e me'alele;

(b) tu'utu'uni ki he ngaahi me'a kotoa ko is 'e fiema'u felave'i mo e ngaahi maama taulanga, ngaahi poe, ngaahi pikoni mo e ngaahi faka'ilonga mo ta'ofi mo tu'utu'uni ki hono to'o 'o ha ngaahi me'a fakafe'atungia pe fakafaingata'a ki he faifolau';

(c) vahe'i, fakaha, fakamahino'i mo pule'i 'a e fakalele 'o e ngaahi uafu mo e ngaahi taulanga vaka fetuku 'a is 'e fakahifo pe fakaheka ki ai 'a e ngaahi koloa pe fakaheka ki he ngaahi vaka pea mo e founga mo e ngaahi tu'unga 'a is kuo pau ke fakahoko 'aki hono fakahifo mo fakaheka, pea mo hono liliu 'a e taulanga 'o e ngaahi vaka 'oku fakahifo pe fakaheka';

(d) pule'i hono fokotu'u pe langa 'o e ngaahi uafu mo e ngaahi taulanga vaka fetuku 'i ha taulanga 'a is 'oku hope mai 'i ha fa'ahinga founga pe ki he ngaahi tahi ko ia;

(e) tu'utu'uni 'a e ngaahi tu'unga ma'ulalo taha 'e ma'u 'e ha ngaahi misini mo e ngaahi me'angaue (kehe mei he ngaahi misini mo e ngaahi me'a ngaue 'oku uta 'i he vaka) 'e ngaue'aki ki hono fakaheka mo fakahifo 'o e ngaahi koloa;

(f) tauhi ke 'ata'ata ha ngaahi hu'anga 'oku falahi fe'unga 'i loto 'i ha taulanga pe fakamatatatau mo e pe ofi ki he ngaahi uafu', taulanga vaka pasese, no'o'anga vaka mo e ngaahi ngaue kehe pehe 'i pe hoko atu ki ai pea mo hono faka'ilonga'i 'a e ngaahi fo'i 'ata ke faka'ata'ata;

(g) pule'i 'a e li taula, fakama'u, no'o mo hono tukuange, mo hono ha'i ki he uafu' 'a e ngaahi vaka kotoa pe mo hono ngaue'aki 'o e ngaahi maea ha'i', ngaahi poe no'o'anga vaka, ngaahi seini mo e ngaahi me'a no'o vaka kehe mo hono fakangofua, 'i he ngaahi tu'unga ko is 'oku pehe 'e he Potungaue 'oku taau' fekau'aki mo hono tauhi pe tuku 'o e ngaahi taula pe ngaahi no'o'anga vaka pe poe fakataautaha';

(h) pule'i hono ngaue'aki 'o e ngaahi li'anga taula', ngaahi uafu, mo e ngaahi taulanga vaka fetuku mo hono fe'unu'aki 'o e ngaahi vaka, kakai mo e ngaahi me'alele, mo ta'ofi 'a e fakafe'atungia 'i he ngaahi li'anga taula pea 'i he ngaahi funga uafu mo e ngaahi taulanga vaka fetuku mo fakapapau'i 'a e malu 'a e ngaahi feitu'u ko ia' mo ha uta 'i ai';

(i) pule'i hono ngaue'aki 'e he ngaahi vaka 'a e ngaahi me'aifi, ngaahi ongo fakatokanga mo e ngaahi me'afakaongo kehe pehe pea mo e ngaahi faka'ilonga ke ngaue'aki mo e ngaahi me'a ke fakahoko 'o ka hoko ha vela 'i ha taulanga;

(j) fakamalohi'i mo pule'i 'a e ngaue'aki 'o e ngaahi maama faifolau, ngaahi faka'ilonga mo e ngaahi maama faka'ilonga 'e he ngaahi vaka' mo e ngaahi sitepu ke fakahoko 'e he ngaahi vaka 'oku nau faifolau 'i he vai 'o ha taulanga ke 'oua 'e hoko ai ha ngaahi fakatu'utamaki';

(k) tu'utu'uni ki he 'eikivaka 'o e vaka kotoa pe ke fakaha 'ene taimi tau', ke ne fakaha 'a e Tohi Fakamo'oni 'o e Lesisita 'i hano 'eke, pea ke 'ave ha tatau 'o e tohi fakahifo kotoa pe pe tohi fakaha uta pe ha tohi kehe 'o e ngaahi koloa 'oku teu ke fakahifo';

(l) fakamahino'i 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ke 'omai 'e he kau 'eikivaka, kinautolu 'oku 'onautolu, mo e kakai kehe fekau'aki mo e tau mai mo e mavahe atu 'a e vaka', mo e ngaahi koloa kuo fakaheka pe fakahifo 'i ha taulanga, mo e taimi mo e founga ke fakaha ai 'a e fakamatala ko ia';

(m) tokanga'i, pule'i mo fakalele 'o e sitivatoa mo e ngaahi ngaue kehe 'oku fakahoko 'i he loto'i taulanga'pea kapau 'oku ne pehe 'oku taau, tu'utu'uni ki hono laiseni';

(n) tapui hono fakaheka pe fakahifo 'o e ngaahi koloa fakatu'utamaki mei ha vaka pe ko e fe'unuaki holo 'i he loto'i 'elia 'o e taulanga', tukukehe 'oka fakatatau ki he Kouti Fakavaha'apule'anga ki Tahi ki he Ngaahi Koloa Fakatu'utamaki pe ko ha toe lao pe Tu'utu'uni kehe;

(o) pule'i hono tali, tauhi mo hono to,o 'o e ngaahi koloa 'i loto mei he kelekele 'o e Potungaue', pea mo hono fakaha 'a e founga ke ngaue'aki ki hono tokanga'i 'o e ngaahi koloa na'e 'uluaki maumau kimu'a 'i hono fakahifo' pea 'a is 'oku pehe kuo 'osi maumau;

(p) pule'i hono sivi mo hono vakai'i ha me'alele, puha, kato pe uta 'a e pasese 'oka 'i ai ha 'uhinga ke fai ha tui 'oku ma'u 'e ha taha ha fa'ahinga koloa kuo te'eki ke totongi 'a hono totongi ngaahi tute' pe ngaahi totongi (fees) kehe';

(q) pule'i hono taulani'i 'o e, pe ha tokoni kehe ki he, ngaahi vaka' mo e ngaahi 'uhinga mo e ngaahi tu'unga ki ha taulani'i pe tokoni pehe;

(r) pule'i hono tauhi ke ma'a 'a e ngaahi konga tahi (basins) 'o e taulanga mo e ngaahi ngaue kehe 'a e Potungaue' mo e vai 'i ha taulanga mo ta'ofi 'a e tukuange pe laku pe ko e hu 'a e lolo', veve' pe ngaahi me'a kehe ki loto pe ki 'olunga 'i ai;

(s) tu'utu'uni'o e ngaahi me'a tanaki'anga 'o hange kuo tu'utu'uni 'e he Konivesio Fakavaha'apule'anga ki hono Ta'ofi hono 'Uli'i 'i Tahi (MARPOL 73/78), fokotu'u ki hono fokotu'u 'o e ngaahi me'angaue ni 'e he sekitoa taautaha, pea ke fakapapau'i 'oku fakahoko taimi totonu 'a e ngaahi ngaue ko'eni;

(t) tu'utu'uni ki he ngaahi tu'unga ki hono fakatau atu mo hono 'oatu 'o e vai ma'a' 'e he Potungaue';

(u) tu'utu'uni ki hono fakama'a, faka'ahu, mo faito'o tamate sitmu 'o e ngaahi fale, ngaahi uafu, ngaahi vaka mo e uta;

(v) pule'i hono ngaue'aki malu mo faingofua 'o e ngaahi uafu, ngaahi taulanga vaka fetuku, ngaahi feitu'u mo e ngaahi fale tu'uta'anga 'oku tauhi 'e he Potungaue';

(w) pule'i hono ngaue'aki 'o e taulanga 'e he ngaahi sitima iiki, ngaahi 'iote, vaka 'eve'eva, ngaahi papa fanifo, mo e ngaahi silo vai;

(x) pule'i 'a e taimi ke totongi ai 'a e ngaahi totongi (fees) ki he ngaahi koloa kuo 'osi uta atu pe ma'u mai;

(y) fakamahino 'a e founga ki hono totongi 'o e ngaahi totongi (fees) pe ngaahi totongi (rates) 'oku ala hilifaki 'i he Lao ni, fakafaingofua hono tanaki mo ta'ofi hono ta'efietotongi;

(z) fakapapau'i 'oku 'aa'i takatakai 'oka fiema'u ke fakapapau'i 'oku 'ikai hu mai 'a e kau halaloto'api pea ke fakapapau'i 'oku malu 'a e ngaahi koloa kotoa 'i loto 'i he taulanga' 'o 'ikai ke ala kaiha'a'asi pe maumau'i;

TEPILE I
(Kupu 3(2))

Fakamatala'i fakalao 'o e Ngaahi Taulanga mo e Ngaahi 'Elia Taulanga

1. TAULANGA 'OHONUA - 'EUA

Ko e Taulanga 'Ohonua 'oku kau ki ai 'a e ngaahi 'elia kotoa pe 'I loto 'o hange ko is 'oku fakamatala'i 'i lalo. Ko ha laine hangatonu 'oku ne fakafehokotaki 'a e ngaahi tu'u'anga ko 'eni 'o kamata

mei he	Latitute	21° 21.0'S	Longitute	174° 58.0'W
ki he	Latitute	21° 21.0'S	Longitute	174° 58.5'W
ki he	Latitute	21° 20.0'S	Longitute	174° 58.5'W
ki he	Latitute	21° 20.0'S	Longitute	174° 57.12'W

pea mo ha laine 'oku 'alu fakatonga 'i he konitua 'o e faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga kae'oua kuo a'u ki he poini 'o e kamata'anga 'i he Latitute 21°21.0'S Longitute 174°58.0'W.

Vakai ki he Saati B.A. 1385

2. TAULANGA LIFUKA - HA'APAI

Ko e Taulanga Lifuka 'oku kau ki ai 'a e ngaahi 'elia kotoa pe 'I loto 'o hange ko is 'oku fakamatala'i 'i lalo. Ko ha laine hangatonu 'oku ne fakafehokotaki 'a e ngaahi tu'u'anga ko 'eni 'o kamata

mei he	Latitute	19° 49.5'S	Longitute	174° 22.92'W
ki he	Latitute	19° 49.5'S	Longitute	174° 24.0'W
ki he	Latitute	19° 46.0'S	Longitute	174° 24.0'W
ki he	Latitute	19° 46.0'S	Longitute	174° 21.0'W
ki he	Latitute	19° 46.3'S	Longitute	174° 21.0'W

pea mo ha laine 'oku 'alu fakatonga 'i he konitua 'o e faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga kae'oua kuo a'u ki he poini 'o e kamata'anga 'i he Latitute 19°49.5'S Longitute 174°22.92'W.

Vakai ki he Saati B.A. 473.

3. NEIAFU HARBOUR-VAVA'U

Ko e Taulanga Lifuka 'oku kau ki ai 'a e ngaahi 'elia kotoa pe 'i loto 'o hange ko is 'oku fakamatala'i 'i lalo. Ko ha laine hangatonu 'oku ne fakafehokotaki 'a e ngaahi tu'u'anga ko 'eni 'o kamata

mei he	Latitute	18°39.64'S	Longitute	174°00.5'W
ki he	Latitute	18°39.25'S	Longitute	174°01.22'W

pea mo ha laine 'oku 'alu fakatokelau 'i he konitua 'o e faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga kae'oua ke a'u ki he Latitute 18°38.85'S Longitute 174°01.27'W pea mo ha laine hangatonu ki he Latitute 18°38.36'S Longitute 174°00.67'W pea mo ha laine 'oku 'alu fakatokelau 'i he konitua 'o e faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga kae'oua ke a'u ki he Latitute 18° 38.15'S Longitute 174° 00.2'W pea mo ha laine hangatonu ki he Latitute 18°38.18'S Longitute 174° 00.0' W pea mo ha laine 'oku 'alu fakatonga 'i he konitua 'o e faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga kae'oua ke a'u ki he Latitute 18° 38.36'S Longitute 173° 59.93'W pea mo ha laine hangatonu ki he Latitute 18° 38.54'S Longitute 173° 59.86'W pea mo ha laine 'oku 'alu hangatonu 'i he konitua 'o e faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga 'o 'alu hake 'i he mataafonua kae'oua ke a'u ki he Latitute 18°40.5'S Longitute 173° 59.4'W pea mo ha laine hangatonu ki he Latitute 18° 40.53'S Longitute 173°59.5'W pea mo ha laine 'oku 'alu hake 'i he mataafonua 'i he konitua 'o e faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga 'o fakahangatonu ki he hihifo kae'oua ke a'u ki he poini 'o e kamata'anga 'i he Latitute 18° 39.64'S Longitute 174° 00.5'W.

4. FALEHAU HABOUR - NIUA TOPUTAPU

Ko e Taulanga Lifuka 'oku kau ki ai 'a e ngaahi 'elia kotoa pe 'i loto 'o hange ko is 'oku fakamatala'i 'i lalo, 'a is 'oku 'ikai kau ai 'a e ngaahi faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga 'o e ngaahi motu. Ko ha laine hangatonu 'oku ne fakafehokotaki 'a e ngaahi tu'u'anga ko 'eni 'o kamata

mei he	Latitute	15° 56.7'S	Longitute	173° 45.0'W
ki he	Latitute	15° 55.0'S	Longitute	173° 45.0'W
ki he	Latitute	15° 55.0'S	Longitute	173° 43.15'W
ki he	Latitute	15° 55.75'S	Longitute	173° 43.15'W

pea mo ha laine 'oku 'alu fakatonga 'i he konitua 'o e faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga kae'oua kuo a'u ki he poini 'o e kamata'anga 'i he Latitute 15° 56.7'S and Longitute 173° 45.0'W.

Vakai ki he Saati B.A 968

5. FUTU HARBOUR - NIUA FO'OU

Ko e Taulanga Futu 'oku kau ki ai 'a e ngaahi 'elia kotoa pe 'i loto 'o hange ko is 'oku fakamatala'i 'i lalo. Ko ha laine hangatonu 'oku ne fakafehokotaki 'a e ngaahi tu'u'anga ko 'eni 'o kamata -

mei he	Latitute	15° 35.5'S	Longitute	175° 40.32'W
ki he	Latitute	15° 35.5'S	Longitute	175° 40.5'W
ki he	Latitute	15° 35.0'S	Longitute	175° 40.5'W
ki he	Latitute	15° 35.0'S	Longitute	175° 40.18'W

pea mo ha laine 'oku 'alu fakatonga 'i he konitua 'o e faka'ilonga tahi ma'olunga kae'oua kuo a'u ki he poini 'o e kamata'anga 'i he Latitute 15°35.5'S Longitute 175°40.32'W.

Vakai ki he Saati B.A. 968.

TEPILE II
(Kupu 3(3))

FAKAMATALA'I FAKALAO 'O E NGAAHI UAFU MO E
NGAAHI 'ELIA UAFU

1. 'EUA

(1)	Uafu Nafanua Fo'ou-'Ohonua
(2)	Uafu Nafanua Motu'a- 'Ohonua

2. HA'APAI

(1)	Uafu Taufa'ahau - Pangai
(2)	Uafu Pulotu - Ha'afeva

3. VAVA'U

(1)	Uafu Kuini Halaevalu Mata'aho-Neiafu

4. NIUA TOPUTAPU

(1)	Uafu Pasivulangi - Falehau Vakai ki he Saati B.A. 3097

5. NIUA FO'OU

(1)	Uafu Futu - Futu

Na'e tali 'i he Fale Alea 'i he 'aho 30 'o 'Okatopa, 2001.

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