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1.—(1) In this scheme:
"the Act " means the Harbours Act 1964;
"the Council " means the National Ports Council;
"the Council's expenditure " means any expenditure incurred, or to be incurred, by the Council in respect of the matters included in section 4 (1) of the Act;
"the first accounting period " means the period beginning on 15th June 1964 and ending on 31st December 1964;
"the harbour authorities " means the harbour authorities specified in column (1 ) of the table set out in the schedule to this scheme;
{{uksi/paragraph|class=__uksi__l2inset|"the relevant percentage " means, in relation to each of the harbour authorities, the percentagespecified in column (2) of the table set out in the schedule to this scheme opposite the name of that authority in column (1) of that table;
"the second accounting period " means the year beginning on 1st January 1965.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies to the interpretation of this scheme as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. The Council shall as soon as may be estimate the amount which (having regard to article 5 of this scheme) should be raised by charges under this scheme in the first accounting period to enable the Council to meet the Coun cil's expenditure insofar as it cannot be met by revenue accruing to them in consequence of the exercise of powers conferred by provisions of the Act other than section 4 thereof and, subject to the provisions of this scheme, shall issue to each of the harbour authorities a demand for payment of a charge equal to the relevant percentage of the amount estimated under this article.
{{uksi/paragraph/1|s1=4|4. Before the beginning of the second accounting period or, if that is not possible, as soon as practicable after the beginning thereof, the Council shall estimate the amount which (having regard to article 5 of this scheme) should be raised by charges under this scheme in that period to enable the Council to meet the Council's expenditure insofar as it cannot be met by revenue accruing to them in consequence of the exercise of powers conferred by provisions of the Act other than section 4 thereof and, subject to the provisions of this scheme, shall issue to each of the harbour authorities a demand for payment of a charge equal to the relevant percentage of the amount estimated by the Council under this article.
5.—(1) The amount to be raised by the Council by means of charges under this scheme to meet expenditure incurred or to be incurred by them during the first accounting period shall not exceed £ 75,000.
(2) The amount to be raised by the Council by means of charges under this scheme to meet expenditure to be incurred by them during the second accounting period shall not exceed £ 200,000.
6. If any charge calculated in accordance with article 3 or article 4 of this scheme shall not be a whole number of pounds the fraction of a pound shall be ignored.
7.—(1) Each of the harbour authorities shall pay the charge for which a demand is issued to them under article 3 of this scheme forthwith upon receipt of the demand.
(2) Each of the harbour authorities shall pay the charge for which a demand is issued to them under article 4 of this scheme either, at their option, by one