(1)The provisions of the Ninth Schedule to this Act shall have effect as regards the powers of the Boards to make port charges at the harbours specified in that Schedule.
(2)Subsection (3) of section fortjMhree of this Act shall not authorise the Boards to make the use of their services and facilities at the said harbours subject to any term or condition which the Boards would not be able to impose apart from that subsection.
(3)In this and the next following section, and in the Ninth Schedule to this Act—
" port charges" in relation to a harbour means ship, passenger and merchandise dues, and charges for any other services and facilities provided in, or in connection with, a harbour but does not include charges for the carriage of merchandise or passengers on any railway, charges for the use of any railway or charges in respect of railway wagons ;
" ship, passenger and merchandise dues " means charges for—
any ship entering, using or leaving a harbour,
any passengers embarking or disembarking at a harbour, and
merchandise shipped or unshipped into or from a ship entering, using or leaving any harbour;
" charges for any ship entering, using or leaving a harbour " includes charges made on any such ship in respect of marking and lighting the harbour;
" merchandise " includes goods, fish, livestock and animals of all descriptions, and minerals.