PILOTS REGULATIONS

PILOTS REGULATIONS

PILOTS.

PILOTS REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 81, sections 4, 8, 14).
(Ordinance No. 11 Of 1930).

[3rd October, 1930.]

1. Every applicant for a pilot's licence must-

(a) be able to speak English;

(b)produce two copies of a photograph of himself, one to be
attached to the licence and the other to the counterfoil ;

(c)hold a local certificate of competency as master issued under
rezulation 20 of Table E in the rezulations- -under the
Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899;

(d) not be less than 23 years of age;

(e)produce documentary evidence to the satisfaction of the
board of examiners of at least three years' service as a
scaniton in foreign going ships, other than river steamers,
regularly calling at Hong Kong;

satisfy the board of examiners that-

(i) lie has served at least two years' apprenticeship to a
pilot holding a licence under the Pilots Ordinance, or who
held a licence under the Pilots Ordinance, 1904;

(ii) during his period of apprenticeship he has, under the
direction of a pilot holding a licence under the Pilots
Ordinance, or a pilot who held a licence under the Pilots
Ordinance, 1904, piloted a ship into the Harbour of Victoria
on forty occasions and that lie piloted a ship out of the
Harbour of Victoria on forty occasions;

(iii) at least twenty different ships were piloted among the
eighty occasions referred to in subparagraph (ii);

(iv) at least five of the ships referred to in subparagraph
(iii) were different ships of at least 8000 tons gross register;

(v) on at least ten of the eighty occasions referred to in
sub-paragraph (ii) ships of at least 8000 tons gross register
were piloted :





Provided that the board of examiners may dispense
with any of the above requirements in the case of an
applicant who held a licence under the Pilots Ord-
inance, 1904, but who was not the holder of such
a licence on 3rd October, 1930, if they are otherwise
satisfied of the fitness of the applicant to hold a
pilot's licence under the Pilots Ordinance.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation i,
any British subject who is the holder of a Certificate of
Competency as Master (Foreign-going) granted to him or
recognized by the Minister of Transport in the United
Kingdom., may be granted a pilot's licence by the Director
of Marine upon the condition that-
(a)he shall satisfy the board of examiners that he is
a fit and proper person to hold a pilot's licence;
(b) he shall produce documentary evidence to the satis-
faction - of - the board of-exa miners that he has-been
in command of an ocean-going ship, of not less than
i,ooo tons net register, for a period of at least three
years and that he has piloted that ship into the
harbour of Victoria on twenty occasions and that
he has piloted that ship out of the harbour of
Victoria on twenty occasions;
(c)he shall produce two photographs of himself, one
to be attached to the licence and the other to the
-- counterfoil.

3. Every applicant for a licen ' ce as pilot shall upon
lodging his application for examination pay to the Director
of Marine a fee of one hundred dollars for each examination.

4. Every licensed pilot shall pay to the Director of
Marine annually on or before the ist day of January a fee of
five dollars for the renewal of his licence.

5. If at any time subsequent to the granting of a
pilot's licence, it appears to the Director of Marine that the
photograph attached thereto fails to represent adequately
the holder he may require the said holder to produce two
copies of a photograph which adequately represents him for
attachment to the licence, and the holder shall thereupon
comply with such requirement.





6. Everv licensed pilot when plying for hire shall display at the
masthead of his boat a flag six feet by four feet in dimensions, and of
two colours, the upper horizontal half white and the lower horizontal
half red.

7.Every licensed pilot shall obey the orders of the

Director ofor any person deputed by him, regarding
the movement of ships within the waters-of the Colony-

8. Every licensed pilot shall report to the Director of Marine any
defect in any beacon or light or any, alteration in the position of any
harbour buoy.

9. Every licensed pilot shall report in writing to the Director of
Alarine any casualty occurring to a ship in his charge.

10. Every licensed pilot shall carry a copy of the Pilots Ordinanci.
and regulations and of the Hong Kong Port Regulations, and shall
produce the same if called for by the master of any ship which such
pilot may board for the purpose of piloting it.

11. Every licensed pilot on boarding a ship for the purpose of
piloting it shall inform the master that if he is carrying on board any
dangerous goods as cargo the ship must be anchored in ' a dangerous
goods anchorage and a red flag must be displayed.

12. When -a licensed pilot is taken beyond the waters of the
Colony or beyond the point to which he has been engaged to pilot the
ship, either without his consent or under circumstances of unavoidable
necessity, he shall be entitled, over and above his pilotage dues, to
maintenance and in addition to a sum of $50 perdiem.

13. A pilot's licence may be in the form in Appendix A.

14. Pilotage dues shall be payable in accordance with the scale in
Appendix B.

15. Any licensed pilot who acts in contravention of regulation 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.





16. These regulations may be cited as the Pilots
Regulations.

APPENDIX. A. [reg. 13.1

HONG KONG.

PILOT'S LICENCE.

PILOTS ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 81 of the Revised Edition).

Photograph
of
holder.

Name of pilot [if Chinese, add Chinese characters]
.. ..............................1
Birthplace ................................................................................
Date of birth ................
Height .....................................................................................
Residence .................................................................................
Date of first issue of licence ......................................................

................................................
Director of Marine.

ANNUAL RENEWALS.
D ate .......................................................................................
Renewed for the year ...............................................................

..........................
Director of

INDORSEMENTS.

APPENDIX B. [reg. 14.1

PILOTAGE DUES.
$
For pilotage of a ship inside the waters of the
Colony into or out of the Harbour of Victoria 25.00.
For each time a ship is moved inside the Harbour
of Victoria .....................15.00.
The above charges are for services rendered between sunrise
and sunset. If the whole or any part of the services are rendered
between sunset and sunrise the said charges in the respective cases
shall be doubled.
Regulations - Fraser, vol. 3, p. 1090. G.N.A. 13/50. G.N.A. 93/51. (10 of 1899). (Cap. 81). (3 of 1904). [r. 1 cont.] (3 of 1904). (Cap. 81). G.N.A. 13/50. G.N.A. 13/50. (Cap. 81). G.N.A. 13/50. G.N.A. 93/51.

Regulations - Fraser, vol. 3, p. 1090. G.N.A. 13/50. G.N.A. 93/51. (10 of 1899). (Cap. 81). (3 of 1904). [r. 1 cont.] (3 of 1904). (Cap. 81). G.N.A. 13/50. G.N.A. 13/50. (Cap. 81). G.N.A. 13/50. G.N.A. 93/51.

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