PILOTAGE REGULATIONS

PILOTAGE REGULATIONS

PILOTAGE REGULATIONS

(Cap. 84, section 21)

[20 October 1972.1

1. These regulations may be cited as the Pilotage
Regulations.

2. (1) An application for registration as an apprentice pilot
shall be made in such form as the Authority may determine, and
shall contain the particulars required thereby.

(2) On receipt of an application in accordance with para-
graph (1) for registration as an apprentice pilot, the Authority shall,
if he is satisfied that the applicant possesses the prescribed qualifica-
tions and experience, refer the application to the Committee, which
shall interview the applicant.

(3) On payment of the prescribed fee, the Authority shall
cause the applicant to be examined as to his physical and mental
fitness and his eyesight in accordance with section 7(1) (b) and (c) of
the Ordinance as if the applicant were applying for a licence.

(4) The Committee shall, after interviewing the applicant in
accordance with paragraph (2), report to the Authority whether or
not it considers that the applicant ought to be registered as an
apprentice pilot.

(5) If-
(a)the Authority is satisfied as to the applicant's physical and
mental fitness and eyesight; and

(b)the Committee has reported that it considers the applicant
ought to be registered as an apprentice pilot,

the Authority shall-
(i)enter the name and particulars of the applicant in a register
of apprentice pilots maintained by him; and
(ii)notify the applicant in writing of his registration as an
apprentice pilot and issue to him an identity book in such
form as the Authority may determine.

3. An application for a licence shall be-

(a)made in such form as the Authority may determine and
shall contain the particulars required thereby; and

(b)accompanied by such photographs of the applicant as the
Authority may require.

4. An application for the renewal of a licence shall be in such
form as the Authority may determine, and shall contain the partic-
ulars required thereby.





5. If at any time it appears to the Authority that the photograph
attached to a licence is no longer an adequate likeness of the holder of
the licence, the Authority may require the licensed pilot to furnish 2
photographs of himself.

6. (1) The fee payable under section 7(1)(a), (b) and (c) inclusive
shall be

(1A) The fee payable under section 7(1)(a) only of the Ordinance
shall he $320.

(2) The fee payable under section 8(1) of the Ordinance shall be
$70.

(3) The fee payable under section 9(2) (b) of the Ordinance on the
renewal of a licence shall be $50.

(4) The fee payable under section 9(3) of the Ordinance on the
issue of a copy of a licence shall be $70.

(5) The fee payable under section 10(3) of the Ordinance shall be
$460.

(6) The fee payable under regulation 2(3) shall be $460.

7. Every licensed pilot shall, when plying for hire, display at the
masthead of his vessel a flag 1.8 metres by 1.2 metres in size and of 2
colours, the upper horizontal half thereof being white and the lower
horizontal half thereof being red.

8. (1) The Authority may give to a licensed pilot such directions as
he considers necessary for the regulation of shipping in the waters of
the Colony, including directions requiring a licensed pilot to perform for
any ship such pilotage service as may be requested by or on behalf of
the master or owner of the ship.

(2) It shall be the duty of a licensed pilot to comply with any
directions given under paragraph (1).

9. If a licensed pilot knows of-

(a)any defect in a navigational aid in the waters of the Colony;

(b) any other hazard to shipping therein; or

(c) any alteration of the position of a harbour buoy,

he shall report the same to the Authority forthwith, by radio~ telephone
if practicable.
L.N. 174/71. L.N. 375/84. L.N. 124/85. L.N. 162/87. Citation. Application for registration as an apprentice pilot. Application for licence. Application for renewal of licence. Authority may require production of further photographs of licensed pilot. Prescribed fees. L.N. 124/85. L.N. 162/87. Pilots to display flag when plying for hire. L.N. 375/84. Power of Authority to give directions. Duty of pilot to report hazards to shipping.

L.N. 174/71. L.N. 375/84. L.N. 124/85. L.N. 162/87. Citation. Application for registration as an apprentice pilot. Application for licence. Application for renewal of licence. Authority may require production of further photographs of licensed pilot. Prescribed fees. L.N. 124/85. L.N. 162/87. Pilots to display flag when plying for hire. L.N. 375/84. Power of Authority to give directions. Duty of pilot to report hazards to shipping.

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