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PILOTAGE ACT 1913 - SECT 31

Declaration as to draught of ship.

31.(1) A licensed pilot may require the master of any ship which he is
piloting to declare her draught of water, length and beam [and to provide him
with such other information relating to the ship or its cargo as the pilot
specifies and is necessary to enable him to carry out his duties as the pilot
of the ship] and the master shall comply with any such request.

[(2) It shall be the duty of the master of a ship to bring to the notice of
each licensed pilot who pilots the ship any defects in, and any matter
peculiar to, the ship and its machinery and equipment of which the master
knows and which might affect materially the navigation of the ship.

(3) The master of a ship who

(a)refuses to comply with a request made to him in pursuance of subsection (1)
of this section; or

(b)makes a statement which he knows is false, or recklessly makes a statement
which is false, in answer to such a request or is privy to the making by
another person in answer to such a request of a statement which the master
knows is false; or

(c)fails without reasonable excuse to perform the duty imposed on him by the
preceding subsection;

Provision as to ships within a harbour, dock, &c.



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