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PILOTAGE ACT 1913 - SECT 7

7.(1) The Board of Trade may, by Order made under this Act (in this Act
referred to as a Pilotage Order)

(a)make such rearrangement of pilotage districts and pilotage authorities as
the Board think necessary or expedient; and

(b)establish new pilotage districts and new pilotage authorities and abolish
existing pilotage districts and existing pilotage authorities in cases where
it appears to the Board necessary or expedient; and

(c)define the limits of pilotage districts, [distinguishing as respects any
pilotage district in part of which pilotage is compulsory and in part of which
pilotage is not compulsory, the part of the district in which pilotage is
compulsory]; and

(d)provide for the incorporation of any pilotage authority, and make such
alteration in the constitution of any pilotage authority with reference to
their powers and duties as pilotage authority, and such provisions as to the
appointment of committees (including, if it is thought fit, persons not
members of the authority), and as to the relations between the authority and
the committee, as the Board think necessary or expedient; and

(e)empower a pilotage authority to delegate to a committee thereof any of its
powers and duties, and provide, if it seems necessary or desirable, that the
decisions of the committee on questions so delegated shall not require
confirmation by the pilotage authority; and

(f)make such provision for the direct representation of pilots and shipowners
on any pilotage authority or committee of a pilotage authority as the Board
think necessary or expedient; and

(g)in cases where a pilotage authority have powers and duties as to other
matters as well as pilotage, provide for their accounts as pilotage authority
being kept separate from their accounts in relation to other matters; and

(h)[make provision as to the circumstances in which pilotage in a pilotage
district is to be compulsory, subject to provision being also made, in a case
where pilotage ceases to be compulsory in connection with the rearrangement of
the district,] for the payment of compensation to the pilots concerned for any
loss or damage which may be incurred by them in consequence of such
rearrangement; and

(i)authorise, where it appears expedient, any pilotage authority to make
byelaws providing for the grant of certificates (in this Act referred to as
deep sea certificates) certifying that persons are qualified to act as pilots
of ships for any part of the sea or channels outside the district of any
pilotage authority, so, however, that a pilot holding such a certificate shall
not be entitled to supersede any other person as pilot of a ship; and

(j)provide that any Act (other than this Act), order, charter, custom, byelaw,
regulation, or provision shall, so far as it relates to pilotage, cease to
have effect within any pilotage district or as respects any pilotage
authority, but may re-enact the whole or any part thereof so far as is not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act; and

(k)provide for compensation being paid to any pilots for any loss or damage
which may be incurred by them in consequence of any Order abolishing or
rearranging any pilotage districts; and

(l)make any provisions which appear necessary or expedient for the purpose of
giving full effect to the Order.

(2) Provision shall be made by Pilotage Order for the direct representation of
pilots either on the pilotage authority or on the committee of the pilotage
authority of any district where there are not less than six licensed pilots if
a majority of the pilots licensed for the district signify in writing to the
Board of Trade that they desire such representation, and, where such provision
is made, provision shall also be made for the representation of shipowners on
the authority or committee, as the case may be.

(3) A Pilotage Order establishing a pilotage authority for any pilotage
district shall provide for the representation on the pilotage authority of any
dock or harbour authority having jurisdiction within the district which was
represented on the pilotage authority for the district at the time of the
passing of this Act, and which desires to be so represented.

(4) A Pilotage Order shall not be made by the Board of Trade except

Para.(a) rep. by 1979 c.39 s.50(4) sch.7 Pt.II

(b)on the application in writing of any person interested in the pilotage of
any pilotage district or in the operation of the laws relating to pilotage in
that district or the administration of those laws.

Subs.(5)(6) rep. by 1979 c.39 s.50(4) sch.7 Pt.II

(7) The provisions contained in the First Schedule to this Act shall have
effect with respect to Pilotage Orders.

Pilotage districts and pilotage authorities.

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