Harbours Act, 1996
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PART IV Pilotage | ||
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Interpretation ( Part IV ). |
55.—(1) In this Part and Part II of the Sixth Schedule , unless the context otherwise requires— | |
“company's pilotage district” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2); | ||
“employed pilot” means a pilot employed by a company under section 56 in respect of its pilotage district and “employed pilot for a pilotage district” and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; | ||
“former pilotage authority” means a pilotage authority referred to in section 81 ; | ||
“harbour master for a pilotage district” means the harbour master of the company on which the function of organising and ensuring the provision of pilotage services in the pilotage district is conferred by section 56 ; | ||
“licensed pilot” means a person to whom a company has granted under section 58 (1) a licence to act as a pilot in its pilotage district and “licensed pilot for a pilotage district” and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; | ||
“pilot” means an employed or a licensed pilot; | ||
“pilotage agreement” has the meaning assigned to it by section 59 (1); | ||
“pilot boat” means a boat or ship employed in the rendering of pilotage services; | ||
“pilotage exemption certificate” has the meaning assigned to it by section 72 (1); | ||
“pilot for a pilotage district” means an employed or licensed pilot for a pilotage district; | ||
“pilot's licence” means a licence granted under section 58 (1); | ||
“warrant of appointment” means a warrant referred to in section 58 (6). | ||
(2) References in this Part to a company's pilotage district shall be construed as references to the pilotage district referred to in section 56 (1), the function of organising and ensuring the provision of pilotage services in which is conferred on the company by that section. | ||
(3) References in this Part to the circumstances in which pilotage is compulsory for a ship while it is navigating in a pilotage district shall be construed as references to such circumstances as are specified in bye-laws under section 71 . |