Harbours Act, 1996
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Power of Minister to re-organise provision of pilotage services. |
79.—(1) The Minister may by order— | |
(a) establish one or more additional pilotage districts (that is to say, districts in which pilotage shall be regulated in the like manner to that provided by this Part in relation to a pilotage district mentioned in section 56 ) and define the limits of such a district or of such districts, | ||
(b) specify the circumstances in which pilotage shall be compulsory in a pilotage district established under paragraph (a), | ||
(c) abolish a pilotage district (being a pilotage district mentioned in section 56 or established under paragraph (a)) or alter the limits of such a district, | ||
and nothing in section 56 shall be construed as restricting or limiting the exercise by the Minister of his or her powers under this section in relation to a pilotage district mentioned in that section. | ||
(2) (a) An order under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall confer on a specified person the function of organising and ensuring the provision of pilotage services in the pilotage district to which the order relates; the said person shall perform that function by one of the means specified in section 56 (1) and the provisions of this Part shall otherwise apply to the said pilotage district with the substitution for references to “company”, in each place where it occurs, of references to the said person and any other necessary modifications. | ||
(b) An order under subsection (1) may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient. | ||
(3) The powers of the Minister under this section are in addition to his or her powers under section 43 . |