Harbours Act, 1946
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Construction of orders relating to pilotage committees. |
28.—Where by an order under the Pilotage Act, 1913 — | |
(a) a harbour authority mentioned in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act acting as a pilotage authority are authorised to appoint from among their members all or some of the members of a committee, and | ||
(b) a specified number greater than two of the members so appointed by the harbour authority are required to be representative of shipping interests or shipowners or to have practical experience of shipping or nautical affairs, | ||
the order shall be construed and have effect as if such specified number were two and as if the number of members of the committee to be appointed by the harbour authority other than persons qualified as aforesaid were so increased as to leave unchanged the total number of the members of the committee to be appointed by the harbour authority. |