Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

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Occasions on which unqualified pilots may act.

596. An unqualified pilot may, within any pilotage district, without subjecting himself or his employer to any penalty, take charge of a ship as pilot—

(a) when no qualified pilot has offered to take charge of that ship, or made a signal for that purpose:

(b) when a ship is in distress, or under circumstances making it necessary for the master to avail himself of the best assistance which can be found at the time:

(c) for the purpose of changing the moorings of any ship in port, or of taking her into or out of any dock, in cases where the act can be done by an unqualified pilot without infringing the regulations of the port, or any orders which the harbour master is legally empowered to give.