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Grant of pilotage certificates to masters and mates.
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599.—(1) A pilotage authority may, if they think fit, on the application of the master or mate of any ship, and on payment by him of the usual expenses, examine him as to his capacity to pilot the ship of which he is master or mate, or any one or more ships belonging to the same owner as that ship, within any part of the district of the pilotage authority.
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(2) A pilotage authority, if on examination they find that any master or mate is competent, shall[1]
grant him a certificate (in this Act referred to as a pilotage certificate), specifying—
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(a) the name of the person to whom it is granted:
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(b) the ship or ships in respect of which it is granted:
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(c) the limits within which the master or mate is entitled to pilot the ship or ships: and
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(d) the date on which it is granted.
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(3) The person to whom a pilotage certificate is granted shall, while he is acting as master or mate of any of the ships specified in the certificate, be entitled to pilot that ship within the limits specified in the certificate, without incurring any penalty for not employing a qualified pilot.
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(4) A pilotage certificate so granted shall not be in force for more than the period of one year from its date, but may be renewed from year to year by an endorsement under the hand of the secretary or other proper officer of the pilotage authority who have granted the certificate.
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[1 If he is a British subject, see 6 Edw. 7. c. 48. s. 73.] |
