Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

Appeal against byelaws or regulations not made under this Act.

584. If at any port either—

(a) the majority of the qualified pilots belonging to the port; or,

(b) the local marine board; or,

(c) where there is no local marine board, any number of persons not less than six, being masters, owners, or insurers of ships,

consider themselves aggrieved by any regulation or byelaw of a pilotage authority in force before the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, or made under any power other than a power contained in this Act or in any Act repealed by this Act, or by a defect or omission in any such regulation or byelaw, they may appeal to the Board of Trade, and the Board may thereupon by order revoke, alter, or make additions to that regulation or byelaw, in such manner as, having regard to the interests of the persons concerned, appears to them to be just and expedient, and any order so made shall be conclusive as to the matter in respect of which it is made.

Returns by Pilotage Authorities.