(1)The following pilotage charges in respect of foreign ships, not being excepted ships, trading to and from the port of London, namely: —
(a)as to ships inwards, the full amount of pilotage charges for the distance piloted; and
(b)as to ships outwards, the full amount of charges for the distance required by law ;
shall be paid to the chief officer of Customs and Excise in the port of London by the master, or by any consignees or agents of the ship who have paid, or made themselves liable to pay, any other charge for the ship in the port of London.
(2)The chief officer of Customs and Excise, on receiving any pilotage charges in respect of foreign ships, shall give to the person paying the charges a receipt in writing for the charges, and in the port of London the ship may be detained until the receipt is produced to the proper officer of Customs and Excise of the port.
(3)The chief officer of Customs and Excise shall pay over to the Trinity House the pilotage charges received by him under this section, and the Trinity House shall apply the charges so received—
(a)in paying to any licensed pilot who produces to them sufficient proof of his having piloted the ship such charges as would have been payable to him for pilotage services if the ship had been a British ship, after making any deductions which they are authorised to make by byelaw under this Act;
(b)in paying to any person not being a licensed pilot who produces to them sufficient proof of his having, in the absence of a licensed pilot, piloted the ship, such amount as the Trinity House think proper, not exceeding the amount which would, under similar circumstances, have been payable to a licensed pilot after making the said deductions ;
(c)in paying over to the Trinity House pilot fund the residue, together with the amount of any deductions made as aforesaid.
(4)Nothing in this section shall affect the application of the provisions of this Act as to the recovery of pilotage charges.