Merchant Shipping Act 1894

Licensing of Pilots.

586 Registration of pilot licences.

(1) A pilot shall be deemed a qualified pilot for the purposes of this Act, if duly licensed by any pilotage authority to conduct ships to which he does not belong.

(2) Every qualified pilot, on his appointment, shall receive a licence containing his name and usual place of abode, a description of his person, and a specification of the limits within which he is qualified to act.

(3) The chief officer of customs at the place at or nearest to which any qualified pilot resides shall, on his request, register his' licence, and a qualified pilot shall not be entitled to act as such, until his licence is so registered.

(4) Every qualified pilot acting beyond the limits for which he is qualified by his licence shall be considered an unqualified pilot.

587 Copies of pilotage provisions to be furnished to pilot.

Every qualified pilot shall, on receiving his licence, be furnished with a copy of this Part of this Act, and with a copy of the rates, byelaws, and regulations established within the district for which he is licensed; and he shall produce those copies to the master of any ship, or other person employing him, when required to do so, and if he fails without reasonable cause to do so, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

588 Licensed pilot to produce licence to employer.

(1) Every qualified pilot when acting in that capacity shall be provided with his licence and shall produce the same to every person by whom he is employed or to whom he offers his services as pilot.

(2) If a qualified pilot refuses, on the request of any such person, to produce his licence, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, and shall be subject to suspension or dismissal by the pilotage authority by whom he is licensed.

589 Production and return of licence to pilotage authority.

(1) Every qualified pilot, when required to do so by the pilotage authority by whom he is licensed, shall produce or deliver up his licence to that authority.

(2) On the death of any qualified pilot, the person into whose hands his licence comes shall without delay transmit it to the pilotage authority who licensed the deceased pilot.

(3) If any pilot or other person fails to comply with the requirements of this section, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

590 Penalty on fraudulent use of licence.

If an unqualified pilot for the purpose of making himself appear to be a qualified pilot uses a licence which he is not entitled to use, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.