17. In section 3 of the Pilotage Act 1987 (authorisation of pilots)—
(a)after subsection (9), there shall be inserted—
“(9A) A person who is an authorised pilot for a harbour for which the competent harbour authority is a local authority which are operating executive arrangements shall not by reason of his holding any office or employment as a pilot be disqualified—
(a)for being a member of the executive of the local authority where that executive is to any extent responsible for any function in respect of which knowledge or experience relevant to pilotage is material; or
(b)for being a member of a committee of the executive of the local authority with any functions in respect of which knowledge or experience relevant to pilotage is material.”; and
(b)in subsection (10), before the definition of “local authority” there shall be inserted—
““executive” and “executive arrangements” have the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000;”.