PART IIPrincipal Pilotage Provisions
Pilot Boats and Pilot Signals
50Obligation to display signal for pilot in certain circumstances
(1)
The master of a ship (other than an excepted ship) shall when navigating in circumstances in which pilotage is compulsory under this Act, display a pilot signal, and keep the signal displayed until a licensed pilot comes on board.
(2)
The master of a ship, whether navigating in circumstances in which pilotage is compulsory or not, which is being piloted in a pilotage district by a pilot not licensed for the district, shall display a pilot signal and keep the signal displayed until a licensed pilot comes on board.
(3)
If the master of any ship fails without reasonable excuse to comply with this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction in respect of each offence to a fine not exceeding—
(a)
in England and Wales and in Scotland, level 2 on the standard scale,
(b)
in Northern Ireland, £50.
(4)
In subsection (2) above, " ship" does not include a ship which a person is piloting or ordered to pilot, in a dockyard port within the meaning of the M1Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865, in the course of his duties as a servant of the Crown ; but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as derogating from any immunity which affects a ship apart from this subsection.