Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

Constitution of new pilotage authorities.

575.(1) The Board of Trade may by provisional order—

(a) in any area where there is no pilotage authority, constitute new pilotage authorities and districts; and

(b) extend the limits of any pilotage district by including therein any area in which there is no pilotage authority.

(2) There shall be no compulsory pilotage and no restriction on the power of duly qualified persons to obtain licences as pilots in any new pilotage district constituted under this section, or in any area included in a pilotage district under this section.