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Ord. No. 29/85
Repeal and replacement of section 12.
Amendment of section 15.
Powers of the Authority.
Second Schedule.
Third Schedule.
Fourth Schedule.
Second Schedule.
PILOTAGE (AMENDMENT)
10F. The Authority—
(a) may by notice in the Gazette amend the Second Schedule,
the Third Schedule and the Fourth Schedule:
(b) may designate over the V.H.F. radiotelephone or by any other means of communication any area within the waters of Hong Kong, other than that specified in the Second Schedule, to be a pilot boarding station;
(c) may waive the requirement of compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship navigating in the pilotage area if there exists any condition which in the opinion of the Authority may cause danger to a licensed pilot; and
(d) immediately before, or during the continuance of, the hoisting of a tropical cyclone warning signal, may by announcement made over the V.H.F. radiotelephone or by any other means of communication waive the requirement of compulsory pilotage in respect of ships navigating in the pilotage area.
4. Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Information and assistance to pilot.
12. (1) The master of a ship shall-
(a)
on request by a licensed pilot who is piloting the ship, inform him of its draught of water, gross registered tonnage, length and beam, and provide him with such other informa- tion relating to the ship or its cargo as the pilot requires to enable him to carry out his duties as the pilot of the ship;
(b) bring to the notice of every licensed pilot who is piloting the ship any defects in, and any matter peculiar to, the ship and its machinery and equipment of which the master knows and which might affect materially the navigation of the ship; and
(c) render all reasonable assistance to the licensed pilot who is
piloting the ship.
(2) The master of a ship who-
(a) refuses to comply with a request made to him pursuant to
subsection (1)(a);
(b) makes a statement which he knows is false, or recklessly makes a statement which is false, in response to such a request or is privy to the making by another person in response to such a request of a statement which the master knows is false; or
(c) fails without reasonable excuse to perform any duty
imposed on him by subsection (1)(b) or (c),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.".
5. Section 15 of the principal Ordinance is amended by—
(a) being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof; and (b) inserting the following subsection--
"(2) A licensed pilot who fails or refuses without reasonable excuse to produce his licence when required to do so under sub- section (1)(b) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.”.
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