THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 3, 1930.
HONG KONG.
No. 11 or 1930.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L.S.
Governor.
3rd October, 1930.
An Ordinance to provide for and regulate the
employment of pilots.
[3rd October, 1930.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Pilots Ordi- Short title. nance, 1930.
2. In this Ordinance. “ship" includes every description Interpreta- of vessel used in navigation, over 60 tons net register, tion. propelled by machinery.
3.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, Licensing the Harbour Master may license pilots for the waters of of pilots. the Colony.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 8, every pilot's licence shall remain in force until the 31st day of December next following.
(3) The Harbour Master shall keep a register of the names and addresses of pilots licensed under this Ordi-
nance.
(4) Every licensed pilot shall furnish to the Harbour Master an address within the Colony to which all com- munications may be sent and shall forthwith notify the Harbour Master of any change of such address.
2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 31, s. 16.
(5) No person shall be licensed as a pilot who is not a British subject, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any person who, immediately before the commen- cement of this Ordinance, was the holder of a pilot's licence under the Pilots Ordinance, 1904, or to any person Ordinance who may be specially exempted by the Governor in No. 3 of Council from the provisions of this sub-section.
1904.
4.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council Regulations.
to make regulations for any of the following purposes :———
(a) for the licensing and regulation of pilots ; (b) for prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of licences and examinations required under this Ordinance, the remuneration to be paid to exam- iners, and the amounts to be paid to licensed pilots in respect of pilotage services (in this Ordi- nance referred to as "pilotage dues") and in respect of other matters;
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