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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND NOVEMBER, 1862.
To constitute new Authorities.
To exempt froin com- pulsory Pilotage in any District.
To enable existing Authorities to grant Licences and fix Rates.
To raise Rates.
To facilitate Reco- very of Rates in cer- tain Cases.
To facilitate Grants of Licenses.
Regulations with respect to Manner of making and confirm- ing ProvisionalOrders.
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(3.) To constitute a Pilotage Authority and to fix the Limits of its District in any Place in the United Kingdom where there is no such Authority; so, however, that in the new Pilotage Districts so constituted there shall be no compulsory Pilotage, and no Restriction on the Power of duly quali- fied Persons to obtain Licenses as Pilots:
(4.) To exempt the Masters and Owners of all Ships, or of any Classes of Ships, from being obliged to employ Pilots in any Pilotage District or in any Part of any Pilotage District, or from being obliged to pay for Pilots when not employing them in any District or in any Part of any Pilotage District, and to annex any Terms and Conditions to such Exemptions: (5.) In Cases where the Pilotage is not compulsory, and where there is no Restric- tion on the Power of duly qualified Persons to obtain Licenses, as Pilots, to enable any Pilotage Authority to license Pilots and fix Pilotage Rates for any Part of the District within the Jurisdiction of such Authority for which no such Licenses or Rates now exist:
(6.) In Cases where the Pilotage is not compulsory, and where there is no Res- triction on the Power of duly qualified Persons to obtain Licenses as Pilots, to enable any Pilotage Authority to raise all or any of the Pilo- tage Rates now in force in the District or any Part of the District with- in the Jurisdiction of such Authority:
(7.) In Cases where the Pilotage is not compulsory, and where there is no Res- triction on the Number of Pilots, or on the Power of duly qualified Persons. to obtain Licenses as Pilots, to give additional Facilities for the Recovery of Pilotage Rates and for the Prevention of the Employment of unqua- lified Pilots:
(8.) To give Facilities for enabling duly qualified Persons, after proper Examina-
tion as to their Qualifications, to obtain Licenses as Pilots.
40. The following Rules shall be observed with respect to Provisional Orders made
of this Act: pursuance
(1.) Application in Writing for such Order shall be made to the Board of Trade by some Persons interested in the Pilotage of the District or in the Opera- tion of the Laws or Regulations relating to such Pilotage:
(2.) Notice of such Application having been made shall be published once at the
least in cach of Two successive Weeks in the Month immediately succeed-" ing the Time of such Application in the Shipping Gazette, and in some Newspaper or Newspapers circulating in the County, or, if there are more than One, in the Counties adjacent to the Pilotage District to be affected by the Order:
(3.) The Notice so published shall state the Objects which it is proposed to effect
by the Provisional Order:
(4.) The Board of Trade on receiving the Application shall refer the same to the Pilotage Authority or Authorities of the District, and shall receive and consider any Objections which may be made to the proposed Provisional Order, and shall for that Purpose allow at least Six Weeks to elapse be- tween the Time of referring the Application to the Pilotage Authority and the Time of making the Provisional Order:
(5.) The Board of Trade shall, after considering all Objections, determine whether to proceed with the Provisional Order or not; and shall, if they deter- mine to proceed with it, settle it in such Manner and with such Terms and Conditions, not being inconsistent with the Provisions of this Act, as they may think fit; and shall, when they have settled the same, forward Copics thereof to the Persons making the Application and to the Pilotage Authority or Authorities of the District or Districts to which it refers: (6.) No such Provisional Order shall take effect unless and until the same is con- firmed by Parliament; and for the Purpose of procuring such Confirma- tion the Board of Trade shall introduce into Parliament a Public Genc- ral Bill, or Public General Bills, in which, or in the Schedule to which, the Provisional Order or Provisional Orders to be thereby confirmed shall be set out at Length: