PILOTS.
No. 11 of 1930.
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No. 11 of 1930.
An Ordinance to provide for and regulate the employment of pilots.
[3rd October, 1930.]
[Originally No. 11 of 1930. No. 46 of 1936. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Pilots Ordinance, 1930.
Short title.
2. In this Ordinance "ship" includes every description of vessel used in navigation, over 60 tons net register, propelled by machinery.
Interpretation.
3.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Harbour Master may license pilots for the waters of the Colony.
Licensing of pilots.
23 Geo. 5, c. 31, s. 16.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 8, every pilot's licence shall remain in force until the 31st day of December next following the issue or renewal of the licence.
(3) The Harbour Master shall keep a register of the names and addresses of pilots licensed under this Ordinance.
(4) Every licensed pilot shall furnish to the Harbour Master an address within the Colony to which all communications may be sent and shall forthwith notify the Harbour Master of any change of such address.
(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 commencement of this Ordinance, was the holder of a pilot's licence under the Pilots Ordinance, 1904, or to any person who may be specially exempted by the Governor in Council from the provisions of this sub-section.
4. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations for-
(a) the licensing and regulation of pilots;
*The regulations formerly contained in the Schedule to this Ordinance have been transferred to the corresponding volume of the Regulations of Hong Kong.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.