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Grant of masters’ and mates’ certificates by pilotage authorities.
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23.—(1) A pilotage authority may grant a certificate (in this Act referred to as a pilotage certificate) to any person who is bonâ fide the master or mate of any ship if that person applies for such a certificate, and if, after examination, they are satisfied that, having regard to his skill, experience, and local knowledge, he is capable of piloting the ship of which he is master or mate within their district:
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Provided that—
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(a) A pilotage certificate shall not be granted to the master or mate of a ship unless he is a British subject, except in the cases for which special provision is made by this Act; and
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(b) In any district where a byelaw is in force prohibiting the grant of pilotage certificates to masters or mates who do not hold at least a mate’s certificate of competency recognised under Part II. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the pilotage authority shall not grant a certificate except to a master or mate holding such a certificate of competency.
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(2) A pilotage certificate shall be in a form approved for the time being by the Board of Trade, and shall contain (in addition to any other particulars which may be prescribed) the name of the person to whom the certificate is granted, the name and draught of water of the ship or ships in respect of which it is granted, the limits of the district in respect of which the certificate is granted, and the date on which it was granted.
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(3) A pilotage certificate shall not be in force for more than a year from the date on which it is granted, but may be renewed annually by the pilotage authority, subject to the provisions of any byelaw made by that authority as to re-examination.
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(4) A pilotage certificate may be granted so as to extend to more than one ship belonging to the same owner, while the master or mate is bonâ fide acting as master or mate of any such ship, provided that they are ships of substantially the same class.
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(5) A pilotage authority may, on the application of the master or mate of a ship, alter his pilotage certificate so as to relate to any other ship or ships of a not substantially greater draught of water or tonnage than that to which the certificate formerly related, to which the master or mate may be transferred, or so as to cover any ships of substantially the same class and belonging to the same owner as the ships to which the certificate already relates.
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(6) A pilotage authority may, for the purposes of this section, treat ships which are shown to their satisfaction to be bonâ fide under the management of the same person as manager, managing owner, demisee, or time charterer, as being ships owned by that person.
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