{"id":"ports-and-harbours-regulations-1966","name":"Ports and Harbours Regulations 1966","slug":"ports-and-harbours-regulations-1966","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181649,"registerId":"wa-ports-and-harbours-regulations-1966-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n3. Port Walcott, charges for pilotage at 1\n\n4. Terms used 1\n\n5A. Ports declared (Act s. 10) 4\n\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Appointment of harbour masters and deputy harbour masters","content":"Part 2 — Appointment of harbour masters and deputy harbour masters\n\n5B. Harbour masters and deputy harbour masters, appointment of 5\n\n5C. Conditions of appointment 5\n\n5D. Duration of appointment 6\n\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Signals","content":"Part 4 — Signals\n\n6. Vessels, signals to be displayed on (Sch. 2) 7\n\n7. Dredgers, signals to be displayed on (Sch. 2) 7\n\n8. Improper use of signals 8\n\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Pilotage","content":"Part 5 — Pilotage\n\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Div 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Licensing of pilots","content":"Division 1 — Licensing of pilots\n\n9A. Licence required to act as pilot 9\n\n9B. Application for licence 9\n\n9C. Issue of licence 10\n\n9D. Conditions of licence 11\n\n9E. Duration of licence 12\n\n9F. Renewal of licence, application for 12\n\n9G. Renewal of licence 13\n\n9H. Suspension and revocation of licence 13\n\n9I. Review of decisions by SAT 15\n\n9J. Lost etc. licence documents, replacement of 15\n\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Requirements relating to pilotage","content":"Division 2 — Requirements relating to pilotage\n\n9. Which vessels require licensed pilot in pilotage area 16\n\n10. Boarding and discharging pilot, master’s duties as to 16\n\n11. Master to declare draught to pilot 17\n\n12. Flag required on pilot boat 17\n\n13. Masters of tugs etc. assisting piloted vessel to obey pilot 18\n\n14. Restrictions on vessel movement in pilotage area 18\n\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Div 4","sectionType":"division","heading":"Pilotage exemption certificates","content":"Division 4 — Pilotage exemption certificates\n\n16. Who is entitled to certificate 19\n\n16A. Who is eligible to attempt r. 16B examination 20\n\n16B. Examinations as to knowledge of port etc. 21\n\n16C. Certificate of health 22\n\n16D. Determining maximum length overall of vessel for certificates 22\n\n16E. Restrictions and conditions in certificates 23\n\n16F. Certificates valid for only Australian crewed vessels 24\n\n16G. Use of certificate may be prohibited 24\n\n16H. Contents of certificate (Sch. 6) 24\n\n16I. Register of certificates 25\n\n16J. Pilotage exemption record book for exempt masters (Sch. 6) 25\n\n16K. Certificate invalid if not used for one year or more 26\n\n16L. Revalidation of certificate invalid under r. 16K 26\n\n16M. Cancellation or suspension of certificate 26\n\n16N. Appeals against cancellation or suspension 27\n\n17. Flag required if no licensed pilot on board 28\n\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"Conservancy dues","content":"Part 6 — Conservancy dues\n\n18. Conservancy dues (Sch. 3 Div. 20) 29\n\n18A. Gross registered tonnage, determining 32\n\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Part 7","sectionType":"part","heading":"Regulation of other matters","content":"Part 7 — Regulation of other matters\n\nDivision 1 — General\n\n19. Harbour masters’ powers 34\n\n20. Masters’ duties in port 35\n\n21. Anchoring etc. in port, masters’ duties as to 35\n\n22. Harbour master may order scuttling 36\n\n23. Gangways, provision and use of 37\n\n24. Watch keeping etc. requirements in port 37\n\n25. Naked lights etc. on vessels at wharves etc. 38\n\n26. Fires on vessels, notification and extinguishment of 38\n\n27. Waste disposal, masters’ duties as to 39\n\n28. Carcasses, debris etc., not to be thrown overboard 39\n\n29. Smoking in holds, prohibition of 39\n\nDivision 2 — Oil vessels\n\n30. Terms used 40\n\n31. Flag required on oil vessel 40\n\n32. Notice of intention to load or discharge inflammable liquid 40\n\n33. Inflammable liquids not to be discharged or loaded without permission 41\n\n34. Oil vessel to be moored as directed 41\n\n35. Oil vessel with inflammable liquids below deck, duties of master of 41\n\n36. Oil vessel loading or unloading inflammable liquid, restricted access to etc. 43\n\n37. Smoking etc. prohibited during loading or unloading inflammable liquid 43\n\n38. Oil vessel with tanks open, use of fires etc. on or near prohibited 43\n\n39. Pumping inflammable liquid between oil vessel and tank, master’s duties as to 44\n\n40. Tanks to be closed during pumping; pumping to cease if leak occurs 45\n\n41. Loading or unloading inflammable liquids at night 45\n\n42. Procedure on completing discharge of inflammable liquid 45\n\n43. No fires or ballasting while tanks are open 46\n\n44. Pipelines etc. to be oil and vapour tight 47\n\n45. Oil vessel to have steel hawsers to permit towing 47\n\n46. Preventing fire, master of oil vessel’s duties as to 47\n\n47. Harbour master may inspect oil vessel 47\n\n48. Wharf to be barricaded while loading and unloading inflammable liquid 48\n\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Part 8","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"Part 8 — Miscellaneous\n\n49. Police officer’s powers to enforce these regulations 49\n\n50. Master responsible for compliance with regulations 49\n\n51. General offence and penalty 49\n\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"Part 9","sectionType":"part","heading":"Transitional provisions","content":"Part 9 — Transitional provisions\n\n52. *Shipping and Pilotage Amendment Act 2006*,  provisions for 50\n\nSchedule 1A — Declared ports\n\nDivision 1 — Name and limits of port\n\nDivision 2 — Copies of plans\n\nSchedule 2 — Signals to be displayed on vessels\n\nSchedule 3 — Fees and charges\n\nDivision 2 — Conservancy dues\n\nSchedule 4 — Specified countries\n\nSchedule 5 — Specified documents\n\nSchedule 6 — Forms\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 73\n\nOther notes 80\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nShipping and Pilotage Act 1967\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2424.]\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\nThese regulations may be cited as the *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966*.\n\n[Regulation 1 amended: Gazette 24 Jun 2005 p. 2774; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2424.]\n\n[**2.** Deleted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2424.]\n\n##### 3. Port Walcott, charges for pilotage at\n\n[(1), (2) deleted]\n\n(3) No charges are payable under these regulations in respect of any pilotage service provided at Port Walcott where a charge is payable in respect of the service under the *Iron Ore (Robe River) Cape Lambert Ore and Service Wharves By‑laws 1995*.\n\n[Regulation 3 inserted: Gazette 24 Sep 1971 p. 3580; amended: Gazette 31 Mar 1995 p. 1175; 25 Jun 2004 p. 2266; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2424.]\n\n##### 4. Terms used\n\nIn these regulations unless the contrary intention appears —\n\napproved means approved by the CEO;\n\n  certificate means a pilotage exemption certificate issued under regulation 16;\n\ncertificate of health means a valid Certificate of Medical Fitness under Part 9 of the Marine Orders made under the *Navigation Act 1912* (Commonwealth);\n\n  coasting vessel means a vessel solely employed in trade between ports of the State;\n\n  exempt master, in relation to a vessel, means a master who holds a valid pilotage exemption certificate for a pilotage area;\n\n  gross registered tonnage means the gross registered tonnage of a vessel calculated or determined in accordance with regulation 18A;\n\n  International Tonnage Certificate (1969) means a certificate issued pursuant to Article 7 or 8 of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (1969) as set out in Schedule 8 to the *Navigation Act 1912* of the Commonwealth, as amended;\n\n  interstate vessel means a vessel solely employed in trading between ports of the Commonwealth, other than solely between ports in the State, or of New Zealand and ports of the State;\n\nlength overall, in relation to a vessel, means the length of the vessel measured parallel to the static load waterline from the fore side of the stem to the after side of the stern or transom, excluding rubbing strakes and other projections;\n\n  licensed pilot, in relation to a vessel in a pilotage area, means a person who holds a licence under Part 5 to act as a pilot for —\n\n(a) the pilotage area; and\n\n(b) if conditions relating to the size of vessels are imposed on the licence — a vessel of that size;\n\n  master in relation to a vessel, means the person for the time being having the command, charge, custody or control of the vessel;\n\n  owner in relation to a vessel, includes the authorised agent of the owner;\n\n  passenger means any person carried in a vessel, other than as the master, a seaman or indentured apprentice;\n\n  subject port, in relation to an application for a pilotage exemption certificate, means a port for which the certificate is sought;\n\n  surveyor means a person appointed by the Governor to act as a surveyor of vessels and machinery;\n\n  tons or tonnage, in relation to a British registered vessel, means the gross registered tons or tonnage calculated in accordance with the British measurement of registered tonnage, and, in relation to any other vessel, means the gross registered tons or tonnage calculated in accordance with the standard of measurement adopted by the authority by which the vessel is registered;\n\n  vessel includes ship, hulk, boat, barge, lighter, flat and any other type of craft howsoever propelled;\n\n  vessel of war means a vessel built for combatant service or converted for that purpose and tankers conveying fuel oil for such a vessel, if the vessel is owned or otherwise directly managed or controlled by the Government of the United Kingdom or of any of Her Majesty’s States, Dominions or Colonies, or by the Government of any foreign country which is a party with Her Majesty to any military alliance and not engaged in trade, but does not include a vessel used solely for the transport of troops, stores or equipment;\n\n  Western Australian Land Information Authority means the Western Australian Land Information Authority established by the *Land Information Authority Act 2006*;\n\n  wharf includes any jetty or structure to which a vessel may be made fast or on which passengers, cargo or merchandise may be loaded or discharged.\n\n[Regulation 4 amended: Gazette 10 Aug 1979 p. 2433; 28 Aug 1981 p. 3574; 21 May 1982 p. 1579; 10 Dec 1982 p. 4799; 19 Jul 1991 p. 3644; 11 Aug 1992 p. 3975; 6 Aug 1993 p. 4276; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2424‑5; 16 Sep 2016 p. 3944.]\n\n##### 5A. Ports declared (Act s. 10)\n\nAn area of water, or land and water specified in Schedule 1A Division 1 is declared to be a port for the purposes of the Act.\n\n[Regulation 5A inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2425.]\n\n## Part 2 — Appointment of harbour masters and deputy harbour masters\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2426.]\n\n##### 5B. Harbour masters and deputy harbour masters, appointment of\n\n(1) The Minister may appoint a person to be a harbour master or deputy harbour master of a port only if the person meets the requirement under subregulation (2).\n\n(2) A person meets the requirement under this subregulation if the person —\n\n(a) holds, or has held, a certificate of competency, or a certificate of recognition, of the grade of Master issued under Part 3 of the Marine Orders made under the *Navigation Act 1912* (Commonwealth); or\n\n(b) otherwise possesses the skills and experience that demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Minister, the person’s competency to perform the functions of a harbour master, or deputy harbour master, of the port, as the case requires.\n\n[Regulation 5B inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2426; amended: Gazette 29 Oct 2010 p. 5332.]\n\n##### 5C. Conditions of appointment\n\n(1) The Minister may appoint a person to be a harbour master or deputy harbour master subject to any conditions that the Minister considers necessary to impose, as specified in the instrument of appointment.\n\n(2) The Minister may, at any time by written notice given to a harbour master or deputy harbour master, impose a new condition on his or her appointment or amend or revoke any condition imposed.\n\n[Regulation 5C inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2426‑7.]\n\n##### 5D. Duration of appointment\n\nAn appointment of a harbour master or deputy harbour master has effect until —\n\n(a) the appointee resigns by written notice given to the Minister; or\n\n(b) the appointment is revoked by the Minister; or\n\n(c) the appointment is otherwise terminated in accordance with its terms and conditions.\n\n[Regulation 5D inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2427.]\n\nNote for this regulation:\n\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"has been reserved for regulations relating to marine safety plans. Marine safety plans are referred to in sections 7B and 12(1)(bc), as to be inserted in the Act on the proclamation of the *Shipping and Pilotage Amendment Act 2006* sections 8 and 13(1)(b) respectively.","content":"Part 3 has been reserved for regulations relating to marine safety plans. Marine safety plans are referred to in sections 7B and 12(1)(bc), as to be inserted in the Act on the proclamation of the *Shipping and Pilotage Amendment Act 2006* sections 8 and 13(1)(b) respectively.\n\n## Part 4 — Signals\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2427.]\n\n[**5.** Deleted: SL 2021/51 r. 10.]\n\n##### 6. Vessels, signals to be displayed on (Sch. 2)\n\nThe signal to be displayed upon any vessel for a purpose referred to in Schedule 2 Table 1 column 1 shall be the signal set out in the second column of that Table opposite to that purpose.\n\n[Regulation 6 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2462.]\n\n##### 7. Dredgers, signals to be displayed on (Sch. 2)\n\n(1) The signal to be displayed by the master of a dredger within a port for a purpose set out in Schedule 2 Table 2 column 1 shall be the signal set out in the second column of that Table opposite to that purpose.\n\n(2) The master of a dredger who fails to give the appropriate signal set out in that Table in any case where the dredger —\n\n(a) is blocking a channel; or\n\n(b) is under way but unable to manoeuvre so as to give way to or avoid any other vessel; or\n\n(c) is otherwise unable to move, or is out of control; or\n\n(d) is so placed or is so being worked as to constitute a danger to the safe navigation of any other vessel unless the appropriate signal is given,\n\ncommits an offence.\n\n[Regulation 7 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2462.]\n\n##### 8. Improper use of signals\n\nA master of a vessel shall not use or display or cause or permit any person on the vessel to use or display —\n\n(a) a signal set out in Schedule 2 Table 1 column 2 or Table 2 column 2 except for the purpose of conveying the message set out in the first column of Table 1 or Table 2, as the case may be, opposite to that signal; or\n\n(b) for the purpose of conveying a message set out in Schedule 2 Table 1 column 1 or Table 2 column 1, a signal other than the signal set out in the second column of Table 1 or Table 2, as the case may be, opposite to that message.\n\n[Regulation 8 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2462.]\n\n## Part 5 — Pilotage\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2427.]\n\n### Division 1 — Licensing of pilots\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2428.]\n\n##### 9A. Licence required to act as pilot\n\n(1) Except as provided in subregulation (2), a person must not act as a pilot for a vessel in a pilotage area unless the person is a licensed pilot.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(2) A person may act as a pilot for a vessel in a pilotage area if the person —\n\n(a) is undergoing training to become a licensed pilot; and\n\n(b) is acting under the direct supervision of a licensed pilot.\n\n[Regulation 9A inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2428.]\n\n##### 9B. Application for licence\n\n(1) A person may apply to the CEO for a licence to act as a pilot for a pilotage area.\n\n(2) The application must —\n\n(a) be in the approved form; and\n\n(b) be accompanied by a fee of $627.90.\n\n[Regulation 9B inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2428; amended: Gazette 21 Jun 2011 p. 2242; 15 Jun 2012 p. 2527; 28 Jun 2013 p. 2769; 30 May 2014 p. 1688; 12 Jun 2015 p. 2029; 27 May 2016 p. 1553; 26 May 2017 p. 2645; 25 May 2018 p. 1645; 17 May 2019 p. 1441; SL 2020/60 r. 10; SL 2021/92 r. 23; SL 2022/67 r. 24; SL 2023/45 r. 38; SL 2024/57 r. 10; SL 2025/64 r. 16.]\n\n##### 9C. Issue of licence\n\n(1) The CEO may issue a licence to a person to act as a pilot for a pilotage area only if —\n\n[(a) deleted]\n\n(b) the person meets the requirement under subregulation (2) or (4); and\n\n(c) the person has submitted a certificate of health to the CEO and the CEO is satisfied on the basis of that certificate that the person does not suffer from any disability that is likely to affect his or her ability to do what the licence will entitle him or her to do.\n\n(2) A person meets the requirements under this subregulation if the person —\n\n(a) holds a valid certificate of competency, or a valid certificate of recognition, of the grade of Master issued under Part 3 of the Marine Orders made under the *Navigation Act 1912* (Commonwealth); and\n\n(b) has satisfactorily completed an approved training course; and\n\n(c) has completed such number of trips as a pilot acting under the direct supervision of a licensed pilot, in such conditions and at such times of the day or night, sufficient to satisfy the CEO that the person —\n\n(i) has adequate knowledge of the relevant pilotage area; and\n\n(ii) has adequate skill,\n\nto be licensed as a pilot.\n\n(3) The CEO cannot be satisfied of a person’s knowledge and skill under subregulation (2)(c) unless —\n\n(a) the trips have been recorded in a log book in an approved form; and\n\n(b) each trip has been verified in writing by the supervising licensed pilot; and\n\n(c) the supervising licensed pilot has provided to the CEO a signed statement attesting to the person’s knowledge and skill.\n\n(4) A person who does not meet the requirement under subregulation (2) meets the requirement under this subregulation if the person otherwise possesses the skills and experience that demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the CEO, the person’s competency to act as a pilot in the pilotage area.\n\n[Regulation 9C inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2428‑30; amended: Gazette 29 Oct 2010 p. 5332.]\n\n##### 9D. Conditions of licence\n\n(1) The CEO may issue or renew a licence subject to any conditions that the CEO considers necessary to impose, as specified in the licence.\n\n(2) The CEO may, at any time by written notice given to the holder of a licence, impose a new condition on the licence or amend or revoke any condition imposed.\n\n(3) Without limiting subregulation (1) or (2), the CEO may impose a condition on a licence that the holder is to submit a certificate of health to the Department —\n\n(a) on every second anniversary after the date on which the first certificate of health was submitted under regulation 9C(1)(c); or\n\n(b) at any other time specified by a medical practitioner in a certificate of health submitted under paragraph (a).\n\n(4) Without limiting subregulation (1) or (2), the CEO may impose a condition on a licence that the holder is not to act as a pilot for a vessel of a size that is —\n\n(a) if regulation 9C(2) applies to the holder — larger than the largest vessel in which the holder made a trip into or out of the pilotage area as a pilot under supervision referred to in regulation 9C(2)(c); or\n\n(b) if regulation 9C(4) applies to the holder — beyond the holder’s competency referred to in that regulation.\n\n(5) The holder of a licence must comply with any condition imposed on the licence.\n\n[Regulation 9D inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2430‑1.]\n\n##### 9E. Duration of licence\n\n(1) A licence is to have effect for 5 years from —\n\n(a) the date it is issued; or\n\n(b) if it is a renewed licence — the day after the day when the licence would have expired if the last renewal were not made,\n\nunless it is suspended or revoked under regulation 9H.\n\n(2) The expiry date of the licence is to be specified in the licence.\n\n[Regulation 9E inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2431.]\n\n##### 9F. Renewal of licence, application for\n\n(1) The holder of a licence may apply to the CEO for renewal of the licence.\n\n(2) The application must —\n\n(a) be made within 28 days  before the licence expires; and\n\n(b) be in the approved form; and\n\n(c) be accompanied by a fee of $406.15.\n\n(3) If an application is made in accordance with subregulation (2) but not decided before the licence expires, the licence is to be taken, despite regulation 9E, to continue to have effect until the applicant is notified of the CEO’s decision to renew or not to renew the licence.\n\n[Regulation 9F inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2431; amended: Gazette 21 Jun 2011 p. 2243; 15 Jun 2012 p. 2527; 28 Jun 2013 p. 2769; 30 May 2014 p. 1688; 12 Jun 2015 p. 2029; 27 May 2016 p. 1553; 26 May 2017 p. 2645; 25 May 2018 p. 1645; 17 May 2019 p. 1441; SL 2020/60 r. 10; SL 2021/92 r. 23; SL 2022/67 r. 24; SL 2023/45 r. 39; SL 2024/57 r. 10; SL 2025/64 r. 16.]\n\n##### 9G. Renewal of licence\n\nThe CEO may refuse to renew a licence if the CEO suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the holder of the licence —\n\n(a) no longer meets a requirement under regulation 9C(1)(b); or\n\n(b) is no longer competent to act as a pilot in a pilotage area; or\n\n(c) has not satisfactorily completed an approved training course required by the CEO for the renewal; or\n\n(d) is in breach of a condition imposed on the licence under regulation 9D(3); or\n\n(e) is guilty of misconduct, or has been seriously negligent, in performing his or her function as a pilot.\n\n[Regulation 9G inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2432.]\n\n##### 9H. Suspension and revocation of licence\n\n(1) The CEO may suspend or revoke a licence if the CEO suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the holder of the licence —\n\n(a) no longer meets the requirement under regulation 9C(1)(a); or\n\n(b) is in breach of a condition imposed on the licence under regulation 9D(3); or\n\n(c) is no longer competent to act as a pilot in a pilotage area; or\n\n(d) is guilty of misconduct, or has been seriously negligent, in performing his or her function as a pilot; or\n\n(e) obtained the licence by false representation or other fraudulent means.\n\n(2) The CEO may suspend a licence under subregulation (1) —\n\n(a) for a period specified by the CEO; or\n\n(b) until the holder complies with a requirement specified by the CEO.\n\n(3) Before the CEO decides to suspend or revoke a licence, the CEO must give written notice to the holder, stating the following —\n\n(a) the proposed suspension or revocation;\n\n(b) the findings of facts on which the decision is based;\n\n(c) the reason for the decision;\n\n(d) the period during which the holder may make written or oral representations to the CEO.\n\n(4) If, after considering any representations made to the CEO under subregulation (3), the CEO decides to suspend or revoke a licence, the CEO must give written notice to the holder, stating the following —\n\n(a) the decision to suspend or revoke;\n\n(b) the date from which the suspension or revocation is to take effect;\n\n(c) in the case of a suspension —\n\n(i) the period of the suspension; or\n\n(ii) any requirement that has to be complied with by the holder before the suspension ceases to have effect.\n\n(5) If, after considering any representations made to the CEO under subregulation (3), the CEO decides to suspend or revoke a licence, the CEO must also give notice of the CEO’s decision to the harbour master of the port concerned.\n\n[Regulation 9H inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2432‑3.]\n\n##### 9I. Review of decisions by SAT\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\n  reviewable decision means any of the following decisions by the CEO —\n\n(a) a decision under regulation 9C not to issue a licence;\n\n(b) a decision under regulation 9D to impose or amend a condition;\n\n(c) a decision under regulation 9G not to renew a licence;\n\n(d) a decision under regulation 9H to suspend or revoke a licence.\n\n(2) A person aggrieved by a reviewable decision may apply to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review of the decision.\n\n[Regulation 9I inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2434.]\n\n##### 9J. Lost etc. licence documents, replacement of\n\nIf the CEO is satisfied that a licence document has been damaged, lost or stolen, the CEO may issue a replacement on payment of a fee of $229.60.\n\n[Regulation 9J inserted: Gazette 29 Oct 2010 p. 5332; amended: Gazette 21 Jun 2011 p. 2243; 15 Jun 2012 p. 2527; 28 Jun 2013 p. 2769; 30 May 2014 p. 1688; 12 Jun 2015 p. 2029; 27 May 2016 p. 1553; 25 May 2018 p. 1645; 17 May 2019 p. 1441; SL 2020/60 r. 10; SL 2021/92 r. 23; SL 2022/67 r. 24; SL 2023/45 r. 40; SL 2024/57 r. 10; SL 2025/64 r. 16.]\n\n### Division 2 — Requirements relating to pilotage\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2434.]\n\n##### 9. Which vessels require licensed pilot in pilotage area\n\nThe master of any vessel other than —\n\n(a) a vessel of war; or\n\n(b) a vessel owned by any of Her Majesty’s States or Colonies or the government of any country that is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, that is engaged in a non‑commercial voyage; or\n\n[(c) deleted]\n\n(ca) a vessel with a length overall of not more than 35 m; or\n\n(d) a training vessel on a non‑commercial voyage; or\n\n[(e) deleted]\n\n(f) a vessel on a non‑commercial voyage exempted in circumstances which are or at the discretion of the CEO; or\n\n(g) a vessel under the command of a master who holds a valid certificate in respect of the pilotage area concerned,\n\nshall not cause or permit the vessel to enter or depart from any pilotage area without having first taken on board a licensed pilot.\n\n[Regulation 9 amended: Gazette 23 Oct 1987 p. 3942 (erratum 13 Nov 1987 p. 4146); 19 Jul 1991 p. 3644; 11 Aug 1992 p. 3975; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2434‑5 and 2463; 16 Sep 2016 p. 3944.]\n\n##### 10. Boarding and discharging pilot, master’s duties as to\n\n(1) The master of a vessel approaching a pilotage area must —\n\n(a) lay to on the pilot boarding ground so as to provide the best possible lee; and\n\n(b) provide on the lee side of the vessel a pilot ladder fitted with spreaders and a man rope on either side of the ladder made fast to the vessel quite independent of the ladder, and cause the ladder to be suitably illuminated if the pilot is to board the vessel at night; and\n\n(c) if the vessel is of high structure, and is fitted with gangway doors, cause one gangway door to be opened and the ladder rigged at that doorway; and\n\n(d) provide a suitable boat rope of which the forward end is fastened well clear forward of the ladder in readiness to be released when the pilot vessel has secured the boat rope; and\n\n(e) arrange for all scuppers, sanitary and other refuse outlets near the pilot ladder to be closed.\n\n(2) The master of a vessel from which a pilot is being discharged after the vessel has departed from a pilotage area must make arrangements similar to those set out in subregulation (1) to assist the pilot leaving the vessel and boarding the pilot boat.\n\n[Regulation 10 amended: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3644; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2435.]\n\n##### 11. Master to declare draught to pilot\n\nThe master of a vessel onto which a pilot has been taken, shall, if requested, declare to the pilot the draught of the vessel.\n\n##### 12. Flag required on pilot boat\n\nThe master of a pilot boat shall, at any time that the vessel is in service, cause to be so flown from the pilot boat as to be easily discernible from a reasonable distance a flag of which the upper half is white and the lower half red.\n\n##### 13. Masters of tugs etc. assisting piloted vessel to obey pilot\n\nThe master of any vessel that is employed to tow, move or in any way assist the manoeuvring of a vessel in the charge of a licensed pilot shall obey all orders and directions of the pilot.\n\n[Regulation 13 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464.]\n\n##### 14. Restrictions on vessel movement in pilotage area\n\n(1) The master of any vessel that is within a pilotage area —\n\n(a) must not move the vessel within that pilotage area without the consent of the harbour master of the port, except as provided in subregulation (2A); and\n\n(b) unless he or she is an exempt master in respect of that pilotage area — must obtain the services of a licensed pilot before moving the vessel if the harbour master so directs.\n\n(2A) If the harbour master of a port has given consent for a dredging operation to commence, the master of the dredger may, for the purposes of the operation, move the vessel within any part of the pilotage area, as permitted by the harbour master.\n\n(2) Where, because of the structural arrangement of a vessel, the visibility of a pilot conning a vessel from the normal position is adversely affected, the harbour master may direct that a second licensed pilot be engaged to assist the first pilot.\n\n[(3) deleted]\n\n[Regulation 14 inserted: Gazette 14 Jun 1974 p. 1911; amended: Gazette 12 Oct 1984 p. 3274 (erratum 26 Oct 1984 p. 3459); 30 Aug 1985 p. 3079; 8 Aug 1986 p. 2831; 16 Oct 1987 p. 3896; 12 Aug 1988 p. 2711; 30 Jun 1989 p. 1921; 1 Aug 1990 p. 3643; 19 Jul 1991 p. 3644; 26 Jul 1991 p. 3925; 30 Jun 1992 p. 2902; 29 Jun 1993 p. 3182; 14 Jun 1994 p. 2483; 30 Jun 1995 p. 2692; 25 Jun 1996 p. 2993; 12 May 1998 p. 2773; 20 Jun 2000 p. 3040; 27 Jul 2001 p. 3802; 14 Jun 2002 p. 2821; 27 Jun 2003 p. 2521; 25 Jun 2004 p. 2266; 24 Jun 2005 p. 2774; 23 Jun 2006 p. 2209; 12 Jun 2007 p. 2723; 1 Jul 2008 p. 3156; 23 Jun 2009 p. 2483; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2435‑6 and 2464‑5; 30 Jun 2010 p. 3168; 21 Jun 2011 p. 2231; 15 Jun 2012 p. 2521; 28 Jun 2013 p. 2777; 27 Jun 2014 p. 2353; 12 Jun 2015 p. 2029; 27 May 2016 p. 1553; 26 May 2017 p. 2645; 25 May 2018 p. 1645; 17 May 2019 p. 1441; SL 2020/60 r. 10; SL 2022/67 r. 23.]\n\n[Division 3 (r. 15‑15C) deleted: SL 2021/51 r. 11.]\n\n### Division 4 — Pilotage exemption certificates\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2437.]\n\n##### 16. Who is entitled to certificate\n\nThe CEO shall issue a pilotage exemption certificate, valid for use in respect of the pilotage areas specified in the certificate, to a person who —\n\n(a) is —\n\n(i) entitled to reside permanently in Australia under an Act of the Commonwealth; or\n\n(ii) a New Zealand citizen who is entitled to reside and work in Australia under an Act of the Commonwealth;\n\nand\n\n(b) has met the requirements of regulation 16B; and\n\n(c) has submitted a certificate of health showing, to the satisfaction of the CEO, that he or she does not suffer from any disability that is likely to affect his or her ability to do what the certificate will entitle him or her to do; and\n\n(d) has paid a fee of $831.50 in respect of each port specified in the certificate.\n\n[Regulation 16 inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3644‑5; amended: Gazette 26 Jul 1991 p. 3926; 30 Jun 1992 p. 2903; 29 Jun 1993 p. 3183; 14 Jun 1994 p. 2484; 30 Jun 1995 p. 2693; 25 Jun 1996 p. 2994; 12 May 1998 p. 2773‑4; 20 Jun 2000 p. 3041; 14 Jun 2002 p. 2821; 27 Jun 2003 p. 2522; 25 Jun 2004 p. 2267; 24 Jun 2005 p. 2775; 23 Jun 2006 p. 2209; 12 Jun 2007 p. 2724; 1 Jul 2008 p. 3157; 23 Jun 2009 p. 2484; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2437, 2463 and 2466; 30 Jun 2010 p. 3169; 21 Jun 2011 p. 2231; 15 Jun 2012 p. 2522 and 2527; 28 Jun 2013 p. 2769 and 2778; 30 May 2014 p. 1688; 27 Jun 2014 p. 2354; 12 Jun 2015 p. 2030; 27 May 2016 p. 1553; 26 May 2017 p. 2645; 11 May 2018 p. 1512; 25 May 2018 p. 1645; 17 May 2019 p. 1441; SL 2020/60 r. 10; SL 2021/51 r. 12; SL 2021/92 r. 22; SL 2022/67 r. 24; SL 2023/45 r. 41; SL 2024/57 r. 10; SL 2025/64 r. 16.]\n\n##### 16A. Who is eligible to attempt r. 16B examination\n\n(1) A person is not eligible to be examined under regulation 16B unless in the 2 years immediately before the examination he or she has made —\n\n(a) 3 trips into and 3 trips out of the subject port in command of a vessel; or\n\n(b) 2 trips into and 2 trips out of the subject port in command of a vessel and 2 trips into and 2 trips out of the subject port as first mate on duty on the bridge throughout the period of pilotage or, if the vessel was under the command of an exempt master, throughout what would otherwise have been the period of compulsory pilotage.\n\n(2) Where a person is seeking to obtain a certificate that is valid for use during hours of daylight and hours of darkness, at least one trip into and one trip out of the subject port in command of a vessel as referred to in subregulation (1) must have been made during hours of darkness.\n\n(3) The trips as first mate referred to in subregulation (1)(b) have to be verified in writing by the master or exempt master in command of the vessel.\n\n[Regulation 16A inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3645; amended: Gazette 1 Jul 2008 p. 3155.]\n\n##### 16B. Examinations as to knowledge of port etc.\n\n(1) An applicant for a certificate has to demonstrate, on written or oral examination —\n\n(a) adequate general knowledge of the subject port, particularly the soundings, minimum keel clearances, tides, currents, buoys, beacons and lights within the subject port and its approaches; and\n\n(b) ability to satisfactorily complete blank charts of the subject port by marking soundings and characteristics of the buoys, beacons, lights, signals and other aids to navigation; and\n\n(c) thorough knowledge of control requirements, traffic patterns, separation lanes and the special signals, communications and rules applicable to the subject port; and\n\n(d) a reasonable knowledge of —\n\n(i) these regulations; and\n\n(ii) the *Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967*; and\n\n(iii) the *Western Australian Marine Act 1982*; and\n\n(iv) the *Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Act 1987*; and\n\n(v) any written law applying specifically in respect of the subject port.\n\n(2) An applicant for a certificate has to demonstrate by practical examination safe ship handling ability within the limits of the subject port.\n\n[Regulation 16B inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3645; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2437‑8.]\n\n##### 16C. Certificate of health\n\n[(1) deleted]\n\n(2) An exempt master shall submit a certificate of health to the Department not later than 2 years after the date on which the previous certificate of health was submitted.\n\n(3) Where a medical practitioner has recommended that an exempt master undergo a medical examination for the purposes of this regulation after a nominated period that is less than 2 years after the date of the previous medical examination for the purposes of this regulation, the exempt master shall —\n\n(a) undergo a medical examination in accordance with that recommendation; and\n\n(b) submit to the Department immediately after the examination —\n\n(i) a certificate of health; or\n\n(ii) written notification that a certificate of health was not issued.\n\n[Regulation 16C inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3645‑6; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2438.]\n\n##### 16D. Determining maximum length overall of vessel for certificates\n\n(1) Subject to regulation 16E(1), the maximum length overall of a vessel in respect of which a certificate may be used in a pilotage area shall be determined by the harbour master for the relevant port having regard to —\n\n(a) the depth and width of channel entrances; and\n\n(b) available deep water manoeuvring space; and\n\n(c) local tidal conditions; and\n\n(d) local current conditions; and\n\n(e) proximity of other vessels and berthing facilities.\n\n(2) The CEO shall cause to be recorded in each certificate the maximum length overall of a vessel in respect of which the certificate may be used.\n\n[Regulation 16D inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3646; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2438 and 2463‑5; 16 Sep 2016 p. 3945.]\n\n##### 16E. Restrictions and conditions in certificates\n\n(1) The CEO shall not issue a certificate for use in respect of a vessel that has a length overall that is greater than the greatest length overall of a vessel in which the exempt master made a trip into or out of the subject port in command of a vessel as referred to in regulation 16A(1).\n\n(2) The CEO may, on the written recommendation of the harbour master for a port, issue all certificates in respect of that port for use only in respect of specified areas of the port.\n\n(3) Where a person who is otherwise entitled to a certificate has not met the requirements of regulation 16A(2), the CEO shall issue a certificate for use by the person during hours of daylight only.\n\n(4) An exempt master shall comply with all conditions attaching to his or her certificate.\n\n[Regulation 16E inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3646; amended: Gazette 1 Jul 2008 p. 3156; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2463‑6; 16 Sep 2016 p. 3945.]\n\n##### 16F. Certificates valid for only Australian crewed vessels\n\nA certificate may be used only in respect of a vessel that is crewed in accordance with the requirements of —\n\n(a) an award made, or an agreement registered, under the *Industrial Relations Act 1979*; or\n\n(b) an award, or a collective agreement, made under the *Workplace Relations Act 1996* (Commonwealth) 1.\n\n[Regulation 16F inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3646; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2438.]\n\n##### 16G. Use of certificate may be prohibited\n\nNotwithstanding any other regulation, where —\n\n(a) major works are being carried out in a pilotage area; or\n\n(b) the vessel of an exempt master is carrying cargo that is noxious or otherwise hazardous; or\n\n(c) there are any other circumstances that may impair the ability of the exempt master to navigate the vessel safely,\n\nthe harbour master for the relevant port may direct the exempt master to use the services of a licensed pilot to navigate the vessel into or out of the pilotage area, and the exempt master shall comply with such a direction.\n\n[Regulation 16G inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3646; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2439 and 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 16H. Contents of certificate (Sch. 6)\n\n(1) The CEO shall issue a certificate in accordance with Schedule 6 Form 1 to a person who becomes entitled to a certificate.\n\n(2) The CEO shall cause a certificate to be suitably amended where there is any change in the entitlements of the exempt master under the certificate.\n\n[Regulation 16H inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3646; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2462 and 2463.]\n\n##### 16I. Register of certificates\n\n(1) The CEO shall cause to be established and maintained a register containing particulars of all persons holding certificates and their entitlements under the certificates.\n\n(2) The CEO shall cause the register to be noted where the certificate of a person is cancelled or suspended.\n\n[Regulation 16I inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3646; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2463.]\n\n##### 16J. Pilotage exemption record book for exempt masters (Sch. 6)\n\n(1) The CEO shall issue to each exempt master a book containing pages in accordance with Schedule 6 Form 2 and the book is to be known as the “pilotage exemption record book”.\n\n(2) An exempt master shall enter in the pilotage exemption record book, in respect of each trip into or out of a port —\n\n(a) the name of the port; and\n\n(b) the date and time of commencement of the trip; and\n\n(c) the name of the vessel.\n\n(3) After making a trip into or out of a port and entering the particulars prescribed by subregulation (2) into the pilotage exemption record book, an exempt master shall present the book to the harbour master of the port concerned or another officer of the Department, who shall read and endorse the entry made by the exempt master.\n\n(4) An officer of the Department to whom a certificate of health is submitted shall record the date on which the certificate was submitted in the pilotage exemption record book of the exempt master concerned and the exempt master shall produce the book to the officer for this purpose.\n\n[Regulation 16J inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3647; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2462‑5.]\n\n##### 16K. Certificate invalid if not used for one year or more\n\nA certificate that has not been used in respect of a pilotage area for one year or longer is invalid in respect of that pilotage area.\n\n[Regulation 16K inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3647; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2439.]\n\n##### 16L. Revalidation of certificate invalid under r. 16K\n\nA certificate that is invalid in respect of a pilotage area under regulation 16K is revalidated in respect of that pilotage area if the holder of the certificate makes, under pilotage, at least one trip into and one trip out of the pilotage area in command of a vessel within one year of the certificate becoming invalid in respect of that pilotage area.\n\n[Regulation 16L inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3647; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2439.]\n\n##### 16M. Cancellation or suspension of certificate\n\n(1) The CEO may cancel or suspend the certificate of an exempt master if —\n\n(a) the exempt master is convicted of contravening regulation 9, 16E(4), 16G or 16J(2) or (3); or\n\n(b) the CEO believes on reasonable grounds that the exempt master has contravened any of those provisions.\n\n(2) The CEO shall cancel a certificate that has become wholly invalid under regulation 16K and has not been wholly or partly revalidated under regulation 16L.\n\n(3) The CEO shall cancel a certificate if its holder does not submit a certificate of health in accordance with regulation 16C(2) or (3).\n\n(4) The CEO must cancel or suspend a certificate in respect of a pilotage area if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that the holder of the certificate is no longer competent to navigate a vessel into and out of the pilotage area.\n\n(5) Where the CEO cancels or suspends a certificate, he or she shall in writing notify the person concerned of the cancellation or suspension and the reason for it, including, in the case of a cancellation or suspension under subregulation (1)(b) or (4), particulars of the reasons for the belief held by the CEO.\n\n(6) The CEO shall, in a notification of a cancellation or suspension under subregulation (1)(b) or (4), inform the person concerned of the right of appeal under regulation 16N.\n\n(7) A cancellation or suspension takes effect on the service of a notice under subregulation (5).\n\n[Regulation 16M inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3647; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2440, 2463 and 2466.]\n\n##### 16N. Appeals against cancellation or suspension\n\n(1) An exempt master whose certificate is cancelled or suspended under regulation 16M(1)(b) or (4) may, in writing, within 21 days of the day on which he or she received notice of the cancellation or suspension, appeal to the Minister against the decision of the CEO.\n\n(2) The Minister shall determine an appeal without delay and may confirm the decision of the CEO or direct the CEO to reverse his or her decision or modify it in the manner specified by the Minister.\n\n(3) The CEO shall give effect to a direction under subregulation (2).\n\n[Regulation 16N inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3647; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2463 and 2466.]\n\n##### 17. Flag required if no licensed pilot on board\n\n(1) The master of a vessel approaching any pilotage area who is, by reason of his or her being the holder of a Pilotage Exemption Certificate, entitled to bring the vessel into that pilotage area without taking on board a licensed pilot, shall cause to be flown from the vessel from the time that the vessel is within 5 nautical miles of the relevant port until the vessel berths, a white flag.\n\n(2) Where a master referred to in subregulation (1) fails to comply with the provisions of that subregulation, the master or owner of that vessel shall be liable to pay the charges for pilotage that would have been payable if the services of a licensed pilot had been obtained.\n\n[Regulation 17 amended: Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2522; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2440, 2464 and 2466.]\n\n## Part 6 — Conservancy dues\n\n##### 18. Conservancy dues (Sch. 3 Div. 20)\n\n(1) The master or owner of any vessel other than —\n\n(a) a vessel of war; or\n\n(b) a vessel owned by any of Her Majesty’s States or Colonies or the government of any country that is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, that is engaged in a non­‑commercial voyage; or\n\n(c) a mission vessel; or\n\n(d) a vessel calling at a port either for the purpose of remedying a situation endangering the safety of the vessel or of obtaining medical treatment for a person on board; or\n\n(e) a vessel owned and used solely for private pleasure purposes; or\n\n(f) subject to subregulation (1a), a fishing vessel used for professional purposes that is a subject of a current fishing boat licence granted under the *Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995* or of an equivalent licence, permit or registration under the laws of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth; or\n\n(g) a commercial vessel —\n\n(i) with a length overall of not more than 5.5 m; or\n\n(ii) without its own means of propulsion;\n\nor\n\n(h) a training vessel on a non‑commercial voyage; or\n\n(i) a vessel which is at the time engaged as a private pleasure vessel or on some other non‑commercial voyage and which is exempted in circumstances which are at the discretion of the CEO; or\n\n(j) a vessel with a length overall of 70 m or more,\n\nentering, calling at or using any port in the State shall pay to the Department conservancy dues calculated in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 3 Division 2.\n\n(1a) The master or owner of any fishing vessel, entering, calling or using the Emu Point Fishing Boat Harbour, Albany, the Fishing Boat Harbour, Carnarvon, the Bandy Creek Small Boat Harbour, Esperance, the Fishing Boat Harbour, Fremantle, the Inner Harbour, Geraldton or the Fishing Boat Harbour, Port Denison, shall pay to the Department conservancy dues calculated in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 3 Division 2 item 3.\n\n(2) The conservancy dues referred to in Schedule 3 Division 2 are payable —\n\n(a) in the case of conservancy dues referred to in item 1, on the date of the first entry of the vessel into or on the first day of use of, the port in the period in respect of which the conservancy dues are payable;\n\n(b) in the case of conservancy dues referred to in item 2, on the day of entry of the vessel into the port;\n\n(c) in the case of conservancy dues referred to in paragraph (i) of item 2, on 1 January;\n\n(d) in the case of conservancy dues referred to in paragraph (ii) of item 2, on 1 July or 1 January, as the case may be;\n\n(e) in the case of conservancy dues referred to in item 3, on 1 July.\n\n(2a) For the purposes of this regulation,  commercial vessel means a vessel which is not used solely for pleasure or recreation and the use of which is made, allowed or authorised in the course of any business or in connection with any commercial transaction but does not include a vessel referred to in subregulation (1)(a) to (f).\n\n(3) Where the master of a vessel entering or within any port claims, by reason of there having been made a payment in respect of conservancy dues referred to in Schedule 3 Division 2 item 1, to be entitled to use that port for any period without further payment of conservancy dues, the harbour master may require the master or owner to produce satisfactory evidence of the payment so claimed to have been made and, subject to subregulation (4), where satisfactory evidence of that payment is not produced, the master or owner is liable to pay conservancy dues as if the payment claimed to have been made had not been made.\n\n(4) Where the master of a vessel who —\n\n(a) has claimed to be entitled to bring the vessel into or use any port without payment of conservancy dues by reason of his or her previously having paid conservancy dues referred to in Schedule 3 Division 2 item 1; and\n\n(b) has, by reason of his or her being unable to produce satisfactory evidence of that prior payment, been required to pay conservancy dues as if the prior payment claimed to have been made had not been made,\n\nsatisfies the harbour master or the Department that the payment claimed to have been made was made, there shall be paid to the master or owner an amount equal to the conservancy dues that were required to be paid in pursuance of subregulation (3).\n\n(5) The master of a vessel shall produce the certificate of registry, and any certificate of tonnage or any other record specified in Schedule 5 to the Department or an authorised person, upon demand.\n\n[Regulation 18 amended: Gazette 2 Dec 1977 p. 4442; 27 Mar 1981 p. 1077; 28 Aug 1981 p. 3574; 2 Jul 1982 p. 2361; 13 Aug 1982 p. 3141; 17 Feb 1984 p. 434; 29 Jun 1984 p. 1760; 28 Jun 1985 p. 2319; 23 Oct 1987 p. 3943; 26 Jul 1991 p. 3926; 11 Aug 1992 p. 3975; 6 Aug 1999 p. 3733; 27 Jun 2003 p. 2522‑3; 25 Jun 2004 p. 2267; 1 Jul 2008 p. 3157‑8; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2462‑6; 16 Sep 2016 p. 3945.]\n\n##### 18A. Gross registered tonnage, determining\n\n(1) Subject to subregulation (2), in these regulations gross registered tonnage of a vessel is —\n\n(a) in the case of a vessel the certificate of registry or certificate of tonnage of which was issued by a country specified in Schedule 4, the sum of the highest gross tonnage appearing on that certificate and the tonnage, as estimated by an authorised person, of any cargo spaces specified on that certificate but not taken into account in the calculation or determination of that highest gross tonnage;\n\n(b) in the case of a vessel the certificate of registry or certificate of tonnage of which was issued by a country other than a country referred to in paragraph (a) —\n\n(i) if that vessel formerly carried a certificate referred to in paragraph (a) and the Department is aware of the contents of that certificate —\n\n(I) the sum of the highest gross tonnage appearing in that certificate and the tonnage, as estimated by an authorised person, of any cargo spaces specified on that certificate but not taken into account in the calculation or determination of that highest gross tonnage; or\n\n(II) the tonnage of that vessel as estimated by an authorised person by reference to the factors referred to in subparagraph (ii);\n\nor\n\n(ii) the tonnage of that vessel as estimated by an authorised person by reference to the dimensions and gross tonnage of a vessel similar to that vessel or to the measurements and dimensions of that vessel and any information appearing on any other document specified in Schedule 5 pertaining to the tonnage or measurement of the vessel.\n\n(2) Where an International Tonnage Certificate (1969) has been issued in respect of a vessel, the gross registered tonnage of that vessel for the purposes of these regulations is the gross tonnage set out in the International Tonnage Certificate (1969) relating to that vessel.\n\n[Regulation 18A inserted: Gazette 28 Aug 1981 p. 3574‑5; amended: Gazette 10 Dec 1982 p. 4799; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2462‑3.]\n\n## Part 7 — Regulation of other matters\n\n### Division 1 — General\n\n[**18B.** Deleted: Gazette 1 Aug 1990 p. 3641.]\n\n##### 19. Harbour masters’ powers\n\n(1) The master of any vessel shall obey all lawful orders of the harbour master, and generally follow such directions as the weather, the crowded conditions of the port or other circumstances may render necessary or expedient, in the judgment of the harbour master, for the safety and interest of the whole shipping.\n\n(2) The harbour master of any port has the entire control of the anchoring, mooring, berthing and movement of all vessels within the port, and shall appoint the place where any vessel is to anchor, moor or lie in the port and the berth that any vessel is to occupy.\n\n(3) The harbour master of a port may at any time order the master of a vessel within the port to move the vessel from its place in the port to any other place in the port.\n\n(4) Where for any reason the order of a harbour master to move a vessel in a port is not complied with, the harbour master may move the vessel at the risk and expense of the master or owner thereof, and for that purpose may, at the expense of the owner or master of the vessel, break any anchor chain or rope or mooring line securing the vessel.\n\n(5) The harbour master at a port may, and shall if so directed by the CEO, require the master of a vessel that is entering, departing from or being moved within the port, to engage the services of a tug for that purpose.\n\n[Regulation 19 amended: Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2523; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2463‑6.]\n\n##### 20. Masters’ duties in port\n\nSubject to these regulations, the master of any vessel within a port shall, unless otherwise directed by the harbour master, comply with the following provisions:\n\n(a) a vessel shall not be fastened to any part of a wharf except to the bollards or fastenings that are, or may be, provided for the purpose;\n\n(b) a vessel shall not lie alongside a wharf unless it is properly moored and fastened so as to relieve, as much as may be possible, the wharf from the weight of the vessel;\n\n(c) a vessel shall not be moored, anchored or lie in the vicinity of a wharf so as to create a second bank of vessels alongside the wharf;\n\n(d) a vessel shall not be moored or fastened to, or remain alongside, any wharf except for the purpose of, and for the period actually required for, the loading or unloading of cargo;\n\n(e) where the vessel, being a passenger vessel, has been brought alongside the steps provided at a wharf for the purpose of embarking or disembarking passengers, the master shall not permit the vessel to remain alongside those steps for any period longer than that necessary to complete the embarking or disembarking.\n\n[Regulation 20 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 21. Anchoring etc. in port, masters’ duties as to\n\n(1) The master of any vessel within a port —\n\n(a) shall anchor, moor or berth the vessel at the place appointed by the harbour master and in no other place;\n\n(b) shall forthwith comply with any order of the harbour master requiring him or her —\n\n(i) to move the vessel from its place in the port to any other place in the port; or\n\n(ii) to put down additional anchors or mooring lines to secure the vessel; or\n\n(iii) to slacken any anchor chains or ropes or mooring lines securing the vessel.\n\n(2) The master of a vessel shall not, except in unavoidable circumstances or with the permission of the harbour master, beach the vessel within any port and, where a vessel is beached in a port, the master or owner of the vessel shall cause the vessel to be removed in accordance with the directions of the harbour master.\n\n[Regulation 21 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑6.]\n\n##### 22. Harbour master may order scuttling\n\nWhere the harbour master of a port is satisfied that a dangerous situation exists in a port and that —\n\n(a) the presence of a vessel within the port constitutes a danger to the safety of persons, vessels or valuable property within the port; and\n\n(b) it is impossible to remove the vessel from the port or that the removal of the vessel would itself create a danger to the safety of persons, vessels or valuable property within the port,\n\nhe or she may order the master to forthwith scuttle the vessel and, if the master fails to comply forthwith with that order, the harbour master may by any means that he or she thinks fit scuttle the vessel.\n\n[Regulation 22 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑7.]\n\n##### 23. Gangways, provision and use of\n\n(1) The master of any vessel berthed at any wharf or jetty shall, unless the harbour master otherwise directs, at all times that the vessel is so berthed —\n\n(a) cause the vessel to be fitted with such gangways and manropes as in the opinion of the harbour master are necessary for the safety and convenience of the public; and\n\n(b) place under each gangway a safety net or other device that is, in the opinion of the harbour master, suitable to prevent any person using the gangway from falling into the water; and\n\n(c) cause to be displayed between sunset and sunrise lights that adequately light any gangway fitted to the vessel; and\n\n(d) cause a watch to be kept upon the gangway.\n\n(2) A person other than a member of the crew of the vessel or a person employed by the Department or any harbour authority shall not board or leave, or attempt to board or leave, a vessel before a gangway and net have been properly fitted and secured to the vessel.\n\n(3) A person employed to control the use of any gangway shall not permit any person to leave or board, or to attempt to leave or board, a vessel before a gangway and net have been properly fitted and secured to the vessel.\n\n[Regulation 23 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2441 and 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 24. Watch keeping etc. requirements in port\n\n(1) The master of any vessel exceeding 150 t gross registered tonnage shall, unless the CEO or the harbour master otherwise directs, cause a watchman to be kept on duty on the deck of the vessel between sunset and sunrise whenever the vessel is within a port.\n\n(2) The master of a vessel exceeding 150 t gross registered tonnage shall, unless the CEO or the harbour master otherwise directs, cause one person to be on board the vessel between sunrise and sunset whenever the vessel is within a port.\n\n(3) The master of any vessel of 150 t gross registered tonnage or less shall, if the harbour master directs, cause one person to be on board the vessel at any time that the vessel is within a port.\n\n[Regulation 24 amended: Gazette 11 Aug 1992 p. 3975; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2463‑5.]\n\n##### 25. Naked lights etc. on vessels at wharves etc.\n\n(1) Unless the consent in writing of the harbour master has been first obtained, the master of a vessel lying at any wharf shall not cause or permit the use of a flare‑up lamp or naked light in any hold of the vessel.\n\n(2) The harbour master of a port may board or enter any ship or place within the port to search for any fire, or any flare‑up lamp or naked light that he or she suspects may be burning in a vessel or any other prohibited place in the port and may extinguish any such fire, flare‑up light or naked light that he or she may find and take any other action he or she thinks necessary for the safety of the port.\n\n[Regulation 25 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑7.]\n\n##### 26. Fires on vessels, notification and extinguishment of\n\nWhere a fire occurs on any vessel within a port, the master of the vessel shall forthwith notify the harbour master and his or her assistants and every person on board or belonging to the vessel shall render the harbour master and his or her assistants such assistance towards extinguishing the fire and protecting other vessels as the harbour master may direct.\n\n[Regulation 26 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑7.]\n\n##### 27. Waste disposal, masters’ duties as to\n\nThe master of any vessel lying alongside a wharf in any port shall not —\n\n(a) cause or permit any carcass of a dead animal or any refuse, debris or rubbish from the vessel to be cast or deposited on the wharf or in the water near the vessel; or\n\n(b) cause or permit waste from any lavatory or any water to be discharged from the vessel upon any portion of the wharf or steps attached to the wharf; or\n\n(c) unless the harbour master otherwise directs, remove the vessel from the wharf until all debris, rubbish and waste from the vessel has been removed from that portion of the wharf near which the vessel was lying.\n\n[Regulation 27 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 28. Carcasses, debris etc., not to be thrown overboard\n\nA person shall not throw a carcass of a dead animal or any stone or debris overboard from a vessel within any port.\n\n##### 29. Smoking in holds, prohibition of\n\nA person shall not smoke in the hold of any vessel within a port, or in any other part of a vessel in relation to which the master of the vessel or the harbour master directs that smoking is prohibited.\n\n[Regulation 29 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n### Division 2 — Oil vessels\n\n##### 30. Terms used\n\nIn this Division, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\n  inflammable liquid means petroleum, kerosene, and any oil, liquid or spirit derived wholly or in part from any petroleum, shale, schist, coal, peat, bitumen or any similar substance, and which has a true flashing point of less than 61°C and any other liquid which the Governor by proclamation in the *Gazette* declares to be an inflammable liquid for the purposes of these regulations;\n\n  oil vessel means any ship having on board or having lately had on board any inflammable liquid as cargo or part cargo, and includes a tank steamer, barge, or other vessel fitted to carry inflammable liquid.\n\n[Regulation 30 amended: Gazette 15 Jun 1973 p. 2234; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2441.]\n\n##### 31. Flag required on oil vessel\n\nThe master of an oil vessel shall, at all times that the vessel is nearing or is at a wharf or jetty, display at the foremast head, or other conspicuous place clear of all obstructions so as to be clearly visible from any direction at a distance of at least 1 nautical mile from the vessel —\n\n(a) by day, the International Code flag “B”; and\n\n(b) during the hours of darkness a red light so positioned as to be clear of all other lights on the vessel.\n\n[Regulation 31 amended: Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2523.]\n\n##### 32. Notice of intention to load or discharge inflammable liquid\n\nThe agents or master of any oil vessel intending to load or unload any quantity in excess of 180 L of inflammable liquid, shall, immediately after making fast to any wharf or jetty, give notice in writing to the harbour master of that intention, with particulars as to the quantity of inflammable liquid intended to be loaded or discharged.\n\n[Regulation 32 amended: Gazette 15 Jun 1973 p. 2234; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 33. Inflammable liquids not to be discharged or loaded without permission\n\nThe master of an oil vessel shall not permit inflammable liquids to be discharged or loaded without first obtaining the written permission of the harbour master.\n\n[Regulation 33 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 34. Oil vessel to be moored as directed\n\nThe master of an oil vessel shall moor his or her vessel only at such places as the harbour master shall from time to time direct, and he or she shall not remove his or her vessel from the place as directed without the written permission of the harbour master.\n\n[Regulation 34 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑7.]\n\n##### 35. Oil vessel with inflammable liquids below deck, duties of master of\n\nThe master of an oil vessel having on board inflammable liquids other than as deck cargo, and all other persons concerned, shall observe and perform the following provisions, namely:\n\n(a) after the vessel is made fast to a wharf or jetty, all holds, tanks, and spaces containing inflammable liquid shall be kept securely closed and fastened down, except when opened for the purpose of discharging;\n\n(b) an oil vessel with its cargo in bulk shall not be berthed until it is ready to load or discharge, and shall at all times continue and complete the loading or discharging with all possible despatch;\n\n(c) no hold, tank, or space containing inflammable liquid in containers shall be opened until all trucks or other vehicles into which such goods are to be loaded are placed alongside the vessel and all is in readiness to commence the work;\n\n(d) after the vessel is made fast to a wharf or jetty, all holds, tanks or spaces containing inflammable liquid shall be kept properly ventilated, to the satisfaction of the harbour master, to disperse all dangerous vapour that may be generated by the cargo or collected or lie in those places;\n\n(e) an oil vessel loading or unloading inflammable liquid in casks, barrels, or other receptacles or containers shall work its cargo or carry out any other work on board only as directed by the harbour master;\n\n(f) inflammable liquid contained in casks, barrels or other receptacles shall not be landed on any wharf or jetty from a vessel unless the casks, barrels or other receptacles are staunch and free from leakage and are of such strength and construction as to be not liable to break or to leak;\n\n(g) where the harbour master so approves in writing, inflammable liquid in bulk may be unloaded after sunset into shore tanks, and may, in special circumstances, be loaded into tank ships, and the following conditions and such other conditions as the harbour master may in those circumstances impose, shall be complied with:\n\n(a) unless circumstances render it unavoidable, pipelines and hoses shall not be coupled, uncoupled, or otherwise interfered with, except in daylight; and\n\n(b) sufficient electric flood lighting of approved type shall be provided to give ample light for all operations;\n\n(h) general cargo, other than deck cargo, shall not be unloaded after sunset on any day from any oil vessel without the approval in writing of the harbour master.\n\n[Regulation 35 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 36. Oil vessel loading or unloading inflammable liquid, restricted access to etc.\n\nThe master of an oil vessel shall not permit or suffer any unauthorised person to be on board the vessel while loading or unloading of inflammable liquid is in process, and shall display and keep displayed at the main gangway while occupying any berth at a wharf or jetty a conspicuous notice to the following effect —\n\nNO ADMITTANCE.\n\nOIL SHIP.\n\nNO SMOKING ALLOWED.\n\n##### 37. Smoking etc. prohibited during loading or unloading inflammable liquid\n\nDuring the loading or unloading of inflammable liquid no person shall smoke or heat any combustible matter, rivet or chip iron, or clean boilers or boiler tubes, or carry out other work likely to cause ignition on board the oil vessel or any other vessel lying alongside, and no person engaged in that loading or unloading shall carry matches or other appliances for providing or capable of providing ignition.\n\n##### 38. Oil vessel with tanks open, use of fires etc. on or near prohibited\n\n(1) From the time when tanks of an oil vessel are opened for the purpose of discharging or loading inflammable liquid in bulk, and until such time as the operations of discharging or loading have been completed and the tanks have been thoroughly ventilated, no person shall use or permit or suffer to be used on the vessel, any fire, other than approved ship’s boilers, or light other than a safety lamp approved by the harbour master, either on board or within 30 m of the oil vessel, without the authority of the harbour master.\n\n(2) Fires, lights, or electric apparatus, other than electric filament lamps or self contained lamps, heaters, cookers, or other types of safe apparatus so designed, constructed and maintained as to be incapable of igniting inflammable vapour, shall not be used on or near the wharf at which inflammable liquid is being discharged or loaded, or upon which inflammable liquid is lying.\n\n[Regulation 38 amended: Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2523; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 39. Pumping inflammable liquid between oil vessel and tank, master’s duties as to\n\n(1) Before any pumping operations of inflammable liquids are commenced, and during the continuance of those operations, the master shall cause —\n\n(a) a competent signalling staff to be in attendance both at the tank installation and on board the oil vessel; and\n\n(b) telephonic communication between the same points to be established and maintained.\n\n(2) A responsible person shall be detailed by the master for attendance on the wharf or jetty to superintend the opening and closing of valves and for patrol of the pipe line during the whole of the pumping operation, and pumping operations shall not be commenced before the correct position of all valves has been verified by the harbour master, and the harbour master is satisfied that all precautions necessary have and will be taken to prevent leakages.\n\n[Regulation 39 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 40. Tanks to be closed during pumping; pumping to cease if leak occurs\n\n(1) While pumping is in progress the lids, screw caps, or other removable coverings of the tanks shall be kept securely fastened or screwed down, except so far as may be necessary to enable discharge of the inflammable liquid to proceed, and where it is necessary to remove any lid, screw cap, or other coverings, safety wire gauzes shall immediately be properly fitted, or other effective measures immediately taken, by the master to prevent the ignition of the inflammable liquid or vapours.\n\n(2) If any leakage occurs while inflammable liquid is being loaded onto or discharged from an oil vessel, the master of the oil vessel shall forthwith cause the loading or discharging to cease.\n\n##### 41. Loading or unloading inflammable liquids at night\n\nWhere permission has been granted by the harbour master in writing for the pumping of inflammable liquids into or out of an oil vessel to be carried out between sunset and sunrise, and an interruption or stoppage of loading or discharging takes place, the pumping shall not be recommenced before sunrise unless permission to do so has been granted by the harbour master in writing.\n\n[Regulation 41 amended: Gazette 14 Feb 1975 p. 571; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 42. Procedure on completing discharge of inflammable liquid\n\n(1) When an oil vessel has completed discharging inflammable liquid in bulk, the connection or connections to the shore pipe line shall not be broken until the pipe line for its whole length has been completely and satisfactorily cleared of all inflammable liquid, and the harbour master approves the breaking of the pipe line.\n\n(2) Immediately discharge of the inflammable liquid is suspended or completed, all lids, screw caps, or other coverings shall be replaced, securely fastened down and made gas tight.\n\n[Regulation 42 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n##### 43. No fires or ballasting while tanks are open\n\n(1) The boiler or galley fires other than those required to produce steam for pumping of an oil vessel carrying inflammable liquid in bulk shall not be alight from the time when the holds or tanks are first opened for the purposes of discharge unless the written authority of the harbour master is first obtained.\n\n(2) The master shall not allow any furnace other than that required to produce steam for pumping or any galley or other fires to be alight on board an oil vessel while the running of water for ballast or other purposes into any tank, receptacle, or enclosure on the oil vessel which has contained inflammable liquids is being carried out.\n\n(3) No ballasting shall be carried out unless all tanks are sealed down as required by the harbour master and the rate of ballasting any tank shall be so reduced as required by the harbour master, and any directions given by him or her for other safety measures to be taken while ballasting shall be strictly observed.\n\n(4) No ballasting shall be carried out by the master until he or she is so permitted in writing by the harbour master, who shall lay down such further conditions under which ballasting may be carried out as he or she may in the circumstances consider necessary.\n\n[Regulation 43 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑7.]\n\n##### 44. Pipelines etc. to be oil and vapour tight\n\n(1) All pipelines and connections thereto, flexible or otherwise, used between the oil vessel and the berth, shall at all times be kept in an oil and vapour tight condition and shall not leak.\n\n(2) Inflammable liquid shall not be allowed to escape, either directly or indirectly, into any waters of the port.\n\n##### 45. Oil vessel to have steel hawsers to permit towing\n\nThe master of any oil vessel carrying inflammable liquid in bulk shall, immediately on the berthing of the vessel, have a steel wire hawser sufficiently strong to enable the oil vessel to be hauled away from the berth placed over the fore and aft ends of the oil vessel and made securely fast on board, and the hawser shall remain so placed while any inflammable liquid remains on board and until the oil vessel has been properly cleansed and ventilated.\n\n##### 46. Preventing fire, master of oil vessel’s duties as to\n\nThe master of an oil vessel shall take all due precautions for the prevention of accidents by fire in the discharge of inflammable liquids, and shall himself remain, or cause a responsible officer of the vessel to remain, on board the vessel, together with a sufficient crew, during the whole time of discharge, or while any inflammable liquid remains on board.\n\n##### 47. Harbour master may inspect oil vessel\n\nThe master of the oil vessel shall, when required so to do by the harbour master, do any act necessary to permit the harbour master to inspect and examine the inflammable liquid on board the vessel and any appliances to be used on the vessel for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of these regulations are being observed and whether all other measures necessary for general safety are being taken.\n\n[Regulation 47 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑6.]\n\n##### 48. Wharf to be barricaded while loading and unloading inflammable liquid\n\n(1) The loading or unloading of inflammable liquid into or from an oil vessel berthed at a wharf or jetty shall not be commenced unless —\n\n(a) a barricade capable of preventing any unauthorised person having access to the vessel and pipe line hose connections has been erected on the wharf or jetty; and\n\n(b) satisfactory provision has been made for watchmen to be in attendance to prevent the entrance of any unauthorised person and to take possession of matches from all persons passing through the barricade towards the oil vessel and to assist generally in the enforcement of these regulations.\n\n(2) The erection and maintenance of the barricade and the employment or engagement of watchmen shall be carried out and arranged by or in accordance with the directions of and to the satisfaction of the harbour master.\n\n(3) Any barricade erected on a wharf or jetty in pursuance of this regulation shall be so erected as to enclose an area of the wharf or jetty extending to a distance not less than 30 m past each end of the oil vessel and 30 m out from the vessel measured from the point on the side of the vessel closest to the wharf or jetty.\n\n[Regulation 48 amended: Gazette 15 Jun 1973 p. 2234; 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑5.]\n\n## Part 8 — Miscellaneous\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2442.]\n\n##### 49. Police officer’s powers to enforce these regulations\n\n(1) A member of the Police Force may, where he or she considers it necessary for the due enforcement of these regulations, board any vessel within a port and search and inspect the vessel and any machinery, equipment, cargo or article in or on board the vessel.\n\n(2) A person shall not interfere with or in any way obstruct a member of the Police Force acting in pursuance of subregulation (1).\n\n[Regulation 49 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2466‑7.]\n\n##### 50. Master responsible for compliance with regulations\n\nWhere by these regulations an act is required to be done, or forbidden to be done in relation to any vessel, the master of a vessel has, unless the contrary intention appears, the duty of causing to be done the act so required to be done, or of preventing from being done the act so forbidden to be done, as the case may be.\n\n##### 51. General offence and penalty\n\nEvery person who by act or omission contravenes any provision of these regulations commits an offence and, unless a penalty is expressly provided in relation to that offence, is liable to a fine of $2 000.\n\n[Regulation 51 inserted: Gazette 3 Sep 1976 p. 3298; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2442.]\n\n## Part 9 — Transitional provisions\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2442.]\n\n##### 52. *Shipping and Pilotage Amendment Act 2006*,  provisions for\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\n  amending Act means the *Shipping and Pilotage Amendment Act 2006*;\n\n  commencement day means the day on which the amending Act section 10 comes into operation 2;\n\n  existing port has the meaning given in section 10(3) of the Act.\n\n(2) If the appointment of a person to be the harbour master of a port was in effect immediately before the commencement day —\n\n(a) the appointment continues to have effect for a period of 2 years beginning on the commencement day, unless before then —\n\n(i) the appointee resigns by written notice given to the Minister; or\n\n(ii) the appointment is revoked by the Minister;\n\nand\n\n(b) during the period when the appointment continues to have effect under this subregulation, the appointee is to be taken to be a harbour master of the port appointed under section 4 of the Act.\n\n(3) If the appointment of a person to be a pilot at a port was in effect immediately before the commencement day —\n\n(a) the appointment continues to have effect for a period of 2 years beginning on the commencement day, unless before then —\n\n(i) the appointee resigns by written notice given to the Minister; or\n\n(ii) the appointment is revoked by the Minister;\n\nand\n\n(b) during the period when the appointment continues to have effect under this subregulation, the appointee is to be taken to hold a pilot’s licence for the port.\n\n(4) If, immediately before the commencement day, a certificate was valid for use in respect of an existing port —\n\n(a) the certificate is, subject to these regulations, valid for use in respect of a port of the same name; and\n\n(b) the port of that name, instead of the existing port, is to be taken to be specified in the certificate.\n\n[Regulation 52 inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2442‑4.]\n\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1A","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Declared ports","content":"Schedule 1A — Declared ports\n\n[r. 5A]\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2444.]\n\nDivision 1 — Name and limits of port\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2444.]\n\n| **Name of port** | **Limits of port** |\n| Port of Barrow Island | The area of water and land described on Plan 1396 01 06B held by the Department, a copy of which is included for information purposes in Division 2. |\n| Port of Cape Preston | The area of water and land described on Plan 1396 01 12C held by the Department, a copy of which is included for information purposes in Division 2. |\n| Port of Carnarvon | The area of water and land described on Plan 1396 01 08B held by the Department, a copy of which is included for information purposes in Division 2. |\n| Port of Emu Point | The area of water and land described on Plan 1396 01 11A held by the Department, a copy of which is included for information purposes in Division 2. |\n| Port of Jurien | The area of water and land described on Plan 1396 01 09A held by the Department, a copy of which is included for information purposes in Division 2. |\n| Port of Onslow | The area of water and land described on Plan 1396 ‑ 01 ‑ 07 ‑ E held by the Department, a copy of which is included for information purposes in Division 2. |\n| Port of Perth | The area of water and land described on Plan 1396 01 10B held by the Department, a copy of which is included for information purposes in Division 2. |\n| Port Walcott | The area of water and land described on Plan 1396 01 04B held by the Department, a copy of which is included for information purposes in Division 2. |\n\n[Division 1 inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2444‑6; amended: Gazette 30 Nov 2011 p. 4983; 5 Sep 2014 p. 3216; 4 Jul 2017 p. 3665; SL 2021/51 r. 13(1).]\n\nDivision 2 — Copies of plans\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2447.]\n\n![X13960106B]()\n\n![X13960112C]()\n\n![X13960108B]()\n\n![X13960111A]()\n\n![X13960109A]()\n\n![]()\n\n![X13960110B]()\n\n![X13960104B]()\n\n[Division 2 inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2447‑58; amended: Gazette 30 Nov 2011 p. 4984; 5 Sep 2014 p. 3217; 4 Jul 2017 p. 3666; SL 2021/51 r. 13(2).]\n\n[Schedule 1 deleted: SL 2021/51 r. 14.]\n\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Signals to be displayed on vessels","content":"Schedule 2 — Signals to be displayed on vessels\n\n[r. 6, 7 and 8]\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2459.]\n\nTable 1 — General port signals\n\n| **Purpose of signal** | **Signal to be displayed** |\n| Pilot required | By day —<br>(1) International Code Flag “G”; or<br>(2) The Pilot Jack. |\n|  | By night —<br>(1) A Pyrotechnic Light, commonly known as a Blue Light, shown every 15 minutes; or<br>(2) A bright white light flashed at short or frequent intervals, just above the bulwarks of the vessel for a minute at a time; or<br>(3) International Code Signal “G” by flashing. |\n| Medical assistance required | By day — International Code Flag “W”.<br>By night — International Code Signal “W” by flashing. |\n| Tug required | By day —<br>(1) International Code Flag “Z”; or<br>(2) International Code Flags “KF”. |\n|  | Both day and night — Two blasts on whistle, one long and one short. |\n| Explosives, dangerous cargo or inflammable liquids on board vessel not gas free | By day — International Code Flag “B” not less than 0.91 m 2 flown in a prominent position.<br>By night — A red light of such character as to be clearly visible all round the horizon at a distance of 1 nautical mile from the vessel and so positioned as to be clear of all other lights. |\n|  |  |\n| To communicate with shore station or port control | By day —<br>(1) International Code Flag “K”; or<br>(2) International Code Flags “YP”. |\n|  | Both signals to be followed by appropriate complement number from Table 1 of International Code. |\n|  | By night — Morse flashing general call, i.e., A.A.A.A., etc. |\n\n[Table 1 inserted: Gazette 22 Feb 1972 p. 407‑8; amended: Gazette 15 Jun 1973 p. 2235; 27 Jun 2003 p. 2523.]\n\nTable 2 — Signals to be used by masters of dredging vessels\n\n| **Purpose of signal** | **Signal** |\n| Dredging master requires any vessel approaching from seaward to keep the dredger on the starboard hand of that vessel and requires any vessel proceeding seaward to keep the dredger on the port hand of that vessel | By day — a black triangle on the yardarm on the side of the dredger to be passed.<br>By night — a green light over a red light on the yardarm on the side of the vessel to be passed.<br>In fog, mist, or heavy rain — the Morse sound signal letter “A” given at intervals of not more than 2 minutes on the dredger’s bell. |\n| Dredging master requires any vessel approaching from seaward to keep the dredger on the port hand of the vessel and requires any vessel proceeding seaward to keep the dredger on the starboard hand of that vessel | By day — a red square on the yardarm on the side of the dredger to be passed.<br>By night — a red light over a green light on the side of the vessel to be passed.<br>In fog, mist, or heavy rain — the Morse sound signal letter “N” given at intervals of not more than 2 minutes on the dredger’s bell. |\n| Dredger is blocking channel | By day — a green cone between 2 red balls, shown vertically at the masthead.<br>By night — a green light between 2 red lights shown vertically at the masthead.<br>In fog, mist or rain — the Morse sound letter signal “S” given at intervals of not more than 2 minutes on the dredger’s bell. |\n| Vessel may pass on either side of the dredger | By day — a white flag at the masthead.<br>By night — a green light on both yardarms. |\n| Dredger is unable to move, or is out of control | By day — a red flag on the masthead.<br>By night — a red light on both yardarms. |\n| Self‑propelled dredger that is under way, and is unable to manoeuvre so as to give way to or avoid other vessels | By day — one red ball over one white diamond shape over one red ball, mounted vertically.<br>By night — one red light over one white light over one red light, the lights being mounted vertically and so positioned as to be clearly visible at a distance of at least 2 nautical miles. |\n\nThe Morse sound signals referred to in this table shall be given as follows:\n\n(a) a short ring — of 1½ seconds’ duration; and\n\n(b) a long ring — of 4 seconds’ duration; and\n\n(c) intervals between rings — of 1½ seconds’ duration.\n\n[Table 2 inserted: Gazette 22 Feb 1972 p. 407‑8; amended: Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2523.]\n\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Fees and charges","content":"Schedule 3 — Fees and charges\n\n[Division 1 deleted: SL 2021/51 r. 15.]\n\nDivision 2 — Conservancy dues\n\n[r. 18]\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 24 Jun 2005 p. 2776.]\n\n- 1. Conservancy dues payable in respect of any vessel, other than a fishing vessel or a vessel referred to in regulation 18(1)(a) to (j), on the day of first entry of that vessel —\n- (a) subject to paragraph (b), where the length overall of the vessel —\n- (i) does not exceed 6 m $136.20\n- (ii) exceeds 6 m but does not exceed 10 m $178.30\n- (iii) exceeds 10 m but does not exceed 20 m $260.90\n- (iv) exceeds 20 m but does not exceed 30 m $400.80\n- (v) exceeds 30 m but does not exceed 50 m $611.60\n- (vi) exceeds 50 m but does not exceed 70 m $955.80\n- (b) where vessel enters port for coal, fuel oil, supplies or orders, and not loading or unloading cargo or taking on more than 10 passengers $121.20\n- 2. Conservancy dues payable in advance in respect of vessels engaged in pearl fishing north of North West Cape —\n- (a) Storeships, for each period of 12 months ending on 31 December, in any year $13.64\n- (b) Other pearl fishing vessels, for each period of 6 months ending on 30 June and 31 December respectively, in any year $6.37\n- 3. Conservancy dues payable in respect of the use by a fishing vessel of —\n- the Emu Point Fishing Boat Harbour, Albany; or\n- the Fishing Boat Harbour, Carnarvon; or\n- the Bandy Creek Small Boat Harbour, Esperance; or\n- the Fishing Boat Harbour, Fremantle; or\n- the Inner Harbour, Geraldton; or\n- the Fishing Boat Harbour, Port Denison,\n- for a period of 12 months ending on 30 June, where the length overall of the vessel —\n- (a) does not exceed 6 m $136.20\n- (b) exceeds 6 m but does not exceed 10 m $178.30\n- (c) exceeds 10 m but does not exceed 20 m $260.90\n- (d) exceeds 20 m but does not exceed 30 m $400.80\n- (e) exceeds 30 m but does not exceed 50 m $611.60\n- (f) exceeds 50 m $955.80\n\n[Division 2 inserted: Gazette 24 Jun 2005 p. 2776‑7; amended: Gazette 23 Jun 2006 p. 2210‑11; 12 Jun 2007 p. 2722; 1 Jul 2008 p. 3158‑9; 12 Jun 2009 p. 2118; 14 May 2010 p. 2017‑18; 30 Jun 2010 p. 3172‑3; 21 Jun 2011 p. 2243; 15 Jun 2012 p. 2527; 28 Jun 2013 p. 2769; 16 Sep 2016 p. 3945.]\n\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 4","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Specified countries","content":"Schedule 4 — Specified countries\n\n[r. 18A(1)(a)]\n\nA country within the Commonwealth of Nations\n\nBelgium\n\nBurma\n\nDenmark\n\nFinland\n\nFederal Republic of Germany\n\nGreece\n\nIceland\n\nIsrael\n\nNetherlands\n\nNorway\n\nPortugal\n\nPoland\n\nSpain\n\nSweden\n\nUnited States of America\n\nUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics\n\nYugoslavia.\n\n[Fourth Schedule inserted: Gazette 28 Aug 1981 p. 3575.]\n\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 5","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Specified documents","content":"Schedule 5 — Specified documents\n\n[r. 18A(1)(b)(ii)]\n\n| **Country** | **Record** |\n| Britain | Certificate of British Registry.<br>British Tonnage Certificate. |\n| Panama | Ship’s Register.<br>Certificado de Arqueo. |\n| Liberia | Ship’s Register.<br>Certificate of Measurement. |\n| Belgium | Ship’s Register.<br>Certificat de Jaugeage. (Tonnage Certificate) |\n| Sweden | Ship’s Register.<br>Internationelt Matbriv. (International Tonnage Certificate) |\n| Netherlands | Ship’s Register.<br>Internationale Meetbreef. (International Tonnage Certificate) |\n| Italy | Ship’s Register.<br>Certificato di Stazza. |\n| India | Certificate of Indian Registry. |\n| Singapore | Certificate of Singapore Registry. |\n| Germany | Amtlich Belaubigter.<br>Internationaler Schiffsmessbreef. |\n| Indonesia | Ship’s Register — Certificate of Nationality. |\n| Korea | Certificate of Vessel’s Nationality. |\n| Japan | Certificate of Vessel’s Nationality. |\n| Yugoslavia | Upisni List. |\n| Argentina | Certificado de Matricula. |\n| Greece | Certificate of Nationality.<br>Certificate of Measurement. |\n| China | Certificate of Vessel’s Nationality.<br>Tonnage Certificate. |\n| Russia | Ship’s Register. |\n\n[Fifth Schedule inserted: Gazette 28 Aug 1981 p. 3575.]\n\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 6","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Forms","content":"Schedule 6 — Forms\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2461.]\n\n**FORM 1**\n\n[r. 16H(1)]\n\nPILOTAGE EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE\n\nTHIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT...............................................................................\n\nwhose signature appears below, has, in accordance with the provisions of the *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966*, become entitled to navigate a vessel into and out of the pilotage areas specified in this Form without the services of a pilot and is EXEMPTED accordingly from the requirement to take on board a pilot.\n\nThis certificate is subject to the conditions specified in it.\n\nDated........................................................20........\n\n............................................... ..............................................\n\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SIGNATURE OF HOLDER\n\n- PERSONAL PARTICULARS\n- PASSPORT SIZE\nPHOTOGRAPH\n- NAME IN FULLADDRESSDATE OF BIRTHPLACE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... COUNTRY..........................\n- If found this certificate should be returned to: Department of Transport\nMarine House\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Essex Street","content":"1 Essex Street\nFREMANTLE WA 6160\n\nPILOTAGE AREAS TO WHICH CERTIFICATE APPLIES\n\n| PILOTAGE AREA | CONDITIONS | NAME AND SIGNATURE<br>OF OFFICER | DATE |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n| ............................ | ....................................... | ..................................................... | ................... |\n\n[Form 1 inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3648‑9; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2461.]\n\n**FORM 2**\n\n[r. 16J(1)]\n\nPILOTAGE EXEMPTION RECORD BOOK\n\n- Pilotage Area Visits Medical Certificates\n- Pilotage Area Date &\nTime In Date &\nTime Out Name of Vessel Pilot/Harbour Master Initials Received Next Due\n\n[Form 2 inserted: Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3648‑9; amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2462.]\n\n![dline]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Gazettal** | | **Commencement** | |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Ports and Harbours Regulations* 3 | 3 Feb 1966 p. 277‑92 | | 3 Feb 1966 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 3 Oct 1967 p. 2592 | | 3 Oct 1967 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 14 Jun 1971 p. 2146 | | 15 Jun 1971 (see *Gazette* 14 Jun 1971 p. 2146) | |\n| Untitled regulations | 24 Sep 1971 p. 3580‑1 | | 1 Oct 1971 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 27 Oct 1971 p. 4155 | | 27 Oct 1971 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 26 Nov 1971 p. 4915 | | 26 Nov 1971 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 22 Feb 1972 p. 407‑8 | | 22 Feb 1972 | |\n| Untitled notice under the *Metric Conversion Act 1972* s. 6 | 15 Jun 1973 p. 2234‑5 | | 1 Jul 1973 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 14 Jun 1974 p. 1911 | | 14 Jun 1974 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 14 Feb 1975 p. 571 | | 14 Feb 1975 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 28 Feb 1975 p. 752‑3 | | 28 Mar 1975 (see *Gazette* 28 Feb 1975 p. 752) | |\n| Untitled regulations | 3 Sep 1976 p. 3298 | | 3 Sep 1976 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 14 Oct 1977 p. 3704‑5 | | 14 Nov 1977 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 2 Dec 1977 p. 4442 | | 1 Jan 1978 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 10 Nov 1978 p. 4252 | | 1 Dec 1978 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 10 Aug 1979 p. 2433 | | 10 Aug 1979 | |\n| Untitled regulations | 20 Jun 1980 p. 1832‑4 | | 1 Jul 1980 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1980* | 31 Dec 1980 p. 4437 | | 1 Jan 1981 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1981* | 27 Mar 1981 p. 1077 | | 27 Mar 1981 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1981* | 26 Jun 1981 p. 2417 | | 1 Jul 1981 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1981* | 26 Jun 1981 p. 2417‑19 | | 1 Jul 1981 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 1981* | 28 Aug 1981 p. 3574‑5 | | 1 Sep 1981 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 6) 1981* | 4 Sep 1981 p. 3859 | | 4 Sep 1981 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1982* | 21 May 1982 p. 1579 | | 21 May 1982 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1982* | 2 Jul 1982 p. 2361 | | 2 Jul 1982 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 1982* | 9 Jul 1982 p. 2512‑13 | | 9 Jul 1982 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1982* | 13 Aug 1982 p. 3141 | | 13 Aug 1982 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 5) 1982* | 10 Dec 1982 p. 4799 | | 10 Dec 1982 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1983* | 5 Aug 1983 p. 2837‑9 | | 5 Aug 1983 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1984* | 17 Feb 1984 p. 434‑5 | | 17 Feb 1984 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1984* | 29 Jun 1984 p. 1760 | | 29 Jun 1984 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1984* | 12 Oct 1984 p. 3270‑3   (erratum 26 Oct 1984 p. 3459) | | 12 Oct 1984 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1985* | 28 Jun 1985 p. 2318‑19 | | 1 Jul 1985 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1985* | 30 Aug 1985 p. 3079‑80 | | 2 Sep 1985 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1985* | 10 Jan 1986 p. 88 | | 10 Jan 1986 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1986* | 8 Aug 1986 p. 2831‑3 | | 8 Aug 1986 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1987* | 16 Oct 1987 p. 3896‑8 | | 16 Oct 1987 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1987* | 23 Oct 1987 p. 3942‑3   (erratum 13 Nov 1987 p. 4146) | | 23 Oct 1987 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1988* | 12 Aug 1988 p. 2711‑12 | | 12 Aug 1988 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1989* | 30 Jun 1989 p. 1920‑4 | | 1 Jul 1989 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1989* | 27 Oct 1989 p. 3890 | | 27 Oct 1989 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1990* | 1 Aug 1990 p. 3641‑3 | | 1 Aug 1990 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1991* | 19 Jul 1991 p. 3644‑9 | | 19 Jul 1991 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1991* | 26 Jul 1991 p. 3925‑8 | | 1 Aug 1991 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1992* | 9 Jun 1992 p. 2380 | | 9 Jun 1992 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1992* | 30 Jun 1992 p. 2901‑4 | | 1 Jul 1992 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1992* | 11 Aug 1992 p. 3974‑5 | | 11 Aug 1992 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1993* | 29 Jun 1993 p. 3181‑4 | | 1 Jul 1993 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1993* | 6 Aug 1993 p. 4276 | | 6 Aug 1993 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1993* | 31 Dec 1993 p. 6915 | | 1 Jan 1994 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1994* | 14 Jun 1994 p. 2483‑5 | | 1 Jul 1994 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1995* | 31 Mar 1995 p. 1175 | | 1 Apr 1995 (see r. 2 and *Gazette* 31 Mar 1995 p. 1173‑4) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1995* | 30 Jun 1995 p. 2692‑4 | | 1 Jul 1995 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1996* | 25 Jun 1996 p. 2993‑5 | | 1 Jul 1996 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1997* | 27 Jun 1997 p. 3148‑50 | | 1 Jul 1997 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1998* | 12 May 1998 p. 2772‑4 | | 1 Jul 1998 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1998* | 20 Oct 1998 p. 5792‑3 | | 20 Oct 1998 | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 1999* | 22 Jun 1999 p. 2689‑90 | | 1 Jul 1999 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1999* | 6 Aug 1999 p. 3732‑3 | | 30 Sep 1999 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2000* | 20 Jun 2000 p. 3040‑3 | | 1 Jul 2000 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2001* | 27 Jul 2001   p. 3802‑3 | | 1 Aug 2001 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2002* | 14 Jun 2002 p. 2320‑3 | | 1 Jul 2002 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2003* | 27 Jun 2003 p. 2521‑5 | | 1 Jul 2003 (see r. 2) | |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Ports and Harbours Regulations* as at 1 Aug 2003** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2004* | 25 Jun 2004 p. 2265‑9 | | 1 Jul 2004 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2005* | 24 Jun 2005 p. 2773‑7 | | 1 Jul 2005 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2006* | 23 Jun 2006 p. 2208‑11 | | 1 Jul 2006 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2007* | 12 Jun 2007 p. 2721‑2 | | 1 Jul 2007 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2007* | 12 Jun 2007 p. 2723‑5 | | 1 Jul 2007 (see r. 2) | |\n| **Reprint 2: The *Ports and Harbours Regulations 1966* as at 26 Oct 2007** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2008* | 1 Jul 2008 p. 3155‑6 | | r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2008 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 2 Jul 2008 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2008* | 1 Jul 2008 p. 3156‑9 | | 1 Jul 2008 (see r. 2) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2009* | 12 Jun 2009 p. 2117‑18 | | r. 1 and 2: 12 Jun 2009 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009* | 23 Jun 2009 p. 2483‑5 | | r. 1 and 2: 23 Jun 2009 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| **Reprint 3: The *Ports and Harbours Regulations 1966* as at 2 Oct 2009** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2010* | 14 May 2010 p. 2017‑18 | | r. 1 and 2: 14 May 2010 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 15 May 2010 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Ports and Harbours Amendment Regulations 2010* | 4 Jun 2010 p. 2417‑67 | | r. 1 and 2: 4 Jun 2010 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 5 Jun 2010 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 4 Jun 2010 p. 2471) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2010* | 30 Jun 2010 p. 3167‑70 | | r. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 2010 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2010 (see r. 2(b)(i)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations 2010* | 30 Jun 2010 p. 3171‑3 | | r. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 2010 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2010 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2010* | 29 Oct 2010 p. 5331‑2 | | r. 1 and 2: 29 Oct 2010 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 30 Oct 2010 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| **Reprint 4: The *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966* as at 18 Mar 2011** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2011* | 21 Jun 2011 p. 2230-1 | | r. 1 and 2: 21 Jun 2011 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations 2011* | 21 Jun 2011 p. 2242-3 | | r. 1 and 2: 21 Jun 2011 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2011* | 30 Nov 2011 p. 4983‑4 | | r. 1 and 2: 30 Nov 2011 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Dec 2011 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2012* | 15 Jun 2012 p. 2521-2 | | r. 1 and 2: 15 Jun 2012 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2012 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations 2012* | 15 Jun 2012 p. 2526-7 | | r. 1 and 2: 15 Jun 2012 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2012 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| **Reprint 5: The *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966* as at 2 Nov 2012** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations 2013* | 28 Jun 2013 p. 2768-9 | | r. 1 and 2: 28 Jun 2013 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2013 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2013* | 28 Jun 2013 p. 2777-8 | | r. 1 and 2: 28 Jun 2013 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2013 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations 2014* | 30 May 2014 p. 1687-8 | | r. 1 and 2: 30 May 2014 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2014 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2014* | 27 Jun 2014 p. 2353-4 | | r. 1 and 2: 27 Jun 2014 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2014 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2014* | 5 Sep 2014 p. 3216‑17 | | r. 1 and 2: 5 Sep 2014 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 6 Sep 2014 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| **Reprint 6: The *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966* as at 16 Jan 2015** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations 2015* | | 12 Jun 2015 p. 2029‑30 | | r. 1 and 2: 12 Jun 2015 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2015 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2016* Pt. 5 | | 27 May 2016 p. 1549-54 | | 1 Jul 2016 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Vessel Pilotage) Regulations 2016* Pt. 3 | | 16 Sep 2016 p. 3943‑5 | | Pt. 3 (other than r. 8(2)): 17 Sep 2016 (see r. 2(c));   r. 8(2): 17 Sep 2017 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations (No. 3) 2016* Pt. 3 | | 23 Dec 2016 p. 5913‑15 | | 24 Dec 2016 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2017* Pt. 7 | | 26 May 2017 p. 2639‑45 | | 1 Jul 2017 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Amendment Regulations 2017* | | 4 Jul 2017 p. 3665‑6 | | r. 1 and 2: 4 Jul 2017 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 5 Jul 2017 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Pilotage) Regulations 2018* Pt. 3 | 11 May 2018 p. 1511‑12 | | 12 May 2018 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2018* Pt. 7 | 25 May 2018 p. 1640‑7 | | 1 Jul 2018 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2019* Pt. 4 | 17 May 2019 p. 1437‑42 | | 1 Jul 2019 (r. 2(c)) | |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2020* Pt. 5 | SL 2020/60 22 May 2020 | | 1 Jul 2020 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Ports) Regulations 2021* Pt. 3 | SL 2021/51 7 May 2021 | | 1 Jul 2021 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2021/50 cl. 2) | |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations (No 2) 2021* Pt. 6 | SL 2021/92 18 Jun 2021 | | 1 Jul 2021 (see r. 2(b) and (c), SL 2021/51 r. 2(b) and SL 2021/50 cl. 2) | |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations (No. 2) 2022* Pt. 6 | SL 2022/67 3 Jun 2022 | | 1 Jul 2022 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2023* Pt. 9 | SL 2023/45 19 May 2023 | | 1 Jul 2023 (see r. 2(c)) | |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations (No. 2) 2024* Pt. 5 | SL 2024/57 1 May 2024 | | 1 Jul 2024 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n| *Transport Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations (No. 2) 2025* Pt. 8 | SL 2025/64 30 Apr 2025 | | 1 Jul 2025 (see r. 2(b)) | |\n\nOther notes\n\n1 Repealed by the *Workplace and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996* Sch. 19. That Act was then repealed by the *Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009* (Cwlth).\n\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"The *Shipping and Pilotage Amendment Act 2006* s. 10 commenced on 4 June 2010.","content":"2 The *Shipping and Pilotage Amendment Act 2006* s. 10 commenced on 4 June 2010.\n\n3 Citation was initially the *Ports and Harbours Regulations* and was subsequently changed to the *Ports and Harbours Regulations 1966* and then to the *Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966* (see note under r. 1).\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\namending Act 52(1)\n\napproved 4\n\ncertificate 4\n\ncertificate of health 4\n\ncoasting vessel 4\n\ncommencement day 52(1)\n\ncommercial vessel 18(2a)\n\nexempt master 4\n\nexisting port 52(1)\n\ngross registered tonnage 4\n\ninflammable liquid 30\n\nInternational Tonnage Certificate (1969) 4\n\ninterstate vessel 4\n\nlength overall 4\n\nlicensed pilot 4\n\nmaster 4\n\noil vessel 30\n\nowner 4\n\npassenger 4\n\nreviewable decision 9I(1)\n\nsubject port 4\n\nsurveyor 4\n\ntonnage 4\n\ntons 4\n\nvessel 4\n\nvessel of war 4\n\nWestern Australian Land Information Authority 4\n\nwharf 4\n\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view relevant information and for a link to a copy of the licence, visit www.legislation.wa.gov.au.\n\nAttribute work as: © State of Western Australia 2025.\n\nBy Authority: GEOFF O. LAWN, Government Printer\n","sortOrder":19}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument has grown well beyond a narrow 1966 'ports and harbours' checklist into a comprehensive regulatory regime covering pilot licensing and training, formal pilotage exemption certificates, a structured conservancy dues (fee) regime, detailed oil‑handling and safety procedures, formal appointment and conditions for harbour masters, and explicit enforcement and appeal paths (see rr. 5A, 5B–5D, 9A–9H, 16–16N, 18, 30–48, Sch. 3). Compared with an original narrow focus on basic port control, the modern consolidated regulations add licensing infrastructure, medical and competency testing, administrative discretion for the CEO and harbour masters, detailed fee schedules, and prescribed forms and registers — i.e. a regulatory system that administers competency, safety, revenue and enforcement rather than only prescribing physical port limits or simple operational rules."},"complexity_factors":["Lengthy consolidated instrument spanning many subjects (pilot licensing, exemption certificates, harbour master appointments, conservancy dues, oil vessel safety, signals and enforcement).","Approximately 20 defined terms in the interpretation section with multiple external cross‑references (Navigation Act 1912, Marine Orders, other Commonwealth instruments) (r. 4).","Multiple schedules (S1A, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6) with operational content (port limits, signals, fees, country/document lists, forms).","Numerous conditional rules and nested exceptions (e.g. conservancy dues exemptions r. 18(1)(a)–(j); pilotage exemptions eligibility and revalidation rr. 16–16L).","Significant administrative discretion for the CEO and harbour masters (licence conditions, suspensions, directing use of pilots) with procedural safeguards (notice and representation, appeals) (rr. 9D, 9H, 16M–16N).","Several fee items and penalty regimes (licence application and renewal fees, replacement fees, conservancy dues table; penalties range from $2,000 general to $10,000 for unlicensed pilotage) (rr. 9B, 9F, 9J, 16, Sch. 3, r. 9A, r. 51).","Operationally detailed safety rules (rr. 30–48) with prescriptive requirements for oil handling, pumping, lighting, barricades and watchkeeping — many small‑conditioned rules increase cognitive load for compliance.","Cross‑references to multiple regulatory instruments and historical amendment traces increase legal interpretive steps (many amendment entries in compilation table)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What these regulations do (mechanics first)**\n\n- Set safety, access and fee rules for specified ports in Western Australia. Key operational rules are: who may pilot ships, when a licensed pilot is required, how pilotage exemptions work, harbour master powers to control vessel movements, mandatory signals and safety procedures, and conservancy dues (port access charges).\n\n- Require a licence to act as a pilot in a pilotage area (penalty $10,000) except for trainees under direct supervision (r. 9A). The department CEO issues licences after verifying sea‑service, training, competence and a medical fitness certificate (r. 9B–9C). The CEO can impose licence conditions, limit the size of vessels a pilot may handle, suspend or revoke licences and require periodic health certificates (r. 9D, 9E, 9H).\n\n- Provide a separate system for pilotage exemption certificates for masters who can demonstrate local knowledge and recent command experience (eligibility, examination, health checks, fees and conditions at rr. 16–16N). An exempt master must log trips in an official record book and fly a white flag within 5 nautical miles if navigating without a licensed pilot (rr. 16J, 17). Certificates lapse if unused for one year and require revalidation by completing supervised pilotage trips (rr. 16K–16L).\n\n- Give harbour masters wide operational control in ports: they appoint berths, direct anchoring/movement, may require tugs, can order vessels moved (at owner’s risk and expense) and may direct use of a licensed pilot even where a certificate exists (rr. 19, 14, 16G). The Minister appoints harbour masters subject to specified competency requirements (rr. 5A, 5B–5D).\n\n- Prescribe signals vessels and dredgers must display for pilot, medical, tug and dredging messages and forbid improper use of those signals (Sch. 2; rr. 6–8).\n\n- Require masters/owners to pay conservancy dues (port access/use charges) according to vessel length and categories; list exemptions and timing of payments (r. 18; Sch. 3 Div. 2). The regulations set how to determine gross registered tonnage where needed (r. 18A; Sch. 4 & 5 for foreign documents).\n\n- Contain detailed safety rules for oil/inflammable cargoes while at berth (definitions, notices, mooring, loading/unloading procedures, restricted access, lighting, pipelines, ballasting, barricades and inspections — rr. 30–48).\n\n- Provide enforcement mechanisms: police boarding and inspection powers (r. 49), general offence penalties (standard $2,000 unless otherwise specified at r. 51), and internal review or appeal routes for licensing/cancellation decisions (State Administrative Tribunal for CEO decisions at r. 9I; Ministerial appeal for certificate suspension at r. 16N).\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Shipmasters, owners and agents using Western Australian declared ports (r. 5A, Sch. 1A).\n- Prospective and current pilots and trainee pilots (rr. 9A–9J). They face training, licensing, health and record‑keeping requirements and licensing fees (r. 9B, 9F, 9J).\n- Masters seeking exemption certificates (rr. 16–16N): they must meet command experience, pass local knowledge and handling exams (r. 16A–16B), pay fees (r. 16), keep the exemption record book (r. 16J), and comply with restrictions (r. 16D–16F).\n- Harbour masters, the Department CEO and the Minister, who have decision‑making authority over appointments, licences, conditions, suspensions and port operations (rr. 5B–5D, 9C–9H, 19, 16M–16N).\n- Operators of oil vessels and terminals: strict operational controls while loading/unloading inflammable liquids (rr. 30–48).\n\n**Why it matters (claimed purposes and practical effects)**\n\n- The regulations are framed to manage navigation safety, port order and environmental/hazard prevention (e.g. oil handling rules rr. 30–48) and to raise revenue for port conservancy (r. 18; Sch. 3 Div. 2). Those are the stated policy aims.\n\n- Mechanically, the rules concentrate decision power in named officials (the CEO, harbour master, Minister). That creates operational clarity (single points to issue licences, direct vessel movements, set conditions) but also gives considerable administrative discretion: the CEO can set licence conditions, limit vessel sizes, require additional medicals (r. 9D(1)–(3)), and cancel or suspend licences on reasonable‑grounds tests (r. 9H). The harbour master can direct pilots, require tugs, and forbid use of exemptions during major works or hazardous cargoes (rr. 19, 16G, 19(5)).\n\n- Costs and incentives: licence fees and conservancy dues (r. 9B fee $627.90; r. 9F renewal $406.15; r. 9J replacement $229.60; r. 16 fee $831.50 per port; Sch. 3 conservancy dues by vessel length) impose direct cash costs on masters/owners. Licensing and exemption regimes limit who may act as pilot or bring vessels in without a pilot. That restriction changes the supply of available pilot services (practical effect: demand for licensed pilots or for exemptions), which affects operating costs for ship operators (r. 9A, r. 16).\n\n- Compliance burden and verification: the scheme requires record‑keeping (logbooks for supervised trips r. 9C(3); pilotage exemption record book r. 16J), medical fitness evidence (rr. 9C, 16C), and verification by supervising pilots or harbour master. These create administrative and time costs for individuals and for the Department in verifying and maintaining registers (r. 16I).\n\n- Trade‑offs and implementation risk: detailed operational rules (signals, gangways, watchkeeping, anchoring, oil‑handling procedures) reduce ambiguity but require administrative oversight and enforcement (rr. 6–8; 23–24; 30–48). Discretionary powers (CEO, harbour master) allow adaptive decisions to local conditions but mean outcomes turn on departmental judgments and available institutional capacity (r. 9D, r. 19, r. 16G). The regulations provide appeal/review mechanisms for some decisions (r. 9I, r. 16N), which limits but does not eliminate administrative finality.\n\n**Who pays, who decides, and what behaviour changes**\n\n- Who pays: vessel owners/masters pay conservancy dues (r. 18; Sch. 3), application/renewal/replacement fees for licences and certificates (rr. 9B, 9F, 9J, 16), and may be charged pilotage fees (where an exempt master does not comply with flagging requirements the owner may be liable for pilotage charges; r. 17(2)).\n- Who decides: the CEO decides licences/certificates, conditions, suspension and cancellations (rr. 9C–9H, 16M); the harbour master controls day‑to‑day vessel movements and local safety directions (r. 19); the Minister appoints harbour masters and determines appeals under limited circumstances (rr. 5B–5D, 16N).\n- Behaviour changes required: masters must obtain licensed pilots unless exempt (r. 9, 16); keep and produce records and certificates (r. 16J, r. 18(5)); obey harbour master directions (r. 19); comply with oil cargo safety rules if relevant (rr. 30–48); display prescribed signals and flags (Sch. 2; rr. 6–7; r. 17).\n\n**Concrete implementation points to note**\n\n- Exemption certificates are limited to permanent Australian residents and qualifying New Zealand citizens, and to vessels crewed under Australian industrial instruments (rr. 16, 16F).\n- Certificates and licences carry time limits and ongoing medical certification obligations (rr. 9E, 9D(3), 16C).\n- The text cross‑references Commonwealth laws and international certificates for tonnage and medical fitness (r. 4 definitions; r. 18A), so operators must manage compliance with both state and Commonwealth instrument requirements.\n\n(References in parentheses are to regulations and schedules in the Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966: e.g. r. 9A, rr. 16–16N, r. 18, Sch. 2 and Sch. 3.)"},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative text was available for review. The provided content is solely a website error message, not the regulations themselves."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source URL returned a 'page not found' error page","Impossible to assess legal complexity without access to the actual text of the regulations","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content could be retrieved.**\n\nThe page for the *Ports and Harbours Regulations 1966* (Western Australia) is no longer available at the expected web address. The Western Australian government website has advised that the link has changed due to system and security upgrades. As a result, there is no legislative text available to analyse — only an error page and a standard Acknowledgement of Country.\n\n**What this means for you:** If you need to read or rely on these regulations, you should:\n- Visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search directly for the *Ports and Harbours Regulations 1966*\n- Contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office Helpdesk as suggested on the page\n- Check if the regulations have been repealed, replaced, or consolidated into newer legislation"},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":671},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has expanded significantly from its original 1966 scope. Originally titled 'Ports and Harbours Regulations', it was renamed to 'Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966' to reflect the incorporation of pilotage functions. Major expansions include: the detailed pilot licensing scheme (Part 5 Division 1, inserted 2010), pilotage exemption certificates (Division 4, inserted 1991), comprehensive oil vessel safety rules (Part 7 Division 2), and the declared ports schedule system (Schedule 1A, inserted 2010). The 2010 amendments represented a substantial restructuring with new Parts 1-9 and numerous Schedules, transforming what was likely a simpler ports management instrument into a comprehensive maritime safety and pilotage regulatory framework."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple overlapping exemption categories in regulations 9 and 18 with nested conditions","Extensive cross-referencing between Parts, Schedules, and external legislation (Navigation Act 1912, Marine Orders)","Detailed procedural requirements for pilot licensing including supervised trips, logbooks, and verification (regulations 9B-9J)","Complex fee structure with tiered rates based on vessel length and multiple exemption categories","Prescriptive technical requirements for oil vessels with numerous specific safety measures (Part 7 Division 2)","Multiple amendment histories showing layered legislative evolution since 1966","Defined terms section with 25+ specialised definitions including recursive definitions","Transitional provisions preserving old appointments and certificates under new legislative framework"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations govern how ships operate in Western Australian ports and harbours. They cover four main areas:\n\n**Who's in charge:**\n- Harbour masters are appointed to control vessel movements, anchoring, and berthing in ports\n- They can order ships to move, and even scuttle (deliberately sink) vessels that pose a danger\n\n**Pilotage (navigational guidance):**\n- Most vessels over 35 metres must use a licensed pilot to enter or leave port\n- Pilots need licences issued by the CEO, valid for 5 years, with conditions on vessel size they can handle\n- Ship masters can get \"pilotage exemption certificates\" if they pass exams proving they know the port well enough to navigate without a pilot\n- Exempt masters must fly a white flag and keep logbooks of their trips\n\n**Safety and signals:**\n- Specific flag and light signals must be displayed for different situations (needing a pilot, medical assistance, dangerous cargo, etc.)\n- Strict rules for oil vessels carrying flammable liquids — including no smoking, sealed tanks, barricaded wharves, and harbour master permission for loading/unloading\n- Masters must maintain gangways, watches, and fire safety\n\n**Fees:**\n- \"Conservancy dues\" (port fees) are charged based on vessel length, with exemptions for warships, small vessels under 5.5m, fishing boats, and private pleasure craft\n\nThe regulations apply to all vessels in declared ports including Fremantle, Albany, Carnarvon, Geraldton, and others listed in Schedule 1A."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ports-and-harbours-regulations-1966","history":"/api/acts/ports-and-harbours-regulations-1966/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ports-and-harbours-regulations-1966/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ports-and-harbours-regulations-1966/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ports-and-harbours-regulations-1966/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ports-and-harbours-regulations-1966/documents"}}