52Reporting for Torres Strait

52 Reporting for Torres Strait

52.1 This provision applies to a pilotage provider that assigns, or intends to assign, a licensed pilot to the transit of a ship through the Torres Strait.

52.2 It is a condition of a pilotage provider licence that the provider tell AMSA the pilotage detail:

(a) if the pilotage provider receives the request for a pilot within 48 hours before the pilot is needed — as soon as practicable; or

(b) in any other case — no later than 48 hours before the pilotage commences.

52.3 In this provision:

pilotage detail, for a pilotage of the Torres Strait, means the following:

(a) the name of the proposed pilot;

(b) the booking number for the pilotage;

(c) the name of the ship that is to be piloted;

(d) the call sign of the ship that is to be piloted;

(e) the IMO number of the ship that is to be piloted;

(f) when the pilot will board the ship;

(g) where the pilot will board the ship.