8Application — Act, s 186H (1)

8 Application — Act, s 186H (1)

This Part applies to pilots and pilotage of ships in, or in transit to or from, any of the following parts of the Australian coastal sea:

(a) the Great North East Channel pilotage area;

(b) Hydrographers Passage pilotage area;

(c) the inner route pilotage area;

(d) the Whitsundays compulsory pilotage area.

Note Pr 113 prescribes the Torres Strait which incorporates the Great North East Channel to be a compulsory pilotage area. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983 prescribe the Hydrographers Passage, the inner route and the Whitsundays compulsory pilotage area to be compulsory pilotage areas for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 — see Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulation 1983, r 118.

Division 2 Pilotage providers

Subdivision 2.1 Penal provision

9 Unlicensed pilotage provider

A person who conducts business as a pilotage provider must hold a pilotage provider licence issued under this Division.

This is a penal provision.