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Ports Management Act 2015
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69 Special pilotage requirements
(1) This section applies only in relation to:
(a) a pilotage area, or a part of a pilotage area, for which pilotage
is not compulsory; or
(b) a vessel, including a vessel that but for paragraph (c) of the
definition vessel in section 63 would be a vessel for this Part,
entering, plying or moving in or leaving a pilotage area, or a
part of a pilotage area, for which pilotage is compulsory.
(2) A pilotage authority for a pilotage area (or the port operator of a
designated port within which a pilotage area is situated) may
require the master of a vessel to have on board a licensed pilot if of
the opinion that there would be a special risk or danger arising from
the vessel entering, plying or moving in or leaving that area.
(3) In forming the opinion, the pilotage authority or port operator must
have regard to:
(a) the condition of the vessel and its equipment; and
(b) the nature and condition of any cargo carried on the vessel;
and
(c) whether or not there is a nuclear power source on the vessel;
and
(d) the circumstances of, and the conditions within, the particular
pilotage area.
(4) The master of a vessel commits an offence if:
(a) the master engages in conduct; and
(b) the conduct contravenes a requirement under subsection (2).