Pilotage (Amendment) Act, 1962

In short

This law amends and expands the Pilotage Act of 1913, primarily concerning pilotage dues for certain ships and the process for making and reviewing bye-laws related to pilotage.

What it regulates

The payment of pilotage dues for certain ships that are exempt from compulsory pilotage.
The amendment of section 17 of the Principal Act regarding bye-laws made by pilotage authorities.
The process for laying certain bye-laws before the Houses of the Oireachtas for review.
The repeal of a specific part of the Pilotage Act, 1913.

Who it concerns

Pilotage authorities in pilotage districts.
Owners and operators of ships that were subject to compulsory pilotage on January 1, 1961, but are now exempt by bye-law.

Key points

Pilotage authorities can require payment of pilotage dues for ships exempted from compulsory pilotage if that class of ship was subject to compulsory pilotage on January 1, 1961.
Certain bye-laws made by pilotage authorities must be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.
If a resolution annulling such a bye-law is passed by either House within the next twenty-one days of sitting, the bye-law is annulled.
The proviso to subsection (4) of section 11 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Legal text

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(1)Where— (

a)a particular class of ships was subject to compulsory pilotage in a particular pilotage district on the 1st day of January, 1961, and (
b)a bye-law under the Principal Act exempting that class of ships from compulsory pilotage in that district is in force, the pilotage authority for that district may, by bye-law, require the payment of pilotage dues in respect of any navigating by ships of that class in that district for the purpose of entering, leaving or making use of any port in that district and, while a bye-law under this section is in force in relation to ships of any class, ships of that class shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 49 of the Principal Act, to be ships for which the services of licensed pilots have been obtained.

(2)Subsections

(2)and

(3)of section 17 of the Principal Act shall apply in relation to bye-laws made under this section in the same way as they apply in relation to bye-laws made under the Principal Act. Amendment of section 17 of Principal Act. 3.—Section 17 (which provides for the making of bye-laws by pilotage authorities) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (f) of subsection

(1)after “licensed pilot” of “and in respect of ships of a class which was subject to compulsory pilotage in the district on the 1st day of January, 1961, and which is exempted from compulsory pilotage by bye-law made under section 11 of this Act.” Laying of certain bye-laws under Principal Act before Houses of Oireachtas. 4.—Where a bye-law made by a pilotage authority under the Principal Act exempts from compulsory pilotage in the pilotage district of the authority a class of ships not in practice exempted from compulsory pilotage in that district at the date of the passing of the Principal Act and the bye-law is confirmed by the Minister, it shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling the bye-law is passed by either such House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the bye-law is laid before it, the bye-law shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. Repeal. 5.—The proviso to subsection

(4)of section 11 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement. 6.—

(1)This Act may be cited as the Pilotage (Amendment) Act, 1962.

(2)The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952, and this Act shall be construed together as one.

(3)This Act and the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952, may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1962.

(4)This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister appoints by order. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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