Albany Port Authority Amendment Regulations 1993 (WA)

4286	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	[6 August 1993
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ALBANY PORT AUTHORITY ACT 1926

ALBANY PORT AUTHORITY AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1993

Made by the Albany Port Authority.

Citation

1.  These agulations may be cited as the Albany Port Authority Amendment

Regulation 1993.

Principal regulations

2.  In these regulations the Albany Port Authority Regulations 1951* are

referred to as the principal regulations.

[* Published in Gazette of 30 March 1951 at pp. 680-714.

For amendments to 21 July 1993 see 1992 IndPir to Legislation of

Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 11-15.]

Regulation 1 amended

3.   Regulation 1 of the principal regulations is amended —

(a) by deleting the definition of "Pilot" and substituting the following definition —

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"pilot" means a person appointed by the Governor under the Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967, and engaged by the Port Authority, to be a pilot at the Port;

and

(b) by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position the following definition —

Authority, in dredging operations.

"pilotage services" means the services provided by

a pilot at the Port; 9,

Regulation 129a repealed and regulations 129A, 129B and 129C substituted

4. Regulation 129a of the principal regulations is repealed and the

following regulations are substituted —

Vessels exempt from pilotage

129A. For the purposes of section 31 (1) of the Act, pilotage is

not compulsory within the Port for —

(a) a vessel of less than 150 gross registered tons;

(b) an Australian vessel of war; or

(c) a vessel engaged, with the approval of the Port

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Pilotage dues

129B. The master and owner of a vessel for which pilotage services are obtained are jointly and severally liable to_pay to the Port Authority the pilotage dues set out in Part A of Schedule C

that are appropriate to the gross registered tonnage of the vessel

and the nature of the pilotage services obtained.

Dues payable if pilot detained

129C. (1) If the services of a pilot are arranged for a vessel and the pilot is for any reason detained for any time beyond that reasonably required to provide pilotage services for the vessel, the owner and master of the vessel are jointly and severally liable to pay to the Port Authority the pilot detention dues set out in Part

B of Schedule C.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subregulation (1), a pilot is detained for a time beyond that reasonably required to provide pilotage services for a vessel if the pilot is —

(a)	detained because the vessel is not ready to leave its berth at the arranged time;
(b)	detained because the vessel does not arrive at the pilot boarding ground at the arranged time;
(c)	required to be taken into and detained in quarantine, whether afloat or ashore; or
(d)	without the pilot's consent, taken to sea in the vessel.

If the services of a pilot are arranged for a vessel and that arrangement, with less than 2 hours notice having been given to the pilot, is cancelled by or on behalf of the owner or master of the vessel, the owner and master of the vessel are jointlyand severally liable to pay to the Port Authority the pilot cancellation dues set out in Part C of Schedule C.

(2)

Schedule C added

5.  After Schedule B to the principal regulations the following Schedule is

added —

SCHEDULE C

[regulations 129B and 129C]

PART A — PILOTAGE DUES

Pilotage services	Gross registered	Charge
tonnage of vessel

1. Pilotage of a vessel Under 1 500 1 300.00

into and out of the	1 500 to 3 000	1 900.00
Port (charge applies	3 001 to 5 000	2 200.00

once for both services)	5 001 to 10 000	2	400.00
10 001 to 30 000	2	900.00

30 001 to 40 000	3 100.00
40 001 to 50 000	3 400.00

Over 50 000 3 600.00

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Pilotage services Gross registered Charge

tonnage of vessel $

2. Pilotage of a vessel Under 1 500 650.00

from (or to) a berth	1 500 to 3 000	950.00
within the Port to (or	3 001 to 5 000	1 100.00
from) a place at or	5 001 to 10 000	1 200.00
near the pilot	10 001 to 30 000	1 450.00
boarding ground	30 001 to 40 000	1 650.00
40 001 to 50 000	1 700.00

Over 50 000 1 800.00

3. Pilotage of a vessel (Irrespective of the 400.00

being moved within	vessel's tonnage)
the Port (otherwise than as mentioned in item 2)

PART B — PILOT DETENTION DUES

1. Detention of pilot $450.00 for
each hour
or part of
an hour

PART C — PILOT CANCELLATION DUES

1. Cancellation of pilot $450.00

Passed by a resolution of the Albany Port Authority at a meeting of the Authority.

The Common Seal of the Albany Port Authority was at the time of the abovementioned resolution affixed in the presence of—

W. J. PLEWRIGHT, Chairman.

N. S. HALL, Member.

R. H. EMERY, Managing Secretary.