Pilotage Fees Act 1850 No 37a (NSW)

No. XXXVII.

An Act for rcgTilating’ payments to be made to rn.oTAGE tees.

Pilots on aeeonnt of tlie detention of outward- bound Ships or Vessels. {1st Odoher, 1850.]

\T P 1IE IIE A S it is deemed expedient that the law respecting p,eamUc.

T Y remuneration to Pilots in certain cas('s should Ik; amended Be

it therefore! enacted hy His Exeedleney the Governor of New South port of New South Wales who shall he detained and remain on hoard

Wales with the advice and consent of the Ijegislative Council ther(!of

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Colonial Police.

twenty-four hours any sucli sHp Or vossol for a period exceeding twenty-four hours after

weaXerUhe paW shall have taken charge shall in case such detention shall have

ten sluiiings per day been occasioued hy the act omission or direction of the master of the

in addition to <

ordinary pilotage. said ship or vessel or hy other parties concerned as owners or other­ wise and not by stress of weather or other unavoidable cause be entitled to demand and receive from the master owner or agent of such ship or vessel over and above the amount of pilotage chargeable by virtue of the laws and regulations in that behalf for the time being the the sum of ten shillings for each and every day upon which he shall

Pilot not bound to

take vessel to sea

he detained on hoard and such Pilot shall not be hound to conduct such

unless fees paid or

ship or vessel to sea until payment thereof as well as of the said

secured to be paid.

pilotage shall have been duly made to him or shall have been secured

to his satisfaction.

Wiiere master of 2. And be it enacted That Avhen the master of any outward-

outward-bound

vessel docs not re-bound ship or vessel who shall have applied for a Pilot shall afterwards

quire the services of find that lie docs uot rcQuire the services of a Pilot on the day on which

to be made provided such Pilot shall first have been appointed to attend and shall notify

notice be given to

Pilot summoned to	the same to the Pilot immediately on his arrival to take charge of the
attend.	said ship or vessel no payment shall he made in respect of such first attendance hut if after any renewed application for a Pilot such master shall again find that he is not prepared for sea the said master or the owner or agent of the said ship or vessel shall pay or secure to he paid
But Pilot attending	to the Pilot who may attend in consequence of any such renewed

in consetpience of

renewed application application the sum of ten shillings for each day that such Pilot shall

lings lor eveiy such

to be paid ten shil­	be detained on board or for every such attendance although such Pilot
attendance.	so attending shall quit the said ship or vessel by reason of his services on that day being dispensed with hy the master or the officer in com­

take vessel to sea

Pilot not bound to	mand at the time of snch attendance and no Pilot shall he bound to
until expenses paid	take the said ship or vessel to sea until such payment shall have been

redtobepaid. mafie 01' sccured to the satisfaction of the Pilot entitled to the same.