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L.R.O. 1/2012
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TRANSPORT AND HARBOURS ACT
CHAPTER 49:04
Act
30 of 1931
Amended by
1 of 1932
25 of 1932 38 of 1933 19 of 1935 22 of 1936 16 of 1941 37 of 1944 26 of 1946 39 of 1947
24 of 1951 27 of 1953 17 of 1962 27 of 1965 16 of 1970
4 of 1972 25 of 1977
7 of 1998
Res. 6 of 1982
Current Authorised Pages
Pages
(inclusive)
Authorised
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Index
of
Subsidiary Legislation
Page
Government Railway and Steamer Services Rules 38
(Reg. 23/1/1924)
Harbours and Pilotage Regulations 45
(Reg. 31/12/1924, 21/4/1925, 16/12/1929, 22/1/1934, 27/1948,
16/1950, 15/1952, 19/1953, 7/1963, 19/1965, 4/ 1972 , 2/1978,
12/1982, 10/1984)

Harbours Regulations 76
(Reg. 18/4/1939, 15/1970, 11/1982, 11/1984)
Home Trade Ships (Masters, Mates and Engineers Certificates)
Regulations
96
(Reg. 23/1953, 9/1966B, 15/1957, 27 of 1965, 4 of 1972)
Transport and Harbours Department (Superannuation and Other
Benefits) Regulations
119
(Reg. 28/1941, 1/1944, 16/1949, 4/1950, 18/1955, 5/1976, 4/1972
33/1978

Note
on
Repeal
This Act repealed the Harbour and Pilotage Ordinance (Cap. 119 of the 1929 Edition).

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CHAPTER 49:04
TRANSPORT AND HARBOURS ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
PART I
ADMINISTRATION
3. (1) Establishment of Transport and Harbours Department.
(2) Power to establish road transport services.
4. Appointment, powers and duties of General Manager.
5. Establishment and powers of Advisory Council.
6. Appointment and constitution of Advisory Council.
7. Estimates of Department to be approved by Minister.
General Manager authorised to appropriate revenues.
8. Interest and sinking fund charges to be provided in annual estimates
and paid to Accountant General.
9. Net deficiency to be provided by Parliament.
10. Certain officers eligible for pension from public funds.
11. Pensions to be provided in annual estimates and paid to Accountant
General.
12. c. 27:10 and c. 27:08 to apply in certain cases.
PART II
THE RAILWAY AND GOVERNMENT VESSELS
13. Rights and powers of Company vested in the Minister.
14. Management of railway and Government vessels.
15. Conditions of carriage of merchandise.
16. Carrier’s risk conditions.
17. Dangerous goods.
18. Tariff for carriage of passengers.
19. Power to alter or amend the tariff of tolls.
20. Cessation of obligation on company to construct fence or gate on
railway.
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SECTION
21. Trespass on railway.
22. Suits by or against Department.
23. Notice of action and limitation.
PART III
HARBOURS AND PILOTAGE
Dues, fees and other moneys payable to the Department
24. Revenue of the Department.
25. Tonnage dues.
26. Default of dues payment.
27. [Repealed by Act No. 25 of 1977]
28. [Repealed by Act No. 25 of 1977]
29. Light dues.
30. Shipping fees.
31. Collection of moneys and their expenditure.
THE HARBOUR MASTER
32. Appointment of harbour master and deputy harbour master.
33. Powers and duties of harbour master.
PILOTAGE
34. Compulsory pilotage and pilotage districts.
34A. Pilotage Exemption Certificate.
35. The pilotage service
36. Circumstances in which pilot may leave pilotage service.
37. Liability of owner or master in the case of a vessel under pilotage.
RECOVERY OF PILOTAGE DUES
38. Persons liable for the payment of pilotage dues.
39. Recovery of dues paid by consignee or agent.
40. Employment of unqualified pilot.
41. Taking pilot beyond his district without his consent.

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SECTION
PROTECTION OF HARBOURS
42. Illegal removal of soil from harbour.
43. Drainage into harbour.
44. Use of fishing apparatus at or near wharf.
45. Contravention of provisions of Act or regulations.
46. Fraudulent alteration of marks on stem and stern of vessel.
MISCELLANEOUS
47. Government and Department not liable for default of General
Manager.
48. Claims for injuries to vessel.
PART IV
GENERAL
49. Regulations.
50. Signature of General Manager prima facie evidence of correctness of
account.
51. Penalties.
52. Penalties recoverable under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.
53. Exemption from personal responsibility.
54. Savings.
FIRST SCHEDULE—Additional powers, duties and functions of the General
Manager.
SECOND SCHEDULE—Officers eligible for pensions.
THIRD SCHEDULE—Dues and Fees.
FOURTH SCHEDULE—Non-compulsory Pilotage.
__________________________

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for the purpose of managing and carrying on the
An Act to establish a Transport and Harbours Department
30 of 1931
southwards, bounded by a line drawn across the
nautical mile and centre the Georgetown Lighthouse,
seawards, bounded by the arc of a circle with radius one
Georgetown the limits of which are—
“harbour of Georgetown” means the harbour of the port of
employed by the Government;
“Government vessel” means any vessel belonging to or
section 2 of the Guyana Shipping Act;
“Director” has the same meaning assigned to that word in
“conditions” includes regulations;
Ordinance, 1846;
incorporated by the Demerara Railway Company
“the Company” means the Demerara Railway Company,
15(7) of the Customs Act;
of Guyana;
“coasting vessel” means any vessel trading within the limits
bull, cow, ox, steer, heifer, calf, sheep, goat, or swine;
“cattle” means any horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, mule, ass,
2. (1) In this Act—
Harbours Act.
1. This Act may be cited as the Transport and
c. 49:01

1924 Ed.
II of 1846
c. 82:01 “Community States” has the meaning assigned to it in section

7 of 1998]
25 of 1977
[39 of 1947
Interpretation.
Short title.
TH[5 JANUARY, 1932]
regulating the use of the harbours of Guyana.
railway and Government vessels and of controlling and
CHAPTER 49:04
TRANSPORT AND HARBOURS ACT c. 261 1953 Ed.
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Demerara River from the southern boundary of
Plantation La Penitence on the east bank to the
southern boundary of Plantation Klein Pouderoyen
on the west bank of that river, east and west, bounded
by the banks of the Demerara River including therein
the land up to mean high water mark at spring tides;
“harbour of New Amsterdam” means the harbour of the port
of New Amsterdam, the limits of which are—
bounded on the north by a line stretching from the
northern end of the side-line dam between the
Ordnance Fort lands and Plantation Sea-well (Lot No.
1) on the east sea coast to the eastern side of the side-
line dam between Plantation Zeezigt. now known as
Cotton Tree and Mon Choisi (lots Nos. 2 and 3) on the
west sea coast;
on the south by a line extending from the western end of
the side-line dam between the town of New
Amsterdam and Plantation Overwinning on the east
bank of the river, across the river to the eastern side of
the side-line dams between Plantations Ithaca and
Gelderland (Lots Nos. 2 and 3) on the west bank of
the river;
the eastern and western boundaries of the said port or
harbour between those lines extending to mean high
water mark at spring tides;
“harbour master” means the harbour master appointed under
this Act, and includes any deputy harbour master;
“licensed pilot” means a pilot licensed in accordance with
section 35, and employed in the pilotage service;
“Maritime Administration Department” means the
Department established by section 4 of the Guyana
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c. 82:01
Cap. 262
1953 Ed.
Shipping Act;
“master” includes the person for the time being in charge of a
vessel, but does not include a pilot;
“merchandise” includes goods, minerals, livestock, and
animals of every description;

“pilot” means a person licensed as a pilot and duly appointed
under this Act;
“pilot station” means—
(i) in relation to the harbour of
Georgetown—the Demerara
light beacon, stationed outside
thereof, or any vessel, lighted
buoy or structure erected or
placed in a position marking
the entrance to the channel
designated for the entry of
vessels therein; and
(ii) in relation to the harbour of
New Amsterdam— the Berbice
light tower, stationed outside
thereof, or any vessel, lighted
buoy or structure erected or
placed in a position marking
the entrance to the channel
designated for the entry of
vessels therein;
“port” means any place which is for the time being appointed
to be a port under the Customs Act;
“the railway” means the railway acquired under the Railways
Purchase Ordinance and includes any railway hereafter
acquired, constructed, established or maintained by the
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Establishment
of Transport
and Harbours
Department.
[22 of 1936
26 of 1946
7 of 1998]

Power to
establish road
transport
Government together with any road transport service
hereafter established and maintained under this Act;
“registered tonnage” means net register tonnage;
“the regulations” means the regulations made under this Act;
“steam vessel” or “steamship” includes a vessel propelled by
electricity or other mechanical power;
“vessel” includes any ship or boat, or any other description of
vessel used in navigation.
(2) A reference in any provision of this Act or any
subsidiary legislation made thereunder, to the “General
Manager” and the “Transport and Harbours Department” in
relation to any power, function or duty exercisable by such
Manager or Department pursuant to the provisions of section
3 (1A), shall, unless the context otherwise require, be
construed as a reference to the “Director” and the “Maritime
Administration Department”, respectively.

PART I
ADMINISTRATION
3. (1) There is hereby established a department styled
the Transport and Harbours Department (hereinafter referred
to as the Department) which subject to this Act shall manage
and carry on the railway and the Government vessels.
(1A) The Maritime Administration Department
shall be charged with the control, improvement, lighting and
regulation of the harbour of Georgetown and the other
harbours of Guyana and the approaches thereto and shall
carry on and maintain a pilotage service for Guyana.
(2) The General Manager may with the approval of
the Minister establish and maintain road transport services
upon any road within Guyana.
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services.
Appointment,
powers and
duties of
General
Manager.
[26 of 1946]

First Schedule.
Establishment
and powers of
Advisory
Council.
4. (1) There shall be a General Manager of the
Department (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the
General Manager”).
(2) The General Manager shall act subject to any
general or special directions which may from time to time be
given to him by the Minister, and, without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing provision, where the General
Manager proposes to do, or does any act or thing in relation
to his powers functions and duties, the Minister may, if he
considers that such act or thing should not be done or should
not have been done, direct the General Manager not to do
such act or thing or disallow the act or thing, as the case may
be, and the General Manager shall comply with such direction
or disallowance.
(3) Subject to this Act, the General Manager shall
have and exercise the powers and functions and discharge the
duties set forth in the First Schedule, in addition to those
powers and functions and duties specifically assigned to him
by this Act.

(4) Any transport, lease, assignment, transfer,
agreement, cheque, bill of exchange, order for the payment of
money, or other document or instrument, requiring to be
executed on behalf of the Department, shall be duly executed
on behalf of the Department if signed—
(a) by the General Manager on behalf of
the Department;
(b) by a person or persons authorised by
the General Manager so to sign.
5. There shall be established an Advisory Council
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the Council”), and the
powers, duties and functions of the Council shall be—
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27 of 1953]

Appointment
and
constitution of
Advisory
Council.
[26 of 1946
16 of 1970]
(a) to advise the Minister with reference
to the estimates of revenue and
expenditure of the Department, the
declaration of pilotage districts, and
the making of regulations;
(b) to advise the Minister on any aspect
of the policy of the Department which
in the opinion of the Council requires
attention;
(c) to advise the Minister on any question
as to the policy of the Department,
where the Minister submits such
question to the Council for its
opinion;
(d) to advise the Minister on any question
as to policy in relation to the railway,
the Government vessels, the harbours
or pilotage, where the Minister refers
any such question to the Council.
6. (1) The Council shall consist of seven members.
(2) The members of the Council shall be the
General Manager, who shall be Vice-Chairman, and six other
persons appointed by the Minister.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this section every
appointed member of the Council shall hold office for any
period not exceeding two years, and shall be eligible for re-
appointment.
(4) At any meeting of the Council three members,
including the presiding member shall form a quorum.
(5) Any appointed member who—
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Estimates of
Department to
be approved by
Minister.
[19 of 1935
26 of 1946]
General
Manager
authorised to
appropriate
revenues.
(a) by writing addressed to the Minister
resigns from the Council; or

(b) departs from Guyana without leave of
the Minister; or
(c) remains out of Guyana after the
expiration of his leave; or
(d) fails without reasonable excuse (the
sufficiency of which shall be
determined by the Minister) to attend
four consecutive meetings of the
Council,
shall cease to be a member of the Council.
(6) Notice of every appointment, of every
revocation of appointment, and of every cesser of
membership, shall be published in the Gazette.
(7) The Council shall cause minutes to be kept of
its proceedings.

7. The General Manager shall on or before the 15th
June in each year submit to the Minister the estimates of
revenue and expenditure and of net deficiency or surplus of
the Department for the ensuing year. The Minister may alter
or amend such estimates, and those sanctioned by the
Minister shall be the authorised estimates for the ensuing
year, and the General Manager may, subject to this Act, levy,
collect and receive the revenues therein stated and may
appropriate the same for defraying the expenditure of the
Department for which provision has been made in the
authorised estimates:
Provided that with regard to the dues, fees and charges
mentioned in Part III, the General Manager, with the previous
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Interest and
sinking fund
charges to be
provided in
annual
estimates and
paid to
Accountant
General.
[25 of 1932
26 of 1946]

Net deficiency
to be provided
by Parliament.
[25 of 1932
26 of 1946]
Certain officers
eligible for
pension from
public funds.
[25 of 1932]
sanction of the National Assembly, may at any time, fix, levy
and collect such dues, fees or charges other than those
contained in the estimates as he may deem necessary for the
purpose of this Act.
8. The annual estimates of the Department shall
include provision for such amount as the Accountant General
may certify to be due and payable for interest and sinking
fund charges on sums expended by the Government on
capital account of the railway, the Government vessels and
the harbours and for interest on sums advanced to the
Department from time to time on current account and the
General Manager shall pay such amount to the Accountant
General from the revenues of the Department.
9. The net deficiency of the Department for any year
after providing for the amount payable to the Accountant
General in respect of interest and sinking fund charges shall
be met from moneys provided by Parliament:
Provided that any surplus shall on the direction of the
Minister be paid by the General Manager to the Accountant
General for credit of the Consolidated Fund.
10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in any Act, and notwithstanding any omission,
irregularity or informality in any annual estimate, any person
appointed to any of the offices named in the Second Schedule
in the Department or, prior to the establishment of the
Department, in the Colonial Steamer Service, the Colonial
Transport Department or the Harbours and Pilotage
Department, is a public officer on the permanent pensionable
establishment of the Government of Guyana entitled to a
pension from public funds in respect of such service and the
Act or Acts from time to time in force providing for pensions
to public officers shall apply to such persons:
Provided that the Minister with the approval of the
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Pensions to be
provided in
annual
estimates and
paid to
Accountant
General.
Second
Schedule.
[25 of 1932
26 of 1946]

c. 27:10 and
27:08 to apply
in certain cases.
Second
Schedule.
[25 of 1932
26 of 1946]

Rights and
powers of
Company
vested in the
Minister.

National Assembly may add any other offices to the said
Schedule.
11. The annual estimates of the Department shall
include provision for such amounts as the Accountant
General may certify to be due and payable in respect of the
pension or any portion thereof of any person who has served
in any of the offices named in the Second Schedule or added
thereto by the Minister in respect of such service, and the
General Manager shall pay such amount to the Accountant
General from the revenues of the Department:
Provided that no amount shall be payable by the General
Manager in respect of the pension of any officer with respect
to his service in the Harbours and Pilotage Department.
12. The Public Officers (Insurance) Act and the
Dependants’ Pension Act shall apply to any officer of the
Department appointed to any of the offices named in the
Second Schedule or added thereto by the Minister and the
General Manager shall make the prescribed deductions from
the salaries of the officers concerned and shall pay the amount
thereof to the Accountant General.
PART II
THE RAILWAY AND GOVERNMENT VESSELS
13. From and after the 31st December, 1921, all the
rights, powers, privileges and capacities which the Company,
its chairman, directors, manager, officers or servants have
theretofore possessed and enjoyed by virtue of any Act for
carrying on and regulating and maintaining the railway and
the business of the Company are hereby transferred to and
vested in the Minister who may do all acts in relation to the
railway and the property thereof, and carry on all the
business of the railway in as full and ample a manner as the
Company might have done.

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Management of
railway and
Government
vessels.
[26 of 1946]

Conditions of
carriage of
merchandise.
14. (1) The General Manager shall manage the
railway, and shall possess all the rights and privileges for
carrying on the railway vested in the Minister:
Provided that in all matters where the Company required
the sanction of any Government authority, the Minister may
do whatever such Government authority might have
sanctioned under any Act relating to the Company.
(2) The General Manager shall manage the
Government vessels and shall have all rights and privileges
and shall have power to do all acts and things as may be
necessary to carry on such services of Government vessels as
may be established from time to time.
15. (1) With regard to the tariff of tolls which may be
lawfully demanded for carriage on the railway and
Government vessels the Minister may from time to time
make, alter, and amend—

(a) the terms and conditions (hereinafter
called “carrier’s risk conditions”) on
and subject to which merchandise
other than livestock, and livestock
will respectively be carried if carried
at ordinary rates;
(b) the terms and conditions (hereinafter
called “owner’s risk conditions”) on
and subject to which merchandise
other than livestock, and livestock
will respectively be carried if carried
at owner’s risk rates;
(c) the terms and conditions on and
subject to which damageable goods
not properly protected by packing
will be carried.
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Carrier’s risk
conditions.

Dangerous
goods.
(2) Any terms and conditions made, altered or
amended in pursuance of this section shall be published twice
in the Gazette and one newspaper at an interval not exceeding
one week, and shall state the date of their coming into
operation which shall not be earlier than one month from the
date of the last publication.
16. (1) On and after the date stated for their coming
into operation the terms and conditions upon and subject to
which merchandise is apart from special contract to be carried
by the railway and Government vessels shall be carrier’s risk
conditions, and those conditions shall apply without any
special contract in writing to the carriage of merchandise at
ordinary rates:
Provided that, in any case where an owner’s risk rate is
in operation and the Department has been requested in
writing to carry at that rate, the terms and conditions upon
and subject to which the merchandise shall be carried shall be
owner’s risk conditions.
(2) The terms and conditions upon and subject to
which damageable goods not properly protected by packing
(if accepted by the Department for carriage) shall be carried
on the railway and Government vessels shall be the
conditions made as aforesaid, but the Department shall not be
under any obligation to carry damageable goods not properly
protected by packing.

(3) Nothing in this Part shall preclude the
Department and any person from agreeing in writing to any
terms and conditions they think fit for the carriage of
merchandise, livestock or damageable goods not properly
protected by packing, or damageable goods.
17. (1) Nothing contained in this Part shall impose any
obligation on the Department to accept dangerous goods for
conveyance, or shall prejudice or derogate from the powers of
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c. 16:06
Tariff for
carriage of
passengers.

Power to alter
or amend the
tariff of tolls.
[17 of 1962]
the Minister, or of any Government Department, under the
Explosives Act, or affect the validity or operation of any order
in council, order, rule, or regulation, made under the powers
contained in that Act.
(2) If after the date of the coming into operation of
the conditions of carriage of merchandise the Department
accepts dangerous goods for conveyance, the goods shall be
conveyed, subject to such by-laws, regulations and conditions
which the Department with the approval of the Minister
thinks fit to make in regard to the conveyance or storage
thereof, and the owner or consignor of such goods shall
indemnify the Department from and against any loss and
damage resulting to the Department or for which the
Department is or becomes liable owing to non-compliance
with the before-mentioned by-laws, regulations and
conditions as to those goods and will pay full compensation
for all injury to the Department’s servants and damage to
their property so arising unless it is proved that the injury or
damage is due to the wilful misconduct of the Department’s
servants, but, subject as aforesaid, the provisions as to
ordinary rates and owner’s risk rates shall apply.
(3) Any question as to whether goods are
dangerous goods shall be determined by the Department.
18. (1) The Minister may from time to time make,
alter, and amend the tariff of tolls that may be lawfully
demanded for the carriage of passengers on the railway or
Government vessels or both.
(2) Any tariff so made, altered, or amended shall
be published in the same manner as prescribed by section 16
with reference to terms and conditions.

19. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Act, the General Manager, with the approval
of the Minister, may enter into a contract for the carriage of
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Cessation of
obligation on
company to
construct fence
or gate on
railway.

Trespass on
railway.
[6 of 1997]

Suits by or
against
Department.
Notice of
actions and
limitation.
passengers or merchandise at a rate less than the appropriate
rate specified in the tariff of tolls.
20. No obligation imposed by any Act on the
Company to construct or maintain any fence or gate on the
railway or on any part thereof shall be construed as existing
after the 30th May, 1925, and any such obligation of the kind
shall be deemed to have ceased and determined from that
date and from that date no action, suit or proceeding
whatsoever shall lie against the Department for any person
for any damage or injury whatever in consequence of defect
in any fence or gate aforesaid or of failure to construct or
maintain any fence or gate.
21. Any person who without lawful authority, the
proof whereof shall be upon him, is or passes upon the
railway except for the purpose of crossing it at any authorised
crossing, shall be liable to a fine of four thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five dollars.
22. (1) All actions and suits relating to contractual
rights and liabilities in respect of loss or damage occurring
upon the railway and Government vessels in respect of any
matter or thing done or omitted upon the railway and such
vessels or otherwise in connection with the business of the
railway and such vessels, which, if the railway and such
vessels were the property of any company, firm, or person
carrying on the business of a carrier in Guyana, might under
the law of Guyana be brought by or against such company,
firm, or person, may be brought by or against the
Department.
(2) In any action or suit to be brought by or against
the Department in pursuance of this Part it shall be sufficient
to describe it as the Transport and Harbours Department.
23. (1) No action or suit shall be commenced against
the Department for anything done in pursuance or execution
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Revenue of the
Department.
[24 of 1951]
Third Schedule.
c. 50:01
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or intended execution of this Part until the expiration of one
month after notice in writing has been served on the
Department stating the cause of the action or suit, the name
and address of the person bringing it and the name and
address of his legal practitioner.

(2) Every such action or suit shall be commenced
within six months after the thing done or omitted and not
otherwise.
PART III
HARBOURS AND PILOTAGE
Dues, fees and other moneys payable to the Department

24. (1) Subject to this Act, there shall be levied,
imposed, collected, and paid, as part of the revenue of the
Department—
(a) the tonnage dues specified in
paragraph I of the Third Schedule;
(b) the light dues specified in paragraph
II of the Third Schedule;
(c) the shipping fees specified in
paragraph III of the Third Schedule;
(d) all moneys and fees payable and
received under the River Navigation
Act by the Department or by any
officer thereof;
(e) all fees payable, under the Shipping
Casualties (Investigation and
Prevention) Act, to inspectors of
shipping and surveyors of ships;

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Tonnage dues.
[24 of 1951
25 of 1977]
(f) all fees, dues or other moneys payable
to the Department under any
regulations made under this Act, or
under any regulations continued in
force under the authority of section
53.
(2) The National Assembly may, by resolution
published in the Gazette, from time to time increase the
tonnage dues, the light dues and the shipping fees payable
under this Act and specified in the Third Schedule.
25. (1) Subject to this Act, tonnage dues under section
24 shall be levied, charged and collected on the net register
tonnage of every vessel which enters or leaves a port of
Guyana:

Provided that dues in respect of a vessel which enters or
leaves port in ballast shall be levied, charged and collected on
one-half of the net register tonnage of that vessel.
(2) Where the net register tonnage or one-half of
the net register tonnage of a vessel is not a whole number of
tons, such tonnage shall be deemed, for the purposes of this
section, to be the next whole number greater than the actual
number of tons.
(3) Tonnage dues shall not be levied, charged or
collected in relation to—
(a) any coasting vessel;
(b) any vessel the property of or
chartered by the Government of
Guyana, of any Commonwealth
country or of any foreign state
recognised by the Government of
Guyana, and not employed in the
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payment.
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carriage of merchandise or freight;
(c) any vessel employed on any work of
public utility, and in relation to which
the Minister considers that tonnage
dues should not be charged;
(d) any vessel which is, in the opinion of
the General Manager, a yacht used for
pleasure and not in any trade or
business;
(e) any vessel which enters a port solely
for the purpose—
(i) of obtaining fuel, stores or
provisions for use on board
such vessel; or
(ii) of effecting repairs;
or which, having entered as aforesaid,
departs therefrom having carried out
only the respective purpose; and
(f) any vessel which enters or departs
from more than one port of Guyana
on the same voyage, and in respect of
which tonnage dues have been paid
at the first port of entry or departure
respectively.
26. (1) Where the light, pilotage or tonnage dues
payable in respect of a vessel are not paid, the vessel, together
with anything belonging to, or on board, the vessel may be
detained by any officer of the Department, any officer of
customs, or any other person duly authorised in writing by
the General Manager, until the amount due has been paid.

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Light dues.
[24 of 1951
25 of 1977]
(2) If the amount due is not paid within fourteen
days after the detention of the vessel, such officer or
authorised person may, without prejudice to any other
method of recovery provided under this Act or in any other
law, during the continuance of the non-payment—
(a) cause the vessel, together with
anything belonging to, or on board,
the vessel to be sold at public auction
or by private treaty;
(b) apply the proceeds in payment of the
dues due together with all reasonable
expenses incurred by him under this
section; and
(c) pay the surplus (if any), on demand to
the owner, charterer or master of the
vessel:

Provided that where the person in default of payment is
not the owner of the vessel detained, no sale shall be effected
earlier than one month after written notification of the
proposed sale has been given to either the owner, charterer or
master of the vessel.
27. [Repealed by Act No. 25 of 1977]
28. [Repealed by Act No. 25 of 1977]
29. (1) Subject to this Act, light dues shall be paid
upon every vessel which enters any port of Guyana from the
sea.
(2) The master, owner or agent of every vessel
entering any port of Guyana from the sea shall, as soon as
possible after the arrival of the vessel in port and before
clearance for departure is granted in respect thereof by the
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Shipping fees.
[24 of 1951
7 of 1998]
c. 49:01

Collection of
moneys and
their
expenditure.
[26 of 1946]
proper officer of the Department of Customs and Excise, pay
to the Department the amount of the light dues.
(3) The following vessels shall be exempt from
payment of light dues under this Act—

(a) any vessel under ten tons burthen;
(b) any vessel belonging to or chartered
by the Government of Guyana, or of
any Commonwealth country or of any
foreign state recognised by the
Government of Guyana and not
employed in the carriage of
merchandise or freight.
30. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, shipping
fees shall be paid upon all engagements or discharges of
seamen effected under the applied Act entitled the Guyana
Shipping Act, or any Act amending the same, before a
superintendent at any port.
(2) The superintendent may refuse to proceed with
any such engagement or discharge unless the shipping fees
payable thereon are first paid.
(3) For the purposes of this section the harbour
master, and any deputy harbour master, shall each be deemed
to be a superintendent within the meaning of the said Guyana
Shipping Act.
31. The General Manager may by order direct from
time to time in what manner the dues, fees, and moneys
specified in section 24 shall be collected, but until any
direction is given they shall be collected as in that section
mentioned and deposited in a bank to the account of the
Department, and may be paid thereout from time to time on
the cheques of the Department.
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Appointment
of harbour
master and
deputy harbour
master.
[26 of 1946]
Powers and
duties of
harbour
master.

Compulsory
pilotage and
pilotage
districts.
[39 of 1947
25 of 1977]
Fourth
Schedule.
THE HARBOUR MASTER
32. (1) There shall be a harbour master for Guyana
and such deputy harbour masters as the General Manager
may recommend.
(2) A deputy harbour master shall in the absence of
the harbour master be vested with and may exercise the
powers of the harbour master.
33. The powers and duties of the harbour master shall
be exercised subject to the general direction and supervision
of the General Manager.

PILOTAGE

34. (1) In every pilotage district pilotage by a licensed
pilot shall be compulsory except in the cases set out in the
Fourth Schedule.
(2) The following shall be pilotage districts under
this Act –
(a) the harbour of Georgetown;
(b) that portion of the sea bounded by a
line drawn from Plantation Chateau
Margot Chimney Demerara to the
Demerara pilot station and thence to
Plantation Anna Regina Chimney
Essequibo and the mainland between
these points;
(c) the Essequibo and Mazaruni Rivers as
far as Kartabo Point;
(d) the harbour of New Amsterdam.
(3) The General Manager may, with the approval
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Pilotage
Exemption
Certificate.
[25 of 1977]
of the Minister, make regulations—
(i) declaring any area to be a
pilotage district for the
purposes of this Act;
(ii) declaring that any pilotage
district specified in subsection
(2) (b) (c) and (d) shall cease to
be a pilotage district for the
purposes of this Act;
(iii) varying the limits of any
pilotage district under
subsection (2).
34A. (1) The master or chief officer of a vessel which is
based in Guyana or registered in any of the Community
States may apply in writing to the Harbour Master for a
certificate exempting him from the requirements of section
34(1).
(2) With the approval of the General Manager, the
Harbour Master may, if satisfied that such applicant is—
(a) conversant with local navigational
conditions and requirements; and
(b) competent to pilot the vessel under
his command through the buoyed
channel of the pilotage district for
which he has applied,
grant exemption from the provisions of section 34(1) by
issuing to the applicant a Pilotage Exemption Certificate
(hereinafter referred to as the “Certificate”).
(3) A Certificate shall be in a form to be
determined by the General Manager and shall contain (in
addition to any other particulars which may be determined)
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The pilotage
service.
[26 of 1946]
Cap. 119
1929 Ed.

Circumstances
in which pilot
may leave
pilotage
service.
the name of the person to whom the Certificate is granted, the
name of the ship or ships in respect of which it is granted, the
limits of the district in respect of which it is granted, and the
date on which it was granted.
(4) A Certificate shall not be in force for more than
a year from the date on which it is granted but may be
renewed annually upon payment of the prescribed fee.
35. (1) The Department shall continue to maintain a
pilotage service.
(2) No person shall be employed as a pilot in the
pilotage service unless he holds a licence under the Pilotage
Ordinance, 1905, the Harbours and Pilotage Ordinance, or
this Act.
(3) No person who was licensed as a pilot before
the commencement of compulsory pilotage shall pilot any
vessel unless he joins the pilotage service.
(4) A pilot’s licence shall not be granted to a person
who is not a Commonwealth citizen.
(5) A pilot’s licence shall be in such form as the
General Manager may from time to time prescribe.
36. (1) No pilot may quit the pilotage service unless he
has—
(a) been dismissed by the General
Manager with the approval of the
Minister; or

(b) obtained the consent thereto of the
General Manager; or
(c) given to the General Manager one
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Liability of
owner or
master in the
case of a vessel
under pilotage.
[16 of 1941]

Persons liable
for the
payment of
pilotage dues.
[39 of 1947]
month’s notice in writing in that
behalf.
(2) A pilot continuously absent without leave for
fourteen days or more shall be deemed to have quitted the
service, unless his absence has been occasioned by
circumstances beyond his control, and of that the Minister
shall be the sole judge.
(3) A pilot who has quitted the service contrary to
subsection (1) shall forfeit all rights to any moneys or wages
then due to him and shall not be entitled to any pension
whatsoever.
37. The owner or master of a vessel navigating under
circumstances in which pilotage is compulsory shall be
answerable for any loss or damage caused by the vessel or by
any fault of the navigation of the vessel in the same manner as
he would if pilotage were not compulsory.
RECOVERY OF PILOTAGE DUES
38. The following persons shall be liable to pay
pilotage dues for any vessel which enters a pilotage district,
or any vessel for which the services of a licensed pilot are
obtained –
(a) the owner or master;
(b) as to pilotage inwards, those
consignees or agents who have paid
or made themselves liable to pay any
other charge on account of the vessel
in the port of her arrival or discharge;
(c) as to pilotage outwards, those
consignees or agents who have paid
or made themselves liable to pay any
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Recovery of
dues paid by
consignee or
agent.

Employment of
unqualified
pilot.
[6 of 1997]

Taking pilot
beyond his
district without
his consent.
[26 of 1946
4 of 1972
6 of 1997]
other charge on account of the vessel
in the port of her departure.
39. Every consignee or agent (not being the owner or
master) who is hereby made liable for the payment of pilotage
dues in respect of any vessel may retain, out of any money in
his hands received on account of the vessel or belonging to
the owner thereof, the amount of all dues so paid by him,
together with any reasonable expenses incurred by him by
reason of that payment or liability.
40. (1) Any master who employs a person other than a
licensed pilot to pilot his vessel without having taken
reasonable steps (the proof whereof shall lie on him) to obtain
a licensed pilot, shall be liable to a fine of forty-eight thousand
seven hundred and fifty dollars.
(2) If anyone other than a master, or a seaman who
is bona fide one of the crew of the vessel, is on the bridge of the
vessel, or is in any other position (whether on board the
vessel or elsewhere) from which the vessel is navigated, that
person shall, for the purpose of this section be deemed to be
piloting the vessel unless the contrary is proved.
41. (1) A master of a vessel shall not, except in
circumstances of unavoidable necessity (the proof whereof
shall lie on him), take a pilot without his consent beyond the
district for which he is licensed, or beyond the point up to
which he has been engaged, and if a master acts in
contravention of this section he shall be liable to a fine of
nineteen thousand five hundred dollars.
(2) When a pilot is taken beyond the district for
which he is licensed, or beyond the point for which he has
been engaged to pilot the vessel either without his consent or
in circumstances of unavoidable necessity, he shall be entitled
to maintenance and there shall also be paid to the Department
the sum of one thousand three hundred dollars per diem,
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Illegal removal
of soil from
harbour.
[26 of 1946
6 of 1997]
Drainage into
harbour.
[26 of 1946]
Use of fishing
apparatus at or
near wharf.
[26 of 1946
6 of 1997]
recoverable in the same manner as pilotage dues.
(3) The sum to be paid shall be computed from and
inclusive of the day in which the vessel passes beyond the
district for which the pilot is licensed, or beyond the point up
to which the pilot was engaged and up to and inclusive of
either the day of his being returned in the vessel to the place
where he was taken on board, or, if he is discharged from the
vessel at a distance from that place, then that day which will
allow him sufficient time to return thereto, and in the last
mentioned case he shall be entitled to his reasonable
travelling expenses.

PROTECTION OF HARBOURS
42. Every person who digs, takes, or removes for any
purpose whatsoever any caddy, shell, sand or any other soil
from any harbour, without permission of the General
Manager shall be liable to a fine of nine thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars and every tool, vessel, receptacle, or
vehicle, employed in any manner in the removal, may be
seized by any member of the police force, officer of customs,
or by any person employed by the Department, and may in
the discretion of the magistrate be sold, and the proceeds
thereof after deduction of all expenses incurred shall be paid
to the Accountant General for the public use.
43. No drainage, channels, or canals, may be made to
discharge into a harbour, nor may any alterations be made to
existing drainage, channels, or canals already so discharging,
without the permission in writing of the General Manager.
44. Every person who makes fast or uses a fishing net,
line, seine, or other similar thing, near any stelling within a
harbour shall be liable to a fine of three thousand nine
hundred dollars, and the net, line, seine, or other similar
thing, may be seized and destroyed by any member of the
police force, officer of customs, or any person employed by
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Contravention
of provisions of
Act or
regulations.
[26 of 1946]

Fraudulent
alteration of
marks on stem
and stern of
vessel.
[6 of 1997]
Government
and
Department not
liable for
default of
General
Manager.
Claims for
injuries to
vessel.
[7 of 1998]
the Department and authorised in that behalf by the General
Manager whether or not the owner is charged.
45. (1) When any person does an act in contravention
of this Part or the regulations, the General Manager may take
such action as will in his opinion nullify the act.
(2) When any person refuses or neglects to do any
act required by this Part or the regulations, the General
Manager may have that act done.
(3) Any expenses incurred by the General Manager
in carrying out or attempting to carry out the provisions of
this section shall be recoverable from the person in addition
to any penalty which may be awarded against him.

46. If the master of a vessel or any other person
interested in the vessel, makes, or is privy to the making of
any fraudulent alteration in the marks on the stem or stern
posts of the vessel denoting the draught of water, he shall be
liable to a fine of forty-eight thousand seven hundred and
fifty dollars.
MISCELLANEOUS
47. Neither the Government nor the Department shall
be liable under this Part for any damage occasioned through
the fault or negligence of the General Manager or any person
employed in the pilotage service.
48. All claims for injuries to a vessel founded upon the
negligence or misconduct of the master of another vessel shall
be triable, provided they do not exceed one hundred dollars,
either in the magisterial district where the cause of action
arose, or in the Georgetown magisterial district, and in either
case the adjudicating magistrate, in the event of conflicting
testimony on any technical point, may associate the harbour
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Regulations.
[22 of 1936
26 of 1946
39 of 1947
24 of 1951
27 of 1965
4 of 1972
6 of 1997]
master or failing him a duly certificated master under the
Guyana Shipping Act, with himself for advice thereon.
PART IV
GENERAL
49. (1) The Minister may make regulations and
prescribe forms for carrying into effect the purposes of this
Act.
(2) Subject to subsection (1), the General Manager
may, with the approval of the Minister who may make any
alterations or amendments he thinks fit, make regulations in
respect of the following matters:

(a) the duties to be performed by the
harbour master;
(b) the mooring of vessels in the harbour;
(c) the landing of passengers from
vessels;
(d) communication from shore with
vessels arriving with immigrants;

(e) the marking of load-lines on vessels;
(f) the dealing with articles found in
pilotage districts and the disposal
thereof;
(g) the sanitary conditions of the
harbours;
(h) the prevention of encroachment in the
harbours;
(i) the removal of obstructions to
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navigation in pilotage districts;
(j) the regulation of traffic in the
harbours for securing the safety of
vessels and the prevention of
accidents;
(k) the beaching of boats in the harbours;
(1) the erection, extension, alteration, and
numbering of, and addition to,
stellings and wharves;
(m) the appointment of a committee of
examiners to deal with applications
for pilots’ licences and the
remuneration of the examiners;
(n) the qualifications required for
entering the pilotage service;
(o) the pilotage dues or fees payable to
the Department for pilotage service,
and the pilotage dues payable to the
Department for any vessel which
enters a pilotage district, whether or
not a pilot is actually employed by
such vessel;
(p) the fees payable to the Department for
certificates and licences issued under
the regulations;
(q) the instruction of pilot apprentices,
and of boatmen employed by the
Department, by the harbour master;
(r) the registering of pilots and
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apprentices;
(s) the granting of pensions and
gratuities to employees of the
Department other than those on the
permanent establishment of Guyana;
(t) the control, improvement, lighting, or
regulation of labour, of the harbours
of Guyana and the proper
maintenance of the pilotage service;
(u) the routes upon which road transport
services shall be run, the fares and
freight to be paid in respect of
passengers and goods carried thereby,
and generally for the working and
management of such services;
(v) the holding of examinations for
certificates of competency for masters,
mates and engineers of home trade
ships, and the appointment and
remuneration of a board of examiners;
(w) the general administration and
management of the railway and
shipping services carried on by
Government within Guyana and the
use by the public of such services.
(3) In subsection (2)—, “home trade ship” includes
every ship plying within the limits of thirty-two degrees
north latitude and forty degrees south latitude and thirty
degrees west longitude and one hundred degrees west
longitude but does not include a coasting vessel of less than
twenty tons gross tonnage except that service performed in a
coasting vessel of less than twenty tons gross tonnage shall
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Signature of
General
Manager prima
facie evidence
of correctness
of account.

Penalties.
[6 of 1997]

Penalties
recoverable
under the
Summary
Jurisdiction
Acts.
Exemption
from personal
responsibility.
Savings.
c. 262
1929 Ed.
rate as two-thirds for the purpose of counting sea service.
(4) There may be annexed to any regulation a
penalty not exceeding forty-eight thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollars.
50. (1) The signature of the General Manager to any
document containing a statement of the amount due to the
Department under the provisions of this Act shall without
proof of signature, or of any other matter or thing, be held
and be deemed to be in all courts and by all judges and
magistrates prima facie evidence of the amount claimed being
due and correct.
(2) Any amounts due for revenue under section 24
or for pilotage dues under section 38 or under section 41 may
be recovered by process of parate execution.
51. Where any person acts in contravention of any of
the provisions of this Act for the breach of which no penalty is
provided he shall be liable to a fine of nine thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars.
52. All penalties under this Act shall be enforceable
and recoverable under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.


53. The members of the Advisory Council, the General
Manager and all persons employed by the Department shall
be exempt from personal responsibility for any act or thing
done under the provisions and powers of this Act; and all
damages and costs which may be recovered against the
Department in any action or suit for acts so done shall be paid
out of the revenue of the Department.
54. Notwithstanding the repeal of the Railways
Purchase Ordinance and the Harbour and Pilotage ordinance,
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1929 Ed.
s. 4
[26 of 1946]
any order in council, rule, order or regulation made, direction
given or thing done under those Ordinances, or deemed to
have been made, given or done respectively under those
Ordinances, shall continue in force, and, so far as it would
have been made or given under this Act, shall have effect as if
made or given under this Act.
___________________
FIRST SCHEDULE
ADDITIONAL POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF
THE GENERAL MANAGER
1. Subject to such departmental orders as may from
time to time be made by the Minister—
(a) to appoint persons as employees of
the Department to posts which are not
on the permanent pensionable
establishment of Guyana, and to
dismiss persons so appointed;
(b) to grant vacation leave, sick leave,
casual leave and accident leave to
persons employed by the Department
who are not on the permanent
pensionable establishment of Guyana;
(c) to make advances to persons
employed by the Department who are
not on the permanent pensionable
establishment of Guyana.

2. Any other power, function and duty which may
from time to time be assigned by the Minister to the General
Manager by notice published in the Gazette.

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ss. 10, 11 and
12.
[25 of 1932
4 of 1972]

s. 24
[24 of 1951
H. of A. Res.
VII of 1964
25 of 1977
Res. 6 of 1982
6 of 1997]
SECOND SCHEDULE
OFFICERS ELIGIBLE FOR PENSIONS
General Manager—formerly Managing Director
Traffic Manager
Chief Mechanical Engineer—formerly Superintendent
Engineer
Engineer, Ways & Works
Harbour Master
Marine Superintendent
Marine Engineer
Superintendent of Surveys—formerly Harbour Surveyor
Mechanical Engineer (Railways)
Mechanical Engineer (Marine)
Assistant Civil Engineer
Chief Accountant
Chief Pilot
Executive Officer and Shipping Master
Pilots
Senior Hydrographic Surveyor
Hydrographic Surveyor
_________________
THIRD SCHEDULE
DUES AND FEES
I. TONNAGE DUES—
All vessels $55 per ton
II. LIGHT DUES—
All vessels $55 per ton.
III. SHIPPING FEES—
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(2) Upon the discharge of any seaman $65
FOURTH SCHEDULE
NON-COMPULSORY PILOTAGE
(a) Any vessel of 1,250 tons gross or less which
is registered in, and engaged in the coasting
trade of, Guyana;
(b) any vessel of more than 50 tons but less than
1,500 tons gross which is registered in
Guyana and engaged in the carriage of
cargo to and from ports of the Community
States; and
(c) any vessel of 1,500 tons or less which is
registered outside Guyana:
Provided that the master or chief officer of such vessel is
in possession of a valid Certificate.
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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
_________________
Reg. 23/1/1924 GOVERNMENT RAILWAY AND STEAMER
SERVICES RULES
made under section 18 (1)
Citation.

Interpretation.

Offences.
1. These Rules may be cited as the Government
Railway and Steamer Services Rules.
2. In these Rules—
“government steamer” include all vessels owned and worked
by the Department;
“railway premises” includes all land owned by the Transport
and Harbours Department (hereinafter referred to as “the
Department”);
“railway train” include all trains and locomotives worked by
the Department; and
“stelling” includes a wharf.
3. Every person who—
(1) fails to provide himself with a proper ticket
before going on board any Government steamer or any
railway train from any place where a ticket office is provided,
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(2) fails to show and deliver up his ticket to any
duly authorised servant of the Department, whenever
required to do so for any purpose; or
(3) uses or attempts to use a ticket on any day for
which such ticket is not available, or uses or attempts to use a
ticket which has been already used on a previous journey, or
uses or attempts to use a ticket not available on the service on
which he is travelling; or
(4) travels or attempts to travel, without
permission from some duly authorised person, on or in any
part of a Government steamer or railway train set apart for a
class superior to that for which he has obtained a ticket; or
(5) travels or attempts to travel on board of any
Government steamer in any part of such steamer except that
part for which he has a ticket, or travels or attempts to travel
without permission from some duly authorised person, on the
steps or footboard of any carriage, or on the engine or in the
guard’s van, or on any portion of any vehicles not intended
for the conveyance of persons; or
(6) wilfully alters or defaces his ticket so as to
render the date, number, or any material part thereof illegible;
or
(7) gets or attempts to get to or from any
Government steamer or railway train by any other way than
the gangway or platform respectively, provided for the
purpose of embarking or landing passengers on or from such
steamer or railway train; or
(8) attempts to leave or go on board any
Government steamer after the stage or gangway is removed,
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(9) attempts to pass through, into, over, or upon
any train in motion or any part of such train, or through, into,
or upon any part of the line or rails within such distance of a
train in motion that the passage is dangerous; or
(10) attempts, without permission of a captain or
other authorised person, to go on board any Government
steamer, arriving at any stelling at which the government
steamers stop, or any attempts to enter any railway train,
while passengers are disembarking from such steamer, or
alighting from such train, or until such time as may be
appointed by some duly authorised person in charge of such
steamer or stelling or train; or
(11) being a passenger by any Government steamer
or railway train, does not leave such steamer or train at the
end of the trip, when required to do so by some duly
authorised person; or
(12) wilfully obstructs or impedes the passage to or
from the cabin of any Government steamer, or the platform of
any railway carriage, by any means and refuses to remove
himself or his belongings when called upon to do so by any
duly authorised person; or
(13) smokes in any cabin of a Government steamer
or in any part of such steamer or in any part of a railway train
except such part as may be set apart by the Department for
that purpose; or
(14) is a drunk or guilty of any riotous, disorderly,
or indecent conduct, or uses any indecent or abusive
language, or begs or asks for alms, on any stelling at which
Government steamers stop, or on board of any such steamer,
or any railway train, or on any railway premises or lands
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(15) wilfully obstructs, assaults or impedes any
police officer or constable, or any captain, stationmaster,
collector, seaman or servant employed by the Department
when in the execution of his duty on board of any
Government steamer or on any stelling at which Government
steamers stop, or on any railway train or on any property or
premises owned by the Department; or
(16) takes any dog on board any Government
steamer, or on any railway train, unless such dog is led or
secured by a chain or cord, or keeps any dog or other animal
in any part of such steamer or train set apart for passengers,
and other than that part of such steamer or train set apart by
the Department for the conveyance of dogs and other
animals; or
(17) refuses or neglects when directed to do so by
any duly authorised person, to place, or allow to be placed,
any goods, luggage, matter or thing brought by him on board
of any Government steamer or any railway train, in such part
thereof as such authorised person may direct; or
(18) wilfully damages or defaces any property of
the Department on board of any Government steamer, or any
stelling, at which government steamers stop, or on any
railway train or any property or premises owned by the
Department; or
(19) takes or ships on board of any Government
steamer or on any railway train any package containing any
explosive or other dangerous article, unless such package or
other article is distinctly marked to that effect and is specially
placed in charge of the captain or conductor or other
authorised person; or
(20) being the owner, captain, or person in charge
of any craft, wilfully obstructs any Government steamer while
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Person with
infectious
diseases.
approaching or leaving a stelling at which Government
steamers stop, or refuses to move such craft when required by
the captain of such steamer or other authorised person to do
so; or
(21) being the owner, captain, or person in charge
of any craft engaged in trade or for hire, obstructs the
approach to any stelling at which Government steamers stop;
or
(22) stops or attempts to stop any train or aids or
assists therein when not duly authorised to do so by the
Department; or
(23) carries loaded firearms on board of any
Government steamer, or into any vehicle forming or intended
to form a train or any portion of a train, or on to any premises
belonging to the Department,
shall be guilty of an offence.
4. The Department may refuse to carry any person
who has any infectious disorder. If any person who has any
such disorder be found upon the premises of the Department,
stations or stellings, or travels or attempts to travel on any
Government steamer or on the railway without the special
permission of the Department, he shall be liable to a penalty
under these Rules in addition to the forfeiture of any fare
which he may have paid, and may be removed at the first
opportunity from the Department’s premises.
Any person who has charge of any person suffering from
an infectious disorder, while upon the premises of the
Department or travelling or attempting to travel on any
Government steamer or any train, or who aids or assists any
person suffering from such disorder, in being upon the
premises of the Department or travelling or attempting to
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Drivers of
carriages etc.

Trespassing.


Persons in
charge of cattle.

Persons in
charge of
horses etc., and
travel on the Government steamers or trains, shall be liable to
a penalty under these Rules, unless the person suffering from
such disorder be travelling with the special permission of the
Department.
5. Every driver of any carriage, buggy, cart, lorry, or
other vehicle for conveyance, shall, while in or upon any
station, yard, wharf, or other premises of the Department,
obey the directions of the Department’s officers and servants
duly authorised on that behalf, and every person offending
against this regulation is subject to a penalty under these
Rules, and may, in addition to incurring such penalty be
summarily removed from the premises.
6. If any person shall be or pass upon the
Department’s railway except for the purposes of crossing the
same at any authorised crossing, or shall trespass upon any of
the stations, stellings, or any premises connected with such
railway and steamers, he shall be subject to a penalty under
these Rules.
7. Every person who, being the owner or person in
charge of any cattle, or being a person employed by the
owner or person in charge of any cattle, or being a servant in the
employ of the Department, attempts to embark, embarks,
attempts to entrain, or entrains, or attempts to disembark, or
detrain any cattle to or from any Government steamer or
railway train or from or to any stelling or station at which
Government steamers and trains stop, while passengers are
embarking or disembarking, entraining or alighting on, to or
from such steamer or train, and until permission is given by
the captain, stationmaster or other duly authorised person to
embark, or disembark, entrain or detrain such cattle, shall be
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vehicles

Penalty.
(a) being the owner or person in charge
of any horse, horses etc., donkey,
mule or vehicle for conveyance by
any Government steamer or train or
which has been conveyed by any such
steamer or train, removes or attempts
to remove such horse, donkey, mule
or vehicle from any stelling at which
Government steamers stop, or any
railway station, on to any such
steamer, or from any such steamer or
to any such train or from any such
train without the permission of the
captain, or stationmaster or other
duly authorised person; or
(b) unduly interferes with any servant of
the Department while employed in
the removal of any such horse,
donkey, mule, or vehicle on to or from
any such steamer or train, shall be
guilty of an offence.
9. Every person who is guilty of an offence against
these Rules shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of
one hundred and fifty dollars, and if not known, may be
arrested without warrant by any public officer or constable
seeing the offence committed, or on a charge made by the
Department or any person authorised by them.
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HARBOURS AND PILOTAGE REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
1. Citation.
2. Interpretation.
ARRIVAL OF VESSELS
3. Arrival of vessels.
4. Master to answer all questions put to him by visiting
officer.
CONTROL, MOORING, ETC., OF VESSELS AFTER ARRIVAL
5. Mooring limits.
6. Manner of mooring when alongside stellings, and
penalty for breach.
7-8. Rules as to rig of vessels in harbour, etc.
9. Vessels discharging or loading at public stellings.
10. (1) Power to the Harbour Master to order vessel to
move when necessary.
(2) Penalty for failure to move.
11. Vessel leaving anchor and or chain at moorings to buoy
the same.
12. (1) Preparation of pitch, tar, etc., for vessel.
(2) Vessels working spirits, etc., to use electric light.
13. Regulations as to vessels on fire in harbour.
14. Providing of punt, etc., with proper grapnels and
chains.
15. Provisions as to vessel sunk or aground in harbour.
16. Dealing with boat adrift, etc.
17. Mode of dealing with article found adrift.
18. Throwing overboard ballast, carcass or other injurious
matter.
19. Extension, etc., of stellings.
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20. Sawdust, refuse, etc., not to be deposited in harbour
without permission.
21. Obstruction of public stelling by timber, etc.
22. Penalty for impeding free movements of vessels in
harbour.
23. Vessels proceeding across river to keep out of way of
vessels plying up and down river.
24. Place of office and general duties of the Harbour
Master.
25. Marking of Government craft.
PILOTS, APPRENTICES AND LIGHTHOUSES
26. Record of appointments.
27. Application for pilot’s service.
28. Attendance of pilots at pilot office.
29. Pilot to produce his licence when required to do so.
30. Penalty for refusing to produce licence as pilot.
31. Penalty for person falsely representing himself to be a
pilot.
32. Master to supply pilot with all information asked in
connection with vessel piloted.
33. Procuring certificate of draught of vessel.
34. Harbour master’s decision final in cases of dispute.
35. Pilot to give master flag on boarding vessel.
36. Penalty for vessel displaying pilot’s flag not having on
board a pilot.
37. Offences of pilots.
38. Punishment of pilot for wilful breach of duty.
39. Moving of vessel in pilotage district certificate to be
given by master.
40. Vessels arriving with sickness on board.
41. Vessels led liable to full pilotage dues.
42. Extraordinary services rendered in stress of weather.
43. Examining committee.
44. Application for pilot’s licence.
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21/4/1925
16/12/1929
22/1/1934
27/1948
16/1950
15/1952
19/1953
7/1963
19/1965
4 of 1972
10/1984
1/1997
REGULATION
45. Licences issued to pilots to be published in the Gazette.
46. (1) Pilotage fees and exemptions from payment of.
(c) Pilotage fees for interregional vessels, etc.
(2) Fee for extraordinary work.
47. Fee payable for pilot.
47A. Payment of fees.
48. Steam vessels to or from Georgetown to use buoyed
channel.
49. Penalty for injuring lighthouse, lights, buoy, beacon,
etc.
50. Lighthouses, buoys, beacons, etc., in use of Department
under superintendence of Harbour Master.
SURVEYS, ETC.
51. Making of surveys and soundings.
52. Penalty for offences not provided for.
LEGAL AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS
53. Mode of making complaint against person employed in
pilot establishment.
54. Proceedings to be brought in name of Harbour Master.
SCHEDULE—Fees and Dues for the Pilotage of Vessels.
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Citation.

Interpretation.
[Reg. 27/1948
19/1965]
c. 49:04
Cap. 148
1953 Ed.

Arrival of
vessels.

Master to
answer all
questions put
to him by
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Harbours
and Pilotage Regulations.
2. In these Regulations—
“Collisions Regulations” means the Collision Regulations
made on the 13th October, 1910 ;
“the Department” means the Transport and Harbours
Department established under the Transport and
Harbours Act;
“dock” includes wet docks and basins, locks, cuts, entrances,
dry docks, graving docks, gridirons, slips, quays,
wharves, piers, stages, landing—places, and jetties;
“General Manager” means the General Manager of the
Department;
“visiting officer” means a visiting officer under the
Quarantine Ordinance and includes the Harbour Master,
any deputy harbour master and any officer of customs.
ARRIVAL OF VESSELS
3. Every vessel arriving in a harbour (whether or not
she has previously entered any other port in Guyana) shall
unless liable by law to the performance of quarantine be
allowed to proceed at once to her anchorage either by day or
by night, after which the visiting officer shall visit her, if
arriving between sunset and sunrise at some time before 7
o’clock on the succeeding morning or, if arriving between
sunrise and sunset as soon as possible after her arrival.
4. (1) The master of every vessel shall answer all
questions put to him by the visiting officer in the execution of
his duty.
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visiting officer.

Mooring limits.
[Reg. 22/1/1934]

Manner of
mooring when
alongside
stellings, and
penalty for
breach.
[Reg. 22/1/1934]
(2) Any master who refuses to answer any such
questions shall be liable to a fine of seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
CONTROL, MOORING, ETC., OF VESSELS AFTER ARRIVAL
5. (1) No vessel or boat shall be anchored or moored
within the Georgetown Harbour at a less distance than one
cable from the Park Line mark on the East Bank of the
Demerara River, i.e. within a line parallel to the shore drawn
in a northerly and southerly direction. No vessel, except a
foreign-going steam vessel, shall be anchored or moored in
that part of the Georgetown Harbour bounded on the north
by a line drawn from Best Groyne on the West Bank to
Bentinck Stelling on the East Bank, and on the south by a line
drawn from Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling on the West Bank to the
Government Bonded Warehouse on the East Bank.
(2) If any vessel is or remains anchored or moored
contrary to this regulation, the master, agent or owner shall
be liable to a fine of three hundred dollars, and if any such
vessel is not removed immediately on notice to remove being
given either orally or in writing to the master, agent or owner
thereof by the Harbour Master, such master, agent or owner
shall be liable to a further fine of thirty dollars per hour for
every hour or part of an hour that such vessel or boat may
remain after such notice:
Provided that the aggregate amount of such penalties
shall not exceed two hundred dollars.
6. (1) Not more than three vessels may be made fast
alongside of each other when alongside of any stelling
without the permission of the Harbour Master, and in no
circumstances may any such craft project out into the river
more than one hundred feet, nor shall any vessel be made fast
to any stelling in such a manner that it projects out into the
river beyond the end of the stelling unless such craft is lying
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Rules as to rig
of vessels in
harbour, etc.
Vessels
discharging or
loading at
in a northerly and southerly direction parallel with the shore.
(2) If any vessel is anchored or moored contrary to
this regulation, the master, agent or owner shall be liable to a
fine of three hundred dollars, and if such vessel is not
removed immediately upon notice to remove being given,
either orally or in writing, to the master, agent or owner
thereof by the Harbour Master, such master, agent or owner
shall be liable to a further fine of thirty dollars for every hour
or part of an hour that such vessel may remain after such
notice:
Provided that the aggregate amount of such penalties
shall not exceed six hundred dollars.
7. No vessel shall have an outrigger projecting more
than twelve feet from the rail or gunwale.
8. (1) Every vessel moored in a harbour or lying
alongside any stelling shall have its lower yards topped up,
and its flying jib-booms run in; no vessel shall have an
outrigger longer than twelve feet from the gunwale or shall
run an anchor on shore or shall have a rope made fast on
shore or stelling or to another vessel, except in case of
emergency, or in warping from one place to another, or in
getting underweight or when necessary to keep such vessel
moored in a harbour or alongside any stelling and if such
anchor or rope is in such a position as to interfere with
navigation the same shall be properly lighted from half an
hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise. Such anchor
and rope shall not be left out longer than is necessary.
(2) Any master who is convicted of a breach of this
regulation shall be liable to a fine of three hundred dollars.
9. Cargo shall not be put ashore at nor taken from a
public stelling except by means of small boats or from small
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public stellings.

Power to the
Harbour
Master to order
vessel to move
when
necessary.
[Reg. 22/1/1934]
Penalty for
failure to move.

Vessel leaving
anchor and or
chain at
moorings to
craft which must land or take their cargo without delay.
10. (1) The Harbour Master may order any vessel
lying alongside a stelling or moored or anchored in a harbour
to remove in any direction or to any place that he may
direct—
(a) for the purpose of facilitating the
movement of other vessels; or
(b) for her own safety; or
(c) for the safety of other vessels; or
(d) for the purpose of enforcing
quarantine regulations, or
(e) for the purpose of securing free, or
clear navigation; or
(f) for the purpose of enabling other
vessels to come alongside the same or
neighbouring stellings.
(2) Any master who refuses to move his vessel,
when so ordered, shall be liable to a fine of not less than
seventy-five dollars and not more than three hundred dollars,
and, in addition, he shall be liable to a further penalty of
thirty dollars for every hour or part of an hour that the vessel
may remain after he has been so ordered to move:
Provided that the aggregate amount of such penalties
shall not exceed six hundred dollars.
11. Whenever any vessel has to move from her
moorings, leaving anchor and or chain behind it shall be the
duty of the owner, master, or local representative of such
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buoy the same.

Preparation of
pitch, tar, etc.,
for vessel.

Vessels
working spirits,
etc., to use
electric light.
owner or master to cause them to be properly buoyed before
her departure or within two hours thereof and they shall be
taken up and removed from the bed of the river within forty-
eight hours thereof failing which, the owner or master shall
be liable to a fine of not less than thirty or more than seventy-
five dollars for every twenty-four hours they so remain after
the expiration of the time specified for their removal.
12. (1) If any pitch, tar or combustible matter is
required for the use of any vessel—
(a) lying to, moored, or at anchor in a
harbour, or
(b) lying alongside any stelling,
such pitch, tar or combustible matter shall be prepared in a
boat at least ten fathoms distant from the nearest vessel or
stelling.
(2) No light other than electric light shall be used
on board any vessel when—
(a) loading, discharging, starting,
coopering or removing spirits, or
(b) working highly inflammable cargo or
part cargoes; or
(c) highly inflammable cargoes or
materials are near the work being
done.
(3) The master of any vessel who fails to comply
with any of the requirements of this regulation shall be liable
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Regulations as
to vessels on
fire in harbour.

Providing of
punt, etc., with
proper
grapnels and
chains.
Provisions as to
vessel sunk or
aground in
harbour.
[Reg. 6/12/1929]
13. (1) If any vessel is on fire in a harbour the master
thereof shall immediately get his vessel into the stream and to
leeward of other vessels.
(2) The Harbour Master shall after his arrival,
whether the master be on board or not, take charge of such
vessel until she is in his opinion removed to safe distance
from other vessels.
(3) The master of any vessel who without
reasonable excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on him) acts in
contravention of paragraph (1) shall be liable to a fine of
seven hundred and fifty dollars.
14. (1) Every punt and craft shall be provided with a
good iron grapnel and chain or cable of sufficient weight and
strength, according to the size of the vessel; and no punt or
craft shall be allowed to make grapnels and fast to a public
stelling between sunset and sunrise without permission of the
Harbour Master.
(2) For any breach of the provisions of this
regulation the owner of such punt or craft shall be liable to a
fine of not less than fifteen dollars and not exceeding seventy-
five dollars.
15. (1) If a vessel sinks or runs ashore within any
harbour or pilotage district the owner, hirer, master or
consignee thereof shall within twelve hours of such
occurrence give notice thereof to the Harbour Master. Any
person failing to comply with this requirement shall be liable
to a fine of three hundred dollars.
(2) If a vessel which has sunk or run ashore as
aforesaid is in such a position as to be, in the opinion of the
Harbour Master, a danger to navigation, he shall cause it or
its position to be adequately marked with buoys and lights
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until such vessel is raised, removed or destroyed.
(3) The Harbour Master may raise or remove any
vessel which has sunk or run ashore as aforesaid and may
cause the same with all the tackle, apparel, and furniture
thereof and all merchandise, goods and articles found on
board, or such part as is preserved and recovered to be sold at
public auction and after deducting all expenses incurred in
lighting, buoying, raising and removing such vessel, shall pay
the surplus, if any, to the Comptroller of Customs for disposal
by him in accordance with the provisions of the Wrecks
Removal Act. If, however, the expenses which may have been
incurred as aforesaid, exceed the proceeds of sale of the vessel
including such articles aforementioned as may have been
preserved and recovered, or in the event of its not being
found possible to raise or remove such vessel, and its
destruction in the circumstances being the only alternative, all
expenses which may be incurred by the Harbour Master in
this direction together with the expenses aforementioned may
by an action at law be recovered by him from the owner or
any part—owner of the vessel:
Provided that where the owner or a part-owner or the
agent of such owner or part-owner of any such vessel is
resident in Guyana and can with reasonable diligence be
found, the Harbour Master shall not raise, remove or destroy
such vessel unless and until he shall have given such owner,
part—owner or agent, or left at his usual or last known place
of abode or business, a notice in writing requiring him to
raise, remove or destroy the vessel within such time as the
Harbour Master may think reasonable for the purpose.
(4) No action shall lie against the Harbour Master
for anything done by him or anyone acting under his
directions or authority in or about the raising, removal,
destruction or sale of any vessel or of any tackle, apparel,
furniture, merchandise, goods or articles as aforesaid.
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Dealing with
boat adrift, etc.

Mode of
dealing with
article found
adrift.
[46 of 1949]

Throwing
overboard
ballast, carcass
or other
injurious
matter.
16. Any person who finds a boat or other craft or any
package adrift, or picks up an anchor or cable, not buoyed,
shall forthwith deliver the same to the Harbour Master, and,
in default of so doing, shall be liable to a fine of not less than
fifteen dollars and not exceeding one hundred and fifty
dollars.
17. (1) On receiving from any person any boat, craft,
package, anchor, or cable mentioned in the preceding clause,
the Harbour Master shall forthwith advertise the same, giving
notice that, if not claimed within ten clear days from the date
of the publication of such advertisement, the same will be
sold by public auction on a day to be named by the Harbour
Master; and, on the sale being effected, the Harbour Master
shall, before paying over the proceeds to the Department,
deduct thereout all expenses necessarily incurred.
(2) In the event of any such article being claimed,
and right thereto established, to the satisfaction of the
Harbour Master, before the expiration of the ten days
mentioned in the advertisement, he shall deliver such article
to the owner thereof, on payment by him to the Department
of the expenses actually incurred, and of a salvage not
exceeding one—third of the appraised value, after deduction
of expenses, to be determined by the Harbour Master.
18. (1) It shall be the duty of the master of every vessel
to remove or cause to be removed therefrom the carcass of
any dead animal or anything whatsoever injurious to health
lying therein.
(2) If any ballast, ashes or any other thing which
does not float or the carcass of any dead animal, or other
thing injurious to health is thrown overboard from any vessel
or from any stelling below mean high water mark of spring
tides, the master of the vessel, or the occupier or owner of the
stelling shall be liable to a fine of three hundred dollars for
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Extension, etc.,
of stellings.
[Reg. 27/1948]
Sawdust refuse,
etc., not to be
deposited In
harbour
without
permission.

Obstruction of
public stelling
by timber, etc.
each offence.
(3) Anything required in accordance with
paragraph (1) to be removed from any vessel shall be
removed and be disposed of as may be directed or sanctioned
by the Harbour Master.
19. (1) No stelling shall be erected, extended, altered,
or added to without the licence in writing of the General
Manager and subject to such conditions as he may impose
relating thereto.
(2) Any person who erects, extends, alters or adds
to any stelling without having previously obtained the licence
of the General Manager to do so shall be liable to a fine of
seven hundred and fifty dollars.
(3) The Harbour Master may, after previous
notification in writing so to do, remove or cause to be
removed any erection, extension, alteration or addition made
in contravention of paragraph (1).
20. (1) No material, sawdust, refuse, or anything
whatsoever may be deposited anywhere in any harbour
without the permission of the Harbour Master.
(2) Any person who commits a breach of this
regulation shall be liable to a fine of three hundred dollars
and in addition thereto may be required to remove the thing
deposited within twenty-four hours after notice has been
given by the Harbour Master so to do.
21. If any timber or other article which may cause
obstruction is dropped alongside or in front of any public
stelling, such timber or other article may be seized, and, on
complaint preferred by the Harbour Master before the
magistrate, shall be forfeited and sold; and the owner of the
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Penalty for
impeding free
movements of
vessels in
harbour.
Vessels
proceeding
across river to
keep out of
way of vessels
plying up and
down river.
c. 49:01
[Reg. 6/12/1929]

Place of office
and general
duties of the
Harbour
Master.
[Reg. 27/1948]

Marking of
Government
craft.

Record of
appointments.
vessel from which such timber or other article was dropped,
or the owner of such timber or other article, shall, on being
convicted, be liable to a fine of seventy-five dollars for each
offence.
22. Every person who wilfully or negligently causes
any impediment to the free movements of vessels in any
harbour shall be liable to a fine of three hundred dollars.
23. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
regulations for preventing collisions at sea made under the
applied Act entitled the Guyana Shipping Act, every vessel
navigating the waters of any river within the limits of the
harbour of Georgetown or of the harbour of New Amsterdam
shall, when proceeding across such river, keep out of the way
of any other vessel which may be proceeding up or down the
said river and shall, if the circumstances of the case admit,
avoid crossing ahead of such other vessel.
24. The Harbour Master shall have an office in such
place as may be appointed by the Minister; he shall keep a
correct journal of everything occurring in his department; he
shall keep a launch carrying a distinguishing flag by which he
may be known at all times, and manned by a proper crew, for
the purpose of performing the duties of his department; he
shall pay regular visits to the shipping, and shall satisfy
himself that all vessels are properly moored or made fast to a
stelling.
25. The Harbour Master shall satisfy himself that all
Government craft are duly marked with the proper numbers
according to their licences.
PILOTS, APPRENTICES AND LIGHTHOUSES
26. A record of all warrants of appointment of pilots
shall be kept at the office of the Department.
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Application for
pilot’s service.

Attendance of
pilots at pilot
office.
Pilot to
produce his
licence when
required to do
so.
[Reg. 27/1948]
Penalty for
refusing to
produce his

27. (1) Every person desiring to have the services of a
pilot shall apply to the Harbour Master for the same, and
shall state, if practicable, the draught of the vessel to be
piloted and the hour and place at which the pilot's services
will be required.
(2) The Harbour Master shall, on receipt of the
application referred to in paragraph (1), direct which pilot
shall give his services and, if practicable, at what place and
hour.
(3) When it is possible for a person to obtain the
services of a pilot at the lightship, such pilot shall, unless
detailed on other special duty, pilot such vessel and the
person requiring the services of such pilot need not apply to
the Harbour Master as provided in paragraph (1).
28. The pilots while in port shall attend at the pilot
office at such times as they may be required.
29. (1) Every pilot shall, when required to do so,
produce his licence to the General Manager and in case of its
revocation or suspension, he shall forthwith deliver it up to
the General Manager.
(2) On the death of a pilot any person into whose
hands his licence comes shall without delay transmit it to the
General Manager.
(3) If a pilot or other person contravenes the
requirements of this regulation, he shall be liable in respect of
each offence to a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars.
30. (1) Every pilot when acting as such shall be
provided with his licence, and shall if requested produce it to
any person by whom he is employed, or to whom he offers
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licence as a
pilot.

Penalty for
person falsely
presenting
himself to be a
pilot.
Master to
supply pilot
with all
information
asked in
connection
with vessel
piloted.
[Reg. 2 of 1978]

Procuring
certificate of
draught of
vessel.
his services as a pilot.
(2) If a pilot refuses to produce his licence in
accordance with this regulation, he shall be liable, in respect
of each offence, to a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars.
31. If any person not being a pilot falsely represents
himself to be such, either by means of using a licence or
otherwise, he shall be liable in respect of each offence to a fine
of three hundred dollars.
32. (1) A pilot may require the master of the vessel
which he is piloting to declare her draught of water, length
and beam, and the master shall comply with any such
request.
(2) If the master of any vessel refuses to declare as
aforesaid, or makes, or is privy to making any false statement
to the pilot in answer to the request, he shall be liable in
respect of each offence to a fine of three hundred dollars.
(3) Every person desiring to have the services of a
pilot in respect of a towing vessel shall ensure that the vessels
being towed in a pilotage district do not exceed three in
number, and that the length of the tow (measuring from the
stern of the towing vessel to the stern of the last vessel) does
not exceed 1,600 feet.
33. (1) Every pilot previous to quitting a vessel of
which he has had charge, either on arrival or departure, shall
procure from its master a certificate (which the master is
hereby required to give) stating the draught of water of and
such other facts as the Harbour Master may require him to
ascertain relating to such vessel, and whether or not she has
been piloted to his satisfaction; and such certificate shall be
lodged by the pilot in the appropriate pilot office with as little
delay as possible.
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Harbour
Master’s
decision final in
cases of
dispute.
[Reg. 27/1948]
Pilot to give
master flag on
boarding
vessel.

Penalty for
vessel
displaying
pilot’s flag not
having on
board a pilot.

Offences of
pilots.
[26 of 1949
4 of 1972]
(2) If the pilot is of opinion that any vessel draws
more than is stated in the certificate relating to her inwards,
or for which he has cleared outwards or if such certificate is
refused to be given, he shall immediately report the same to
the Harbour Master; and it shall be the duty of the Harbour
Master to ascertain the correct draught of the vessel.
34. In case of any dispute as to the correct draught of
water of a vessel, the Harbour Master or Deputy Harbour
Master shall decide and his decision shall be final.

35. (1) When a pilot goes on board a vessel to pilot her
he shall give the master a flag (in these Regulations called a
pilot’s flag) the upper horizontal half of which shall be white
and the lower horizontal half red.
(2) The master shall have this flag hoisted at the
masthead or at some other conspicuous position, and it shall
be kept flying until a pilot is about to leave the vessel, when it
shall be hauled down and given to the pilot.
36. A pilot flag, or a flag so nearly resembling a pilot
flag as to be likely to deceive, shall not be displayed on any
vessel not having on board a pilot, and if any such flag is
displayed thereon, the master thereof shall, unless in the case
of a display of a flag likely to deceive, he proves he had no
intention to deceive, be liable for each offence to a fine of
seven hundred and fifty dollars.
37. (1) Any pilot who—
(a) keeps himself or is interested in
keeping by any agent, servant, or
other person, any public-house or
place of public entertainment or
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himself sells, or is interested in selling
in the manner aforesaid any
spirituous liquor, wine, tobacco,
cigars, tea, opium, gange, charas,
majoon or chang; or
(b) commits any fraud or other offence
against the revenues of customs or
excise or the laws relating thereto; or
(c) is in any way directly or indirectly
concerned in any corrupt practices
relating to vessels, their tackle,
furniture, cargoes, crews, or
passengers, or to persons in distress at
sea or by shipwreck, or to their
property; or
(d) lends his licence of appointment to
any person; or
(e) acts as pilot while suspended; or
(f) acts as pilot whilst in a state of
intoxication; or
(g) refuses or wilfully delays, unless
prevented by illness (which must be
certified by a Government medical
officer) or other reasonable cause, to
take charge of any vessel upon the
signal for a pilot being made by such
vessel, or upon being required to do
so by the Harbour Master or by any
Deputy Harbour Master; or
(h) unnecessarily cuts or slips, or causes
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Punishment of
pilot for wilful
breach of duty.
to be cut or slipped, any cable
belonging to any vessel; or
(i) refuses, on the request of the master,
to conduct any vessel of which he has
the charge into any port or place into
which he is qualified to conduct the
same, except on reasonable ground of
danger to the vessel; or
(j) quits any vessel of which he has the
charge before the service for which he
was employed has been performed; or
(k) refuses or neglects to give instruction
to any apprentices entrusted to him
by the Harbour Master,
shall, in addition to any liability for damages at the suit of any
person aggrieved which he may incur, be liable to a fine of
seven hundred and fifty dollars.
(2) Every person who procures, abets, or connives
at the commission of any offence mentioned in this clause
shall, likewise, in addition to any such liability for damages,
as aforesaid, be liable to a fine of seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
38. If any pilot, when in charge of any vessel by wilful
breach of duty, or by reason of drunkenness—
(a) does any act tending to the immediate
loss, destruction or serious damage of
such vessel, or tending immediately
to endanger the life or limb of any
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Moving of
vessel in
pilotage
district
certificate to be
given by
master.
[Reg. 27/1948]
Vessels arriving
with sickness
on board.

Vessels led
liable to full
pilotage dues.
[2 of 1978]
Extraordinary
services
rendered in
stress of
weather.
(b) refuses or omits to do any lawful act
proper and requisite to be done by
him or for preserving such vessel
from loss, destruction or serious
damage, or for preserving any person
belonging to or on board the vessel
from danger to life or limb,
that pilot shall in respect of each offence without prejudice to
any civil or criminal proceedings to which he may be liable,
independently of these Regulations, be liable to the
cancellation or suspension of his pilot licence and to a further
penalty of seven hundred and fifty dollars.
39. When it is desired to move a vessel from one place
to another in a pilotage district, application in writing to do so
must be made to the Harbour Master who will appoint a pilot
to move such vessel, and the pilot after having moved such
vessel shall obtain a certificate from the master in a form
approved of by the General Manager.

40. Vessels arriving with sickness of an infectious
nature on board or having recently communicated with an
infected port shall not be boarded by a pilot, but a pilot shall
go alongside or ahead of such vessel in the pilot boat and
indicate to the master of the vessel where to anchor.
41. If any vessel having on board a licensed pilot leads
any vessel which has not a licensed pilot on board when the
last mentioned vessel cannot, from particular circumstances,
be boarded, the vessel thus led shall pay the full pilotage rate
for her tonnage as if a licensed pilot had been on board.
42. (1) In stress of weather, which may render it
impossible or dangerous to board any vessel the pilot shall in
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Examining
committee.
[Reg. 27/1948
16/1950]

Application for
pilot’s licence.
[Reg. 27/1948]
(2) In case of information being received at any
time, that there is a vessel on the coast in distress, it shall be
the duty of the Harbour Master immediately to send such
vessel a competent pilot, either by the pilot boat or otherwise
and to render her every assistance in his power.
(3) All such services shall be deemed
extraordinary.
43.(1)There shall be an examining committee
(hereinafter called the committee) of the Harbour Master and
two pilots, who shall examine all applicants for licences as to
their fitness to act as pilots and each member of the committee
shall receive such remuneration as the General Manager may
direct.
(2) The committee shall hold examinations as often
as may be necessary.
(3) Every applicant for a pilot’s licence shall pay to
the Department a fee of ten dollars before taking the
examination referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).
44. Every applicant for a pilot’s licence must satisfy
the committee in all of the following matters and the
committee may thereupon recommend to the General
Manager the granting of a pilot's licence –
(a) that he is over twenty-one years of
age;
(b) that he has been for the space of five
years at least actually engaged and
employed as a seafaring man;
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Licences issued
to pilots to be
published in
the Gazette.
[Reg. 47/1948]

Pilotage fees
and exemptions
from payment
of.
[Reg. 21/4/1925
27/1948
2 of 1978]
(d) that he is of good behaviour and
sobriety;
(e) that he has a practical knowledge of
the pilotage district for which he may
be licensed;
(f) that he possesses a thorough
knowledge of the rule of the road at
sea and any other matter with
reference to pilotage which the
committee may deem necessary,
such licence may be a general licence or may be limited to a
particular district.
45. The General Manager shall publish in the Gazette a
notice of every licence issued to a pilot and shall also keep a
list of all pilots with their addresses exhibited in a
conspicuous place at his office.
46. (1) The fees payable to the Department for services
rendered by pilots shall be as set forth in the Schedule:
Provided that—
(a) no such fees shall be payable in
respect of any vessel in the service of
the Government of any
Commonwealth territory or of any
Foreign State or Power not employed
in the carriage of merchandise on
freight unless a pilot is actually
employed by such vessel;
(b) no such fees shall be payable in
respect of any vessel of or of less than
fifty tons gross tonnage burden, by
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Guyana or Foreign measurement,
trading between Guyana and any
Foreign Port on the coast of Guyana
or between Guyana and any of the
West Indian Islands from Puerto Rico
to Trinidad, both inclusive, unless a
pilot is actually employed by such
vessel;
(c) a vessel of more than 50 but less than
500 tons gross employed in the
carriage of cargo between Guyana
and any ports of the Community
States shall be charged a maximum of
twelve pilotage fees in any one year:
Provided that whenever the
services of a pilot are actually
engaged payment in full shall be
made therefor;
(d) no such fees shall be payable in
respect of any vessel of less than 500
tons gross employed in the coasting
trade of Guyana, or inland
communication or any vessel
employed in deep sea fishing and not
calling at any foreign port, unless a
pilot is actually employed by such
vessel;
(e) where any vessel arrives in Guyana
seeking a market or freight and
proceeds for another port or place,
without coming to an entry, she shall
not be liable to the payment of such
fees, unless a pilot is actually
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Fee for
extraordinary
work.

Fee payable for
pilot.
[Reg. 15/1952
19/1953
2 of 1978
10/1984]
employed by such vessel;
(f) a vessel going from Georgetown to
New Amsterdam or Essequibo and
back or from New Amsterdam or
Essequibo to Georgetown and back
shall not be liable to the payment of
such fees unless a pilot is actually
employed by such vessel; but such
vessel shall pay full pilotage fees for
the inward and final outward voyages
whether a pilot is actually employed
or not.
(2) All services rendered by the pilot establishment
for the remuneration of which no specific provision is made
by any list of fees for the time being in force shall be
considered as extraordinary, and the remuneration for the
same shall be fixed by the General Manager at such sums
respectively as may be deemed reasonable.
(3) Pilotage fees for towing vessels shall be as set
out in Parts I, II, III and IV of the Schedule, and for this
purpose, gross tonnage shall be determined by the gross
tonnage of the towing vessel and each of the unit of her tow.
47. Where a pilot has been engaged to bring in, take
out or remove a vessel, the person liable to pay pilotage dues
for the vessel shall pay to the Department the fees set out at
Item 1 of Part IV of the Schedule for each hour or part thereof
that the pilot is detained after the hour appointed for the
arrival, departure or removal of the vessel:
Provided that—
(a) notice of cancellation shall be
accepted in the case of a vessel due at
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Payment of
fees.
[Reg.10/1984]

Power driven
vessel to use
buoyed
channel.
[4 of 1972
Reg. 19/1965]
the lightship if received prior to the
departure of the pilot for the
lightship;
(b) if a pilot is retained in port or at sea
after he has completed the service for
which he was engaged, the person
liable to pay pilotage dues for the
vessel shall pay to the Department the
fees set out at Item 2 of Part IV of the
Schedule; and
(c) where a notice of cancellation is
received after the arrival of the pilot at
the vessel or after the departure of the
pilot for the pilot station, the person
liable to pay pilotage dues for the
vessel shall pay to the Department the
respective fees set out at Items 3 and 4
Part IV of the Schedule.
47A. Where in these Regulations the fees payable are
expressed in Guyana dollars and in the United States of
America dollars, the fees shall be paid in United States of
America dollars in the case of vessels not registered in
Guyana and in Guyana dollars in the case of other vessels.
48. (1) Every power driven vessel entering or leaving
the Harbour of Georgetown or the Harbour of New
Amsterdam shall, when navigating between the mouth of the
Demerara River and the Demerara lightship or between the
mouth of the Berbice River and the Berbice Light Tower, do
so through the buoyed channel, unless the Harbour Master
issues instructions in writing to the contrary.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
Collision Regulations, every vessel navigating between the
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Penalty for
injuring
lighthouse,
lights, buoy,
beacon, etc.

Lighthouses,
buoys, beacons,
etc., in use of
Department
under
superintend-
dence of
Harbour
Master.
[Reg. 27/1948]
mouth of the Demerara River and the Demerara lightship or
between the mouth of the Berbice River and the Berbice Light
Tower shall, when proceeding across the buoyed channel,
keep out of the way of any other vessel proceeding through
the buoyed channel and shall, if the circumstances of the case
admit, avoid crossing ahead of such other vessel.
(3) Any master who fails to comply with or
contravenes this regulation shall be liable to a fine of seven
hundred and fifty dollars.
49. A person shall not, either wilfully or negligently—
(a) injure any lighthouse or the lights
exhibited therein, or any buoy or
beacon;
(b) remove, alter, or destroy any
lightship, buoy or beacon;
(c) ride by, make fast to or run foul of
any lightship, buoy or beacon.
Any person acting in contravention of this regulation
shall, in addition to the expenses of making good any damage
so occasioned, be liable for each offence to a fine of seven
hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for six months.
50. All lighthouses, buoys and beacons and all boats
and other appliances used in the pilotage service shall be
under the charge and superintendence of the Harbour Master,
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Making of
surveys and
soundings.
[Reg. 27/1948]

Penalty for
offences not
provided for.
Mode of
making
complaint
against person
employed in
pilot
establishment.
[Reg. 27/1948]
Proceedings to
be brought in
name of
Harbour
Master.
[Reg. 27/1948]

SURVEYS, ETC.
51. The Harbour Master or such other person as shall
be appointed by the General Manager shall as often as may be
directed by the General Manager survey, sound, and examine
the beacons, banks, and channels of the pilotage districts and
such other districts as the General Manager may prescribe
and report in writing to the General Manager.
52. In the case of non-compliance on the part of any
person with the provisions of these Regulations, he shall be
liable, in any case for which no penalty is provided, to a fine
of one hundred and fifty dollars.
LEGAL AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS
53. Every complaint for a contravention of these
Regulations, or the Act, by any person employed in the pilot
establishment shall be in writing signed by the person
complaining, and shall be left with the General Manager
within fourteen days from the date of such alleged
contravention.
54. (1) All proceedings under these Regulations may
be brought by and in the name of the Harbour Master.
(2) All fees collected under these Regulations shall
be paid to the Department.
(3) All proceedings under these Regulations shall
be under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.
(4) All proceedings under these Regulations shall
be brought within six months from the commission of the
offence.
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SCHEDULE
FEES AND DUES FOR THE PILOTAGE OF VESSELS
PART I
1. Fees for the pilotage of vessels from the pilot station
in the Harbour of Georgetown or from the Harbour of
Georgetown to the pilot station shall be payable in accordance
with the following scale—
Gross Tonnage Bar Fees
(Maximum) US$
Up to 500 129.60
501 1,000 142.40
1,001 2,000 152.00
2,001 3,000 158.40
3,001 4,000 168.00
4,001 5,000 174.40
5,001 6,000 184.00
6,001 7,000 193.60
7,001 8,000 200.00
8,001 9,000 209.60
9,001 10,000 217.60
10,001 11,000 225.60
11,001 12,000 238.40
and, in addition, for every 1,000 tons in excess of 12,000 tons
or US$ 11.20.
2. Fees for the pilotage of vessels shall be payable in
accordance with the following scale—
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Gross Tonnage Docking or
Undocking
Anchorage to
Anchorage
US$ US$
Up to 500 33.60 28.80
501 1,000 33.60 28.80
1,001 2,000 33.60 28.80
2,001 3,000 38.40 28.80
3,001 4,000 38.40 28.80
4,001 5,000 40.00 28.80
5,001 6,000 46.40 28.80
6,001 7,000 49.60 32.00
7,001 8,000 54.40 32.00
8,001 9,000 57.60 33.60
9,001 10,000 68.80 33.60
10,001 11,000 73.60 40.00
11,001 12,000 80.00 49.60
and, in addition, for every 1,000 tons in excess of 12,000 tons
US$ 11.20.
3. Fees for the pilotage of vessels from the
Georgetown pilot station to points beyond the Transport and
Harbours Department wharf, Stanleytown, to Everton and
from Everton to the Georgetown pilot station—
Gross Tonnage Bar Fees
(Maximum) US$
Up to 500 302.40
501 1,000 312.00
1,001 2,000 326.40
2,001 3,000 337.60
3,001 4,000 348.80
4,001 5,000 366.40
5,001 6,000 382.40
6,001 7,000 398.40
7,001 8,000 414.40
8,001 9,000 433.60
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9,001 10,000 454.40
10,001 11,000 480.00
11,001 12,000 512.00
and, in addition, for every 1,000 tons in excess of 12,000 tons
US$ 11.20.
PART II FOR THE PILOTAGE OF VESSELS TO, IN OR FROM THE
ESSEQUIBO RIVER
(a) A vessel entering the Essequibo River
and proceeding to Parika or leaving
the Essequibo River from Parika to
pay pilotage fees as for entering or
leaving Georgetown.
(b) A vessel proceeding from
Georgetown to Parika or vice versa to
pay double the pilotage fees for
entering or leaving Georgetown and
in addition the sum of US$ 27.20.
(c) Vessels entering the Essequibo River
and proceeding beyond Parika to pay
pilotage fees as at (a) or (b) above, in
addition to an extra charge for
distance from Parika on the following
scale—
10 miles or under—¼ the pilotage fee for entering or
leaving Harbour of Georgetown.
Over 10 miles but not more than 20 miles—½ the pilotage
fee for entering or leaving Harbour of Georgetown.
Over 20 miles but not more than 30 miles—¾ the pilotage
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Over 30 miles for vessels proceeding down the river the
same fees.
PART III
1. Fees for vessels entering or leaving the Harbour of
New Amsterdam—
Gross Tonnage Bar Fees
(Maximum) US$
Up to 500 126.40
501 129.60
1,001 142.40
2,001 152.00
3,001 158.40
4,001 168.00
5,001 174.40
6,001 184.00
7,001 193.60
8,001 200.00
9,001 209.60
10,001 217.60
11,001 228.80
and, in addition, for every 1,000 tons in excess of 12,000 tons
US$ 11.20,
2. Fees for pilotage of vessels—
(a) to or from a dock in the Harbour of
New Amsterdam or from an
anchorage to an anchorage in the
Harbour of New Amsterdam will be
the same as stated in Item 2 or Part I;
and
(b) from the pilot station to the Berbice
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beacon- US$ 88.
PART IV
1. Fees for detention of pilots—
(a) in port (all districts) US$ 35.20 per
hour or part thereof; and
(b) at sea awaiting a vessel which did not
arrive at her expected time of arrival
US$ 35.20 per hour or part thereof.
2. Retainance fee in out districts—
US$ 19.20 for each hour or part thereof.
3. Fee for cancellation after pilot’s arrival at vessel—
US$
(a) at Georgetown 35.20
(b) at Parika 49.60
(c) at New Amsterdam 68.80
(d) at any other point in the Essequibo
River

102.40
4. Fees for cancellation after pilot has left by launch
for the pilot station US$ 20.80 for each hour or part thereof
which, as a result of the request for his services, the pilot
spends away from port.
5. The fee payable in respect of a Pilotage Exemption
Certificate is US$ 160.00
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15/1970
11/1982
11/1984
HARBOURS REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION.
1. Citation.
2. Interpretation.
PART I
SECURING THE SAFETY OF VESSELS
Certificate of Seaworthiness
3. Application for certificate of seaworthiness of vessel to
navigate in a harbour.
4. (1) Examination of vessel in possession of certificate of
seaworthiness.
(2) Revocation of certificate of seaworthiness.
5. When certificate of seaworthiness is null and void.
6. (1) Vessel not to navigate in harbours without certificate
of seaworthiness.
(2) Exemptions.
7. Register of certificates of seaworthiness.
Harbour Licence
8. Obtaining a harbour licence.
9. Power to re-examine holder of harbour licence.
10. Cancellation of harbour licence.
11. Penalty for not having harbour licence.
12. Register of harbour licences.
PART II REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN HARBOURS AND
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS
13. Rule of the road.
Harbours Regulations
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Citation.
REGULATIONS
14. Vessels dropping up or down a harbour.
15. Special signal for foreign going steamships.
16. Certain vessels to keep out of the way of foreign going
steamships.
PART III MARKING LOAD LINES ON VESSELS
17. Branding load lines.
18. Marks to be painted on vessels.
19. Markings to be kept freshly painted.
PART IV
GENERAL
20. Recovery of penalties.
FIRST SCHEDULE—Forms.
SECOND SCHEDULE—Equipment for vessels navigating in
a Harbour.
THIRD SCHEDULE—Certificate of seaworthiness.
FOURTH SCHEDULE—Subjects for examination for harbour
licence as Master.
FIFTH SCHEDULE—Rules for determining freeboard.
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HARBOUR REGULATIONS
made under section 49 (2) and (j)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Harbours
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Interpretation.

Application for
certificate of
seaworthiness
of vessel to
navigate in a
harbour.

Form 1
First Schedule.
Regulations.
2. In these Regulations—
“Collision Regulations” means the Collision Regulations
made on the 13th October, 1910;
“Harbour Master” includes a Deputy Harbour Master;
“vessel” includes any ship or boat, or any other description of
vessel used in navigation except that Parts I and III shall
not apply to vessels solely used for pleasure purposes
and not carrying passengers or cargo for hire or reward.
PART I SECURING THE SAFETY OF VESSELS
Certificate of Seaworthiness
3. (1) If the owner, master or agent of a vessel desires
to obtain a certificate of seaworthiness of the vessel to
navigate in a harbour of Guyana, hereinafter called a
certificate of seaworthiness, he shall make application in
writing therefor to the Harbour Master, and pay to him a fee
of one dollar.
(2) On such application and payment being made,
the Harbour Master shall survey the vessel and its equipment.
(3) If, on such survey, the Harbour Master is of
opinion that the vessel is fit to navigate in the harbour he
shall issue a certificate of seaworthiness in the form specified
in the First Schedule. The certificate shall bear the date on
which the vessel was surveyed and shall remain in force for
twelve months from such date.
(4) The Harbour Master shall not issue a certificate
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Second
Schedule.
Third Schedule.
Fifth Schedule.
of seaworthiness unless the vessel is furnished with the
equipment specified second in the Second Schedule.
(5) (a) The certificate of seaworthiness shall
contain the conditions subject to
which it is issued, that is to say—
(i) the purposes for which
the vessel is alone
permitted to be used;
(ii) the maximum number of
persons that may be
carried on the vessel at
any one time;
(iii) the minimum freeboard
to which the vessel may
be loaded; and
(iv) the equipment which the
vessel must carry.
(b) The maximum number of persons
that may be carried on a vessel at any
one time shall be determined by the
Harbour Master in accordance with
the rules contained in the Third
Schedule.
(c) The minimum freeboard to which the
vessel may be loaded shall be
determined by the Harbour Master in
accordance with the rules contained
in the Fifth Schedule.
(6) Any owner or master of a vessel who fails to
comply with or contravenes any of the conditions contained
in a certificate of seaworthiness shall be liable to a fine of
three hundred dollars.
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Form 2.
First Schedule.

Examination of
vessel in
possession of
certificate of
seaworthiness.

Revocation of
certificate of
seaworthiness.
Second
Schedule.
Form 3.
First Schedule.

When
certificate of
seaworthiness
is null and
(7) If, on such survey, the Harbour Master is of the
opinion that the vessel is unfit to navigate in the harbour, he
shall within twenty-four hours after such survey, deliver to
the master or owner of the vessel a statement in writing in the
form specified in the First Schedule, detailing the defects and
deficiencies of the vessel and in what respects the vessel is
unfit for navigation.
(8) A certificate of seaworthiness shall at all times
be kept on board the vessel to which it relates.
(9) Any owner or master contravening regulation
3(8) shall be liable to a fine of thirty dollars.
4. (1) The Harbour Master may, by notice in writing,
require the owner or master of any vessel in respect whereof a
certificate of seaworthiness is in force to produce such vessel
to him at a time and place specified by him in writing for re-
survey.
(2) If the Harbour Master at any time finds that a
vessel is not furnished with the equipment specified in the
Second Schedule, or if without reasonable cause the proof
whereof shall lie on the owner or master, the vessel is not
produced to the Harbour Master under paragraph (1) the
Harbour Master shall thereupon revoke the certificate of
seaworthiness and issue a certificate of revocation to the
owner or master of the vessel in the form specified in the First
Schedule.
(3) The provisions of regulation 3(7) and regulation
4(2) shall apply if at any time the Harbour Master finds that
the vessel is unfit to navigate in the harbour.
5. A certificate of seaworthiness shall be null and
void—

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void.
Vessel not to
navigate in
harbours
without
certificate of
seaworthiness.
Exemptions.
Register of
certificates of
seaworthiness.
Form 4.
First Schedule.
(a) on the expiration of a period of twelve
months from seaworthiness the date
thereof; or
(b) on its revocation by the Harbour
Master under regulation 4(2) or (3).
6. (1) No vessel shall enter, leave or navigate in the
waters of any harbour unless a certificate of seaworthiness as
regards that harbour is in force at the time in respect of such
vessel.

(2) This regulation shall not apply to—
(a) vessels belonging to the State, or to
the Government of any country
outside Guyana;
(b) vessels holding a valid certificate of
seaworthiness issued by a competent
authority outside Guyana; and
(c) vessels under ten tons burden solely
used for fishing, and vessels under
five tons burden belonging to and
used solely by farmers and not
carrying passengers or goods for hire
of reward.
(3) If the owner or master of a vessel fails to
comply with or contravenes this regulation he shall be liable
to a fine of three hundred dollars.
7. The Harbour Master shall keep in the form
specified in the First Schedule a register containing
particulars as to the issue of certificates of seaworthiness and
of their expiry or revocation and any other particulars which
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Obtaining a
harbour
licence.
[Reg. 11/1984]

Fourth
Schedule.
Form 5.
First Schedule.

Power to re-
examine holder
of harbour
the Harbour Master may think fit to include.
Harbour Licence
8. (1) Any person desirous of obtaining a licence to act
as master of a vessel in a harbour, hereinafter referred to as a
harbour licence, shall apply for same to the Harbour Master
and pay a fee of twenty-five dollars.
(2) The Harbour Master shall grant a licence to any
applicant provided that—
(a) he is over 21 years of age;
(b) he is physically fit with good eyesight
and is not colour blind;
(c) he satisfies the Harbour Master as to
his competency to perform the duties
of master for the type of vessel for
which a licence is desired; and
(d) a further payment of twenty five
dollars is made on the issue of the
licence.
(3) The Harbour Master shall examine the
applicant in the subjects specified in the Fourth Schedule in
order to satisfy himself as to the competency of the applicant.
(4) The harbour licence shall be in the form
specified in the First Schedule and shall state to what type of
vessel or vessels and to what harbour or harbours it is
restricted.
9. The Harbour Master may require the holder of a
harbour licence to appear before him at a time and place
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licence.

Cancellation of
harbour licence.
[46 of 1949]
specified by him in writing for the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not the holder of the licence still fulfils conditions
(b) and (c) of regulation 8(2).
10. (1) The Harbour Master may suspend or cancel the
harbour licence of any person—
(a) who is on account of physical or
mental infirmity unable to perform
his duties efficiently;
(b) who is guilty of drunkenness or
neglect when engaged in the
performance of his work as a master;
(c) who is guilty of a breach of contract
with his employer or refuses or
neglects, except for good cause, to
perform the work he has contracted to
carry out;
(d) who is guilty of any breach of these
Regulations, or neglects to carry the
lights prescribed by the Collision
Regulations, or fails to obey the “rule
of the road at sea,” or neglects to take
any precaution which may be
required by the ordinary practice of
seamen or fails to comply with
regulation 9;
(e) who allows any vessel of which he is
in charge to be overloaded or loaded
in such a manner as to make the
vessel unseaworthy;
(f) who is guilty of reckless conduct
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Penalty for not
having harbour
licence.
[O. 15/1970]
whilst in charge of a vessel, thereby
endangering the safety of the
passengers or crew or other vessel; or
(g) who conveys in his vessel a greater
number of persons than it is
authorised to carry under the
certificate of seaworthiness.
(2) No harbour licence shall be cancelled, except
after due inquiry made by the Harbour Master and unless the
master concerned has had an opportunity of being present at
the inquiry and making his defence.
(3) Any master whose harbour licence has been
suspended or cancelled shall have the right of appealing to
the General Manager against the suspension or cancellation,
and the decision of the General Manager shall be final.
11. (1) Every vessel, when navigating in a harbour,
shall have a master, duly licensed under regulation 8 on
board and in charge of such vessel.
(2) Any owner who uses or permits to be used any
vessel in a harbour without having a master, duly licensed
under regulation 8 on board and in charge shall be liable to a
fine of three hundred dollars.
(3) Any person acting as master of any vessel while
navigating in a harbour without being the holder of a valid
harbour licence for the particular type of vessel of which he is
acting as master shall be liable to a fine of three hundred
dollars.
(4) This regulation shall not apply to—
(a) any person holding a certificate of
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Register of
harbour
licences.

Rule of the
Road.
competency for the particular type of
vessel being navigated issued by any
competent authority outside Guyana;
(b) any Naval Officer of any
Commonwealth territory;
(c) any Naval Officer of any foreign
power;
(d) fishing vessels under ten tons burden
not propelled by machinery and
vessels not propelled by machinery
belonging to and used solely by
farmers and not carrying passengers
or goods for hire or reward.
12. The Harbour Master shall keep, in such form as he
thinks fit, a register containing particulars of the persons to
whom harbour licences have been issued, and of the
suspension and cancellation of such licences.
PART II
REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN HARBOURS AND
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS
13. (1) Every vessel navigating in the waters of any
river within Rule of the limits of the harbour of Georgetown
or the harbour of New Amsterdam shall, when proceeding
across such river, keep out of the way of any other vessel
which may be proceeding up or down the said river and shall,
if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of
such other vessel.
(2) Subject to paragraph (1), every vessel
navigating in any harbour shall obey the rule of the road at
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Vessels
dropping up or
down a
harbour.
Special signal
for foreign
going
steamships.

Certain vessels
to keep out of
the way of
foreign going
steamships.
sea and carry the lights prescribed by the Collision
Regulations.
(3) Any master who fails to comply with or
contravenes this regulation shall be liable to a fine of seven
hundred and fifty dollars.
14. (1) Every vessel dropping up or down a harbour
with the tide and with her anchor on the bottom but not being
held by such anchor, shall in addition to the lights prescribed
by the Collision Regulations, for a vessel under way, carry the
lights for a vessel not under command, namely two red lights
in a vertical line, one over the other not less than six feet
apart, and in the daytime the two black balls or shapes
required by Article 4 of the Collision Regulations.
(2) The master of any vessel failing to carry the
lights or shapes required by this regulation shall be liable to a
fine of three hundred dollars.
15. An ocean going vessel or steamship, when about
to approach or about to leave any wharf, may in order to
warn sailing vessels, punts and other vessels in the vicinity,
sound four short blasts on her whistle or siren.
16. (1) Sailing vessels, punts and other vessels which,
by reason of their lack of manoeuvring ability, are liable to
interfere with the docking or undocking of an ocean going
vessel or steamship shall on hearing the warning signal
prescribed by regulation 15 not leave their anchorage or
berth, or if under way, immediately take all steps possible to
vacate the vicinity in which the steamer is manoeuvring.
(2) The master of a sailing vessel, punt or other
vessel described in paragraph (1) who manoeuvres in such
manner as to impede the free movement of an ocean going
steamship while it is docking or undocking or when it is in
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Branding load
lines.
the vicinity of wharves, will render himself liable to the
suspension or cancellation of his harbour licence under
regulation 10 (1) in addition to any penalty to which he may
be liable under regulation 22 of the Harbours and Pilotage
Regulations.
PART III
MARKING LOAD LINES ON VESSELS
17. (1) The owner or master of every vessel in respect
whereof a certificate of seaworthiness has been issued under
regulation 3 (3) and the owner or master of every other vessel,
except fishing vessels, not marked with an approved load
line, shall brand load lines on both sides of the vessel in the
position indicated by the Harbour Master showing the
minimum freeboard to which the vessel may load.
(2) The position of the load lines shall be
determined by the Harbour Master in accordance with the
rules contained in the Fifth Schedule.
(3) Every such load line shall consist of—
(a) in the case of vessels fitted with an
efficient watertight deck, to the
satisfaction of the Harbour Master of
a straight line not less than 12 inches
in length and 1 inch in width and
shall be so placed that the central
point of such line shall be exactly
midway between the bow and stern of
such vessel, on the water line, upon
each side of such vessel in a
horizontal direction;
(b) in the case of vessels not fitted with an
efficient watertight deck two, or if
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Marks to be
painted on
such vessel is issued with a load line
under the River Navigation
Regulations three horizontal straight
lines not less than 9 inches in length
and 1 inch in width. These lines shall
be so placed that they shall project,
one forward and one or two aft, from
a vertical line placed midway from
the bow and stern of such vessel and
of such a length as to connect the
horizontal lines in a vertical plane.
These horizontal lines shall be marked
with letters not less than 4 inches high
as follows—
R—on top of the load line marking the river freeboard.
W—on top of the load line marking the rough weather
freeboard.
S—on top of the load line marking the fine weather
freeboard.
(4) Any master who loads his vessel in such a
manner as to submerge the load line, or if marked with more
than one load line the S load line at any time, or the W load
line during the months of January, February or March, while
in a harbour, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one
hundred dollars, and in addition, to have his harbour licence
suspended or cancelled under regulation 10 (1).
(5) In paragraph (1) an approved load line means a
load line approved by a competent authority outside Guyana,
or by a competent person, to the satisfaction of the Harbour
Master.
18. (1) The number of the certificate of seaworthiness
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Markings to be
kept freshly
painted.

Recovery of
penalties.

reg. 3(3)
issued under regulation 3 (3) and the number of persons the
vessel is licensed to carry shall be legibly printed in black
letters or figures not less than 4 inches high on a white
ground in a position where it can best be seen, on the stern of
the vessel.
(2) The master or owner of any vessel who fails to
comply with the provisions of this regulation shall be liable to
a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars.
19. (1) All markings of vessels required under these
Regulations shall be kept freshly painted and legible to the
satisfaction of the Harbour Master.
(2) The master or owner of any vessel who fails to
comply with this regulation shall be liable to a fine of one
hundred and fifty dollars.
PART IV
GENERAL
20. All penalties under these regulations may be sued
for and recovered under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
FORMS
FORM 1
CERTIFICATE OF SEAWORTHINESS NO.
Issued under and subject to the Harbours Regulations
I hereby certify that I have this day inspected the vessel
herein mentioned and pass her as seaworthy for use in the
…………………..harbour subject to the conditions specified
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regs. 3(7), 4 (3).
below—
Name of vessel………… Description of vessel…..……….
Length of vessel…………...... Breadth………...……
Sheer……………..
Purposes for which vessel is alone permitted to be
used……......................……
Maximum number of persons that may be carried on the
vessel at any one time………………….. Minimum freeboard
to which the vessel may be loaded.
“S” freeboard ………………… “W” freeboard
……………………
Equipment which vessel must carry—
Date Harbour Master
Note.—This certificate is valid for twelve calendar months
from the date, thereof, and no longer.
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FORM 2
STATEMENT OF UNSEAWORTHINESS
Issued under and subject to the Harbours Regulations
To the …………....…... of the …………………….. having
on the …….............day of…………………….20……. surveyed
the above mentioned vessel I find that she is unseaworthy on
account of defects and/or deficiencies mentioned below.
If this vessel is navigated in the …………………………
harbour prior to a resurvey and to the issue of a certificate of
seaworthiness under regulation 6(3) to a penalty not
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reg. 4(2), (3)

reg. 7
exceeding three hundred dollars.
Dated Harbour Master
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FORM 3
CERTIFICATE OF REVOCATION
Issued under and subject to the Harbours Regulations
To the ………………….. of the ……………………………
I hereby revoke the certificate of seaworthiness
No.……………. in consequence of the vessel being (here state
concisely reasons for revocation).
Date Harbour Master
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FORM 4
REGISTER OF VESSELS ISSUED WITH CERTIFICATES
OF SEAWORTHINESS
Issued and under subject to the Harbours Regulations
D at
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fi ca
te
N o
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C er
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Name of
vessel
Description
of vessel
Name of
owner
Address
of owner
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reg. 8(4)

reg. 3(4)
FORM 5
HARBOUR LICENCE
Issued under and subject to the Harbours Regulations
…………………………………........ is hereby licensed to act as
master of a ……….....………… in the …………...……. harbour.
Date Harbour Master
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No. of Licence …….......……
Description of holder of licence
Place of birth ……………………………………
Date of birth ……………………………………
Height ……………………………………………………….
Build ………………………………………………………….
Distinguishing Marks ………………………………………
Race …………………………………………………………..
Signature …………………………………………………......
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SECOND SCHEDULE
EQUIPMENT FOR VESSELS NAVIGATING IN A
HARBOUR
1. An anchor of a size suitable to the size of vessel
with at least 10 fathoms chain cable or if the vessel is over 20
tons burden then with at least 20 fathoms chain cable.
This rule shall not apply to vessels less than 25 feet in
length.
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reg. 3(5)(b)
2. The lights required by these Regulations.
3. Bilge pump or other suitable means of bailing out
the vessel.
4. Engine, sails, oars or paddles, as appropriate, in
good order and condition.
5. One lifebuoy, except in vessels less than 25 feet in
length.
6. Sufficient approved buoyant apparatus either in the
form of lifebelts, lifebouys, yanks or rafts, sufficient in the
aggregate to support in water 40 per cent of the number of
persons permitted to be carried.
7. One approved chemical fire extinguisher to be
carried on all vessels propelled by machinery using oil fuel.
8. Any other equipment which, in the opinion of the
Harbour Master, is necessary to ensure the safety of those
persons permitted to be carried, depending on the type and
construction of such vessel.
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THIRD SCHEDULE
CERTIFICATE OF SEAWORTHINESS
The maximum number of persons which may be carried
shall be determined by multiplying the length of the vessels
in feet by the breadth in feet and dividing the product by
eight, except in the case of vessels propelled by machinery
when the area of the engine room in square feet shall be
deducted from the product of the length multiplied by the
breadth before dividing by the factor eight:
Provided that in no case may the load line of the vessel
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reg. 8 (3)
reg. 3(5)(c), 17
(2).
be submerged.
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FOURTH SCHEDULE
SUBJECTS FOR EXAMINATION FOR HARBOUR LICENCE AS
MASTER
1. The Rule of the Road at Sea and special regulations
for preventing collisions in the harbours.
2. Lights required to be carried by different types of
vessels.
3. Prescribed areas for anchorage in the harbours.
4. Duties of a master in the event of collision.
5. Equipment to be carried by the type of vessel for
which a licence is required.
6. The use of distress signals.
7. How to act in case of fire, sinking or man
overboard.
8. General seamanship as applicable to the type of
vessel for which a licence is required.
9. Any other questions relating to the management
and control of vessels which the Harbour Master may ask.
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FIFTH SCHEDULE
RULES FOR DETERMINING FREEBOARD
1. Vessels fitted with an efficient water-tight deck,
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covering the whole length of the vessel, in which any
openings or hatches are provided with proper coamings and
covers shall have the position of their load line as follows:
(a) Steam vessels up to 80 feet in length, 8
inches freeboard.
(b) Sailing vessels up to 80 feet in length,
9 inches freeboard.

(c) For every increase in length of 5 feet,
one inch additional freeboard in the
case of sailing vessels, and half an
inch in the case of steam vessels.
2. Vessels (including open punts and boats) not fitted
with an efficient water—tight deck shall have their “S”
freeboard determined as follows:
(a) Length not exceeding 30 feet, 15
inches freeboard.
(b) For every increase in the length of the
vessel of ten feet, one inch additional
freeboard.
3. The position of the “W” load line shall be three
inches lower than the “S” load line in all vessels not having an
efficient water-tight deck.
4. The amount of freeboard allowed shall be increased
by 1 inch for every inch and a half that the sheer of the vessel
is less than a standard of 1 inch sheer for every 5 feet in the
length of the vessel, but no deduction shall be made for any
excess in sheer except in the case of decked vessels (Rule 1)
when 1 inch less freeboard may be allowed for every increase
1 ½ inches in sheer up to a maximum allowance of 1½ inches
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freeboard for 100 feet in the length of the vessel.
5. The amount of freeboard may be increased if in the
opinion of the Harbour Master the build or trim of the vessel
is such as to make the vessel less safe than a similar type of
vessel of standard build and trim.
6. No deductions shall be made to the freeboard on
account of super-structures, salinity of the water, round of
beam, forecastle, bridge, poop or raised quarter deck, etc.
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HOME TRADE SHIPS (MASTERS, MATES AND
ENGINEERS CERTIFICATES) REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
1. Citation.
2. Interpretation.
3. Board of Examiners.
4. Times of examinations.
5. Applications for examination.
6. Nationality.
7. Examination fees
8. Syllabus.
9. Eligibility.
10. Conditions.
11. Award of certificates.
12. Remuneration of examiners.
13. Loss, etc., of certificate.
SCHEDULE—Syllabus

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9/1966B
15/1967
27 of 1965
4 of 1972

Citation.
[27 of 1965]

Interpretation.

Board of
examiners.
[27 of 1965
4 of 1972]
HOME TRADE SHIPS (MASTERS, MATES AND
ENGINEERS CERTIFICATES) REGULATIONS
made under section 49(2)(v)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Home Trade
Ships (Masters, Mates and Engineers Certificates)
Regulations.
2. In these Regulations, a reference to “home trade”
shall, in relation to any period prior to 30th October, 1965 be
construed as including a reference to “intercolonial”.
3. (1) The General Manager shall, with the approval of
the Minister, appoint a board of examiners (hereinafter
referred to as “the Board”), for the purpose of holding
examinations for the award of certificates of competency
(hereinafter referred to as “certificates”) as master, mate or
engineer of a home trade ship.
(2) The Board shall consist of the Harbour Master
and such other fit and proper persons as the General Manager
shall appoint.
(3) The General Manager shall designate a public
officer in the Transport and Harbours Department to be
Secretary to the Board.
(4) The Harbour Master shall be the Chief
Examiner at examinations for masters and mates certificates.
The General Manager shall appoint a fit and proper person to
be the Chief Examiner for engineers’ certificates.
(5) No person shall be appointed to be a member
of the Board unless—
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(а) he has attained the rank of lieutenant
in the navy of a Commonwealth
country; or
(b) he holds a Master Mariners foreign
going certificate of competency issued
by the Board of Trade of the United
Kingdom or the equivalent certificate
issued by or on behalf of the
Government of a Commonwealth
territory; or
(c) he holds an International or home
trade certificate issued by or on behalf
of the Government of Guyana, or the
Government of any other Caribbean
Commonwealth territory specified by
the Minister for the purposes of this
paragraph by notice in the Gazette; or
(d) he holds a certificate of competency as
a first class engineer issued by the
Board of Trade of the United
Kingdom or the equivalent certificate
issued by or on behalf of the
Government of a Commonwealth
country; or
(e) he holds a home trade certificate of
competency or equivalent certificate
as a first class engineer issued by or
on behalf of the Government of
Guyana, or the Government of any
other Caribbean Commonwealth
territory specified by the Minister for
the purposes of this paragraph by
notice in the Gazette.
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Times of
examinations.

Applications
for
examination.
Nationality.
4. Examinations for certificates shall be held at such
times and places as the Chief Examiner shall, by notice
published in the Gazette, appoint.
5. (1) Every person who desires to obtain a certificate
shall make application in writing to the Secretary 28 clear
days before the date of examination and every such
application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(2) Every application shall be accompanied by—
(a) testimonials as to the applicant's sea
service, character and sobriety; one of
which must be from the master of the
last vessel he served on;
(b) in the case of a candidate for a
certificate as master or mate, a
certificate showing that he has passed
the form and colour vision tests from
time to time approved by the Board of
Trade of the United Kingdom for the
examination of masters and mates in
the merchant service;
(c) in the case of a candidate for a
certificate as a master, a certificate
from a registered medical practitioner
that the candidate has passed a
proficiency test in first-aid; and
(d) in the case of a candidate for a
certificate as a first class or a second
class engineer, a certificate of
apprenticeship.
6. Every candidate shall produce such proof of
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Examination
fees.
Syllabus
Schedule.

Eligibility.
Conditions.
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nationality as the Board may require. Candidates who are not
Commonwealth citizens may be granted temporary
certificates on satisfying the Board that they have a sufficient
knowledge of the English language to enable them to perform
their duties adequately.
7. The following examination fees shall be payable—
(a) for the master’s certificate $10
(b) for the engineer’s certificate (first class) $10
(c) for the mate’s certificate $ 5
(d) for the engineer’s certificate (second class) $ 5
8. Examinations for certificates shall be governed by
the syllabus in the Schedule.
9. No person may be examined for a certificate—
(a) as a master or second class engineer
before he has attained the age of 23
years; or
(b) as a mate before he has reached the
age of 20 years; or
(c) as a first class engineer before he has
reached the age of 24 years.
10. (1) Every candidate for a certificate as master shall
satisfy the Board that he has served 5 years on deck in a
foreign going or home trade ship and for 12 months of that
period he has held a mate’s home trade certificate and has
served as mate for that time. Any such candidate who desires
a sailing ship endorsement on his certificate shall satisfy the
Board that he has spent at least 3 years of the aforesaid period
of 5 years in a foreign going or home trade sailing ship and
that for 12 months of the period of 3 years he has held a
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mate's home trade certificate with a sailing ship endorsement
for that time.
(2) Every candidate for a certificate as mate shall
satisfy the Board that he has served 4 years at sea on deck in a
foreign going or home trade ship, and every such candidate
who desires a sailing ship endorsement on his certificate shall
satisfy the Board that he has spent 2 years of the aforesaid
period on a foreign going or home trade sailing ship.
(3) Every candidate for a certificate as a second
class engineer shall satisfy the Board that he has served an
apprenticeship of at least 5 years in an engine repair shop,
and 2 years at sea as a junior engineer in a foreign going or
home trade steamship or motor ship. Any candidate who has
served in a steamship and who desires a diesel endorsement
shall satisfy the Board that he has served an additional 9
months in a foreign going or home trade motor ship as a
junior engineer, and any candidate who has served in a motor
ship and desires a steam endorsement shall satisfy the Board
that he has served an additional 12 months as junior engineer
in a foreign going or home trade steamship.
(4) Every candidate for a certificate as a first class
engineer shall satisfy the Board that he has served three years
at sea in a foreign going or home trade steamship or motor
ship, and at least 12 months of such period as a second
engineer holding a certificate as such. Any candidate who has
served in a steamship and desires a diesel endorsement shall
satisfy the Board that he has served an additional 9 months as
a junior engineer holding a certificate as a second class
engineer in a foreign going or home trade motor ship, and
any candidate who has served in a motor ship and desires a
steam endorsement shall satisfy the Board that he has served
an additional 12 months at sea as a junior engineer holding a
certificate as a second engineer in a foreign going or home
trade steamship.
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Award of
certificates.
[Reg. 9/1966B
15/1967
4 of 1972]

Remuneration
of examiners.
[Reg. 9/1966B]

Loss, etc., of
certificate.
[4 of 1972]
11. (1) The Board shall award a certificate to every
candidate who, in their opinion, has attained a satisfactory
standard in the examination and who has given satisfactory
proof of his sobriety, experience, ability and general good
conduct on board ship.
(2) Every certificate to be awarded by the Board
shall be in duplicate and be signed by the Minister and the
Chief Examiner. The duplicate portions shall be kept by the
Harbour Master together with a record of all certificates
granted under these Regulations.
(3) Any certificate in force and issued under this
regulation before the coming into operation of the Home
Trade Ships (Masters, Mates and Engineers Certificates)
(Amendment) Regulations 1967 shall upon surrender by the
holder thereof be re-issued in the form used in pursuance of
paragraph (2) with such adaptations as may be approved by
the Minister.
12. Every examiner shall be paid out of moneys
provided by Parliament a fee of $15.00 for each examination
for a certificate as master or first class engineer, and a fee of
$12.50 for each examination for a certificate as mate or second
class engineer.
13. (1) Where any certificate issued under these
regulations has been lost or destroyed, the Harbour Master
may, on the application of the holder, upon being satisfied as
to the identity of the applicant and the loss or destruction of
the certificate, issue a certified copy of such certificate to the
applicant upon payment of a fee of one dollar.
(2) When the certificate lost or destroyed was
issued before the coming into operation of the Home Trade
Ships (Masters, Mates and Engineers Certificates)
(Amendment) Regulations 1967, the certified copy shall be re-
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issued in the form used for the re-issue of certificates under
regulation 11(3).
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SCHEDULE SYLLABUS
Chart Examination; Written and Oral
MASTER AND MATE: HOME TRADE
(A fuller knowledge of the Chartwork syllabus is required for
Master)
1. On a chart to find the true course and distance
between two points; given compass error, to find magnetic
and compass course, and vice versa: to keep the Dead
Reckoning on a chart; to lay off courses allowing for current;
to find the set and drift of the current from data supplied.
2. To fix the position on a chart by cross bearings; by
bearings of a single object, with run between, allowing for
current; by the bearing and vertical angle of a given object; by
the bearing of a light when rising or dipping, the height of the
light being known.
3. The use of danger angles.
4. Chart abbreviations and symbols.
5. Notices to mariners.
Practical Navigation MATE: HOME TRADE
1. To find the time of High Water by the High Water
Full and Change constant; the use of tide tables; light lists,
sailing directions.

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2. To find the true bearing of the sun by azimuth and
amplitude tables, and from the compass bearing to obtain
compass error.
To have a thorough knowledge of magnetic compass
error, deviation and variation.
3. Fix ship’s latitude by meridian altitude of the sun.
4. Read a barometer, either in inches or in millibars,
read a thermometer, and answer simple questions on these
instruments.
5. Be able to use a sextant, both for horizontal and
vertical angles, and to understand the adjustments of the
sextant.
6. Knowledge of weather conditions and currents
which may be experienced in the Caribbean Area; avoidance
of the centre of a hurricane.
7. To be able to navigate by dead reckoning (day’s
work, etc.).
MASTER : HOME TRADE
In addition to Practical Navigation for Mate Intercolonial
1. To find the true bearing of the sun, a star or planet
by azimuth and amplitude tables, and from the compass
bearing to obtain the compass error.
2. To fix a vessel’s position by observations of the sun,
stars, or planets, for both latitude and longitude (any formula
may be used).
3. The uses of a marine hydrometer.

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Steamship and Nautical Knowledge—Elementary knowledge of
ships construction. For Master only: Working knowledge of
ship Master's Business.
MASTER AND MATE
(A fuller knowledge of the Steamship syllabus is required for
Master)
A thorough knowledge of the regulations for preventing
collisions at sea (Articles 1 to 31). Candidates will not be
required to repeat the Articles word by word.
Distress and Pilot signals, the use of rockets. The marking
and use of ordinary lead line, mechanical sounding machine
and ships’ logs.
Anchor and cables, mooring and unmooring, berthing
and unberthing, effect of screw.
Handling of ship in bad weather and when disabled.
Management of a ship’s boat, construction, equipment.
Knowledge of cargo handling equipment, ropes,
purchases, rigging; cargo stowage; trim, ballast tanks, fire
extinguishing appliances; knowledge of Load Line.
Working knowledge of International Code Signals;
signalling Morse flashing or reading up to six words per
minute.
Candidates for sailing endorsement must answer
questions regarding the management and manoeuvring of
sailing vessels.
FIRST CLASS ENGINEER
A Candidate for a Certificate of Competency as First
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Class Engineer whether “Steam” or “Motor” is required to
write legibly, spell correctly and express himself generally in
creditable English.
GENERAL ENGINEERING—SCIENCE
(Six out of nine questions to be attempted)
(Time allowed-3 hours)
To show a knowledge of—
Mass, volume, specific gravity, areas and solids.
Application of Simpson’s Rules to areas and volumes.
Displacement, linear and angular velocity; Uniform linear and
angular acceleration; relative velocity; Vectors. Triangle and
Parallelograms of velocities or forces. Forces, moments and
couples, centre of gravity, conditions of equilibrium. Work
and power. Solid friction. Inclined plane. Simple machines,
velocity ratios mechanical advantage and efficiency.
Centrifugal force, its incidence in machine parts, including the
rims of fly wheels. Transmission of power by gearing.
Elementary hydrostatics and hydraulics. Principle of
Archimedes; Basic ideas of fluid pressure and fluid friction.
Flow through pipes and orifices. Stress, strain and elasticity.
Hook’s Law. Moduli of elasticity, simple tension,
compression and shear. Bending moment and shearing force
diagrams for cantilevers and simply supported beams with
concentrated or uniform loading. Strength of beams. Torsion
strength and stiffness of round shafts and power transmitted.
Thin cylindrical and spherical shells. Strength of single,
double and treble riveted lap and butt joints, welded joints.
Stresses and strains in single members due to change of
temperature.
HEAT AND HEAT ENGINES
(Six out of nine questions to be attempted)
(Time allowed-3 hours)
Temperature scales and their conversion. Linear and
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volumetric expansion or contraction due to change of
temperature. Co-efficient of expansion. Specific heat.
Resulting temperatures of mixtures at different temperatures.
Conduction, convection and radiation of heat. Boyle's Law
and Charles’ Law and their combination. Relations between
specific heat at constant pressure and constant volume.
Adiabatic expansion and compression p.v. = a constant.
Change of State. Sensible heat, latent heat and super heat.
Energy, methods of measurement of energy and work.
Mechanical equivalent of heat. Fuels and the generation of
heat by combustion. Calorific value of fuels. Generation of
steam. Dryness fraction of steam. Condensers and vacuum,
advantages of using steam expansively. Elementary principles
and cycles of operation of steam and internal combustion
engines and air compressors. Calculation of work done with
hypothetical pressure-volume diagrams with constant steam
pressure and with expansion according to the law p.v. = a
constant. Mean referred pressure. Cylinder volume ratios.
Heat balance with reference to engine and boiler trials.
Results to be expected from the application of high pressure
steam of compounding, super-heating and steam jacketing.
Valve diagrams for steam engines. Cam diagrams for internal
combustion engines. Elementary principles of the steam
turbine. Efficiency of refrigerating machinery. Boilers and
evaporators. Thermal, mechanical and overall efficiencies.
ELECTROTECHNOLOGY AND ELEMENTARY NAVAL
ARCHITECTURE
(Four out of six questions to be attempted)
(Time allowed—2½ hours)
The effects of an electrical current-chemical, magnetic
and heating. Primary cells and accumulators. Electrolysis.
Simple magnetic and electromagnetic phenomena.
Application of electromagnetic induction phenomena to
the generator.
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Practical electrical units. (D.C.) Ohms law. Laws of
resistance. Effects of temperature on resistance. Grouping of
resistances. Mechanical and heat equivalents. Modes of
current distribution for lighting and power purposes.
Displacement, wetted surface, block or prismatic coefficients
of fineness of displacement, coefficients of fineness of water
plane. Tons per inch immersion. Alteration in draught owing
to change in density of the water. Shift of centre of gravity by
adding, removing, shifting or consuming fuel, cargo or
ballast. Relation between speed of vessel and fuel
consumption. Action of propeller, slip, thrust and power.
Admiralty and fuel coefficients. Simple problems on strength
and structural members to resist liquid pressure.
ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE
(Six out of nine questions to be attempted)
(Two papers-Time allowed-3 hours each)
The engineering knowledge to be shown by candidates is
that which is required for the use, operation and maintenance
of the machinery, equipment and ship structure usually in the
charge of the engineer. A knowledge of the methods of
manufacture of the various components is also required.
Candidates for certificates and endorsements are
required to take a written examination followed by an oral
examination. Candidates may be required to illustrate their
answers by means of freehand sketches.
To be familiar with the physical characteristics of the
metals, other materials commonly used by sea-going
engineers.
To have a creditable knowledge of the facts relating to
steam, heat, combustion and the formation of smoke.
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The use, constructional details and principles involved in
the action of the pressure gauge, voltmeter, ammeter,
thermometer, pyrometer, barometer, salimometer,
hydrometer and other meters commonly used by engineers
on board ship.
The causes, effects and usual remedies for incrustation
and corrosion.
Feed water and blow densities and scale formation.
The methods of dealing with wear and tear of machinery
and boilers.
Alignment of machinery parts including shafting, the
correction of defects due to corrosion, flaw or accidents, and
how a temporary or permanent repair could be effected in the
event of derangement or total breakdown.
To understand the constructional details and principles
of action of centrifugal, bucket and force pumps. The general
requirements concerning feed fuel, bilge and ballast pumping
systems.
To understand the constructional and working of
steering engines and gears, refrigerating machinery,
hydraulic machinery, and such steam and internal
combustion engines as are used for emergency and auxiliary
machinery on board ship.
The lay out and working of electric light and power
circuits; single wire; two wire, three wire and ring main
systems.
Use of the megger.
Application of the indicator, calculation of mean pressure
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and horse power. Fluctuation of pressure in the cylinder as
shown by indicator diagrams.
Precautions against fire or explosives due to oil or gas.
Flash point. The danger of leakage from oil tanks, pipes, etc.,
particularly in bilges or other unventilated spaces. The action
of wire gauze diaphragms. Spontaneous combustion of coal.
Ventilation and storage of coal. Fire detection, methods of
dealing with fire; action or maintenance of fire extinguishers.
The maintenance in good working order of any machinery or
other appliances which may be placed in his charge, how to
provide against defects and breakdowns; carrying out or
direction of any repairs or renewals that may be required.
A Candidate for steam Certificate of Competency must
also understand—
The various designs of marine steam engines (including
turbine) now adopted, the functions of each important part
and the attention required by the different parts of the
machinery on board ship. The methods of testing and altering
the setting of the steam admission and exhaust valves and the
effect produced in the working of the engines by definite
alteration of the valves setting.
The constructional details and working of evaporators,
feed water, heaters and feed water filters.
Marine boilers of various modern designs; the manner of
staying them and also the prevention of movement of boilers
when vessels are pitching or rolling. The determination by
calculation of suitable working pressures for boilers of given
dimensions. The use and management of boiler fittings and
mountings with special reference to water gauges and safety
valves.
Precautions necessary when raising steam and operating
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stop valves with particular reference to the danger arising
from water hammer action.
Constructional details, operations and maintenance of
installations generally employed for assisting draught,
superheating steam and burning coal and oil fuel.
A Candidate for “Motor” Certificate of Competency must
also understand—
The principles underlying the working of internal
combustion engines. The difference between various types of
engines, constructional details of internal combustion engines
in general use.
The methods of supplying air and fuel to the cylinders of
engines of different types; the construction of the apparatus
for carburetting, atomising or gasifying the fuel; the means of
cooling the cylinders of pistons, constructional details and
operation of air compressors. The attention required to be
paid to the various parts of the machinery and the use and
management of the different valves, pipes and connections.
Starting and reversing arrangements and the remedy of
any troubles arising therefrom.
The attention required for the operation and maintenance
of the various parts of machinery. The use and management
of valves, pipes, connections and safety devices employed.
Enumeration and description of defects arising from
working of machinery and the remedy for such defects.
Construction and management of auxiliary steam boilers
and machinery.


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ORAL EXAMINATION
The oral examination will be largely based upon the
practical knowledge subjects of the examination and will
include questions on the management of engines and boilers
at sea; the duties of a watch keeping engineer; the work to be
done to engines, boilers and auxiliary machinery in port, the
periodical examination of working parts and how machinery
and boiler casualties, which may occur at sea, may be
prevented and remedied.
DRAWING
Choice of two drawings—(Time allowed—6 hours)
Candidates will be tested in their ability to apply the
principles of projection and will be asked to draw a plan,
elevation or section or a combination of these views of a piece
of marine machinery from information supplied.
All the required information for the completion of the
drawing will be given in the question paper.
Second Class Engineer
A candidate for a Certificate of Competency as a Second
Class Engineer whether “Steam” or “Motor” is required to
write legibly, spell correctly, and express himself generally in
creditable English.
GENERAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
(Six out of nine questions to be attempted)
(Time allowed—3 hours)
To show a knowledge of—
Mass, volume, specific gravity. Areas and solids.
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Application of Simpson's Rule to areas and volumes.
Displacement. Triangle and parallelograms of forces.
Forces, centre of gravity.
Work and power. Inclined plane; simple machines,
velocity ratio, mechanical advantage and efficiency.
Centrifugal force.
Transmission of power by gearing.
Elementary hydrostatics and hydraulics. Principle of
Archimedes.
Flow through pipes and orifices.
Stress, strain and elasticity. Hook's Law. Moduli of
elasticity, simple tension, compression and shear.
Bending moment and shearing force diagrams for
cantilevers and simply supported beams with
concentrated or uniform loading.
Strength of beams.
Thin cylindrical and spherical shells. Strength of single,
double and treble riveted lap and butt joints.
HEAT AND HEAT ENGINES
(Six out of nine questions to be attempted)
(Time allowed—3 hours)
Temperatures scales and their conversion.
Specific heat. Resulting temperatures of mixtures at
different temperatures. Conduction, convection and
radiation of heat.
Boyle’s Law and Charles’ Law and their combination.
Change of state. Sensible heat, latent heat and super heat.
Energy, methods of measurement of energy and work.
Mechanical equivalent of heat. Fuels and the generation
of heat by combustion. Caloric value of fuels.
Generation of steam.
Condensers and vacuum, advantages of using steam
expansively.
Elementary principles and cycles of operation of steam
and internal combustion engines and air compressors.
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Cylinder volume ratios. Results to be expected from the
application of high pressure steam of compounding,
superheating and steam jacketing.
Elementary principles of the steam turbine.
Efficiency of refrigerating machinery.
Boilers and evaporators.
Thermal, mechanical and overall efficiencies.
ELECTROTECHNOLOGY AND ELEMENTARY NAVAL
ARCHITECTURE
(Four out of six questions to be attempted)
(Time allowed—2½ hours)
The effects of an electrical current-chemical, magnetic
and heating.
Primary cells and accumulators. Electrolysis.
Simple magnetic and electromagnetic phenomena.
Application of electromagnetic induction phenomena to
the generator.
Practical electrical units. (D.C.) Ohms Law. Laws of
resistance.
Effects of temperature on resistance. Grouping of
resistances.
Mechanical and heat equivalents. Modes of current
distribution for lighting and power purposes.
Displacement, wetted surface, block or prismatic
coefficients of fineness of displacement, coefficients of
fineness of water plane.
Tons per inch immersion. Alteration in draught owing to
change in density of water. Shift of centre of gravity
by adding, removing, shifting or consuming fuel,
cargo or ballast. Relation between speed of vessel and
fuel consumption. Action of propeller, slip, thrust and
power. Admiralty and fuel coefficients. Simple
problems on strength and structural members to resist
liquid pressure.
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ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE
(Six out of nine questions to be attempted)
(Two papers-Time allowed-3 hours each)
The Engineering knowledge to be shown by candidates is
that which is required for the use, operation and
maintenance of the machinery, equipment and ship
structure usually in the charge of the engineer.
A knowledge of the methods of manufacture of the
various components is also required.
Candidates for certificates and endorsements are
required to take a written examination followed by an
oral examination.
Candidates may be required to illustrate their answers by
means of freehand sketches.
To be familiar with the physical characteristics of the
metals; other materials commonly used by sea-going
Engineers.
To have a creditable knowledge of the facts relating to
steam, heat, combustion and the formation of smoke.
The use, constructional details and principles involved in
the action of the pressure gauge, volt meter, ammeter,
thermometer, pyrometer, barometer, salinometer,
hydrometer, and other meters commonly used by
engineers on board ship.
The causes, effects and usual remedies for incrustation
and corrosion.
Feed water and blow densities and scale formation.
The methods of dealing with wear and tear of machinery
and boilers.
Alignment of machinery parts including shafting, the
correction of defects due to corrosion, flaws or
accidents, and how a temporary or permanent repair
could be effected in the event of derangement or total
breakdown.
To understand the constructional details and principles
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of action of centrifugal, bucket and force pumps. The
general requirements concerning feed fuel, bilge and
ballast pumping systems.
To understand the construction and working of steering
engines and gears, refrigerating machinery, hydraulic
machinery, and such steam and internal combustion
engines as are used for emergency and auxiliary
machinery on board ship.
The lay out and working of electric light and power
circuits; signal wire, two wire three wire, and ring
main systems.
Use of the megger.
Application of the indicator, calculation of mean pressure
and horse power. Fluctuation of pressure in the
cylinder as shown by indicator diagrams.
Precautions against fire or explosives due to oil or gas.
Flash point bilges or other unventilated spaces. The
action of wire gauze diaphragms. Spontaneous
combustion of coal. Ventilation and storage of coal.
Fire detection, methods of dealing with fire; action or
maintenance of fire extinguishers.
The maintenance in good working order of any
machinery or other appliances which may be placed
in his charge, how to provide against defects and
breakdowns; carrying out or direction of any repairs
or renewals that may be required.
A candidate for steam Certificate of Competency must
also understand—
The various designs of marine steam engines (including
turbine) now adopted, the functions of each important
part and the attention required by the different parts
of the machinery on board ship.
The methods of testing and altering the setting of the
steam admission and exhaust valves and the effect
produced in the working of the engines by definite
alteration of the valves setting.
The constructional details and working of evaporators,
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feed water, heaters and feed water filters.
Marine boilers of various modern designs; the manner of
staying them and also the prevention of movement of
boilers when vessels are pitching or rolling. The
determination by calculation of suitable working
pressures for boilers of given dimensions.
The use and management of boiler fittings and
mountings with special particular reference to the
danger arising from water hammer action.
Precautions necessary when raising steam and operating
stop valves with particular reference to the danger
arising from water hammer action.
Constructional details, operations and maintenance of
installations generally employed for assisting
draught, superheating steam and burning coal and oil
fuel.
A candidate for “Motor” Certificate of Competency must
also understand—
The principles underlying the working of internal
combustion engines.
The difference between various types of engines,
constructional details of internal combustion engines
in general use.
The methods of supplying air and fuel to the cylinders of
engines of different types; the construction of the
apparatus for carburetting, atomising or gasifying the
fuel; the means of cooling the cylinders of pistons,
constructional details and operation of air
compressors.
The attention required to be paid to the various parts of
the machinery and the use and management of the
different valves, pipes and connections.
Starting and reversing arrangements and the remedy of
any trouble arising therefrom.
The attention required for the operation and maintenance
of the various parts of machinery. The use and
management of valves, pipes, connections and safety
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devices employed.
Enumeration and description of defects arising from
working of machinery and the remedy for such
defects.
Construction and management of auxiliary steam boilers
and machinery.

ORAL EXAMINATION
The oral examination will be largely based upon the
practical knowledge subjects of the examination and will
include questions on the management of engines and boilers
at sea; the duties of a watch keeping engineer; the work to be
done to engines, boilers and auxiliary machinery in port and
the periodical examinations of the working parts and how
machinery and boiler casualties, which may occur at sea, may
be prevented and remedied.
DRAWING
(Choice of two drawings. Time allowed-3 hours)
Candidates will be tested in their ability to apply the
principles of projection and will be asked to draw a plan,
elevation or section or a combination of these views of a piece
of marine machinery from information supplied.
All the required information for the completion of the
drawing will be given in the question paper.
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Reg. 28/1941
1/1944
16/1969
4/1950
18/1955
5/1976
4 of 1972
Citation.

Interpretation.
[Reg. 1/1944]

Power to grant
superannuation
and other
benefits.
TRANSPORT AND HARBOURS DEPARTMENT
(SUPERANNUATION AND OTHER BENEFITS)
REGULATIONS
made under section 49 (2)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Transport
and Harbours Department (Superannuation and other
Benefits) Regulations.
2. In these Regulations—
“approved appointments in the Department” means the
appointments specified in the Schedule;
“authorised by Resolution” means authorised by Resolution
No. XXV passed by the Legislative Council on the 21st
August, 1940, or by Resolution No. VI passed by the
Legislative Council on the 12th December, 1940, or by
Resolution No. IV passed by the Legislative Council on
the 28th May, 1943, as the case may be;
“the Department” means the Transport and Harbours
Department established under section 3 of the Act;
“service” means service in the Colonial Steamer Service, the
Colonial Transport Department, the Harbour and
Pilotage Services or the Transport and Harbours
Department, but does not include any service under the
former Demerara Railway Company.
3. (1) In respect of service in the Department, the
General Manager may grant to employees of the Department
and their dependents such pensions, annual allowances and
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4/1950
18/1955
5/1976
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gratuities as are specified hereunder:
(a) to employees holding full time posts
in the Department (other than those
on the permanent pensionable
establishment of the Government)
which carry a fixed or maximum
salary of not less than $2,712 per
annum or such other greater sum as it
may be revised to, from time to
time—pensions (other than pensions
to dependents when the employee is
killed on duty), gratuities, marriage
and death gratuities calculated in
accordance with the Pensions Act:
Provided that every such full-time post in the
Department which was pensionable by reason of its carrying
a fixed or maximum salary of not less than $1,584 per annum
at any time during the period commencing on the 31st
December, 1972 and ending on the date of the publication in
the Gazette of the Transport and Harbours Department
(Superannuation and other Benefits) (Amendment)
Regulations 1976, shall continue to be so pensionable until the
post becomes vacant after the last mentioned date.
(b) to employees holding approved
appointments in the Department—
annual allowances, gratuities,
marriage and death gratuities,
calculated on the same bases as
authorised by resolution with respect
to the holders of non-pensionable
approved appointments in the public
service;
(c) employees other than those specified
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Pensions to
dependents
in paragraphs (a) and (b)—gratuities
and death gratuities, calculated on the
same bases as authorised by
resolution with respect to non-
pensionable employees in the public
service not holding approved
appointments.
(2) (a) In computing the pension, annual
allowance or gratuity of any
employee under paragraph (1), a
period of service of an employee in a
pensionable office within the meaning
of the Pensions Act, or in an
appointment other than a pensionable
office, or of service paid for out of an
open vote, or of both such services, or
any part of such period, may be taken
into account by the General Manager:
Provided that where the period of service of an employee
which may be taken into account by virtue of the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph did not immediately precede
service in the Department, that period of service may not be
taken into account by the General Manager, except with the
approval of the Minister.
(b) The provisions of this paragraph shall
apply to a person who is an employee
in the Department at or after the
commencement of this paragraph and
whether or not the Service which may
be taken paragraph was given prior to
such commencement.
4. Where an employee (not on the permanent
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when an
employee is
killed on duty.
[Reg. 1/1944
16/1949
4 of 1972]

c. 27:02
Cap. 111.
1953 Ed.
c. 36:01

Power to vary
Schedule.
[Reg. 16/1949]
Commence-
ment.
pensionable establishment of the Government) dies as a result
of injuries received—
(a) in the actually discharge of his duty;
and
(b) without his own default; and
(c) on account of circumstances
specifically attributable to the nature
of his duty,
while in the services of the Department, the General Manager
may, in addition to the grant, if any, made to his dependents
under regulation 3, grant pensions to his dependents
calculated in accordance with section 22 of the Pensions Act:
Provided that this regulation shall not apply in the case
of the death of an employee whose dependents, as defined in
the Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance, are entitled to
compensation under that Act; or whose dependents, as
defined under the National Insurance and Social Security Act,
are entitled to death benefits under that Act.
5. The General Manager may, with the approval of the
Minister, vary the Schedule.
6. (1) These regulations (other than the provision in
regulation 3(1)(b) relating to the grant of marriage gratuities)
shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st August,
1940.
(2) The provision in regulation 3(1)(b) relating to
the grant of marriage gratuities shall be deemed to have come
into force on the 12th December, 1940.

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SCHEDULE APPROVED APPOINTMENTS
Attendant Moulder
(Lighthouse or Light Beacon) Painter
Blacksmith Pattern Maker
Boiler-marker Platelayer
Clerk Pointsman
Carpenter Purser
Chauffeur Sailmaker
Cleaner (Locomotive shed) Sawyer
Conductor Seamen—(Mate, boatswain, Leading
seamen, Ordinary seamen,
Coxswain, Launch Captain)
Coppersmith
Cranedriver
Electrician
Engineer (Marine) Shipwright
Engine Driver Shunter
Fireman Station Master
Fitter Stroker
Foreman) Striker
(Workshops and Permanent Way Trimmer
Gateman Vanman
Machinist Wagon Examiner
Messenger Welder
Motor Mechanic
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