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Note on Adaptation
1. Certain fees in this Chapter were increased by the Commission under paragraph 4 of
the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03). Where this occurs, a marginal
reference in the form normally indicating an amendment is made to LN 51/1980 (the Legal
Notice by which the President’s approval was signified).
2. Under paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03) the
Commission amended certain references to public officers in this Chapter. The Minister’s
approval of the amendments was signified by LN 52/1980, but no marginal reference is made
to this Notice where any such amendment is made in the text.
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PILOTAGE ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Pilotage area.
PILOTAGE AUTHORITY
4. Constitution of Pilotage Authority.
5. Pilotage Authority to license pilots, etc.
6. Receipts and expenses of Pilotage Authority.
7. Pilotage Authority may make bye-laws.
Qualifications of candidates.
Limit of number.
Good government of pilots.
Employment of pilots.
Punishment for breach of bye-laws.
Rates of payment.
Pooling of dues.
Deduction for expenses of Authority.
Bonds by pilots.
Pilots’ benefit funds.
Examinations.
Competency.
Re-examination.
Masters and mates holding pilotage certificates.
Contributions towards pilot fund.
Fees.
Meetings of Pilotage Authority.
Distinctive marks and flags of pilot boats.
Other matters.
Confirmation of bye-laws.
PILOTS’ LICENCES
8. Licensing of pilots by Pilotage Authority not to involve any liability.
Pilots to be CARICOM national or Commonwealth citizen.
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SECTION
9. Form of pilot’s licence and production and return of pilot’s licence
to Pilotage Authority.
Death of pilot.
Penalty.
PILOTAGE CERTIFICATES
10. Grant of pilotage certificates to masters and mates.
Pilotage certificate to CARICOM national or Commonwealth citizen.
Form of certificate.
Annual certificate.
Certificate may extend to other ships.
Alteration of pilotage certificate to another ship.
What deemed to be ownership.
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AS TO
LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES
11. Suspension or revocation of a pilot’s licence or a pilotage certificate.
12. Appeal by pilot, master, or mate against action of Pilotage Authority
with respect to pilot’s licence or pilotage certificate.
Upon failure to comply with order, Minister may exercise powers of
Pilotage Authority.
13. Surrender of licences or certificates.
14. Appeal to High Court.
COMPULSORY PILOTAGE
15. Compulsory pilotage areas.
16. Obligations where pilotage is compulsory.
Fine for failing to employ a pilot.
Excepted ships.
Exemptions by bye-laws.
Trading locally.
17. Liability of owner or master in the case of a ship under pilotage.
18. Pilotage outside compulsory areas.
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SECTION
PILOTAGE AND DUES
19. Payment of pilotage dues.
20. Pilots may demand fees in advance.
21. Payment of pilot when detained on board outward bound ship.
22. Saving the rights of parties and their remedies under contracts of
insurance.
23. Liability of pilots for negligence or incapacity.
Harbour Master may recover for damage to public property.
24. Limitation of pilot’s liability.
PILOT SIGNALS
25. Signals to be displayed by ships requiring pilot.
OFFENCES BY PILOTS
26. Penalty on pilot endangering ship, life or limb.
27. Penalty on person obtaining charge of a ship by misrepresentation.
28. Offences by pilots.
Prosecution by Customs officer.
29. Refusing to produce licence, etc.
OFFENCES GENERALLY
30. Offences by person not being a licensed pilot.
31. When person may act as pilot without licence.
32. Master to declare draught.
33. Fraudulent alteration of marks denoting draught.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
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CHAPTER 51:02
PILOTAGE ACT
An Act relating to Pilots and Pilotage.
[28TH DECEMBER 1939]
1. This Act may be cited as the Pilotage Act.
2. In this Act—
“Member State” has the meaning assigned to it in the Revised
Treaty of Chaguaramas;
“national” in relation to a Member State means a person who—
(a) is a citizen;
(b) is a resident; or
(c) belongs to that State by virtue of the
immigration laws applicable to that State;
“Pilotage Authority” means the Pilotage Authority constituted
under the provisions of this Act;
“Pilots Association” means the Trinidad Pilots’ and Berthing
Masters’ Association incorporated under the provisions of
the Companies Act;
“Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas” means the Revised Treaty of
Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) including the CARICOM Single Market and
Economy, signed at Nassau, The Bahamas, on 5th July, 2001;
“Shipping Association” means the Shipping Association of
Trinidad registered under the Trade Unions Act on 7th of
May 1938.
3. (1) The areas described in the First and Second
Schedules shall be the areas in respect of which pilots’ licences
may be issued by the Pilotage Authority.
(2) The Minister may by Order amend the Schedules.
1950 Ed.
Ch. 18 No. 3.
33 of 1939.
Commencement.
Short title.
Interpretation.
[24 of 2006].
Ch. 81:01.
Ch. 88:02.
Pilotage area.
First and
Second
Schedules.
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Constitution of
Pilotage
Authority.
[6 of 1985
6 of 2003].
Pilotage
Authority to
license pilots,
etc.
First and
Second
Schedules.
Receipts and
expenses of
Pilotage
Authority.
PILOTAGE AUTHORITY
4. (1) The Pilotage Authority shall consist of—
(a) the Harbour Master, who shall be ex officio
Chairman;
(b) a representative of the Shipping Association;
(c) two members of the Pilots Association;
(d) a representative of the Port Authority;
(e) a person who holds a certificate as Master Home
Trade, issued by the Government of Trinidad
and Tobago, or an equivalent or higher
certificate or alternatively someone who has
attained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in
the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force;
(f) an Attorney-at-law; and
(g) a person suitably qualified in economics,
accountancy or commerce.
(2) Members of the Pilotage Authority shall be appointed
by the Minister on such terms and conditions approved by him.
(3) In case of the temporary absence or incapacity of a
member of the Pilotage Authority appointed under this section,
the Minister may appoint another member to act temporarily in
the place of such member who is absent or incapacitated.
(4) Any act done or decision arrived at by the Chairman
and not less than four members (temporary or otherwise) shall be
deemed to be an act or decision of the Pilotage Authority.
(5) The appointment (temporary or otherwise) and the
removal of members shall be notified in the Gazette.
5. Subject to this Act, the Pilotage Authority may license
pilots for the purpose of conducting ships within the areas
mentioned in the First and Second Schedules, and do all such
things as may be necessary or expedient for carrying into effect
the powers and duties ascribed to the Pilotage Authority.
6. (1) All receipts of the Pilotage Authority, in their
capacity as such (other than any money received by them on
behalf of and paid over to any pilot, or if the Authority administer
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Pilotage
Authority may
make bye-laws.
Qualifications
of candidates.
[51/1980].
Limit of
number.
Good
government of
pilots.
a pilots’ benefit fund, any sums received by them as direct
payments for that fund), shall be paid into a separate fund or
account, to be called the pilot fund or account.
(2) All expenses incurred by the Pilotage Authority in
the exercise of their powers or performance of their duties as such
Authority shall be paid out of the pilot fund or account, and,
except so far as may be provided to the contrary by bye-law,
subject to the payment of those expenses, the balance shall in
each year be applied for the purposes of any pilots’ benefit fund,
and so far as not required for that purpose shall be applied for the
benefit of pilots in such manner as may be determined by the
Pilotage Authority with the approval of the Minister.
(3) A separate account shall be kept by the Pilotage
Authority of all moneys received by them as payments to any
pilots’ benefit fund administered by the Authority, or for the
benefit of that fund, any money standing to the credit of that
account shall not be applicable to any purpose other than the
purposes of the fund.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Pilotage
Authority from keeping a separate account in respect of pilot
boats owned or hired by the Authority.
7. (1) The Pilotage Authority may by bye-laws made under
this Act—
(a) determine the qualification in respect of age,
physical fitness, time of service, local knowledge,
skill, character, and otherwise to be required from
persons applying to be licensed by them as pilots,
provide for the examination of such persons, and
fix the term for which a licence is to be in force,
and the conditions under which a licence may be
granted, renewed, or altered;
(b) fix the limit (if any) on the number of pilots to
be licensed for any specified area, and provide
for the method in which and the conditions
under which the list of pilots is to be filled up;
(c) provide generally for the good government of
pilots licensed by the Pilotage Authority, and of
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Employment of
pilots.
Punishment for
breach of
bye-laws.
Rates of
payment.
Pooling of dues.
Deduction for
expenses of
Authority.
Bonds by pilots.
Pilots’ benefit
funds.
apprentices, and in particular for ensuring their
good conduct and constant attendance to an
effectual performance of their duties, whether at
sea or on shore;
(d) determine the system to be adopted with respect
to the supply and employment of pilots, and
provide, so far as necessary for the approval,
licensing, and working of pilot boats;
(e) provide for the punishment of any breach of any
bye-laws made by them for the good
government of pilots or apprentices by the
infliction of fines not exceeding one thousand
dollars without prejudice to their powers under
this Act to revoke or suspend the licence in the
case of any such breach of bye-law;
(f) fix the rates of payments to be made in respect of
the services of a licensed pilot (in this Act referred
to as pilotage dues), and define the circumstances
and conditions under which pilotage dues may be
payable on different scales and provide for the
collection and distribution of pilotage dues;
(g) if and so far as it appears to the Pilotage Authority
to be generally desired by the pilots concerned,
provide for the pooling of pilotage dues earned
by the licensed pilots or by any class of pilots;
(h) provide for a deduction being made from any sums
received by pilots of any sums required for meeting
the administration expenses of the Pilotage
Authority, or any contributions required for any
fund established for the payment of pensions or
other benefits to pilots, their widows or children (in
this Act referred to as a pilots’ benefit fund);
(i) provide, if and so far as it appears to the Pilotage
Authority to be generally desired by the pilots,
for bonds (the penalty of which shall not in any
case exceed five hundred dollars) being given
by the pilots for the purpose of this Act limiting
pilots’ liability;
(j) establish pilots’ benefit funds and provide for
the direct payment to any such fund of any
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Examinations.
Competency.
57 & 58 Vict.
c. 60.
Re-examination.
Masters and
mates holding
pilotage
certificates.
Contributions
towards pilot
fund.
Fees.
Meetings of
Pilotage
Authority.
contributions by pilots towards the fund, or of
any part of the ordinary receipts of the Pilotage
Authority, and also for the administration of any
such fund, and for the conditions of
participation in any such fund;
(k) provide for the method of conducting the
examination of masters and mates applying for
pilotage certificates so as to maintain a proper
standard of efficiency;
(l) prohibit the grant of pilotage certificates to
masters or mates who do not hold at least a
mate’s certificate of competency recognised
under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act,
1894 of the United Kingdom;
(m) provide that a pilotage certificate shall not be
renewed without re-examination unless the master
or mate has made not less than a specified number
of visits to the port as master or mate of any ship
in respect of which the certificate is granted;
(n) apply with any necessary modifications to
masters and mates holding pilotage certificates
any bye-laws made under this section for the
good government of pilots and the punishment
of any breach of any such bye-law;
(o) require the owners of ships, whose masters or
mates hold pilotage certificates, to contribute
towards the pilot fund or account and require the
holders of such certificates to make a periodical
return to them of the pilotage services rendered
by them; but the contribution so required from
an owner shall not exceed such proportion of the
pilotage dues which would have been payable in
respect of the ship if the master or mate had not
held a pilotage certificate, as may be fixed by
the Pilotage Authority;
(p) fix the fees to be paid for examinations and for
the issue or renewal of licences and certificates;
(q) provide for the holding of meetings of the
Pilotage Authority and for the procedure to be
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Distinctive
marks and flags
of pilot boats.
Other matters.
Confirmation of
bye-laws.
Licensing of
pilots by
Pilotage
Authority not to
involve any
liability.
[24 of 2006].
Pilots to be
CARICOM
national or
Commonwealth
citizen.
Form of pilot’s
licence and
production and
return of pilot’s
licence to
Pilotage
Authority.
Death of pilot.
Penalty.
Grant of
pilotage
certificates to
masters and
mates.
[24 of 2006].
followed and the matters to be considered at
such meetings;
(r) prescribe the distinctive marks and flags to be
used by pilot boats;
(s) provide for any matter for which provision is to be
made or may be made under this Act by bye-law.
(2) A bye-law made under this section shall not take
effect unless it has been approved by the Minister.
PILOTS’ LICENCES
8. (1) The grant or renewal of a licence or certificate by the
Pilotage Authority under the powers given to them by this Act
does not impose any liability on such Authority for any loss
occasioned by any act or default of the pilot.
(2) The Pilotage Authority may grant a pilot’s licence to
a person who is a national of a Member State or a
Commonwealth citizen.
9. (1) A pilot’s licence shall be in a form approved for the
time being by the Pilotage Authority.
(2) A licensed pilot shall, when required by the Pilotage
Authority by whom the licence has been granted, produce his
licence to the Authority, and, in case his licence is revoked or
suspended, shall deliver up his licence to such Authority.
(3) On the death of a licensed pilot, the person into
whose hands his licence comes shall without delay transmit it to
the Pilotage Authority.
(4) If any licensed pilot or other person fails to comply with
the requirements of this section he is liable on summary conviction to
a fine of four hundred dollars in respect of each offence.
PILOTAGE CERTIFICATES
10. (1) The Pilotage Authority may grant a certificate (in
this Act referred to as a pilotage certificate) to any person who is
bona fide the master or mate of any ship if that person applies for
such a certificate, and if, after examinations, they are satisfied
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Pilotage
certificate to
CARICOM
national or
Commonwealth
citizen.
Form of
certificate.
Annual
certificate.
Certificate may
extend to other
ships.
Alteration of
pilotage
certificate to
another ship.
What deemed to
be ownership.
that, having regard to his skill, experience, and local knowledge,
he is capable of piloting the ship of which he is master or mate
within the compulsory pilotage areas.
(2) The Pilotage Authority shall not grant a pilotage
certificate to a master or mate of a ship—
(a) unless he is a national of a Member State or a
Commonwealth citizen; and
(b) where he is prohibited from holding such a
certificate by virtue of any bye-law made under
section 7(1)(l).
(3) A pilotage certificate shall be in a form approved for
the time being by the Pilotage Authority, and shall contain (in
addition to any other particulars which may be prescribed) the
name of the person to whom the certificate is granted, the name
and draught of water of the ship or ships in respect of which it is
granted, the limits of the area in respect of which the certificate
is granted, and the date on which it was granted.
(4) A pilotage certificate shall not be in force for more
than a year from the date on which it is granted, but may be renewed
annually by the Pilotage Authority, subject to the provisions of any
bye-law made by that Authority as to re-examination.
(5) A pilotage certificate may be granted so as to extend
to more than one ship belonging to the same owner, while the
master or mate is bona fide acting as master or mate of any such
ship, provided that they are ships of substantially the same class.
(6) The Pilotage Authority may, on the application of the
master or mate of a ship, alter his pilotage certificate so as to relate
to any other ship or ships of a not substantially greater draught of
water or tonnage than that to which the certificate formerly related,
to which the master or mate may be transferred, or so as to cover
any ships of substantially the same class and belonging to the same
owner as the ships to which the certificate already relates.
(7) The Pilotage Authority may, for the purposes of this
section, treat ships which are shown to their satisfaction to be
bona fide under the management of the same person as manager,
managing owner, demisee, or time charterer, as being ships
owned by that person.
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Suspension or
revocation of a
pilot’s licence or
a pilotage
certificate.
Appeal by pilot,
master, or mate
against action of
Pilotage
Authority with
respect to pilot’s
licence or
pilotage
certificate.
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AS TO LICENCES
AND CERTIFICATES
11. The Pilotage Authority may suspend or revoke any pilot’s
licence or any pilotage certificate granted by them, if it appears to
them, after giving the holder thereof an opportunity of being heard,
that he has been convicted of any offence under this Act or of any
breach of any bye-law made by the Pilotage Authority, or that he
has committed any other misconduct affecting his capability as a
pilot, or that he has failed in or neglected his duty as a pilot, or that
he has become incompetent to act as pilot, and a licence or
certificate, if so suspended, shall cease to have effect for the period
for which it is suspended.
12. (1) If a complaint is made to the Minister that the
Pilotage Authority have—
(a) without reasonable cause refused or failed to
examine any candidate for a pilot’s licence or a
master or mate for a pilotage certificate, or to grant
such a licence or certificate after examination;
(b) conducted any examination for a pilot’s licence
or a pilotage certificate improperly or unfairly;
(c) imposed conditions on the granting of a pilot’s
licence or a pilotage certificate which they have
no power to impose or which are unreasonable;
(d) without reasonable cause refused or failed to
renew a pilotage certificate, or having obtained
possession of any such certificate, refused or
failed to return it;
(e) without reasonable cause suspended or revoked
a pilotage certificate; or
(f) in any other manner failed properly to perform
their duties under this Act with respect to the
matters above-mentioned in this section, or
improperly exercised any of their powers
under this Act, with respect to those matters,
the Minister shall consider the complaint, and if of opinion that
the complaint is in any respect well founded, shall make such
order as he thinks fit for the purpose of redressing the matter
complained of, and the Pilotage Authority shall give effect to any
order so made.
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Upon failure to
comply with
order, Minister
may exercise
powers of
Pilotage
Authority.
Surrender of
licences or
certificates.
Appeal to High
Court.
Ch. 4:01.
(2) If the Pilotage Authority refuse or fail to give effect
to any order made under subsection (1), the Minister may, for the
purpose of giving effect to the Order, exercise any powers of the
Pilotage Authority, and anything done by the Minister in the
exercise of those powers shall have the same effect as if it had
been done by the Pilotage Authority.
13. (1) It shall be the duty of a person whose pilot’s licence
or pilotage certificate is revoked or suspended under this Act or
whose licence or certificate has expired, to surrender his licence
or certificate to the Pilotage Authority within seven days, and, if
he fails to do so, he is liable on summary conviction to a fine of
four hundred dollars.
(2) If a pilot’s licence or a pilotage certificate is
suspended it shall, if it is still in force at the expiration of the
period of suspension, be restored with the particulars of the
suspension endorsed on it.
14. (1) If a pilot is aggrieved by the suspension or
revocation by the Pilotage Authority of his licence, or by the
refusal or failure of the Pilotage Authority to renew his licence,
or by the refusal or failure of the Pilotage Authority who have
obtained possession of his licence to return it to him, he may
appeal to a Judge of the High Court.
(2) For the purpose of hearing the appeal, the Judge
may, if he thinks fit, sit with an assessor of nautical and pilotage
experience selected and summoned by the Judge.
(3) The Judge may confirm or reverse the suspension or
revocation of the licence, or the refusal or failure to renew a
licence, or may make such order in the case as may seem just, and
his decision shall be final.
(4) The costs incurred by the Pilotage Authority under
this section shall be payable out of any fund applicable to the
general expenses of such Authority.
(5) In default of or subject to any rules which may be made
under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, a Judge in Chambers
shall give such directions as may be necessary with respect to the
procedure to be observed on any appeal under this section.
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Compulsory
pilotage areas.
Second
Schedule.
Obligations
where pilotage
is compulsory.
Fine for failing
to employ a
pilot.
*Excepted
ships.
Exemptions by
bye-laws.
*See section 5(c) of Act No. 12 of 1961.
COMPULSORY PILOTAGE
15. The areas described in the Second Schedule shall be
compulsory pilotage areas.
*16. (1) Every ship (other than an excepted ship) while
navigating in a compulsory pilotage area shall be under the
pilotage of a pilot licensed for such area or under the pilotage of
a master or mate possessing a pilotage certificate for such area
and bona fide acting as master or mate of the ship.
(2) If any ship (other than an excepted ship) in
circumstances in which pilotage is compulsory under this section,
is not under pilotage as required by this section, the master of that
ship shall in respect of each offence be liable, on summary
conviction, to a fine not exceeding double the amount of the
pilotage dues that could be demanded for the conduct of the ship.
A prosecution for an offence under this subsection shall not be
instituted without the consent of the Pilotage Authority.
(3) For the purposes of this Act the following ships are
excepted ships:
(a) ships belonging to the Government of Trinidad
and Tobago;
(b) pleasure yachts;
(c) fishing vessels;
(d) ferry boats plying as such exclusively within the
limits of the harbours of Trinidad and Tobago;
(e) ships of less than fifty tons gross tonnage;
(f) ships exempted from compulsory pilotage by
bye-laws as hereinafter provided in this section.
(4) The Pilotage Authority may by bye-laws made under
this Act exempt from compulsory pilotage any of the following
classes of ships, if not carrying passengers, up to such limit of gross
tonnage in each case as may be fixed by such bye-laws, that is to say:
(a) ships whose ordinary course of navigation does
not extend beyond the seaward limits of the
harbours of Trinidad and Tobago, whilst
navigating within those limits or within such parts
thereof as may be specified in the bye-law;
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57 & 58 Vict.
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Trading locally.
Liability of
owner or master
in the case of a
ship under
pilotage.
Pilotage outside
compulsory
areas.
First Schedule.
Payment of
pilotage dues.
(b) ships registered under the provisions of the
Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 of the United
Kingdom and trading locally.
For the purposes of this subsection, a ship which habitually
trades between any port or ports of Trinidad and Tobago and any
port or ports between the equator and latitude 28º North and East
of longitude 90º West and West of longitude 50º West shall be
deemed to be trading locally if it does not remain out of the
territorial waters of Trinidad and Tobago for more than sixty days
since the date of its last sailing from Trinidad and Tobago.
17. Notwithstanding anything in any law, the owner or master
of a ship navigating under circumstances in which pilotage is
compulsory shall be answerable for any loss or damage caused by
the ship or by any fault of the navigation of the ship in the same
manner as he would if pilotage were not compulsory.
18. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act it shall
not be compulsory on the master or other person in charge of a
ship to take or employ the services of any pilot when such ship is
not navigating in a compulsory pilotage area, and, every such
master or other person may lawfully pilot and conduct his own
ship within the areas described in the First Schedule so long as he
does so without the aid or assistance of any person other than the
ordinary crew of such ship.
PILOTAGE AND DUES
19. (1) The owner or master of any ship which arrives in
Trinidad and Tobago, or navigates from one place to another
within Trinidad and Tobago, or the consignee of or agent for such
ship shall, on demand, pay to the pilot by whom such ship was
piloted the full pilotage due payable under this Act, within
twenty-four hours after the performance of the service for which
such pilotage due shall be demanded. In default of such payment
the pilotage dues may be recovered summarily on complaint
before a Magistrate, but such recovery shall not take place until a
previous demand had been made in writing.
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Pilots may
demand fees in
advance.
Payment of pilot
when detained
on board
outward bound
ship.
[51/1980].
Saving the
rights of parties
and their
remedies under
contracts of
insurance.
Liability of
pilots for
negligence or
incapacity.
(2) Any consignee or agent (not being the owner or
master of the ship) who is hereby made liable for the payment of
pilotage dues in respect of any ship, may, out of any moneys
received by him on account of that ship or belonging to the owner
thereof, retain the amount of such dues paid by him, together with
any reasonable expenses he may have incurred by reason of the
payment of the dues or his liability to pay the dues.
20. No pilot is bound to conduct any ship to sea until the full
amount of the outward pilotage of such ship has been paid, or the
payment thereof guaranteed to the satisfaction of such pilot.
21. In case any pilot employed by the master of any ship
prepared to sail shall repair on board and shall nevertheless be
detained on board for more than three hours before such ship
shall weigh anchor and proceed on her voyage, every such pilot
so detained shall be entitled to demand and receive, over and
above the prescribed rate of pilotage, detention money in respect
of the whole time he is so detained on board at the rate of ten
dollars for each hour or part thereof or at such other rate as may
from time to time be fixed by bye-laws made under section 7, and
shall have the like remedy for recovery of the same as is provided
in this Act for recovery of pilotage dues.
22. Nothing contained in this Act shall extend or be
construed to extend to deprive any person of any remedy under
any contract of insurance, or of any other remedy whatsoever,
which he might have had if this Act had not been passed, by
reason or on account of the neglect, default, incompetency, or
incapacity of any pilot duly acting in charge of any ship under the
provisions of this Act, and nothing contained in this Act shall be
construed to impose any liability on the Government for any
damage or loss resulting from any neglect, default,
incompetency, incapacity, or any act whatsoever of any pilot or
person acting as a pilot under the provisions of this Act.
23. (1) Nothing contained in this Act shall be held to excuse
or indemnify any pilot for any damage arising from his neglect or
want of skill.
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Harbour Master
may recover for
damage to
public property.
Limitation of
pilot’s liability.
Signals to be
displayed by
ships requiring
pilot.
(2) If any damage shall be caused by any ship while in charge
of a pilot to any beacon, buoy, harbour-mark, jetty, or other public
property, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master of Port-of-Spain, or
any person by him authorised in that behalf, to sue for and recover such
damage in the High Court exercising Admiralty Jurisdiction.
24. (1) A licensed pilot, who has given a bond in conformity
with bye-laws made for the purpose under this Act, shall not be
liable for neglect or want of skill beyond the penalty of the bond
and the amount payable to him on account of pilotage in respect of
the voyage in which he was engaged when he became so liable.
(2) Where any proceedings are taken against a pilot for any
neglect or want of skill in respect of which his liability is limited as
provided by this section, and other claims are made or apprehended
in respect of the same neglect or want of skill, the Court in which the
proceedings are taken may determine the amount of the pilot’s
liability, and, upon payment by the pilot of that amount into Court,
may distribute that amount rateably among the several claimants,
and may stay any proceedings pending in any other Court in relation
to the same matter, and may proceed in such manner and subject to
such regulations as to making persons interested parties to the
proceedings, and as to the exclusion of any claimants who do not
come in within a certain time, and as to requiring security from the
pilot, and as to payment of any costs as the Court thinks just.
PILOT SIGNALS
25. (1) The Minister may make Rules as to the signals to be
used or displayed where the services of a pilot are required on any
vessel, and those signals are in this Act referred to as pilot signals.
(2) If a vessel requires the services of a pilot, the master
of that vessel shall use or display the pilot signals.
(3) If a master of a vessel uses or displays, or causes or
permits any person under his authority to use or display, any of
the pilot signals for any other purpose than that of summoning a
pilot, or uses or causes or permits any person under his authority
to use any other signal for a pilot, he is liable on summary
conviction to a fine of seven hundred and fifty dollars.
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Penalty on pilot
endangering
ship, life or limb.
Penalty on
person obtaining
charge of a
ship by
misrepresentation.
Offences by
pilots.
OFFENCES BY PILOTS
26. If any pilot, when piloting a ship, by wilful breach of
duty or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness—
(a) does any act tending to the immediate loss,
destruction, or serious damage of the ship, or
tending immediately to endanger the life or limb
of any person on board the ship; or
(b) refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and
requisite to be done by him for preserving the
ship from loss, destruction, or serious damage,
or for preserving any person belonging to or on
board the ship from danger to life or limb,
that pilot shall in respect of each offence be liable on indictment
to imprisonment for three years.
27. If any person, by wilful misrepresentation of
circumstances upon which the safety of a ship may depend,
obtains, or endeavours to obtain, the charge of that ship, that
person and every person procuring, abetting, or conniving at the
commission of the offence shall, in addition to any liability for
damages, be liable on summary conviction to a fine of four
thousand dollars in respect of each offence.
28. (1) If a licensed pilot—
(a) himself keeps, or is interested in keeping by any
agent, servant, or other person, any premises
licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquors, or
sells or is interested in selling any intoxicating
liquors, tobacco, or tea;
(b) is in any way directly or indirectly concerned in
any corrupt practices relating to ships, their
tackle, furniture, cargoes, crews, or passengers,
or to persons in distress at sea or by shipwreck,
or to their moneys, goods, or chattels;
(c) lends his licence;
(d) acts as pilot whilst suspended;
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Customs officer.
(e) acts as pilot when in a state of intoxication;
(f) employs, or causes to be employed, on board
any ship which he is piloting, any boat,
anchor, cable, or other store, matter, or thing
beyond what is necessary for the service of
that ship, with intent to enhance the expenses
of pilotage for his own gain or for the gain of
any other person;
(g) refuses or wilfully delays, when not prevented
by illness or other reasonable cause, to pilot any
ship, upon the signal for a pilot being made by
that ship, or upon being required to do so by the
master, owner, agent or consignee thereof, or by
the Pilotage Authority, or by the Harbour Master,
or by any officer of Customs and Excise;
(h) unnecessarily cuts or slips, or causes to be cut or
slipped, any cable belonging to any ship;
(i) refuses, otherwise than on reasonable ground of
danger to the ship, when requested by the
master, to conduct the ship which he is piloting
into any port or place within the district for
which he is licensed; or
(j) quits the ship, which he is piloting, before the
service for which he was engaged has been
performed and without the consent of the master
of the ship,
that pilot shall, in addition to any liability for damages, be liable
on summary conviction to a fine of four thousand dollars in
respect of each offence.
(2) The provisions of the law relating to Customs with
respect to the recovery of penalties under that law, and the
application of such penalties, shall apply in the case of any
prosecution by any officer of Customs and Excise for the
recovery of a fine in respect of any offence against this section.
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Refusing to
produce licence,
etc.
Offences by
person not being
a licensed pilot.
When person
may act as pilot
without licence.
Master to
declare draught.
29. Every licensed pilot, when taken on board a ship, shall
produce his licence to the master or other person in charge of
such ship, who shall enter or cause such pilot’s name to be
entered in the log book; and if any pilot—
(a) refuses or neglects to produce such licence;
(b) causes to be entered a false name in such log
book; or
(c) refuses or neglects to produce a copy of this Act
or a copy of the rates payable or of the Bye-laws
and Regulations made in pursuance of this Act,
he is liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars.
OFFENCES GENERALLY
30. Any person not being a licensed pilot who—
(a) tenders his services as a licensed pilot;
(b) procures any person to tender his services to act
as a licensed pilot;
(c) undertakes to act as a licensed pilot and acts as such;
(d) fraudulently uses or exhibits, or attempts to use
or exhibit, the licence of a licensed pilot; or
(e) wilfully uses any distinctive mark or flag
prescribed for pilot boats,
is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
31. Any unlicensed person may offer himself to pilot a ship
in distress so long as no licensed pilot is in sight; but if any
unlicensed person does not deliver the charge of such ship after a
licensed pilot has offered to come on board and take charge of the
ship (such ship being at the time within the limits for which he is
qualified) such unlicensed person is liable on summary
conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars.
32. If any master or other person having the chief command of
any ship, on being requested by any pilot having the charge of such
ship to declare her draught of water, and her length and beam,
refuses to do so, or himself makes or is privy to any other person
making a false statement to such pilot as to such draught, he is
liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
OPTIONAL PILOTAGE AREAS
The territorial waters of Trinidad and Tobago, excluding the Harbours and
Channels in the Second Schedule.
SECOND SCHEDULE
COMPULSORY PILOTAGE AREAS
(a) The dredged channel and basin in Port-of-Spain Harbour
extending in a north-easterly direction from a beacon in
Latitude 10º 33' 00" North and Longitude 61º 33' 05" West and
defined by other beacons, including an area within a radius of
half a nautical mile south-west of the seaward beacon.
(b) An area within a radius of one and three-quarter nautical
miles from La Carrier Light Beacon in Latitude 10º 19' 19"
North and Longitude 61º 27' 37" West.
(c) An area within a radius of half a nautical mile from a light
beacon in approximately Latitude 10º 15' 10" North and
Longitude 61º 37' 12" West situated on a jetty known as Pitch
Point Jetty.
(d) An area within half a nautical mile from a light beacon in
Latitude 10º 14' 54" North and Longitude 61º 38' 06" West
situated on a jetty known as Brighton Jetty.
(e) An area within half a nautical mile of the jetty known as Point
Fortin Jetty, the base of which is on the North Shore of Point
Fortin and the seaward end is marked by a light beacon in
Latitude 10º 12' 27" North and Longitude 61º 42' 07" West.
Fraudulent
alteration of
marks denoting
draught.
[231/1990].
[231/1990
95/1991
128/1992].
33. If any master or other person having the chief command
of any ship or interested in any ship, makes or is privy to any
other person making, any fraudulent alteration in the marks on
the stem or on the stern post of such ship denoting her draught of
water he is liable on summary conviction to a fine of four
thousand dollars.
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(f) The area enclosed within a line drawn in a southerly
direction from the mainland at Pointe Gourde to the
easternmost point of Carrera Island, thence eastwards to the
southernmost point of Nelson Island, thence in a north-
easterly direction to Martin Point.
(g) That part of Lisas Bay known as Goodridge Bay in the Gulf
of Paria bounded as follows:
(i) on the South and south-west by an arc having a radius
of two and a quarter nautical miles from Savonetta
Point in Latitude 10º 24' 07" North and Longitude 61º
29' 42" West;
(ii) on the North by a line drawn due West two and a
quarter nautical miles from the said Savonetta Point;
(iii) on the East by the shore line.
(h) The area enclosed with a line drawn in a southerly direction
from the mainland at Pointe Gourde in Latitude 10º 40' 00"
North, Longitude 61º 37' 22" West to the easternmost point
of Carerra Island thence along the southern shore of that
island to its south-western point, thence along a bearing of
239º for one nautical mile, thence along a bearing 290º for
two and a quarter nautical miles, thence along a bearing of
056º to San Jose Point, thence along the shore line to the
point of commencement.
(i) The dredged Sea Lots Channel and Basin in Port-of-Spain
Harbour extending in an East north-easterly direction from
the entrance beacons in latitude 10º 37' 38" North, Longitude
61º 31' 58" West, and Latitude 10º 37' 35" North, Longitude
61º 31' 56" West respectively, and defined by other beacons
including an area within a radius of half a nautical mile
south-west of the entrance beacons.
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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
PILOTAGE BYE-LAWS
ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS
BYE-LAW
1. Citation.
2. Interpretation.
3. Qualifications of candidates for pilot’s licence.
4. Selection of apprentices.
Appointment of pilots.
Register of pilots.
5. Duration, renewal, fees for licences, certificates and examinations.
6. Temporary licences, number of pilots—Fees for such licences.
7. Sickness to be reported.
8. Leave for pilots.
9. Duties of pilots.
10. Boarding or leaving ships.
11. Employment of pilots.
12. Pilot boats.
13. Rates for calculation of pilotage dues.
14. Pilotage dues in compulsory pilotage areas.
15. Pilotage dues in non-compulsory pilotage areas.
Pilotage dues for ship under dead tow.
Pilotage dues for services outside the Gulf of Paria.
16. Payment of pilot’s fees when detained.
17. Travelling allowances to and from certain outports.
18. Cases when pilot cannot board ship.
19. Collection of pilot dues.
20. Association to make returns to the Authority.
21. Pilots to give bond.
22. Conditions applicable prior to the receipt of a pilotage certificate.
23. Renewal of pilotage certificates.
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BYE-LAW
24. Fees for pilotage certificates, medical certificates.
25. Certificated officers to produce certificates.
26. Certified officers to fly signals.
27. Examining Committee.
28. Exempting local trade ships.
29. Meeting of the Authority.
30. Duties of the Authority.
31. Fees to be credited to Authority.
32. Pilot boarding and landing fees.
33. Payment for call at port.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
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113/1957*.
Citation.
Interpretation.
[130/1973].
* These Bye-Laws have been amended by GN’s 79/1959; 31/1962; 90/1963; 131/1963; 88/1967;
32/1971; 130/1973; 51/1980; 193/1989; 68/1990; 90/1992; 134/1992; 43/1995; 127/1996;
286/2000; 252/2005 and 12/2012.
PILOTAGE BYE-LAWS
made under sections 7 and 16(4)
1. These Bye-laws may be cited as the Pilotage Bye-laws.
2. In these Bye-laws—
“apprentice” means a person serving an apprenticeship to the
Pilots’ Association, under the terms approved by the
Authority, and who is in training as a candidate for a pilot’s
licence;
“Basin” means the dredged portion of the harbour of Port-of-Spain
abutting on King’s Wharf and its extension, but does not
include the dredged channel leading to such dredged portion;
“certificated officer” means a master or mate holding a pilotage
certificate granted to him by the Authority;
“compulsory pilotage areas” means the areas described in the
Second Schedule to the Act;
“container ship” means a ship designed to carry containerised
cargo or a ship so described on its Certificate of Registry;
“dead tow” means in relation to a ship that the ship has no
propulsion or steerage of its own or that its propulsion or
steerage is not in working order;
“Dock Master” means the person for the time being in charge of
the mooring or unmooring, docking or undocking, of a
vessel at any outport;
“Grier Channel” means the dredged channel in the Port-of-Spain
harbour leading to the Basin and extending in a north-easterly
direction from a beacon in latitude 10° 38' 00" North, and
longitude 61° 33' 05" West and marked out by other beacons;
“Harbour Master” means the Harbour Master of the harbour of
Port-of-Spain;
“King’s Wharf” means the deep water wharf built on the
reclaimed area South of Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain, and
[Subsidiary]
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57 & 58 Vict.
c. 60.
extending from a point in latitude 10° 38' 43" North and
longitude 61° 30' 54" West in a North 62º West direction;
“King’s Wharf Extension” means the deep water wharf to the
West of King’s Wharf;
“master” means the person for the time being in command or
having charge of a ship;
“maximum gross tonnage” means the maximum gross tonnage
registered or ascertained in accordance with the Tonnage
Regulations of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894;
“optional pilotage areas” means the areas described in the First
Schedule to the Act;
“outport” means any of the compulsory pilotage areas other than
the area described at paragraph (a) of the Second Schedule
to the Act;
“pilot” means a person holding a licence granted by the Authority
to pilot vessels in one or more pilotage areas;
“pilotage areas” include compulsory pilotage areas and optional
pilotage areas;
“pilotage dues” means the payment to be made in respect of the
services of a pilot;
“pilots’ office” means the premises of the Pilots’ Association at
Port-of-Spain;
“Pilot Master” means the person appointed to be Pilot Master by
the Pilots’ Association with the approval of the Authority;
“Secretary-Accountant” means the person appointed to be
Secretary-Accountant by the Pilots’ Association with the
approval of the Authority;
“ship” means every description of vessel used in navigation not
propelled by oars;
“tanker” means a ship designed to carry bulk liquid cargo or a
ship so described on its Certificate of Registry;
“the Authority” means the Pilotage Authority established by
section 4 of the Act;
“the Committee” means a committee of the Authority appointed
by such Authority.
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Qualifications
of candidates
for pilot’s
licence.
[68/1990].
3. A person shall not be licensed as a pilot unless and until
he satisfies the Authority that—
(a) he is a Commonwealth citizen;
(b) he is, at the time a licence is first granted him,
more than twenty-five and not more than fifty
years of age;
(c) he holds a certificate as a Master Mariner issued
by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago or
an equivalent or higher certificate;
(d) he has served an apprenticeship of not less than
six months with the Pilots’ Association under
the conditions approved by the Authority;
(e) he has produced certificates of good conduct and
sobriety from persons by whom he may have been
employed during the three years immediately
preceding his application for a licence;
(f) he has satisfied either a board of medical
practitioners or a medical practitioner approved
by the Authority—
(i) that he is medically and physically fit;
(ii) that his eyesight is normal in respect of
both distance and colour;
(g) he has satisfied the examining committee
constituted under these Bye-laws that he has a
satisfactory knowledge of local conditions and
the Regulations affecting the pilotage areas for
which he has applied for a licence including—
(i) his skill in handling ships;
(ii) his knowledge of navigation in each area
for which he has applied for a licence;
(iii) the courses and distances between any
two places within the limits of such
pilotage areas;
(iv) the rise, velocity and set of the tides;
(v) the depth and character of the soundings;
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Selection of
apprentices.
Appointment of
pilots.
Register of
pilots.
Duration,
renewal, fees for
licences,
certificates and
examinations.
[131/1963
51/1980
43/1995
252/2005].
(vi) the best anchorages;
(vii) the banks, shoals and other dangers;
(viii) the buoys and lights in such areas.
4. (1) Applications for admission as an apprentice shall be
made to the Pilots’ Association. Such applications shall forthwith
be entered in a register kept for that purpose by the Pilots’
Association. These entries shall set out the name, age, address
and qualifications of the applicant.
(2) Applications for admission as an apprentice shall be
presented periodically by the Pilots’ Association to the Authority,
and always in order of their entry in the register required to be
kept by paragraph (1).
(3) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the number of
licensed pilots, the Pilots’ Association shall submit to the
Authority for its approval the application of the applicant
considered by them most suitable for admission as an apprentice.
(4) The Authority shall cause to be kept a register in
which the following particulars shall be entered:
(a) the name, age and qualifications of each
licensed pilot;
(b) the date on which each such pilot passed the
examinations required by paragraphs (f) and (g)
of bye-law 3.
5. (1) A pilot’s licence or pilotage certificate shall be valid
for a period of one calendar year from the date of its being issued.
(2) Subject to this bye-law, the Authority may require a
pilot who has attained the age of sixty years to retire if it is
satisfied that for reasons of health or any just or reasonable cause
such pilot is unable to perform his duties competently.
(3) The Authority shall require a pilot who has attained
the age of sixty-five years to retire from the pilotage service.
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Second
Schedule.
Temporary
licences,
number of
pilots—Fees for
such licences.
[43/1995
252/2005].
(4) When the Authority requires a pilot to retire under
paragraph (2) or (3), it shall forthwith cancel the licence which
the pilot may be holding at the date of his retirement and from the
date of the cancellation the licence shall be void and of no effect.
(5) A candidate for an examination for a pilot’s licence
or a pilotage certificate shall pay to the Authority a fee of five
hundred dollars. From this fee each examiner shall be entitled to
be paid a fee of one hundred dollars for each examination.
(6) The fees prescribed in the Second Schedule to these
Bye-laws shall be payable to the Authority on the issue or
renewal of a pilot’s licence or pilotage certificate prescribed in
these Bye-laws.
6. (1) The number of pilots to be licensed for all areas may
at any time be fixed by resolution of the Authority if the pilotage
requirements of ships calling at the ports of Trinidad and Tobago
so warrant.
(2) The Authority may issue temporary licences to pilot
ships in any areas to one or more pilots whenever the Authority
is satisfied that conditions necessitate such temporary addition to
the number of licensed pilots.
(3) A temporary licence issued under this bye-law shall
not be in force for a longer period than six months in the first
instance but may be renewed from time to time for a like period,
provided that the holder of such licence returns it for cancellation
by the Authority when the Authority considers and notifies him
that the conditions which necessitated its issuance no longer
exist. If the holder of a temporary licence fails to comply with
the requirements of this paragraph, he is liable on summary
conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.
(4) A person holding a temporary licence shall be
subject to all the provisions of these Bye-laws with the exception
of subparagraphs (b) and (d) of bye-law 3 and bye-law 5(3).
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Sickness to be
reported.
Leave for pilots.
Duties of pilots.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Bye-
laws every person to whom a temporary licence is issued shall
pay to the Authority a fee of five hundred dollars on the issue of
the licence and a fee of two hundred dollars on each renewal of
such licence.
7. (1) Any pilot unable to perform his duties through
illness or other cause shall forthwith cause the Harbour Master to
be so notified.
(2) Any pilot who fails to comply with paragraph (1) is
liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.
8. (1) No pilot shall leave Trinidad and Tobago without the
permission of the Chairman of the Authority; such permission
shall be in writing and shall not be granted without the approval
of the Authority.
(2) Any pilot who contravenes paragraph (1) is liable on
summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.
9. (1) A pilot shall obey and execute all lawful orders and
directions given and issued by the Authority, the Harbour
Master, or the General Manager of the Port Services
Department. Orders affecting pilots who are members of the
Pilots’ Association shall be given through the Pilot Master or his
nominee, and when so given shall be deemed to have been given
to the pilot or pilots concerned.
In a harbour, port or dock, a pilot shall also obey all lawful
orders and directions of a Harbour or Dock Master relating to
docking, undocking, towing or removing a ship under his charge,
so long as such ship shall be within the limits of any harbour or
dock as the case may be.
(2) A pilot shall observe strict sobriety. He shall
throughout the time he is in charge of a ship use his utmost
care and diligence for her safety and the safety of other vessels
or property.
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(3) A pilot shall not lay a ship aground without a written
order from the owner or master of such ship, or the agent of the
owner, as the case may be; but a pilot may, in his discretion, when
the owner, master, or agent is absent or unavailable, lay aground
any ship which in his opinion is likely to cause an obstruction or
danger in a fairway, channel or harbour.
(4) A pilot shall not leave a ship piloted by him until she
is berthed alongside a wharf or jetty or brought to a safe
anchorage or, if outward bound, until the appropriate limits
referred to in bye-law 10 have been reached.
(5) A pilot shall, before leaving a ship piloted or
attended by him, hand a pilotage note to the master of such ship,
who shall enter thereon in ink all the particulars required, and
sign the said note when the services of the pilot are completed.
The note shall also be signed by the pilot.
(6) A pilot shall not bring a ship alongside any wharf or
jetty, if the signal for the wharf or jetty is against him, or if no
signal is usually used, unless he has first received permission
from the person in charge of the wharf or jetty.
(7) A pilot shall behave with due civility towards the
owner, master, and officers of any ship under his charge.
(8) A pilot about to take charge of a ship which is
outward bound or which is about to be moved from the wharf or
jetty where she is lying, shall go on board and report himself to
the master or officer in command before the appointed time so as
to enable her to be moved out from the wharf or jetty or to
proceed to sea or to her destination.
(9) A pilot when on duty shall always have with him a
reliable watch, official tide tables for Trinidad and Tobago, a
copy of these Bye-laws and directions for the time being in force
for the pilotage areas, and his licence.
(10) A pilot in charge of a ship before leaving a wharf, or
jetty or anchorage shall enquire of the master or officer in command
whether the steering gear is connected and in proper working order,
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and when clear shall direct that the anchors be ready for letting
go. A pilot boarding and taking charge of an inward bound ship
shall direct that the anchors be ready for letting go without delay.
(11) A pilot shall not proceed to any port or place outside
the pilotage area for which he is licensed for the purpose of piloting
any ship into such area without the permission of the Harbour Master.
(12) A pilot shall not attend to give evidence at any trial or
enquiry to which he is not a party, unless he has been required to do
so by any lawful summons or subpoena, and a pilot so summoned
or subpoenaed shall on the receipt of such summons or subpoena
report the receipt thereof in writing to the Harbour Master.
(13) A pilot who notices within the pilotage area or areas
for which he is licensed any alteration or alterations in any of the
banks or channels, or any buoys or beacons which have been driven
away, broken down, damaged or displaced, or any circumstances
affecting the safety of navigation, shall forthwith give a correct
description thereof in writing to the Pilot Master on duty who shall
forward it as soon as possible to the Chairman of the Authority.
(14) A pilot, when any accident has happened to, or has
been caused by, a ship while in his charge, shall as soon as
possible report the facts in writing to the Pilot Master on duty
who shall forthwith forward such report to the Authority.
(15) The duties of a pilot in regard to an outward bound
ship shall commence as soon as such ship begins to unmoor for
the purpose of proceeding to sea.
(16) On inward bound ships the duties of a pilot shall
commence when he boards the ship in any position within a
pilotage area.
(17) In the event of a pilot refusing to proceed to sea
from any anchorage or from any wharf or jetty with any ship
which he is qualified to pilot when requested to do so by the
master, owner or agent of such ship, he shall forthwith give his
reasons therefore in writing to the Pilot Master on duty who shall
forward them to the Authority.
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Boarding or
leaving ships.
Employment of
pilots.
(18) If a pilot mislays his licence he shall forthwith give
notice thereof to the Authority, stating the circumstances in which
the licence was mislaid, and shall forthwith apply to the
Authority for a duplicate licence.
(19) A pilot shall not hold directly or indirectly any
share or interest in any tug or company or in any vessel used
regularly or occasionally for towing ships in the pilotage areas.
(20) On landing at Port-of-Spain after piloting a ship in
or out, all pilots for all pilotage areas shall report their
movements without delay to the pilots’ office. At outports, pilots
shall report to the Pilot Master on duty.
(21) Pilots for all pilotage areas are to be available at the
shortest possible notice and shall be connected by telephone at
their residence.
(22) All pilots shall attend frequently at the pilots’ office
to examine the latest charts of Trinidad and Tobago, notices to
mariners and other information relating to the waters of Trinidad
and Tobago.
(23) A pilot shall wear when on duty either ashore or
afloat such uniform as may from time to time be required by
the Authority.
(24) Any pilot who contravenes this bye-law is liable on
summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars (without
prejudice to the powers conferred on the Authority by the Act to
revoke or suspend his licence).
10. The limits for pilots boarding or leaving ships shall
coincide with the limits specified in bye-laws 14 and 15.
11. Pilots shall be allotted to ships in all pilotage areas by the
Pilot Master subject to any special directions of the Harbour
Master or the General Manager of the Port Services Department.
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Pilot boats.
Rates for
calculation of
pilotage dues.
Pilotage dues in
compulsory
pilotage areas.
[90/1963
130/1973
43/1995
252/2005].
First Schedule.
12. (1) No boat shall ply as a pilot boat or carry a pilot flag
or pilot boat light or make signals prescribed under Article 8 of
the Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea in or near
any area prescribed in the First and Second Schedules to the Act
unless a pilot is on board.
Any boat engaged solely for the purpose of embarking or
disembarking pilots in ships shall have the word “Pilot” painted
on the bow or superstructure in plain letters.
(2) Any person who plies a boat in respect of which
paragraph (1) of this bye-law is contravened is liable on summary
conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars.
13. Pilotage dues in respect of pilotage services rendered by
licensed pilots in the several pilotage areas shall be calculated in
accordance with the rates laid down in bye-laws 14 and 15 and in
the First Schedule to these Bye-laws. All these rates shall be
subject to such surcharge or rebate as may from time to time be
fixed by the Authority and approved by the Minister.
14. (1) Pilotage dues in respect of services rendered by licensed
pilots in compulsory pilotage areas shall be calculated as follows:
(a) the relevant charge prescribed in the First
Schedule to these Bye-laws shall be made;
(b) between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. a
charge of three hundred and forty dollars shall
be made in respect of attending lines by a pilot’s
launch or launches;
(c) between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
and on weekends and public holidays an
additional charge of twenty-five per cent of the
fees payable in accordance with paragraph (a)
shall be made for such service.
(2) The pilotage dues calculated in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph (1) shall cover pilotage of any ship to or
from the Grier Channel and Basin when the pilot boards it, or leaves
it at anchor or underway, within the limits of Port-of-Spain harbour.
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Pilotage dues in
non-compulsory
pilotage areas.
[130/1973
51/1980
43/1995
252/2005].
4,000.00
.50
(a) Within the limits of Port-of-Spain
Harbour—
(i) to and from an anchorage within
the limits of Port-of-Spain
Harbour the dues shall be one
thousand dollars;
(ii) to and from alongside another
vessel or hulk the dues shall be
the like dues as are payable
under bye-law 14 for services
rendered by licensed pilots in
compulsory pilotage areas.
(b) Outside the limits of Port-of-Spain
Harbour—
(i) from outside the Bocas to
Teteron, Chaguaramas Bay,
Carenage, Port-of-Spain, Point
Lisas, Pointe-a-Pierre, San
Fernando, Brighton, or Point
Fortin, or vice versa, per unit of
gross tonnage … … …
provided that the minimum
charge shall be … …
$ ¢
(3) Whenever a ship is shifted and the operation
necessitates letting go and re-securing at another berth, the
pilotage dues calculated in accordance with paragraph (1)(a)
shall be charged.
(4) Whenever a ship is shifted along a wharf without
letting go, a pilot need not be employed. If a pilot is
employed half the pilotage dues calculated in accordance
with paragraph (1)(a) shall be charged.
(5) In case of pilotage at outports, the pilot shall embark
within five miles, but not less than one mile, of the berth.
15. (1) Pilotage dues in respect of services rendered by licensed
pilots in non-compulsory areas shall be calculated as follows:
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.50
Pilotage dues
for ship under
dead tow.
[130/1973].
Pilotage dues
for services
outside the Gulf
of Paria.
[130/1973].
.25
3,000.00
3,000.00
.50
3,000.00
3,500.00
.50
$ ¢ (ii) from inside the Bocas to Teteron,
Chaguaramas Bay, Carenage,
Port-of-Spain, Point Lisas, Pointe-
a-Pierre, San Fernando, Brighton,
or Point Fortin, or vice versa per
unit of gross tonnage … …
provided that the minimum
charge shall be… … …
(iii) from Port-of-Spain to Point
Lisas, San Fernando, Pointe-a-
Pierre, Brighton or Point Fortin,
or vice versa, per unit of gross
tonnage … … …
provided that the minimum
charge shall be … …
(iv) from Point Lisas, Pointe-a-Pierre,
San Fernando to Brighton or
Point Fortin or vice versa per unit
of gross tonnage … …
provided that the minimum
charge shall be … …
(v) from Port-of-Spain to Carenage or
Chaguaramas Bay or vice versa
per unit of gross tonnage …
provided that the minimum
charge shall be … …
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and bye-law 14,
pilotage dues in respect of services rendered by licensed pilots in
either compulsory or non-compulsory pilotage areas to a ship under
dead tow shall be twice the dues payable under bye-law 14 for
services rendered by licensed pilots in compulsory pilotage areas.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), pilotage
dues in respect of services rendered by licensed pilots outside the
Gulf of Paria shall be negotiated between the operator or agent of
the vessel and the Pilots’ Association; the agreed charge to be
subject to the approval of the Pilotage Authority.
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Payment of
pilot’s fees
when detained.
[130/1973
43/1995
252/2005].
Travelling
allowances to
and from certain
outports.
[252/2005
12/2012].
Cases when
pilot cannot
board ship.
16. (1) A pilot shall be entitled to detention money in
accordance with the provisions of section 21 of the Act at the rate
of three hundred dollars for each hour or part thereof and shall
have the like remedy for recovery of the same as is provided in
the Act for recovery of pilotage dues.
(2) An attendance fee of three hundred dollars in lieu of
detention shall be charged in respect of a pilot ordered for a
vessel arriving or departing when such order is subsequently
cancelled or for each hour or part thereof in respect of a ship
arriving after the time for which the pilot is ordered and for which
no notice of cancellation has been received:
Provided always that no fee shall be chargeable when notice of
cancellation or change in time of such vessel’s arrival or
departure is received before the pilot starts his journey to such
vessel by land or sea, as the case may be.
(3) Any pilot who, without his consent or who, owing to
unavoidable necessity, shall be taken beyond the limits of the
areas for which he is licensed, shall be entitled—
(a) to a detention fee of two hundred dollars for
each day he is so detained; and
(b) in the event that he is taken to a foreign port, to a
return passage to Trinidad and Tobago by plane.
17. A Travelling allowance in respect of pilotage services
shall be chargeable per round trip by the Pilots’ Association on
ships arriving at or departing from—
(a) Chaguaramas and Tembladora at the rate of $175.00;
(b) Point Lisas at the rate of $300.00;
(c) Pointe-a-Pierre at the rate of $300.00;
(d) Claxton Bay at the rate of $300.00;
(e) Brighton at the rate of $300.00; and
(f) Point Fortin at the rate of $300.00.
18. If any boat or ship having on board a licensed pilot leads
any ship which has not a licensed pilot on board, in a non-
compulsory area, when the last mentioned ship cannot through
stress or weather or other exceptional circumstances be boarded,
the pilot so leading the last mentioned ship, at the request of the
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Collection of
pilot dues.
Association to
make returns to
the Authority.
Pilots to give
bond.
[90/1992].
Conditions
applicable prior
to the receipt of
a pilotage
certificate.
[193/1989].
master thereof, shall be entitled to full pilotage rates as if he had
actually been on board and had charge of that ship.
19. A pilot who is not a member of the Pilots’ Association
shall collect all fees due to him and members of the Association
shall make arrangements for the collection by the Secretary-
Accountant of all fees due to them.
20. (1) The Secretary-Accountant shall make an annual
audited return to the Authority of all revenue and expenditure of
the Association, and when required to do so by the Authority
shall render supplementary returns.
(2) The Secretary-Accountant shall place annually
before the Authority an audited statement of the Provident Fund
or staff pension scheme accounts of the Association, and a
certificate that all insurances required by the Articles are in force.
(3) The Secretary-Accountant shall furnish the
Authority monthly with a statement giving the following
particulars in respect of each pilot for the preceding month:
(a) Number and description of pilotage movements
performed monthly at Port-of-Spain and outports.
(b) Leave or sick periods, if any, with dates.
(c) Stand off periods with dates.
21. (1) Every pilot on being licensed, and every pilot
already licensed shall execute a bond for four thousand dollars in
such form as the Authority may direct with a view to the
limitation of his liability for neglect or want of skill to that
amount as prescribed by section 24 of the Act.
(2) Any pilot who fails to execute a bond as required by
paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of four
hundred dollars.
22. (1) A master or mate of a ship who applies for a pilotage
certificate shall not be entitled to receive such certificate unless
and until he satisfies the Authority that—
(a) he holds a certificate as master or mate issued by
the Government of Trinidad and Tobago or an
equivalent or higher certificate;
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Renewal of
pilotage
certificates.
(b) he has made six voyages to the compulsory
pilotage area for which he applies for a
certificate within the twelve months
immediately preceding the date of his
application;
(c) he has passed an examination conducted by the
committee appointed under bye-law 27.
(2) Where the master or mate of a drogher registered
under the Droghers Act, or the master of a motor launch licensed
under the Motor Launches Act, applies for a pilotage certificate,
he shall satisfy the Authority that—
(a) he holds a valid certificate of competency to be
master or mate of the particular ship;
(b) he has made six voyages, assisted by a licensed
pilot to each compulsory pilotage area within
the three months immediately preceding the
date of his application to navigate in such area;
(c) he has passed an examination conducted by the
committee appointed under bye-law 27;
(d) he has fulfilled the requirements of paragraphs
(a), (e), (f), and (g), of bye-law 3.
(3) Where an applicant cannot reasonably be expected
to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (e) of bye-law 3, the
Authority may instead accept a certificate of good character from
the Commissioner of Police.
(4) A ship having a licensed pilot on board shall in
compulsory areas have priority over a ship which has not such a
pilot on board.
23. A pilotage certificate shall not be renewed without re-
examination unless the applicant has made not less than three
voyages to the compulsory pilotage area referred to in the
certificate during the twelve months immediately preceding his
application for the renewal of his certificate.
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L.R.O.
Fees for
pilotage
certificates,
medical
certificates.
Second
Schedule.
Certificated
officers to
produce
certificates.
Certified
officers to fly
signals.
Examining
Committee.
[193/1989].
Exempting local
trade ships.
57 & 58 Vict.
c. 60.
24. The fees to be paid for the issue and renewal of pilotage
certificates shall be in accordance with the Second Schedule to
these Bye-laws; but a pilotage certificate shall not be renewed
until the applicant has produced a certificate from a medical
practitioner approved by the Authority to the effect—
(a) that the applicant’s eyesight is normal as regards
distance and colour visions;
(b) that he is physically fit for pilotage duties.
25. (1) The holder of a pilotage certificate shall produce on
demand to any harbour master, pilot, police officer or Customs
Officer, his pilotage certificate when piloting within an area
specified in the Second Schedule to the Act.
(2) Any such person failing to comply with paragraph (1)
is liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars.
26. Every holder of a pilotage certificate when in charge of a
vessel underway in any compulsory area shall cause by day the
international Code flag “H” to be flown from the jumper stay, and
by night in addition to side lights a white light over a red light in a
vertical line not less than eight feet apart to be carried in a similar
position. Any such person failing to comply with this bye-law is
liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars.
27. A committee of the Authority appointed to conduct
examinations under these Bye-laws shall consist of the Harbour
Master, who shall be Chairman, the representative of the Pilot’s
Association and one other suitably qualified member of the
Authority selected by the Chairman.
28. In addition to ships exempted from compulsory pilotage
under section 16(3) of the Act, all British ships and foreign flag
tugs under 600 gross tons trading locally within the meaning of
section 16(4) of the Act and registered under the provisions of the
Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 of the United Kingdom shall be
exempted from compulsory pilotage if not carrying passengers,
provided that the Master of any such ship satisfies the committee
referred to in bye-law 27 that he is a fit and proper person to be
given an exemption certificate.
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Meeting of the
Authority.
Duties of the
Authority.
Fees to be
credited to
Authority.
[43/1995
127/1996
252/2005].
29. (1) The Authority shall meet on the third Monday in
each calendar month to transact business; but if that day is a
public holiday the meeting shall be postponed to the following
Monday or such other day as the Chairman may appoint.
If for any reason business is not concluded at a regular
meeting, the meeting may be adjourned to such date as the
Chairman may decide.
(2) It shall be competent for the Chairman to call by
notice in writing an emergency meeting of the Authority at any
time, should he consider the business sufficiently urgent.
30. The Authority shall consider at its regular meetings all
business placed before it in connection with—
(a) recommendations made for the amendment or
alteration of the Act or Bye-laws dealing with
pilotage;
(b) complaints against pilots or holders of pilotage
certificates;
(c) proposals to vary fees for pilotage licences or
certificates;
(d) the disposal of funds accruing to the Authority;
(e) proposals to engage apprentices to the pilotage
service;
(f) suggestions for the improvement of the pilotage
service;
(g) any business arising under these Bye-laws
which is properly before the Authority.
31. (1) All fees payable under the Second Schedule shall be
credited to the Authority and shall be used by the Authority to
defray the expenses of the Authority.
(2) The Pilot’s Association shall deduct the sum of one
hundred and ninety thousand dollars per annum from moneys
received by it and shall pay the sum deducted to the Authority to
defray the expenses of the Authority and any surplus shall be
applied as provided under section 6 of the Act.
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Pilot boarding
and landing
fees.
[88/1967
130/1973
43/1995
252/2005
12/2012].
32. (1) The following fees shall be paid by all vessels when
under pilotage:
(a) on week days other than public holidays
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.—
(i) within the declared limits of Port-of-Spain
Harbour that is to say within a radius of 4
miles of a point in latitude 10° 39' 12" N.
and longitude 61° 31' 47" W.—$1,700.00;
(ii) within the area of Cronstadt Island,
Tembladora and the United States Naval
Jetty that is to say the area beyond the
declared limits of Port-of-Spain Harbour
as at (i) but within a radius of 6 miles of a
point in latitude 10° 39' 12" N. and
longitude 61° 31' 47" W.—$2,000.00;
(iii) within the Chaguaramas area that is to say
the area beyond the area of Cronstadt
Island, Tembladora and the United States
Naval Jetty as at (ii) but within a radius of
9 miles of a point in latitude 10° 39' 12"
N. and longitude 61° 31' 47" W. and
having a northern limit of the parallel of
latitude 10° 41' 00" N.—$2,200.00;
(iv) within the Bocas that is to say the area
beyond the Chaguaramas area as at (iii)
but within a radius of 18 miles of a point
in latitude 10° 39' 12" N. and longitude
61° 31' 47" W. and having a northern limit
of the parallel of latitude 10° 45' 00" N.—
$4,400.00;
(b) on weekends, Public Holidays and between the
hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays
an additional charge of thirty per cent of the fees
payable in accordance with paragraph (a) shall
be made.
(2) The fees prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be payable
only when a pilot boat owned and operated by the Pilots’
Association is used and not otherwise.
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Payment for call
at port.
First Schedule.
Bye-laws 14
and 33.
[252/2005
12/2012].
33. The owners of every ship—
(a) whose master or mate holds a pilotage
certificate; and
(b) which arrives from or departs for a foreign
port; and
(c) which during such arrival or departure calls
within a compulsory pilotage area,
shall pay for each call an amount equivalent to twenty-five per
cent of the pilotage dues provided by bye-law 14 and the First
Schedule to these Bye-laws.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
Description of ship Dues payable in or out of any compulsory
pilotage area
Ships up to 2,500 tons $950.00
Tankers $950.00 plus an additional charge of 30 cents
per ton for each ton in excess of 2,500 gross
tonnage
Container ships and passenger ships $950.00 plus an additional charge of 17 cents
per ton for each ton in excess of 2,500 gross
tonnage
$950.00 plus an additional charge of 17 cents
per ton for each ton in excess of 2,500 gross
tonnage
Other ships up to 15,000 gross tonnage
$950.00 plus an additional charge of 30 cents
per ton for each ton in excess of 2,500 gross
tonnage.
Other ships in excess of 15,000 gross tonnage
UNOFFICIAL VERSION
UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2014
MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS www.legalaffairs.gov.tt
Pilotage Bye-laws [Subsidiary]
Pilotage Chap. 51:02 45
LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
L.R.O.
Fees payable to the Pilotage Authority on the issue of a pilot’s licence:
$ ¢
First issue … … … … … 400.00
Renewal or Amendment … … … 160.00
Duplicate … … … … … 200.00
Fees payable to the Pilotage Authority on the issue of a pilotage certificate:
$ ¢
First issue … … … … … 600.00
Renewal … … … … … 240.00
Amendment to Certificate … … … 240.00
Duplicate … … … … … 400.00
SECOND SCHEDULE [252/2005].
UNOFFICIAL VERSION
UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2014
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