Pilotage Act 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1987 c. 21 |
| Year | 1987 |
which has statutory powers in relation to the regulation of shipping movements and the safety of navigation within its harbour; andwhose harbour falls wholly or partly within an active former pilotage district;at least one act of pilotage was performed there in 1984, 1985, 1986 or 1987 in respect of which information was given by the pilotage authority for the district in a return made by it under section 19 of that Act; ora certificate granted under section 20 of that Act (masters’ and first mates’ pilotage certificates) was in force in respect of the district at any time in any of those years in respect of which information was so given.that this Act shall apply to that authority as if its harbour included that other area; andin a case where the other area is or falls within the harbour of another competent harbour authority, that that other authority shall not be a competent harbour authority for the purposes of this Act.(4) A harbour authority which is not a competent harbour authority may apply to the Secretary of State to be treated for the purposes of this Act as such an authority and on such an application the Secretary of State may by order provide that the applicant shall be a competent harbour authority for the purposes of this Act.(4A) A harbour authority in England or Wales is not a competent harbour authority for the purposes of this Act while it is specified in an order of the Secretary of State under this subsection.(4B) A harbour authority in Scotland is not a competent harbour authority for the purposes of this Act while it is specified in an order of the Scottish Ministers under this subsection.(5) An order under this section may be amended or revoked by further order.(6) The Secretary of State shall maintain a list of the authorities which are for the time being competent harbour authorities for the purposes of this Act.(7) F23Before making an order under F28subsection (3) or (4) the Secretary of State shall inform the persons he considers may be affected by the order of the terms of the proposed order and that they may within such reasonable period as he may specify object to the making of the order by giving him notice in writing.sections 2 and 10(2) of that Act (which relate to preliminary proceedings) were omitted; andthat Act extended to Northern Ireland and, in the application of section 7(3) of that Act to Northern Ireland, for any reference to a local authority and the Secretary of State there were substituted respectively a reference to a district council and the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.any harbour authority to which the order would apply, andanyone else who the person making the order thinks appropriate.(8B) An order under this section may include transitional, consequential, incidental or supplemental provision.any authority excluded by virtue of section 58 of the
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