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Pilotage Act 1987

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8A Pilotage exemption certificates: suspension and revocation

(1) A competent harbour authority may by written notice suspend or revoke a person's pilotage exemption certificate in the following cases. (2) Case 1 is where an event has occurred as a result of which the authority is no longer satisfied of the matters specified in section 8(1)(a). (3) Case 2 is where the authority thinks that the person has provided false information to the authority as to any of those matters. (4) Case 3 is where the authority thinks that the person has been guilty of professional misconduct while piloting a ship. (5) Case 4 is where— (a) pilotage notification was given under section 15(4)(b) in reliance on the person's certificate, and (b) in the event, the pilotage was carried out by a person who was neither an authorised pilot nor acting in accordance with a pilotage exemption certificate.

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8A Pilotage exemption certificates: suspension and revocation

(1) A competent harbour authority may by written notice suspend or revoke a person's pilotage exemption certificate in the following cases. (2) Case 1 is where an event has occurred as a result of which the authority is no longer satisfied of the matters specified in section 8(1)(a). (3) Case 2 is where the authority thinks that the person has provided false information to the authority as to any of those matters. (4) Case 3 is where the authority thinks that the person has been guilty of professional misconduct while piloting a ship. (5) Case 4 is where— (a) pilotage notification was given under section 15(4)(b) in reliance on the person's certificate, and (b) in the event, the pilotage was carried out by a person who was neither an authorised pilot nor acting in accordance with a pilotage exemption certificate.

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