Clause 47

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Any person who, not being an Authority pilot or a person authorised under section 74A(2)(a), engages in any pilotage act or attempts to obtain employment as a pilot of a vessel entering or within any pilotage district shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.”;

by deleting subsection (2); and

by deleting subsections (3) and (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) Any owner, agent or master of a vessel entering or within any pilotage district who knowingly employs —

as a pilot any person who is not an Authority pilot;

as a pilot any person who is not authorised to pilot vessels under section 74A(2)(a); or

as a berthing master any person who is not authorised to act as a berthing master under section 74A(2)(b),shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.(4) For the purposes of this section, an Authority pilot or a person authorised under section 74A(2)(a) or (b) acting beyond the limits for which he is licensed or authorised to act or acting in contravention of any of the conditions imposed under section 74A(2)(a) or (b) or 80 shall be deemed not to be an Authority pilot.”.