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Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · Pilotage
62. Authorised pilot and berthing master
Feedback & support(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Authority may employ any number of pilots that it considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of providing an adequate and efficient pilotage service.
(2)
Despite subsection (1) —
(a)
the Authority may, if it considers expedient, authorise any person to pilot vessels in a pilotage district subject to any conditions that it thinks fit; and
(b)
the owner of a wharf or dock may, with the approval of the Authority and subject to any conditions that the Authority may impose, authorise any person to act as a berthing master for the purposes of berthing and unberthing, docking and undocking, vessels at that wharf or dock.