SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Miscellaneous amendments of [1913 c. 31.] Pilotage Act 1913

10(1)In section 27(1)(a) (which refers to a pilotage certificate for a master or mate) before the word " mate " there shall be inserted the word " first ".

(2)In section 27 (which provides for complaints to the Secretary of State about a pilotage authority's conduct in connection with pilots' licences and pilotage certificates and examinations for them) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(1A)The Secretary of State may—

(a)before he considers a complaint as required by the preceding subsection, ask the Pilotage Commission for its advice on the complaint; and

(b)when considering the complaint as so required, have regard to the Commission's advice on the complaint.