(1)After section 8 of the Pilotage Act 1987 insert—
(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.
(1)The maximum period for which a pilotage exemption certificate may be suspended is 28 days.
(2)But if a harbour authority has suspended a person’s certificate and is considering whether to revoke it, the authority may by written notice extend the suspension for a single period of up to 28 days.
(3)A suspended certificate may be revoked (on the same or different grounds).
(4)Before revoking a person’s certificate a harbour authority must—
(a)give the person written warning, stating the reasons for the proposed revocation, and
(b)allow the person a reasonable opportunity to make representations.
(5)A competent harbour authority which has suspended or revoked a certificate may pay compensation to any person who has suffered, or is likely to suffer, loss as a result.”
(2)In section 8—
(a)omit subsection (6) (revocation and suspension of certificates), and
(b)in subsection (7) (notice) omit “or suspending or revoking a certificate held by any person”.