New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 71

71 Definitions

(1) In this Part:
"pilotage" means the conduct of a vessel by a pilot as follows:

(a) inward pilotage, that is, the pilotage of a vessel entering into a pilotage port,

(b) outward pilotage, that is, the pilotage of a vessel leaving a pilotage port,

(c) harbour pilotage, that is, the pilotage of a vessel being moved within a pilotage port.

"pilotage port" means (subject to subsection (2)) any of the following ports:

(a) Sydney Harbour,

(b) Botany Bay,

(c) Newcastle,

(d) Port Kembla,

(e) Yamba,

(f) Eden.

"pilotage service provider" means:

(a) in relation to pilotage services provided by a Port Corporation under an operating licence under Division 3 of Part 2 of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 -the Port Corporation (and, if those services are provided by way of a subsidiary, includes the subsidiary), or

(b) in relation to pilotage services provided by a contractor under a contract under section 26A of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 -the contractor, or

(c) in relation to any other pilotage services-the Minister.

"subsidiary", in relation to a Port Corporation, means a body corporate that would be a subsidiary (as determined by the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth) of the Port Corporation if the Port Corporation were a company.

(2) The regulations may provide that any other port is a pilotage port for the purposes of this Part or that a port is no longer such a port.