Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) Where a licensed pilot is, or will be, required to be on board a ship within a compulsory pilotage area, the owner or the master of a ship shall give to the pilotage authority of that area such notice as it may require that the services of a licensed pilot are required.
(2) Where:
(a) a pilotage authority has made the services of a licensed pilot available; and
(b) for reasons beyond the control of the licensed pilot, the ship in respect of which the services have been made available is not ready to proceed,
the owner or master of the ship shall, for every hour or part of an hour during which the ship is not ready to proceed, pay such charges as are fixed by the pilotage authority.