Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations36DA. Special pilotage requirements
(1) If the Harbourmaster decides there is a special risk or danger arising from a vessel entering, plying, or moving in, or leaving, a pilotage area, the Port Corporation may require the master of the vessel to take a licensed pilot on board the vessel.
(2) The Harbourmaster, in making a decision under clause (1), must take the following into consideration:
(a) the condition of the vessel and its equipment;
(b) the nature and condition of cargo carried on the vessel;
(c) the existence of a nuclear power source on the vessel;
(d) the circumstances of and conditions within the pilotage area;
(e) the experience of the master of the vessel in navigating vessels in the pilotage area within the Port.
(3) The master of a vessel must not contravene or fail to comply with a requirement made of him or her under this by-law.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.