Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The master or
owner of any vessel other than —
(a) a
vessel of war;
(b) a
vessel owned by any of Her Majesty’s States or Colonies or the
government of any country that is a member of the British Commonwealth of
Nations, that is engaged in a non-commercial voyage;
(c) a
private pleasure vessel of less than 500 tons gross tonnage;
(d) a
training vessel on a non-commercial voyage;
(e) an
Australian registered commercial or fishing vessel of less than 500 tons gross
tonnage; or
(f) a
vessel on a non-commercial voyage exempted in circumstances which are at the
discretion of the chief executive officer,
for which the services
of a pilot or pilots have been obtained at any port in the State at which the
Department provides a pilotage service shall pay to the Harbour Master at that
port the charge set out in the Third Schedule Division 2 that is
appropriate to the size and class of the vessel and the nature of the pilotage
services obtained.
(2) For the purposes
of subregulation (1), the services of a pilot are to be deemed to have
been obtained —
(a) in
respect of a vessel that could not conveniently be boarded by a pilot and was
led into port by a vessel on which a pilot was on board for the purpose of
guiding that firstmentioned vessel into port; or
(b) in
respect of a vessel that was brought into or out of a port, or that was moved
within a port, without the services of a pilot being obtained in circumstances
in which, pursuant to the provisions of regulation 9 or
regulation 14, as the case may be, the master was required to take a
pilot on board the vessel.
(3) If the master of a
vessel (other than a vessel referred to in subregulation (1)(a) to (f))
requires that vessel to be piloted —
(a) from
a point at sea to the pilot boarding ground of the port concerned; or
(b) from
the pilot boarding ground of the port concerned to a point at sea,
that master or the
owner of that vessel shall pay to the Harbour Master at that port an amount of
$780.62, in respect of each occasion on which that vessel is required so to be
piloted.
[Regulation 15 amended in Gazette
14 Jun 1974 p. 1911; 20 Jun 1980 p. 1832-3;
26 Jun 1981 p. 2417; 4 Jul 1982 p. 2512;
5 Aug 1983 p. 2837; 12 Oct 1984 p. 3271;
30 Aug 1985 p. 3079; 8 Aug 1986 p. 2831;
16 Oct 1987 p. 3896; 23 Oct 1987 p. 3942;
12 Aug 1988 p. 2711; 30 Jun 1989 p. 1921;
1 Aug 1990 p. 3643; 26 Jul 1991 p. 3925;
30 Jun 1992 p. 2902; 11 Aug 1992 p. 3975;
29 Jun 1993 p. 3182; 14 Jun 1994 p. 2483;
30 Jun 1995 p. 2692; 25 Jun 1996 p. 2993;
27 Jun 1997 p. 3148; 12 May 1998 p. 2773;
20 Jun 2000 p. 3040; 14 Jun 2002 p. 2821;
27 Jun 2003 p. 2521; 25 Jun 2004 p. 2266;
24 Jun 2005 p. 2774; 23 Jun 2006 p. 2209;
12 Jun 2007 p. 2723; 1 Jul 2008 p. 3157;
23 Jun 2009 p. 2483.]