Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PORT AUTHORITIES REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 40

40 .         Vessel being led is under control of pilot and liable to pay for pilotage services

        (1)         If for any reason —

            (a)         a vessel ( the first vessel ) is unable to be boarded by a pilot for the purpose of being moved in a port; and

            (b)         the first vessel is moved in the port by being led by another vessel that is under the control of a pilot,

                the first vessel is taken to be under the control of a pilot for the purposes of these regulations.

        (2)         The owner and the master of the first vessel are liable for any charges for pilotage services to the same extent as the owner and the master would have been if, otherwise than in the circumstances described in subregulation (1), the first vessel had been moved in the port while under the control of a pilot.