Pilotage Act 1983

33Provision as to ships calling at a port for the purpose only of taking pilot; transitory provisions

(1)A ship calling at a port in a pilotage district for the purpose only of taking on board or landing a pilot belonging to some other pilotage district shall not, for the purpose of the provisions of this Act relating to compulsory pilotage, be deemed to be navigating in the first-mentioned district for the purpose of entering, leaving, or making use of that port.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall cease to have effect on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed under this subsection for different purposes.