Pilotage Act 1983

37 Declaration as to draught etc. of ship

(1) A licensed pilot may require the master of any ship which he is piloting to declare her draught of water, length and beam, and to provide him with such other information relating to the ship or its cargo as the pilot specifies and is necessary to enable him to carry out his duties as the pilot of the ship, and the master shall comply with any such request.

(2) It shall be the duty of the master of a ship to bring to the notice of each licensed pilot who pilots the ship any defects in, and any matter peculiar to, the ship and its machinery and equipment of which the master knows and which might affect materially the navigation of the ship.

(3) The master of a ship who—

(a) refuses to comply with a request made to him in pursuance of subsection (1) above ; or

(b) makes a statement which he knows is false, or recklessly makes a statement which is false, in answer to such a request or is privy to the making by another person in answer to such a request of a statement which the master knows is false ; or

(c) fails without reasonable excuse to perform the duty imposed on him by subsection (2) above,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) The master of a ship who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction—

(a) in the case of an offence under subsection (3)(b) above, to a fine not exceeding—

(i) in England and Wales and in Scotland, level 5 on the standard scale,

(ii) in Northern Ireland, £1,000;

(b) in any other case, to a fine not exceeding—

(i) in England and Wales and in Scotland, level 4 on the standard scale,

(ii) in Northern Ireland, £500.