Pilotage Act 1987

Proof of professional training and experience U.K.

[F1 6. (1) The competent harbour authority shall accept as proof of any of the matters mentioned in paragraph 5(3), other than proof of the prior training mentioned in paragraph 5(3)(b) and (d), a certificate concerning the nature and duration of the activity in question and issued by—

(a) a competent harbour authority; or

(b) the competent authority of the EEA State from which the applicant comes.

(2) For the purpose of proof of the prior training mentioned in paragraph 5(3)(b) and (d), that training must be either—

(a) attested to by a certificate which is nationally recognised in the EEA State in which it was obtained (“a training certificate”); or

(b) regarded by a competent professional or trade body of an EEA State F2 ... as fully satisfying that body’s requirements.

(3) Where the applicant holds a certificate which—

(a) is nationally recognised in the EEA State in which it was obtained; and

(b) attests to knowledge and ability equivalent to at least three years of professional training in pilotage,

that certificate may be treated by the competent harbour authority in the same way as a training certificate.

(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 5(3), a person shall be regarded as having worked in pilotage as manager of an undertaking if he has so worked—

(a) as a manager of an undertaking or a manager of a branch of an undertaking;

(b) as a deputy to the proprietor or the manager of an undertaking where that post involves responsibility equivalent to that of the proprietor or manager represented; or

(c) in a managerial post with duties of a commercial or technical nature and with responsibility for one or more departments of the undertaking.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. A1 inserted (30.5.2003) by The Pilotage (Recognition of Qualifications and Experience) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1230), regs. 1, 2(5)

F2 Words in Sch. A1 para. 6(2)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Pilotage and Port Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/671), regs. 1(1), 2(b)(i)