Pilotage Regulations
[20 October 1972]
(Format changes—E.R. 2 of 2014)
These regulations may be cited as the Pilotage Regulations.
An application for registration as an apprentice pilot shall be made in such form as the Authority may determine, and shall contain the particulars required thereby.
On receipt of an application in accordance with paragraph (1) for registration as an apprentice pilot, the Authority shall, if he is satisfied that the applicant possesses the prescribed qualifications and experience, refer the application to the Committee, which shall interview the applicant.
Section 7(3) and (4) of the Ordinance applies in relation to the applicant as if the application were an application for a licence. (12 of 2022 s. 10)
The Committee shall, after interviewing the applicant in accordance with paragraph (2), report to the Authority whether or not it considers that the applicant ought to be registered as an apprentice pilot.
If—
the Authority is satisfied as to the applicant’s physical and mental fitness and eyesight; and
the Committee has reported that it considers the applicant ought to be registered as an apprentice pilot,
the Authority shall—
enter the name and particulars of the applicant in a register of apprentice pilots maintained by him; and
notify the applicant in writing of his registration as an apprentice pilot and issue to him an identity book in such form as the Authority may determine.
An application for a licence shall be—
made in such form as the Authority may determine and shall contain the particulars required thereby; and
accompanied by such photographs of the applicant as the Authority may require.
An application for the renewal of a licence shall be in such form as the Authority may determine, and shall contain the particulars required thereby.
If at any time it appears to the Authority that the photograph attached to a licence is no longer an adequate likeness of the holder of the licence, the Authority may require the licensed pilot to furnish 2 photographs of himself.
(Repealed 12 of 2022 s. 11)
The fee payable under section 7(1) of the Ordinance shall be— (12 of 2022 s. 11)
$12,100 for a Class I licence; (12 of 2022 s. 11)
$4,620 for a Class IIC licence; and (12 of 2022 s. 11)
$4,290 for a Class IIF licence. (L.N. 251 of 1992; L.N. 358 of 1996; L.N. 121 of 2016)
The fee payable under section 8(1) of the Ordinance shall be $110.
The fee payable under section 9(2)(b) of the Ordinance on the renewal of a licence shall be $110.
The fee payable under section 9(3) of the Ordinance on the issue of a copy of a licence shall be $110.
The fee payable under section 9A(2) of the Ordinance on the issue or renewal of a licence shall be $110. (L.N. 252 of 1993)
(Repealed 12 of 2022 s. 11)
The fee payable under section 10D(5) of the Ordinance for a visit is $3,270 for the first hour or part hour and $1,115 for each subsequent hour or part hour during which the visit continues. (L.N. 142 of 2013)
(Repealed 12 of 2022 s. 11)
(L.N. 124 of 1985; L.N. 162 of 1987; L.N. 311 of 1989; L.N. 251 of 1992; L.N. 337 of 1993; L.N. 275 of 1995)
Every licensed pilot shall, when plying for hire, display at the masthead of his vessel a flag 1.8 metres by 1.2 metres in size and of 2 colours, the upper horizontal half thereof being white and the lower horizontal half thereof being red.
The Authority may give to a licensed pilot such directions as he considers necessary for the regulation of shipping in the waters of Hong Kong, including directions requiring a licensed pilot to perform for any ship such pilotage service as may be requested by or on behalf of the master or owner of the ship. (64 of 1999 s. 3)
It shall be the duty of a licensed pilot to comply with any directions given under paragraph (1).
If a licensed pilot knows of—
any defect in a navigational aid in the waters of Hong Kong; (64 of 1999 s. 3)
any other hazard to shipping therein; or
any alteration of the position of a harbour buoy,
he shall report the same to the Authority forthwith, by radiotelephone if practicable.