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175. (1) A candidate for the appointment of pilot must be a British subject and not less than twenty-three years of age, must hold a foreign-going certificate not lower than that of master, and must produce the certificates required by Regulations 170 and 171 hereof.

(2) He must be examined as to his knowledge of the General Harbour Regulations and By-laws, International Code of Signals, Quarantine Regulations, Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea, and of the working of ships in narrow water or among shipping.

(3) Also as to his first duty when going on board and before taking charge of a vessel; mooring, unmooring, and handling of ships; getting under way; bringing up in light and strong winds, or in a tide-way; keeping a ship clear of her anchor in a roadstead or river; and marks of the lead-line.

(4) Also as to his knowledge of the harbour, river, or roadstead and its approaches, the existing depths, the rise and fall of the tide, the rate and direction of the tidal stream at various stages of the tide, and any other sets and currents likely to be experienced; lines of soundings; banks, rocks, or other dangers, with directions for clearing the same; the description and position of lights, buoys, and beacons; the proper time of tide to get under way; and of any other nautical matter the Board may think proper.

(5) A candidate applying for the appointment of pilot in harbours or rivers to which only home-trade ships ply, or where vessels are piloted from shore by means of shore signals only, must have served at least one year as master or chief mate of a vessel or vessels which would be capable of entering such harbour, and must hold a certificate of competency as master, home-trade or of a higher grade, and must produce the certificates required by Regulations 170 and 171 hereof. He must also fulfil the qualifications set forth in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this regulation.

General.

176. No person shall approach or bring any vessel alongside or within 200 yards of any wharf, quay, pier, jetty, or premises belonging to His Majesty or the Government of the Dominion erected or used in connection with defence-works or defence purposes, and in, on, or from which passengers or goods may be taken on board of or landed from ships or vessels, unless such person is duly authorized so to do by the Defence Officer in charge of such wharf.

177. Upon the arrival of any ship for the first time within any harbour the Harbourmaster shall give, or cause to be given, to the master thereof a copy of the General Harbour Regulations, and of the Harbour By-laws then existing and in force within such harbour, unless he shall have previously received them; and it shall be the duty of each Harbourmaster to see that the master of every ship is in possession of such copies.

178. Every master of a ship to whom such copies shall be given shall sign a receipt for the same, and deliver it to the Harbourmaster, and shall pay for the same such fee as may from time to time be prescribed thereon.

179. Except in cases where provision is otherwise made in that behalf, it shall be the duty of each Harbourmaster to see that the General Harbour Regulations and Harbour By-laws, so far as they are applicable to ships within the harbour at which he is stationed, are duly complied with, and to take such steps as may be necessary to prevent any breach or for enforcing the provisions thereof.

180. The Harbourmaster shall have a right of entry upon any ship or place within any harbour to search for and, if found, to extinguish any illegal fire or light therein, and to do all things that, and to give such orders as, he may consider necessary or expedient with a view to the safety and interest of the whole of the shipping and of the harbour.

181. If any person fails, refuses, or neglects to do anything required by these regulations, or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes with the doing of anything enjoined or authorized to be done, or wilfully does anything prohibited by these regulations, every such person in any case so offending shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £100, except where otherwise in these regulations provided.