Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

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Licensing of pilots by Trinity House within certain limits.

618.—(1) The Trinity House shall continue, after due examination by them or their sub-commissioners, to appoint and license, under their common seal, pilots for the purpose of conducting ships within the following limits or in any area within those limits; namely,—

(i) The London district, consisting of the waters of the Thames and Medway as high as London Bridge and Rochester Bridge respectively, and also the sea and channels leading thereto or therefrom as far as Orfordness to the north, and Dungeness to the south.

(ii) The English Channel district, consisting of the seas between Dungeness and the Isle of Wight.

(iii) The Trinity House outport districts, comprising any pilotage district for the appointment of pilots within which no particular provision is made by any Act of Parliament or charter.

(2) The Trinity House shall not license a pilot to conduct ships both above and below Gravesend.