Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE SAFETY) REGULATION 2016 - REG 206C

206C Fees for delaying pilotage services

(1) Schedule 6 , part 2 , division 3 states the fees payable if—

(a) the owner or master of a ship—

(i) has arranged a pilotage service for the ship with a harbour master; and

(ii) has not given the harbour master appropriate notice of a cancellation of the pilotage service under section 206B ; and

(b) the pilotage service for the ship is delayed for longer than 30 minutes, but not longer than 2 hours, after the time arranged for the service with the harbour master.

(2) The fee payable is—

(a) if the pilotage service for the ship is delayed for longer than 30 minutes but not longer than 1 hour—the fee stated in schedule 6 , part 2 , division 3 ; or

(b) if the pilotage service for the ship is delayed for longer than 1 hour but not longer than the cancellation period—the fee stated in schedule 6 , part 2 , division 3 for each hour, or part of an hour, the service is delayed.

(3) If the pilotage service for the ship is delayed for longer than the cancellation period—

(a) the pilotage service is taken to have been cancelled; and

(b) the fee for cancelling the pilotage service under schedule 6 , part 2 , division 2 is payable as if the service had been cancelled without appropriate notice under section 206B .

(4) In this section—

"cancellation period" means a delay of longer than—

(a) if the general manager considers a period of longer than 2 hours is necessary for the effective and efficient operation of the pilotage service in a pilotage area—the period stated by the general manager by gazette notice for the pilotage area; or

(b) otherwise—2 hours.

"delay" does not include delay caused by weather affecting a ship’s ability to be safely navigated.