### Pilotage Regulations 《領港規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Pilotage Regulations.

2. Application for registration as an apprentice pilot
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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)
(4) 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.
(5) If—
(a) the Authority is satisfied as to the applicant’s physical and mental fitness and eyesight; and
(b) the Committee has reported that it considers the applicant ought to be registered as an apprentice pilot,
the Authority shall—
(i) enter the name and particulars of the applicant in a register of apprentice pilots maintained by him; and
(ii) 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.

3. Application for licence
An application for a licence shall be—
(a) made in such form as the Authority may determine and shall contain the particulars required thereby; and
(b) accompanied by such photographs of the applicant as the Authority may require.

4. Application for renewal of licence
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.

5. Authority may require production of further photographs of licensed pilot
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.

### Pilotage Regulations 《領港規例》

6. Prescribed fees
(1) (Repealed 12 of 2022 s. 11)(1A) The fee payable under section 7(1) of the Ordinance shall be— (12 of 2022 s. 11)
(a) $12,100 for a Class I licence; (12 of 2022 s. 11)
(ab) $4,620 for a Class IIC licence; and (12 of 2022 s. 11)
(b) $4,290 for a Class IIF licence. (L.N. 251 of 1992; L.N. 358 of 1996; L.N. 121 of 2016)
(2) The fee payable under section 8(1) of the Ordinance shall be $110.
(3) The fee payable under section 9(2)(b) of the Ordinance on the renewal of a licence shall be $110.
(4) The fee payable under section 9(3) of the Ordinance on the issue of a copy of a licence shall be $110.
(4A) 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)
(5) (Repealed 12 of 2022 s. 11)(5A) 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)
(6) (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)

7. Pilots to display flag when plying for hire
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.
(L.N. 375 of 1984)

### Pilotage Regulations 《領港規例》

8. Power of Authority to give directions
(1) 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)
(2) It shall be the duty of a licensed pilot to comply with any directions given under paragraph (1).

9. Duty of pilot to report hazards to shipping
If a licensed pilot knows of—
(a) any defect in a navigational aid in the waters of Hong Kong; (64 of 1999 s. 3)
(b) any other hazard to shipping therein; or
(c) any alteration of the position of a harbour buoy,
he shall report the same to the Authority forthwith, by radiotelephone if practicable.

### Pilotage Order 《領港令》

1. Citation
This order may be cited as the Pilotage Order.

2. Interpretation
In this order—
registered apprentice pilot (登記見習領港員) means an apprentice pilot whose name appears in the register maintained under paragraph 3(1).

3. Registration of apprentice pilots
(1) The Authority shall maintain a register of apprentice pilots.
(2) A person applying for registration as an apprentice pilot shall hold a Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 1 (Master Mariner) issued or deemed to be issued under the relevant regulation made under the Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance (Cap. 478) or a licence accepted as equivalent to that certificate by that regulation. (44 of 1995 s. 143; 12 of 2022 s. 13)

4. Qualification and experience of applicant for pilot’s licence
A person applying for a licence shall—
(a) be a registered apprentice pilot; and
(b) have the appropriate experience specified in Schedule 1 gained within a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 12 months or such longer period as may be allowed by the Authority after consultation with the Pilotage Advisory Committee. (L.N. 101 of 1982)
(E.R. 2 of 2014)

5. Classes of pilotage
The classes of pilotage shall be those specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 and the pilotage service which may be carried out shall be that specified opposite thereto in column 3 of that Schedule.
(E.R. 2 of 2014; L.N. 120 of 2016)

6. Experience of licensed pilots
(1) For the purposes of section 8(2)(a) of the Ordinance, the experience required for amendment of the licence for each class of pilotage specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 shall be that specified opposite thereto in column 3 of that Schedule. (L.N. 120 of 2016)
(2) The Authority may refuse to recognize as specified experience any experience which is not recorded by a pilot in a book provided by the Authority for that purpose. (L.N. 101 of 1982)
(E.R. 2 of 2014)

7. Examination of licensed pilots
For the purposes of section 8(2)(a) of the Ordinance, the examination for the classes of pilotage shall be as required by the Authority after consultation with the Pilotage Advisory Committee.
(L.N. 101 of 1982)