Section 206B Fees for cancelling pilotage services

(1) Schedule 6, part 2, division 2 states the fees payable if the owner or master of a ship cancels a pilotage service for the ship arranged with a harbour master for a pilotage area without giving the harbour master appropriate notice of the cancellation.

(2) In this section—

appropriate notice means notice of at least—

(a) if the general manager considers a period of less than 3 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—3 hours.