Section 55A
Power of Pilotage Committee to license employees of a licensed operator
of Bintulu Port Authority Act 1981
(1)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Act the
Authority may, if it considers expedient, authorize the Pilotage
Committee to issue a licence to any employee of a licensed operator to pilot vessels in a pilotage district of such Authority subject to such terms and conditions as the Authority thinks fit:
Provided that no such licence shall be issued to any such employee unless the Pilotage Committee has examined the employee and be satisfied as to the employee’s general fitness and competency, including his physical fitness, to act as a pilot for the licensed operator.
(2)
A licence issued under subsection (1) shall cease to be valid if the employee to whom it was issued ceases to be employed by the licensed operator.