Section 70C
Commission to employ pilots
of Penang Port Commission Act 1955
Subject to this Act, the Commission may employ such number of pilots as it deems necessary or expedient for the purpose of providing an adequate and efficient pilotage service.
(2)
No person shall be employed as a Commission pilot in a pilotage district unless he is in possession of a valid licence to act as a pilot in that district issued under section 70H.
Power of Pilotage Committee to license employees of a licensed operator 70CA. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act the Commission 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 the Commission subject to such terms and conditions as the Commission 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.
Vessel to be piloted by Commission pilot or licensed person 70CB.
No vessel shall be piloted in a pilotage district by any person other than the Commission pilot or a person licensed under subsection 70CA(1).