{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pilotage-act-1987/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pilotage-act-1987/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/21",
  "legislation_title": "Pilotage Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pilotage-act-1987",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Authorised pilot not to be taken out of his area.",
  "text": "(1) A master of a ship shall not without reasonable excuse take an authorised pilot without his consent beyond the point up to which he has been engaged to pilot the ship.\n(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/21/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:42.153391+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}