# Pilotage Act 1987, Section 8A: Pilotage exemption certificates: suspension and revocation


(1) A competent harbour authority may by written notice suspend or revoke a person's pilotage exemption certificate in the following cases.
(2) Case 1 is where an event has occurred as a result of which the authority is no longer satisfied of the matters specified in section 8(1)(a).
(3) Case 2 is where the authority thinks that the person has provided false information to the authority as to any of those matters.
(4) Case 3 is where the authority thinks that the person has been guilty of professional misconduct while piloting a ship.
(5) Case 4 is where—
(a) pilotage notification was given under section 15(4)(b) in reliance on the person's certificate, and
(b) in the event, the pilotage was carried out by a person who was neither an authorised pilot nor acting in accordance with a pilotage exemption certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/21/section/8A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pilotage-act-1987/section-8A
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