{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pilotage-act-1987/section-8B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pilotage-act-1987/section-8B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/21",
  "legislation_title": "Pilotage Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pilotage-act-1987",
  "path": "section/8B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8B",
  "heading": "Section 8A: supplementary",
  "text": "(1) The maximum period for which a pilotage exemption certificate may be suspended is 28 days.\n(2) But if a harbour authority has suspended a person's certificate and is considering whether to revoke it, the authority may by written notice extend the suspension for a single period of up to 28 days.\n(3) A suspended certificate may be revoked (on the same or different grounds).\n(4) Before revoking a person's certificate a harbour authority must—\n(a) give the person written warning, stating the reasons for the proposed revocation, and\n(b) allow the person a reasonable opportunity to make representations.\n(5) A competent harbour authority which has suspended or revoked a certificate may pay compensation to any person who has suffered, or is likely to suffer, loss as a result.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 8A, 8B inserted (1.10.2013) by Marine Navigation Act 2013 (c. 23), Ss. 3(1), 13; S.S.I. 2013/254, art. 2; S.I. 2013/1489, art. 3; S.S.I. 2013/254, art. 2; S.I. 2013/1489, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/21/section/8B",
    "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."
}