Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them—

• “the Act” means the Pilotage Act 1987;

• “applicant” means the party who refers a dispute to arbitration pursuant to section 5(1) of, or paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Act;

• “appointed day” means the day appointed under section 33(2) of the Act for the coming into force of Part I of the Act;

• “Chairman”, “Members of the Panel” and “Panel” mean the Chairman, Members of the Panel and Panel appointed in accordance with section 5(2) of the Act;

• “the parties” means the applicant and the respondent being—

  1. (i)

     in the case of a reference by a competent harbour authority before the appointed day, the competent harbour authority and the person or organisation representing the majority of the holders of licences under section 12 of the Pilotage Act 1983^f1 for the pilotage district in which the harbour falls;

  2. (ii)

     in the case of a reference by a competent harbour authority after the appointed day, the competent harbour authority and the pilot or pilots in relation to whose contracts of employment the question in dispute arises;

  3. (iii)

     in the case of a reference before the appointed day by a person or organisation representing the majority of the holders of licences under section 12 of the Pilotage Act 1983 for a pilotage district in which a competent harbour authority’s harbour falls, that person or organisation and the competent harbour authority; and,

  4. (iv)

     in the case of a reference after the appointed day by the majority of the authorised pilots for a harbour, or part of a harbour, the authorised pilots for the harbour, or part of the harbour, and the competent harbour authority;

• “question in dispute” means the issue as to the terms of a contract of employment of pilots referred to arbitration by the applicant under section 5(1) of, or paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Act;

• “respondent” means the party other than the applicant.