Pilotage services provider
28 Pilotage services provider
For section 85(2)(b)(ii) of the Act:
(a) the prescribed circumstances are where the pilotage area is within a designated port of which the port operator is a public sector entity; and
(b) the entity by which a person is employed or engaged is a public sector entity.
(2) With reference to section 85(6)(d) of the Act, when considering an appointment under section 85(1), the Minister must take into account the potential effect of the appointment on each of the following:
(a) the safe and economically efficient operation of pilotage services within the pilotage area;
(b) the safe and economically efficient operation of vessels and port facilities in the vicinity of the pilotage area;
(c) competition in any relevant market given the ownership, operation or control of the pilotage services provider;
(d) the public interest in the ongoing long-term supply of pilotage services within the pilotage area.
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