{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Use British English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Pilotage Act 1983{{efn|Section 70(1).}} | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act to consolidate the Pilotage Acts 1913 and 1936 and certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979. | year = 1983 | citation = 1983 c. 21 | territorial_extent = United Kingdom{{efn|Section 70(2).}} | royal_assent = 9 May 1983 | commencement = 9 August 1983{{efn|Section 70(4).}} | repeal_date = 30 April 1991{{efn|The Pilotage Act 1987 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1991 (SI 1991/1029).}} | amends = See {{Section link||Repealed enactments}} | replaces = See {{Section link||Repealed enactments}} | amendments = | repealing_legislation = Pilotage Act 1987 | related_legislation = | status = Repealed | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/21/contents/enacted | use_new_UK-LEG = no }}
The '''Pilotage Act 1983''' (c. 21) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to pilotage in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rose |first=F. D. |title=The Modern Law of Pilotage |publisher=Sweet & Maxwell |year=1984}}</ref>
== Provisions == === Repealed enactments === Section 69(3) of the act repealed 6 enactments, listed in schedule 4 to the act.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|act=Pilotage Act 1983|type=act|year=1983|chapter=21}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Citation !Short title !Extent of repeal |- |2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 31 |Pilotage Act 1913 |The whole act. |- |1936 c. 36 |Pilotage Authorities (Limitation of Liability) Act 1936 |The whole act. |- |1950 c. 9 |Merchant Shipping Act 1950 |In section 7(1), the definition of "pilotage authority". |- |1971 c. 68 |Finance Act 1971 |In part VI of schedule 14, the entry relating to the Pilotage Act 1913. |- |1979 c. 2 |Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 |In part I of the Table in schedule 4, the entry relating to the Pilotage Act 1913. |- |1979 c. 39 |Merchant Shipping Act 1979 |Sections 1 to 13.<br/>Schedule 2.<br/>In schedule 5, paragraph 2.<br/>In schedule 7, in part II, the entries relating to the Pilotage Act 1913. |}
== Subsequent developments == The whole act was repealed by section 32(5) of, and schedule 3 to, the Pilotage Act 1987, which came into force on 30 April 1991.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|act=Pilotage Act 1987|type=act|year=1987|chapter=21}}</ref>
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Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1983 Category:Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament Category:Consolidation Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom