Competent harbour authority

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Competent harbour authorities (CHA) in the United Kingdom are those harbour authorities that have been given statutory powers relating to the provision of pilotage in their waters. The description was created by the Pilotage Act 1987, at which point a CHA had to be one whose harbour was wholly or partly within a pilotage district where at least one act of pilotage had been performed, or where a pilotage exemption certificate had been in force, between 1984 and 1987. However, the Act provided a procedure by which other harbour authorities could be assigned CHA status and some harbours have taken advantage of this process. The Marine Navigation Act 2013 amended the Pilotage Act to provide a reverse process, so that harbour authorities could be relieved of CHA status.

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Statutory harbour authorities

A statutory harbour authority (SHA) is a different designation which permits harbours to charge dues and remove wrecks, as well as conferring the responsibility to maintain buoys and lighthouses within the area of the harbour. Statutory harbour authorities are regulated under the Harbours Act 1964. [1]

All competent harbour authorities are also statutory harbour authorities.

List of competent harbour authorities

The following are those harbour authorities that are currently identified as CHAs:

England and Wales

Former competent harbour authorities

  • Yarmouth Harbour Commissioners was a CHA until 2015 when its pilotage functions were revoked. [2]
  • Scarborough Borough Council was a CHA until 10 May 2021 when its pilotage functions were revoked. [3]

Scotland

Northern Ireland

References

  1. ↑ Department for Transport (August 2015). "Guidance on Harbour Closure Orders and Pilotage Function Removal Orders" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "The Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Harbour Commissioners (Removal of Pilotage Functions) Order 2015". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Scarborough Borough Council (Removal of Pilotage Functions) Order 2021" (PDF).
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