Qualifications

Any of the following persons being citizens of Belize and not less than twenty-one years of age or more than sixty-five years of age may apply in writing to the Harbour Master to be examined as to his capacity to be a licensed pilot: (a) any person who has undergone an apprenticeship or continuous service under one or more qualified pilot or pilots for a term of, or for periods amounting in the whole to five years; 1 These Regulations were made under the authority of the Pilotage Act which was repealed on 1st November 1981 when Part VII of the Belize Port Authority Act came into force; and has been saved by virtue of the provisions of s. 29 of the Interpretation Act (Cap.1). 52 Belize Port Authority (b) any person who has served as master of a home trade or coasting ship of not less than twenty-five tons registered tonnage for a continuous period of not less than six years.