Section 71: Authority's power to make regulations for pilotage districts.

Subject to the provisions of this Part, the Authority may make regulations for any pilotage district for all or any of the following purposes-(a) exempting any class of ship from compulsory
pilotage;
(b) prescribing the occasions upon which a ship being moved within a port which forms part of a pilotage district in which pilotage is compulsory shall not be deemed to be navigating in the port;
(c) providing that in respect of any class of ship prescribed in such regulations only Authority pilots shall undertake pilotage;
(d) determining the qualifications to be required of licensed pilots, and for the grant of licences to pilots;
(e) providing generally for the good government of
Authority pilots and pilots licensed by the Authority;
(f) providing for the punishment of any breach of any regulations made by the Authority for the good government of pilots by the infliction of fines not exceeding N40;
(g) prescribing the fees which shall be payable upon the grant or renewal of a licence;
(h) providing for bonds (the penalty of which shall not in any case exceed N200) being given by pilots for the purpose of the provisions of section 73 of this Act, limiting a pilot's liability; and
(i) generally regulating pilotage in a pilotage district.