§ Mr. Benjamin Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the requirement under the new by-laws in 3341W regard to qualifications of candidates for licences and licensing of pilots in the London pilotage district, that only persons holding a Board of Trade certificate of competency as master of a foreign-going steamship may become pilots or exempt pilots in this area, is a departure from the previous requirements?
Mr. StanleyThe requirement in the by-laws that a candidate for a licence shall possess a Board of Trade certificate of competency as master of a foreign-going steamship does not apply to candidates for licences as exempt pilots, but only to candidates for licences as Channel, Cinque Ports, North Channel, Compulsory River Thames and Compulsory River Medway pilots. This is not a departure from the previous requirement. The corresponding requirement in the case of candidates for licences as exempt pilots is that, unless they were on the waiting list in 1914 when the earlier code of bylaws was made, they shall posesss a Board of Trade certificate of competency as master of a home trade ship. This also is not a departure from the previous requirement.