1. Authority

1.1       Sections 2(f), 6- a(viii), b(xv) and 20 of P.D. 857, as amended by LOI No. 1005-A

2. Objectives

2.1       To prevent the accumulation of accounts receivable accruing from the ten percent (10%) government share on pilotage service.

2.2       To integrate and simplify the collection of the said 10% share with vessel charges.

3. Purpose

To revise the guidelines by requiring shipping lines/agents to pay directly to PPA the ten percent (10%) government share from pilotage service actually rendered (excluding overtime) by Harbor Pilots/Harbor Pilot's Associations.

4. Amendment

Section 5.3 of PPA Administrative Order No. 15-95 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"5.3   PPA Revenue -In consideration of the privilege to render pilotage service and to use port facilities, all Harbor Pilots/Pilots' Associations shall remit to the Authority, through the Port Management Office (PMO), a government share of not less than ten percent (10%) of their gross income derived from purely pilotage service.

5.3.1 The ten percent (10%) government share from regular pilotage services rendered shall be assessed and directly collected by PPA from shipping companies/agents on a per vessel basis in accordance with the prescribed pilotage rates specified under Section 5.1 of PPA Administrative Order No. 15-95. Said 10% government share, together with payments for vessel charges, shall be collected by PPA before issuance of the vessel Departure Clearance.

5.3.2 For income derived by the Pilots' Association or its members from other related special pilotage services, the Pilots' Associations shall be billed by PPA and shall pay the 10% government share within fifteen (15) days from receipt of PPA billing. Late payment shall be subject to interest and penalties prescribed under PPA Administrative Order Nos. 08-82 and 01-91.

5.3.3 For purposes of counterchecking the pilots' gross income and payments made per vessel, the Pilots Associations shall furnish PPA with copies of their billings immediately after they are issued to the shipping companies/agents."

5. Issuance of Supplementary Regulations

As far as practicable, the PDOs/PMOs may promulgate such supplementary local regulations adaptable or responsive to the peculiar conditions and requirements obtaining in the port which are necessary to effectively carry out the provisions of this Order; provided that said local regulations are not contrary to or inconsistent with any provisions of this Order.

6. Repealing Clause

Any provision of existing PPA rules and regulations which are inconsistent herewith shall be deemed amended or modified accordingly.

7. Effectivity

This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Adopted: 24 July 2000

(SGD.) JUAN O. PE A
General Manager