AMENDMENT TO PPA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 15-95 (GUIDELINES ON PILOTAGE RATES AND PPA REVENUE FROM PILOTAGE SERVICES)

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. PEÑA
General Manager