S.L. 499.26 Art. 16ALimitation of civil liability for pilotage services.

(1) The liability for civil damages of the service provider for any loss or damage, including death and personal injury, resulting from any cause during the performance of the pilotage service, shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand euro (€10,000) in respect of any one service and the cost of the pilotage dues in respect of the service during which the liability arose.

(2) The liability for civil damages of a licensed pilot, whether on board a ship or elsewhere, for any loss or damage, including death and personal injury, resulting from any cause during the performance of his duties, shall not exceed the sum of one thousand euro (€1,000) in respect of any one voyage and the cost of the pilotage dues in respect of the voyage during which the liability arose.

(3) Where, without any act or omission by the Authority, any loss of life or personal injury, or loss or damage to any ship, or to any property on board any ship or to any property or rights of any kind, is caused by a licensed pilot, the Authority shall not be liable to damages beyond the amount of ten thousand euro (€10,000).

(4) The limit of liability under this regulation shall apply to the whole of any losses and damages, which may arise upon any one distinct occasion although such losses and damages may be sustained by more than one person.

(5) The grant or renewal of a licence to a pilot or the conclusion of a pilotage agreement with the service provider by the Authority, in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these regulations, shall not place or imply any liability on the Authority or the Government of Malta for any loss or damage occasioned by an act or default of any pilot or the service provider, whether the employment of a pilot is compulsory or not.