Atlantic Pilotage Authority Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1264)

18 An applicant for a licence or a pilotage certificate shall, not less than 14 days and not more than 60 days before the date of the examination, provide the Authority with

• (a) documents establishing that the applicant is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident as described in paragraph 22(2)(b) of the Act;

• (b) a birth certificate or other official document showing the date and place of birth of the applicant;

• (c) documents establishing the navigational qualifications of the applicant;

• (d) documents confirming, in the case of an applicant for a pilotage certificate, that he or she meets the experience at sea qualifications prescribed by sections 14.1 and 14.2;

• (e) a written report of the results of the medical examination referred to in section 4 of the General Pilotage Regulations; and

• (f) a letter of recommendation that includes information about the applicant’s history of ship handling and navigation from

  • (i) the applicant’s most recent employer, if the applicant was employed by that employer for more than two years, or

  • (ii) each of the applicant’s two most recent employers, if the applicant was employed by the most recent employer for less than two years.

19 The examinations conducted by the Board of Examiners may include questions relating to

• (a) local knowledge of the pilotage area in which the applicant intends to perform pilotage duties or for which the holder’s licence or pilotage certificate was issued, including knowledge of tides, currents, depths of water, anchorages, aids to navigation and the marine traffic regulating system;

• (b) practical knowledge of the interpretation of radar;

• (c) knowledge of the harbour and other marine regulations that apply in the pilotage area in which the applicant intends to perform pilotage duties or for which the holder’s licence or pilotage certificate was issued, including, insofar as they apply in that pilotage area, knowledge of the Collision Regulations, the Act and the regulations made under it;

• (d) knowledge of the handling of ships that are within the tonnage restriction for the class of licence or pilotage certificate held or applied for; and

• (e) the duties, responsibilities and obligations of a pilot including the use of modern navigational instruments for pilotage purposes.

• 20 (1) The Chairperson of the Board of Examiners shall report to the Authority the results of every examination, including

  • (a) the name of each person who passed the examination;

  • (b) the class of licence that each person who passed the examination therefor is entitled to; and

  • (c) the class of pilotage certificate that each person who passed the examination therefor will receive.

• (2) The Authority shall, when requested by any person who fails an examination, provide that person with a report indicating the reason he failed.

Fees for Examinations, Licences, Pilotage Certificates and Waivers

• 21 (1) The fees payable to the Authority by an applicant for a licence are

  • (a) $500 for the examination; and

  • (b) $500 for the issue of the licence.

• (2) The fees payable to the Authority by an applicant for a pilotage certificate are

  • (a) $2,000 for the examination; and

  • (b) $500 for the issue of the pilotage certificate.

• (3) The fee payable to the Authority by the holder of a pilotage certificate is $500 in respect of each compulsory pilotage area endorsed on the certificate for each period of two years after the year in which the certificate is issued.

Minimum Number of Licensed Pilots or Holders of Pilotage Certificates

22 The minimum number of licensed pilots or holders of pilotage certificates that shall be on board ship at any time is one, except where the Authority is of opinion that, due to the conditions or nature of the voyage, the ship requires more than one person to perform pilotage duties on the ship, in which case the minimum number is two.

Further Training

23 If a licence or a pilotage certificate is suspended by the Authority under paragraph 27(4)(b) of the Act, the holder of the licence or pilotage certificate shall, if he or she wishes to have the licence or certificate reinstated, take further training that will enable him or her to continue to meet the qualifications prescribed by paragraphs 14(1)(e) to (g) of these Regulations.

24 If the holder of a pilotage certificate for a pilotage area is unable to meet the applicable qualification prescribed by section 14.4, he or she shall take further training to ensure that his or her knowledge of the pilotage area is equivalent to that of a holder of a pilotage certificate who meets that qualification.

Shipping Incident

• 25 (1) Where an incident occurs whereby a ship in a compulsory pilotage area

  • (a) causes loss or damage to any other vessel or to property located in or adjacent to the waters in that area, whether or not loss or damage results to the ship, or

  • (b) is damaged, stranded, lost or abandoned or is in any manner involved in an incident that may directly or indirectly cause damage to or pollution of the surrounding environment,

  every holder of a licence or pilotage certificate who was performing pilotage duties on that ship shall immediately report to the Authority by the fastest means available all known details of the incident including any pollution or threat of pollution.

• (2) Where the report referred to in subsection (1) is not in writing, the holder of the licence or pilotage certificate shall, within 72 hours after the time of that report, make a written report of the same matters to the Authority.