• 6. (1) The owner, master or agent of a ship that is to arrive in a compulsory pilotage area shall,

  • (a) at least 12 hours before the estimated time of arrival of the ship, give a notice of the estimated time (G.M.T.) of arrival of the ship; and

  • (b) in the time set out by the Authority in the most recent annual edition of the Notices to Mariners, published by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, for the particular compulsory pilotage area concerned, give a notice confirming or correcting the estimated time of arrival.

• (2) The notice required under paragraph (1)(a) shall be given

  • (a) by calling the pilot dispatch office; or

  • (b) by calling a Canadian Coast Guard radio station to request that the notice be relayed to the pilot dispatch office.

7. The owner, master or agent of a ship that is to depart from, or make a movage within, a compulsory pilotage area shall, in the time set out by the Authority for that area in the most recent annual edition of the Notices to Mariners, published by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, give a notice to the pilot dispatch office of the estimated time of departure or movage of the ship.

• 8. (1) In giving the notice required under paragraph 6(1)(a), the owner, master or agent of the ship shall state

  • (a) the name, nationality, call sign, draught and gross registered tonnage of the ship; and

  • (b) the immediate and ultimate destinations of the ship within the compulsory pilotage area.

• (2) Where the ship has on board the holder of a pilotage certificate who is certificated for the compulsory pilotage area through which the ship is to sail, a notice required under section 6 or 7 shall state

  • (a) the name of the holder of the pilotage certificate and the certificate number; and

  • (b) the information required under paragraphs (1)(a) and (b).

9. The Authority is not required to provide a ship with the services of a pilot if the owner, master or agent of the ship has not given the notices in accordance with sections 6 to 8.

• 10. (1) The Authority may issue Class A, Class B, and Class C licences and Class A, Class B, and Class C pilotage certificates.

• (2) The holder of a licence or a pilotage certificate shall not perform pilotage duties on a ship that exceeds the gross tonnage limit endorsed on the licence or certificate by the Authority.

• (3) The Authority may endorse any gross tonnage limit over 40,000 gross tons on a Class A licence or Class A pilotage certificate.

• (4) The Authority may endorse a gross tonnage limit not to exceed 40,000 gross tons on a Class B licence or Class B pilotage certificate.

• (5) The Authority may endorse a gross tonnage limit not to exceed 10,000 gross tons on a Class C licence or Class C pilotage certificate.