• 15. (1) The fee for an examination of an applicant for a licence or pilotage certificate is $500.

• (2) Until December 31, 2012, the fee for issuing a licence or pilotage certificate is $100.

• (3) Beginning on January 1, 2013, the fee for issuing a licence or pilotage certificate is $250.

• 16. (1) A licence expires unless its holder

  • (a) remains fit to perform pilotage duties in accordance with the medical requirements of the General Pilotage Regulations;

  • (b) maintains and, if possible, improves his or her competence with respect to pilotage duties;

  • (c) holds valid certificates of competency and valid certificates issued under the Radiocommunication Act, if they were required for the issuance of the licence;

  • (d) maintains valid training certificates, if they were required for the issuance of the licence; and

  • (e) completes, every year, at least five one-way trips in each compulsory pilotage area for which the licence was issued.

• (2) Paragraph (1)(d) does not apply in respect of a licence for the Port of Churchill, Manitoba.

16.1 A pilotage certificate expires unless its holder

• (a) remains fit to perform pilotage duties in accordance with the medical requirements of the General Pilotage Regulations;

• (b) maintains and, if possible, improves his or her competence with respect to pilotage duties;

• (c) holds valid certificates of competency and valid certificates issued under the Radiocommunication Act, if they were required for the issuance of the pilotage certificate;

• (d) maintains valid training certificates, if they were required for the issuance of the pilotage certificate; and

• (e) completes, in the three-year period after the date of issuance of the certificate, in the capacity of master or deck watch officer, at least 10 one-way trips in the compulsory pilotage area for which the pilotage certificate was issued; and

• (f) provides, at the request of the Authority, satisfactory evidence that the holder has complied with the requirements of paragraph (e).

17. A holder of a licence or pilotage certificate shall, at the direction of the Authority or the Minister, undergo further training

• (a) to enable the holder to meet any new qualifications prescribed under these Regulations; or

• (b) to improve the holder’s competence with respect to pilotage duties, if the Authority or the Minister has reason to believe that the holder may have become a safety risk by virtue of loss of competence in the performance of any pilotage duty.