• 20. (1) If pilotage services are requested and the pilot reports for duty at the pilot station and is detained there, the charge for the period of detention is $120 for each hour or less of detention, up to a maximum of $930 for any 24-hour period.

• (2) The period for which the charges set out in subsection (1) are payable begins one hour after the later of

  • (a) the time at which the pilot was ordered to report at the pilot station for pilotage duty, and

  • (b) the time at which the pilot actually reported at the pilot station for pilotage duty.

21. Where, owing to adverse weather conditions, a pilot is unable to disembark from an oil rig after the pilot has piloted the oil rig or been on duty on board the oil rig to perform a safety watch, the charge is an amount equal to the pilotage charge payable under section 13.

22. Travel, meal and lodging expenses incurred by a pilot that are directly related to a pilotage assignment are payable as pilotage charges.

• 23. (1) If a pilot is carried on board ship toward the area for which pilotage service is requested, a charge is payable as follows for the period during which the pilot is on board the ship and not performing pilotage duties:

  • (a) for the first two hours, $210; and

  • (b) for each hour, or part of an hour, after the first two hours, $120.

• (2) The maximum charge payable under subsection (1) for a 24-hour period is $930.

• 23.1 (1) If a pilot is carried on board ship beyond the area for which pilotage service is requested, a charge is payable as follows for the period it takes to return the pilot to the place where the pilot was taken on board the ship:

  • (a) for the first two hours, $210; and

  • (b) for each hour, or part of an hour, after the first two hours, $120.

• (2) The maximum charge payable under subsection (1) for a 24-hour period is $930.

• 24. (1) If the owner, master or agent of a ship other than an oil rig, or the Authority, requires a pilot to be on duty on board the ship for reasons relating to safety, a charge is payable as follows:

  • (a) for the first two hours, $210; and

  • (b) for each hour, or part of an hour, after the first two hours, $120.

• (1.1) The maximum charge payable under subsection (1) for a 15-hour period is $930.

• (2) Where the owner, master or agent of an oil rig, or the Authority, requires a pilot to be on duty on board the oil rig for reasons relating to safety, the charge is the greater of

  • (a) a minimum charge of $1,174, and

  • (b) the amount determined by multiplying the pilotage unit of the oil rig by a unit charge of $1.68.