Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pacific Pilotage Tariff Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations,

Areas

Areas means the compulsory pilotage areas described in section 3 of the Pacific Pilotage Regulations; (zone)

assignment

assignment means the assignment of a pilot to take the conduct of a ship in the Areas; (affectation)

Authority

Authority means the Pacific Pilotage Authority; (Administration)

breadth of the ship

breadth of the ship means the maximum distance, in metres and centimetres, to the outside of the shell plating of the ship; (largeur du navire)

dead ship

dead ship means a ship normally self-propelled that is without the use of its propelling power; (navire mort)

draught

draught means the greatest depth of the submerged part of a ship, in metres and centimetres, at the time pilotage services are performed; (tirant d’eau)

harbour

harbour means a place set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1; (havre)

harbour

harbour or port[Repealed, SOR/97-566, s. 1]

harbour or port assignment

harbour or port assignment means an assignment which occurs wholly within a harbour or port at which pilots are based; (affectation dans un havre ou port)

northern assignment

northern assignment means an assignment in the area north of Seymour Narrows or on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, excluding Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet, during the course of which a ship enters or departs a harbour or port in that area or transits that area; (affectation nord)

overall length

overall length means the total distance, in metres and centimetres, from the foremost to the aftermost point of the hull of the ship; (longueur hors tout)

pilotage unit

pilotage unit means, the result obtained by multiplying the overall length of the ship, by the breadth and the draught of the ship at the time of the assignment and by dividing the product by 100; (unité de pilotage)

pilot boat

pilot boat means a boat employed in the service of the Authority; (bateau-pilote)

port

port means a place set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1; (port)

Prince Rupert assignment

Prince Rupert assignment means an assignment other than a harbour or port assignment that occurs within the area between the Triple Island boarding station and the port of Prince Rupert or the harbours of Porpoise Harbour or Port Simpson; (affectation Prince Rupert)

Region

Region means the Region of the Authority as defined in the schedule to the Pilotage Act; (région)

southern assignment

southern assignment means an assignment other than a harbour or port assignment within Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet and the area south of Seymour Narrows during the course of which a ship enters or departs a harbour or port in that area or transits that area. (affectation sud)

Bridge Watch

• 3 (1) A bridge watch begins

  • (a) when the pilot reports on the bridge of a ship and takes conduct thereof; or

  • (b) when the ship is ready to sail, the pilot reports on the bridge and orders are given to commence preparation for departure.

• (2) A bridge watch ends

  • (a) when the pilot leaves the bridge to disembark at the pilot boarding station or when the pilot is relieved by another pilot;

  • (b) when the ship has been secured at anchor and the pilot is released from the bridge; or

  • (c) when the ship has tied up alongside a berth and no further pilotage services are required.

Calculation of Time Charges

4 Time charges for pilotage services are payable in respect of each pilot for each hour or part of an hour comprised in a period of pilotage service determined in accordance with section 5.

• 5 (1) For the purposes of calculating the charges referred to in sections 4 and 7, a period of pilotage service

  • (a) begins at the earlier of

    • (i) the time for which the pilot is ordered, or

    • (ii) the time the pilot commences a bridge watch; and

  • (b) ends when the pilot is able to disembark ship.

• (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where, for reasons unrelated to any act or omission of the owner, master or agent of the ship, a pilot is unable to board a ship and commence an assignment at the time for which he was ordered, the time charge shall commence at the time the pilot reports for the assignment.

Pilotage Charges for an Assignment

6 For an assignment to a ship set out in column 1 of Schedule 2, in waters set out in column 2, the pilotage charge payable is the amount set out in column 3 multiplied by the pilotage unit.

Time Charges for Bridge Watches

• 7 (1) In addition to the pilotage charge for an assignment, for a period of bridge watch set out in column 1 of Schedule 3, the time charge set out in column 2 is payable in respect of the time of each pilot whose services are used.

• (2) The time charge does not apply in respect of a ship that is being led, pushed or towed by another ship.

Minimum Charges

8 Despite sections 6 and 7, the total charges payable under those sections in respect of a ship are not less than $725.62.

8.1 [Repealed, SOR/2001-285, s. 2]

Cancellation Charges

9 If a request for a pilotage service is cancelled after a pilot has been assigned, for a period set out in column 1 of Schedule 4, the cancellation charge set out in column 2 is payable in addition to any other charges.

Out-of-Region Charges

10 In the following circumstances set out in column 1 of Schedule 5, the out-of-Region charge set out in column 2 is payable and calculated over the period set out in column 3 when a pilot

• (a) embarks a ship or disembarks from a ship at a point outside the Region; or

• (b) remains on board a ship when it leaves the Region and is carried back into the Region on board the same ship to resume piloting the ship.

Transportation Charges

11 The transportation charge set out in column 2 of Schedule 6 is payable in respect of each pilot who incurs travel expenses that are directly associated with an assignment set out in column 1.

Pilot Boat and Helicopter Charges

12 On each occasion that a pilot boat or helicopter is used to embark or disembark a pilot at a location set out in column 1 of Schedule 7, the charges set out in columns 2 and 3 are payable.

13 For the purpose of creating a fund to enable the replacement of pilot boats for certain locations, on each occasion that a pilot boat is used to embark or disembark a pilot at a location set out in column 1 of Schedule 7, the charge set out in column 4 is payable.