23. Where sea service, trips or movages are required by section 22, any such service, trip or movage, as the case may be, shall be or have been effected on board a ship of a size that is subject to compulsory pilotage.

24. No person shall become the holder of a licence or pilotage certificate if

• (a) within one year of his application therefor,

  • (i) he was convicted of an offence under the Act,

  • (ii) any licence or pilotage certificate previously held by the person was suspended pursuant to section 27 of the Act, or

  • (iii) the person was convicted of an offence under paragraph 249(1)(b) or 251(1)(a) or section 253 of the Criminal Code; or

• (b) in the opinion of the Authority, he had an adverse record in ship handling and the performance of pilotage duties.

• 25. (1) Every holder of a licence or pilotage certificate shall

  • (a) hold in a valid and subsisting condition every certificate that he was required to hold to obtain the licence or pilotage certificate;

  • (b) remain medically fit so as to meet the medical examination requirements set out in the General Pilotage Regulations;

  • (c) have local knowledge of the district in respect of which he obtained the licence or pilotage certificate, including knowledge of tides, currents, depths of water, anchorages and aids to navigation;

  • (d) have up-to-date knowledge of the harbour and other marine regulations that apply in the district in respect of which he obtained the licence or pilotage certificate, including knowledge of

    • (i) the Collision Regulations,

    • (ii) the measures taken for the control of traffic in the Seaway by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation in accordance with section 99 of the Canada Marine Act,

    • (iii) the Quarantine Regulations, and

    • (iv) the Act and regulations made thereunder,

    in so far as they apply in that district; and

  • (e) have a good record in ship handling and the performance of pilotage duties.

  • (f) [Repealed, SOR/2008-80, s. 4]

• (2) In addition to the qualifications required by subsection (1), a holder of a licence or pilotage certificate shall,

  • (a) if the holder’s licence or pilotage certificate was issued in respect of District No. 1-1, pilot each year at least eight movages in that district;

  • (b) if the holder’s licence or pilotage certificate was issued in respect of District No. 1 or District No. 2, pilot each year at least eight one-way trips during the period commencing on April 1 and ending on December 14, and subject to section 17, two one-way trips during the period commencing on December 15 in a year and ending on March 31 in the next year, in the District; and

  • (c) on request, provide the Authority with evidence that the holder has complied with the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b).