General Pilotage Regulations (SOR/2000-132)

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General Pilotage Regulations

SOR/2000-132

PILOTAGE ACT

Registration 2000-03-30

General Pilotage Regulations

P.C. 2000-444  2000-03-30

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to section 52Footnote a of the Pilotage Act, hereby makes the annexed General Pilotage Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

1. The definitions in this section apply in these Regulations.

“Act”

“Act” means the Pilotage Act. (Loi)

“applicant”

“applicant” means an applicant for a licence or pilotage certificate. (demandeur)

“certificate”

“certificate”[Repealed, SOR/2012-80, s. 1]

“deck watch officer”

“deck watch officer”[Repealed, SOR/2012-80, s. 1]

“designated physician”

“designated physician” means a physician who is

  • (a) knowledgeable about pilotage duties; and

  • (b) designated by an Authority or who practises medicine in an occupational medicine clinic that is designated by an Authority. (médecin désigné)

“holder”

“holder” means a holder of a licence or pilotage certificate. (titulaire)

“physician”

“physician” means a person who holds a current licence to practise medicine issued by a provincial college of physicians and surgeons. (médecin)

“TP 11343”

“TP 11343”[Repealed, SOR/2012-80, s. 1]

  • SOR/2012-80, s. 1.
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PART 1

LICENCES AND PILOTAGE CERTIFICATES

Health Qualifications

Physical and Mental Fitness for Pilotage Duties

  • 2. (1) Every applicant or holder shall undergo a medical examination, at the time or within the interval prescribed in this subsection, conducted by a designated physician to determine their physical and mental fitness for pilotage duties

    • (a) in the case of an applicant, before the licence or certificate is issued; and

    • (b) in the case of a holder, at least once every two years.

  • (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to an applicant who intends to perform pilotage duties in an area in a pilotage region and

    • (a) who is the holder of a valid licence or pilotage certificate for another area in the same pilotage region; and

    • (b) whose medical report is valid.

  • (3) An applicant or holder is physically and mentally fit for pilotage duties if the applicant or holder

    • (a) does not suffer from any of the disabilities referred to in subsection 3(1); and

    • (b) meets the medical standards referred to in subsection 3(2).

  • (4) Despite subsection (1), an applicant or holder shall undergo additional medical examinations if the designated physician requires the additional examinations in order to monitor the physical or mental fitness of the applicant or holder.

  • SOR/2002-314, s. 1(E);
  • SOR/2012-80, s. 2.
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