• 7. (1) An applicant or holder who disagrees with the medical report may, within 15 days after being informed of its content, make a request in writing to the Authority to submit to a medical examination by a physician chosen by the applicant or holder.

• (2) The physician shall conduct the medical examination and make a medical report in accordance with sections 3 to 5.

• (3) If the physician disagrees with the assessment of the designated physician, the Authority shall, on the recommendation of both physicians, appoint a third physician to conduct a medical examination of the applicant or holder.

• (4) The appointed physician shall conduct the medical examination and make a medical report in accordance with sections 3 to 5.

• (5) The report of the appointed physician is final and binding on the Authority and the applicant or holder.

8. A holder who is required to use an aid to vision or hearing in order to meet the medical fitness standards referred to and set out in Division 8 of Part 2 of the Marine Personnel Regulations shall, while performing pilotage duties,

• (a) use the aid;

• (b) in the case of an aid to vision, possess at least two of them; and

• (c) in the case of an aid to hearing, possess replacement batteries for it.

9. [Repealed, SOR/2012-80, s. 7]

• 10. (1) An applicant who intends to perform pilotage duties in a compulsory pilotage area set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection shall hold the certificate of competency set out in column 2 or, if more than one certificate of competency is set out in that column, at least one of those certificates.

  	Column 1	Column 2
  Item	Compulsory Pilotage Area	Required Certificate of Competency
  	Atlantic Pilotage Authority
  1.	The St. John’s compulsory pilotage area, in Newfoundland and Labrador	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal
  2.	The Holyrood compulsory pilotage area, in Newfoundland and Labrador	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal
  3.	The Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area, in Newfoundland and Labrador	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal
  4.	The Voisey’s Bay compulsory pilotage area, in Newfoundland and Labrador	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal
  5.	The Bay of Exploits compulsory pilotage area, in Newfoundland and Labrador	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal
  6.	The Humber Arm compulsory pilotage area, in Newfoundland and Labrador	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal
  7.	The Stephenville compulsory pilotage area, in Newfoundland and Labrador	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal
  8.	The Halifax compulsory pilotage area, in Nova Scotia	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal
  9.	The Cape Breton compulsory pilotage area, in Nova Scotia	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal
  10.	The Pugwash compulsory pilotage area, in Nova Scotia	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal
  11.	The Saint John compulsory pilotage area, in New Brunswick	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal
  12.	The Miramichi compulsory pilotage area, in New Brunswick	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal
  13.	The Restigouche compulsory pilotage area, in New Brunswick	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal
  14.	The Charlottetown compulsory pilotage area, in Prince Edward Island	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal
  15.	The Confederation Bridge compulsory pilotage area, in Prince Edward Island	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal
  16.	Any compulsory pilotage area in the region of the Atlantic Pilotage Authority that is not set out in items 1 to 15	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal
  	Laurentian Pilotage Authority
  17.	Any compulsory pilotage area in the region of the Laurentian Pilotage Authority	Master, Near Coastal
  	Great Lakes Pilotage Authority
  18.	Any compulsory pilotage area in the region of the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority	Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Chief Mate Chief Mate, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Domestic
  	Pacific Pilotage Authority
  19.	Any compulsory pilotage area in the region of the Pacific Pilotage Authority	Master Mariner Master, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Master 500 Gross Tonnage, Near Coastal Chief Mate Chief Mate, Near Coastal Master 3 000 Gross Tonnage, Domestic

• (2) Despite subsection (1), an applicant for a pilotage certificate who intends to perform pilotage duties in a compulsory pilotage area in the region of the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority and who applies before January 1, 2013 may hold a Watchkeeping Mate certificate of competency instead of a certificate of competency set out in column 2 of item 18 of the table to subsection (1).

• (3) Despite subsection (1), an applicant for a pilotage certificate who intends to perform pilotage duties in a compulsory pilotage area in the region of the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority and who applies after December 31, 2012 may hold a Watchkeeping Mate certificate of competency or a Watchkeeping Mate, Near Coastal certificate of competency instead of a certificate of competency set out in column 2 of item 18 of the table to subsection (1).