Laurentian Pilotage Tariff Regulations (SOR/2001-84)

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Laurentian Pilotage Tariff Regulations

SOR/2001-84

PILOTAGE ACT

Registration 2001-02-15

Laurentian Pilotage Tariff Regulations

P.C. 2001-251 2001-02-15

Whereas the Laurentian Pilotage Authority, pursuant to subsection 34(1)Footnote a of the Pilotage Act, published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on September 16, 2000, a copy of the proposed Laurentian Pilotage Tariff Regulations, substantially in the form set out in the annexed Regulations;

And whereas four notices of objection to the proposed Regulations were filed with the Canadian Transportation Agency pursuant to subsection 34(2)Footnote b of the Pilotage Act, and the Agency will make an investigation of the proposed charges in order to make its recommendation to the Laurentian Pilotage Authority pursuant to subsection 35(1)Footnote c of that Act;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to subsection 33(1) of the Pilotage Act, hereby approves the annexed Laurentian Pilotage Tariff Regulations, made on December 22, 2000, by the Laurentian Pilotage Authority.

INTERPRETATION

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

“Authority”

“Authority” means the Laurentian Pilotage Authority. (Administration)

“berth”

“berth” means a wharf, pier, anchorage or mooring buoy, and includes a berthed ship or a ship at anchor. (poste)

“breadth”

“breadth”, in respect of a ship, means the maximum distance, in metres and centimetres, between the outside edges of the shell platings of the ship. (largeur)

“Corporation”

“Corporation” means a body corporate with which the Authority contracts pursuant to subsection 15(2) of the Pilotage Act for the services of licensed pilots in District No. 2. (Corporation)

“dead ship”

“dead ship” means a self-propelled ship that, because of a mechanical breakdown or other cause related to the operation of the ship, is under tow, but does not include a ship warped from one berth to another by means of mooring lines attached to a wharf, the shore or a mooring buoy, or a ship stopped on account of ice. (navire mort)

“deck watch officer”

“deck watch officer” means a person who has the immediate charge of the navigation and safety of a ship, but does not include a pilot. (officier de quart à la passerelle)

“depth”

“depth”, in respect of a ship, means the vertical distance, in metres and centimetres, at amidships from the top of the keel plate to the uppermost continuous deck that extends fore and aft and to the sides of the ship. For the purposes of this definition, a tonnage opening, engine space or a step in the deck is not regarded as interrupting the continuity of the deck. (creux)

“District”

“District” means District No. 1, District No. 1-1 or District No. 2. (circonscription)

“District No. 1”

“District No. 1” means all waters between the northern entrance to Saint-Lambert Lock and a line running across the St. Lawrence River at longitude 71°08′ W. (circonscription no 1)

“District No. 1-1”

“District No. 1-1” means all waters between the northern entrance to Saint-Lambert Lock and a line running from east to west across the St. Lawrence River at the northernmost tip of Sainte-Thérèse Island. (circonscription no 1-1)

“District No. 2”

“District No. 2” means all waters between a line running across the St. Lawrence River at longitude 71°20′ W and a line running across the St. Lawrence River bearing 121° (True) at latitude 48°20′48″ N and longitude 69°23′24″ W, including the Saguenay River. (circonscription no 2)

“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)

“length”

“length”, in respect of a ship, means the distance, in metres and centimetres, from the foremost to the aftermost point of the hull of a ship, excluding the bowsprit. (longueur)

“movage”

“movage” means the piloting of a ship within the geographical limits of a harbour set out in Schedule 1, whether the ship is moved from one berth to another or is returned to the same berth, but does not include

  • (a) the manoeuvring of a ship that is leaving the wait wall at Saint-Lambert Lock to enter the lock or is leaving the lock, unless a pilot boards the ship for the purpose of carrying out the manoeuvre; or

  • (b) the warping of a ship from one berth to another solely by means of mooring lines attached to a wharf, the shore or a mooring buoy, unless the services of a pilot are used at the request of the owner, master or agent of the ship. (déplacement)

“pilot boarding station”

“pilot boarding station” means a place where a pilot embarks or disembarks from a ship at Les Escoumins, Port Alfred, Chicoutimi, Québec, Trois-Rivières, Sorel-Tracy, Lanoraie or Montréal. (station d’embarquement de pilotes)

“tariff length”

“tariff length”, in respect of a ship, means the lesser of

  • (a) the length, and

  • (b) the breadth multiplied by 7.5. (longueur tarifaire)

“time factor”

“time factor” means the result obtained by multiplying the draught of a ship by the number of hours, or parts of an hour, during which the ship is underway under the conduct of a pilot, but does not include any period during which charges are payable pursuant to items 6 or 10 of Schedule 2. (facteur temps)

“trip”

“trip” means the piloting of a ship from one point to another within the region of the Authority, but does not include a movage, a docking or an undocking. (voyage)

“unit”

“unit”, in respect of a ship, means the result obtained by multiplying the tariff length of the ship by its breadth and depth, dividing by 850 and rounding to the nearest hundredth. (unité)

  • SOR/2002-83, s. 1(F);
  • SOR/2003-9, s. 4.