Atlantic Pilotage Authority Non-compulsory Area Regulations

5 (1) Subject to these Regulations, the Authority may issue a licence to a person to perform pilotage duties in non-compulsory waters.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), in order to qualify for the examination referred to in section 10, every applicant for a licence shall

• (a) within 90 days prior to the date of the examination, have been found medically fit in accordance with section 6 and Schedule I to the General Pilotage Regulations;

• (b) be the holder of a certificate of competency at a level not lower than Master Home Trade, unlimited as to tonnage, or an equivalent certificate as determined under the authority of the Canada Shipping Act;

• (c) be the holder of a pilot’s licence

  • (i) for one or more of the compulsory pilotage districts in the waters administered by the Laurentian Pilotage Authority, or

  • (ii) for one or more of the compulsory pilotage areas in the waters administered by the Atlantic Pilotage Authority;

• (d) be the holder of SEN I and SEN II Certificates or, within three years prior to the date on which the licence is to be issued, have successfully completed both a SEN I course and a Radar Simulator course;

• (e) be the holder of a Restricted Radiotelephone Operators Certificate;

• (f) in the pilotage area, have had sea service as master or deck watch officer on the bridge of a ship, with experience navigating in ice; and

• (g) pay the fees required by section 13.

(3) In order to become the holder of a licence, a person mentioned in subsection (4) need not meet the requirements set out in subsection (2).

(4) Every person who is the holder of a pilot’s licence for at least one of the compulsory pilotage districts in waters that are administered by the Laurentian Pilotage Authority or of the compulsory pilotage areas in the waters administered by the Atlantic Pilotage Authority, and, prior to the coming into force of these Regulations, was satisfactorily performing pilotage duties in the pilotage area is qualified to be the holder of a licence if the Board of Examiners is satisfied that

• (a) in accordance with the requirements of Schedule I to the General Pilotage Regulations, the person is medically fit to perform pilotage duties;

• (b) within the last three years, in the pilotage area, the person has had sea service as master or deck watch officer on the bridge of a ship or has performed the duties of a pilot on board a ship;

• (c) the person has up-to-date knowledge of the documents and all other material referred to in paragraph 6(c); and

• (d) the person has paid the fees required by section 13.