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• 23.23 (1) Every applicant for a Class A, Class B or Class C pilotage certificate who is applying for their first pilotage certificate shall

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  • (c) have served on ships engaged in voyages in the appropriate district,

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  • (d) have completed,

    • (i) in the case of a certificate for District No. 1-1, during each of their years of service as required by paragraph (c), at least 20 movages including six movages in that district during the period beginning on December 1 and ending on the following April 8,

    • (ii) in the case of a certificate for District No. 1, during their years of service as required by paragraph (c), at least

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      • (C) five movages per year in the Harbour of Sorel,

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      • (E) 24 one-way trips per year between Trois-Rivières and Quebec, and

    • (iii) in the case of a certificate for District No. 2, during their years of service as required by paragraph (c), at least

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      • (C) two movages per year in the Harbour of Port Alfred,

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      • (E) six one-way trips per year during the period beginning on December 1 and ending on the following April 8; and

  • (e) have a degree of proficiency in the French and English languages sufficient to carry out effectively their pilotage duties.

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• (3) An applicant for a Class B pilotage certificate who is the holder of a Class C pilotage certificate shall, over the 24 months immediately preceding their application, have completed

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  • (b) under the supervision of a holder of a Class B licence or pilotage certificate, on board a ship whose length and deadweight tonnage exceed the maximum for a ship on board which a holder of a Class C pilotage certificate is authorized to perform pilotage duties,

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• (4) Despite subsections (1) to (3), an applicant may become the holder of a pilotage certificate valid for only a part of a district if

  • (a) in the case of an applicant for a first pilotage certificate, the applicant has completed the number of trips and movages required for that part of the district by clauses (1)(d)(ii)(A) to (F) or (1)(d)(iii)(A) to (E); or

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• (2) Every holder of a Class B licence for District No. 1 or District No. 2 shall,

  • (a) while holding a Class C licence, have piloted in District No. 1 ships not exceeding 165 m in length during the first six months after the date on which the holder obtained the Class C licence and have piloted at least 50 trips in that district during the first year after the date on which the holder obtained that licence;

  • (b) while holding a Class C licence, have piloted in District No. 1 tankers not exceeding 165 m in length or any other ship not exceeding 185 m in length during the second year after the date on which the holder obtained the Class C licence and have piloted during that time at least two thirds of the average number of pilotage assignments piloted by the licensed pilots for that district; and

  • (c) while holding a Class C licence, have piloted in District No. 2 ships not exceeding a deadweight tonnage of 30,000 during a period of two years after the date on which the holder obtained the Class C licence and have piloted during that time at least two thirds of the average number of pilotage assignments piloted by the licensed pilots for that district.

• (3) Every holder of a Class C licence for District No. 1 or District No. 2 shall

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  • (c) have served at least 24 months as an apprentice pilot and holder of a Class D apprentice pilot permit in the appropriate district;

  • (d) in the case of a holder who has obtained a passing mark in the examination referred to in paragraph (a) at the first attempt, have completed, in the appropriate district, while holding a Class D apprentice pilot permit,

    • (i) during each year, in the case of a holder of a licence for that part of District No. 1 between Montreal and Trois-Rivières, at least

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      • (C) 10 dockings or undockings within the Harbour of Sorel,

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      • (E) five arrivals and five departures from St. Lambert Lock, including transit between the Lock and a place below Jacques Cartier Bridge, and

    • (ii) during each year, in the case of a holder of a licence for that part of District No. 1 between Trois-Rivières and Quebec, at least

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      • (C) 138 trips between Trois-Rivières and Quebec, of which

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    • (iii) during the 24 months referred to in paragraph (c), in the case of a holder of a licence for District No. 2, at least

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      • (C) eight movages per year in the Harbour of Port Alfred, and

  • (e) in the case of a holder who has obtained a passing mark in the examination referred to in paragraph (a) at the second attempt, have completed, in the appropriate district, while holding a Class D apprentice pilot permit, 150% of the number of dockings, undockings, arrivals, departures, trips or movages required under subparagraphs (3)(d)(i) to (iii), rounded up to the next highest whole number, if necessary; and

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• 22.3 (1) The following ships and classes of ships are subject to compulsory pilotage within the areas referred to in section 22.2:

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  • (c) oil rigs;

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  • (e) pleasure craft of more than 500 gross tonnage; and

• (2) Despite subsection (1), the following ships and classes of ships are not subject to compulsory pilotage within the areas referred to in section 22.2:

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  • (c) Canadian-registered offshore supply vessels of 5,000 gross tonnage or less that have an operations base in a port located within one of the areas;

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  • (e) pleasure craft of 500 gross tonnage or less not registered in Canada; and

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• (8) Despite subsection (2), a ship referred to in paragraph (2)(b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) is subject to compulsory pilotage within the areas referred to in section 22.2 if the Atlantic Pilotage Authority determines that the ship poses a risk to safe navigation for any of the following reasons:

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  • (c) operations being conducted by the ship; or

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• 25.10 (1) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may, on application, waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship in any of the following circumstances:

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  • (c) the ship is engaged in rescue or salvage operations;

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  • (e) a licensed pilot is not available to perform the functions of a pilot and the following conditions have been met:

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• (2) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship that

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  • (c) is proceeding directly — and, if applicable, in accordance with an established traffic separation scheme — out of a compulsory pilotage area after disembarking a licensed pilot at a pilot boarding station located within that area.

• (3) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may, on application, waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship of less than 10,000 gross tonnage if, as of the day on which the application is made, every person in charge of the deck watch

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  • (c) has served as a person in charge of the deck watch in the compulsory pilotage area for which the waiver is sought on at least one occasion within the preceding 24 months.

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• (9) Despite subsections (3) to (6), a ship is subject to compulsory pilotage if there is a risk to navigational safety because of

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  • (c) extreme conditions related to weather, tides or currents or freshet conditions.

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• (3) The following ships or classes of ships, if registered in Canada, are not subject to compulsory pilotage:

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  • (c) any ship designed for and engaged in fishing;

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  • (e) any self-propelled barge trading regularly between two or more terminals in Quebec in or east of District No. 2 other than a barge described in subsection (2).

• (4) Despite subsection (3), a ship referred to in any of paragraphs (3)(b) to (e) is subject to compulsory pilotage if its operation would likely constitute a risk to the safety of navigation because of

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  • (c) conditions related to weather, tides, currents or ice.

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