Pilotage Act

Marginal note:Regulations prescribing tariffs of pilotage charges

• 33 (1) An Authority shall, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations prescribing tariffs of pilotage charges to be paid to that Authority for pilotage and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, may fix tariffs of pilotage charges for

  • (a) the cancellation of a request for the service of a pilot;

  • (b) the carriage of a pilot on a ship beyond the area for which the service of the pilot was engaged;

  • (c) the detention of a pilot on board ship or otherwise;

  • (d) travel and other expenses incurred by a pilot that are directly associated with an assignment to pilot a ship;

  • (e) the use of a pilot boat;

  • (f) the use of telecommunication equipment; and

  • (g) the service of a licensed pilot on board ship pursuant to a regulation made under paragraph 20(1)(l) requiring a licensed pilot to be on board.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) An Authority shall be deemed to have fixed a pilotage charge if it prescribes a manner for determining a pilotage charge.

• Marginal note:Requirements to be met by tariffs

  (3) The tariffs of pilotage charges prescribed by an Authority under subsection (1) shall be fixed at a level that permits the Authority to operate on a self-sustaining financial basis and shall be fair and reasonable.