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Pacific Pilotage Tariff Regulations

SOR/85-583

PILOTAGE ACT

Registration 1985-06-21

Regulations Prescribing Tariffs of Pilotage Charges to Be Paid to the Pacific Pilotage Authority for Pilotage in the Coastal and Fraser River Pilotage Areas

P.C. 1985-2024 1985-06-20

Whereas the Pacific Pilotage Authority, pursuant to section 23 of the Pilotage Act, published in the Canada Gazette Part I on April 6, 1985, Regulations prescribing tariffs of pilotage charges to be paid to the Pacific Pilotage Authority for pilotage in the Coastal and Fraser River pilotage areas;

And Whereas more than thirty days have expired form the date of publication and no notices of objection to the proposed tariffs were filed with the Canadian Transport Commission pursuant to subsection 23(2) of the Pilotage Act.

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to section 22 of the Pilotage Act, is pleased hereby to approve the revocation of the Pacific Pilotage Fraser River Tariff RegulationsFootnote * and of the Pacific Pilotage Coastal Tariff RegulationsFootnote ** and approve, in substitution therefor, the annexed Regulations prescribing tariffs of pilotage charges to be paid to the Pacific Pilotage Authority for pilotage in the Coastal and Fraser River pilotage areas, made by the Pacific Pilotage Authority on May 7, 1985.

Short Title

 These Regulations may be cited as the Pacific Pilotage Tariff Regulations.

Interpretation

 In these Regulations,

Areas

Areas means the compulsory pilotage areas described in section 3 of the Pacific Pilotage Regulations; (zone)

assignment

assignment means the assignment of a pilot to take the conduct of a ship in the Areas; (affectation)

Authority

Authority means the Pacific Pilotage Authority; (Administration)

breadth of the ship

breadth of the ship means the maximum distance, in metres and centimetres, to the outside of the shell plating of the ship; (largeur du navire)

dead ship

dead ship means a ship normally self-propelled that is without the use of its propelling power; (navire mort)

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)

hampered ship

hampered ship means a ship that cannot be navigated in a normal fashion for reasons including but not limited to excessive list, excessive trim by the head or stern, damage, faulty steering, faulty engines, a lack of normal navigational aids or equipment, or faulty navigational aids or equipment; (navire difficile à manoeuvrer)

harbour

harbour means a place set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1; (havre)

harbour

harbour or port[Repealed, SOR/97-566, s. 1]

harbour or port assignment

harbour or port assignment means an assignment which occurs wholly within a harbour or port at which pilots are based; (affectation dans un havre ou port)

northern assignment

northern assignment means an assignment in the area north of Seymour Narrows or on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, excluding Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet, during the course of which a ship enters or departs a harbour or port in that area or transits that area; (affectation nord)

overall length

overall length means the total distance, in metres and centimetres, from the foremost to the aftermost point of the hull of the ship; (longueur hors tout)

pilotage unit

pilotage unit means, the result obtained by multiplying the overall length of the ship, by the breadth and the draught of the ship at the time of the assignment and by dividing the product by 100; (unité de pilotage)

pilot boat

pilot boat means a boat employed in the service of the Authority; (bateau-pilote)

port

port means a place set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1; (port)

Prince Rupert assignment

Prince Rupert assignment means an assignment other than a harbour or port assignment that occurs within the area between the Triple Island boarding station and the port of Prince Rupert or the harbours of Porpoise Harbour or Port Simpson; (affectation Prince Rupert)

Region

Region means the Region of the Authority as defined in the schedule to the Pilotage Act; (région)

southern assignment

southern assignment means an assignment other than a harbour or port assignment within Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet and the area south of Seymour Narrows during the course of which a ship enters or departs a harbour or port in that area or transits that area. (affectation sud)

  • SOR/86-803, s. 1(F)
  • SOR/96-91, s. 1
  • SOR/97-566, s. 1
  • SOR/2008-151, s. 1

Bridge Watch

  •  (1) A bridge watch begins

    • (a) when the pilot reports on the bridge of a ship and takes conduct thereof; or

    • (b) when the ship is ready to sail, the pilot reports on the bridge and orders are given to commence preparation for departure.

  • (2) A bridge watch ends

    • (a) when the pilot leaves the bridge to disembark at the pilot boarding station or when the pilot is relieved by another pilot;

    • (b) when the ship has been secured at anchor and the pilot is released from the bridge; or

    • (c) when the ship has tied up alongside a berth and no further pilotage services are required.

  • SOR/86-803, s. 2(E)

Calculation of Time Charges

 Time charges for pilotage services are payable in respect of each pilot for each hour or part of an hour comprised in a period of pilotage service determined in accordance with section 5.

  • SOR/2004-302, s. 1(F)
  •  (1) For the purposes of calculating the charges referred to in sections 4 and 7, a period of pilotage service

    • (a) begins at the earlier of

      • (i) the time for which the pilot is ordered, or

      • (ii) the time the pilot commences a bridge watch; and

    • (b) ends when the pilot is able to disembark ship.

  • (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where, for reasons unrelated to any act or omission of the owner, master or agent of the ship, a pilot is unable to board a ship and commence an assignment at the time for which he was ordered, the time charge shall commence at the time the pilot reports for the assignment.

  • SOR/86-803, s. 3
  • SOR/87-267, s. 1

Pilotage Charges for an Assignment

  •  (1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, for an assignment to a ship set out in column 1 of Schedule 2, in waters set out in column 2, the pilotage charge payable is the amount set out in column 3 multiplied by the pilotage unit.

  • (2) For an assignment to a ship that is 215 m or more in overall length, in the Seymour Narrows, the pilotage charge payable is $4.989 multiplied by the pilotage unit.

  • (3) For an assignment to a tethered tanker ship with a deadweight tonnage (summer) that exceeds 39 999 metric tons, in any waters, the pilotage charge payable is $4.301 multiplied by the pilotage unit.

  • SOR/86-803, s. 4
  • SOR/87-267, s. 2
  • SOR/88-11, s. 1
  • SOR/89-321, s. 1
  • SOR/90-37, s. 1
  • SOR/90-313, s. 1
  • SOR/91-67, s. 1
  • SOR/92-20, s. 1
  • SOR/94-665, s. 1
  • SOR/96-91, s. 2
  • SOR/97-566, s. 2
  • SOR/2001-356, s. 1
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 12(F)
  • SOR/2008-151, s. 2
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 1

Time Charges for Bridge Watches

  •  (1) In addition to the pilotage charge for an assignment, for a period of bridge watch set out in column 1 of Schedule 3, the time charge set out in column 2 is payable in respect of the time of each pilot whose services are used.

  • (2) The time charge does not apply in respect of a ship that is being led, pushed or towed by another ship.

  • SOR/86-803, s. 4
  • SOR/87-267, s. 2
  • SOR/88-11, s. 2
  • SOR/89-321, s. 2
  • SOR/90-37, s. 2
  • SOR/90-313, s. 2
  • SOR/92-20, s. 2
  • SOR/94-665, s. 2
  • SOR/96-91, s. 2
  • SOR/97-566, s. 2

Minimum Charges

 Despite sections 6 and 7, the total charges payable under those sections in respect of a ship shall not be less than $799.83.

  • SOR/86-803, s. 4
  • SOR/87-267, s. 2
  • SOR/88-11, s. 3
  • SOR/89-321, s. 3
  • SOR/90-37, s. 3
  • SOR/90-313, s. 3
  • SOR/91-67, s. 2
  • SOR/92-20, s. 3
  • SOR/94-665, s. 3
  • SOR/96-91, s. 2
  • SOR/97-21, s. 1
  • SOR/97-566, s. 2
  • SOR/2000-22, s. 1
  • SOR/2001-153, s. 1
  • SOR/2001-285, s. 1
  • SOR/2001-356, ss. 2, 10
  • SOR/2004-88, s. 1
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 2
  • SOR/2005-321, s. 1
  • SOR/2006-283, s. 1
  • SOR/2007-254, s. 1
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 2

 [Repealed, SOR/2001-285, s. 2]

Cancellation Charges

 If a request for a pilotage service is cancelled after a pilot has been assigned, for a period set out in column 1 of Schedule 4, the cancellation charge set out in column 2 is payable in addition to any other charges.

  • SOR/86-803, s. 4
  • SOR/87-267, s. 2
  • SOR/88-11, s. 4
  • SOR/89-321, s. 4
  • SOR/90-37, s. 4
  • SOR/90-313, s. 4
  • SOR/91-67, s. 3
  • SOR/92-20, s. 4
  • SOR/94-665, s. 4
  • SOR/96-91, s. 2
  • SOR/97-566, s. 2

Out-of-Region Charges

  •  (1) In respect of the circumstances set out in column 1 of Schedule 5, the charge set out in column 2 is payable for each hour or part of an hour during the period set out in column 3.

  • (2) If a pilot embarks on or disembarks from a ship at Anacortes, Bellingham, Cherry Point or Ferndale, in the State of Washington, a charge of $1,544 per pilot is payable in addition to any other charges.

  • (3) If a pilot embarks on or disembarks from a ship at an out-of-Region location that is not listed in subsection (2), a charge of $2,058 per pilot is payable in addition to any other charges.

  • SOR/87-267, s. 2
  • SOR/88-11, s. 5
  • SOR/89-321, s. 5
  • SOR/90-37, s. 5
  • SOR/90-313, s. 5
  • SOR/92-20, s. 5
  • SOR/94-665, s. 5
  • SOR/96-91, s. 2
  • SOR/97-566, s. 2
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 3(F)
  • SOR/2008-151, s. 3
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 3

Transportation Charges

 The transportation charge set out in column 2 of Schedule 6 is payable in respect of each pilot who incurs travel expenses that are directly associated with an assignment set out in column 1.

  • SOR/86-803, s. 5
  • SOR/87-6, s. 1
  • SOR/88-11, s. 5
  • SOR/89-321, s. 5
  • SOR/90-37, s. 6
  • SOR/90-313, s. 6
  • SOR/91-67, s. 4
  • SOR/92-20, s. 6
  • SOR/94-665, s. 5
  • SOR/96-91, s. 2
  • SOR/97-566, s. 2
  • SOR/2001-285, s. 2
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 4(F)

Pilot Boat and Helicopter Charges

 On each occasion that a pilot boat or helicopter is used to embark or disembark a pilot at a location set out in column 1 of Schedule 7, the charges set out in columns 2 and 3 are payable.

  • SOR/87-267, s. 3
  • SOR/87-636, s. 1
  • SOR/88-11, s. 6
  • SOR/89-321, s. 6
  • SOR/90-37, s. 7
  • SOR/90-313, s. 7
  • SOR/91-67, s. 5
  • SOR/92-20, s. 7
  • SOR/94-665, s. 5
  • SOR/96-91, s. 2
  • SOR/97-566, s. 2
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 4(F)

 For the purpose of creating a fund to enable the replacement of pilot boats for certain locations, on each occasion that a pilot boat is used to embark or disembark a pilot at a location set out in column 1 of Schedule 7, the charge set out in column 4 is payable.

  • SOR/99-199, s. 2
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 4(F)

Delay Charges

 If a pilot reports to a ship for an assignment and, for reasons unrelated to any act or omission of the owner, master or agent of the ship, does not commence the assignment at the time for which the pilot was ordered, a charge of double the time charge set out in item 1, column 2, of Schedule 3 is payable for each hour or part of an hour during the period that begins 30 minutes after the time that the pilot reports for the assignment and ends when the bridge watch begins.

  • SOR/2008-151, s. 4

Short Order Charges

  •  (1) On each occasion that a pilotage order is initiated during the period that begins at 06:00 and ends at 17:59 with less than 10 hours’ notice for local assignments and less than 12 hours’ notice for all other assignments, a charge of $691.23 is payable in addition to any other charges.

  • (2) On each occasion that a pilotage order is initiated during the period that begins at 18:00 and ends at 05:59 with less than 10 hours’ notice for local assignments and less than 12 hours’ notice for all other assignments, a charge of $1,382.46 is payable in addition to any other charges.

  • SOR/2008-151, s. 4
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 4

Hampered Ship Charges

 On each occasion that the master or agent of a ship who initiates a pilotage order fails to inform the Authority that the ship is a hampered ship that may require a bridge watch exceeding eight consecutive hours, a charge of $1,298.75 is payable in addition to any other charges.

  • SOR/2008-151, s. 4
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 4

 On each occasion that a pilotage order is initiated for any place other than a pilot boarding station, a charge of $4,620 per pilot is payable in addition to any other charges.

  • SOR/2008-311, s. 5

SCHEDULE 1/ANNEXE 1(Section 2/article 2)Harbours and Ports/Havres et ports

PART 1/PARTIE 1

Harbours/Havres

  • Bamfield
  • Bull Harbour
  • Chemainus
  • Comox
  • Crofton
  • Esquimalt
  • Gibsons
  • Horseshoe Bay
  • Hot Springs Cove
  • Kitimat
  • Ladysmith
  • Nanaimo (including Harmac/y compris Harmac)
  • Nanoose Bay
  • Ocean Falls
  • Pender Harbour
  • Port Alberni
  • Powell River
  • Prince Rupert (Porpoise Harbour excluded/Porpoise Harbour exclu)
  • Snug Cove
  • Squamish
  • Ucluelet
  • Vancouver
  • Victoria

PART 2/PARTIE 2

Ports

  • Alert Bay
  • Bamberton
  • Beaver Cove (Englewood)
  • Brittania Beach
  • Campbell River
  • Coal Harbour
  • Cowichan Bay
  • Deltaport
  • Duncan Bay
  • Emilia Anchorage
  • Forward Harbour (Winter Harbour)
  • Gold River
  • Hardy Bay (Port Hardy)
  • Harriet Harbour
  • Hatch Point
  • James Island
  • Klemtu
  • Menzies Bay
  • Namu
  • Plumper Sound Anchorage
  • Porpoise Harbour
  • Port Alice
  • Port McNeil
  • Port Mellon
  • Port Simpson
  • Port Tahsis
  • Roberts Bank (West Shore Terminal/terminus de l’Ouest)
  • Rupert Inlet
  • Sand Heads
  • Stewart
  • Tasu
  • Texada Mines
  • Toquart
  • Union Bay
  • Woodfibre
  • Yreka
  • Zeballos
  • SOR/92-20, s. 8(F)
  • SOR/96-91, s. 3
  • SOR/97-21, s. 2
  • SOR/97-566, s. 3

SCHEDULE 2(Section 6)

Pilotage Charges for an Assignment

ItemColumn 1Column 2Column 3
ShipWatersAmount ($)
1any ship, other than a dead shipwaters, other than the Fraser River3.4412
2a dead shipwaters, other than the Fraser River6.8824
3any shipFraser River3.4412
  • SOR/96-91, s. 4
  • SOR/97-21, ss. 3 to 9
  • SOR/97-566, s. 3
  • SOR/2000-22, s. 2
  • SOR/2001-153, s. 2
  • SOR/2001-285, s. 3
  • SOR/2001-356, ss. 3, 4, 11
  • SOR/2004-88, s. 2
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 5
  • SOR/2005-321, s. 2
  • SOR/2006-283, s. 2
  • SOR/2007-254, s. 2
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 6

SCHEDULE 3(Sections 7 and 14)

Time Charges for Bridge Watches

ItemColumn 1Column 2
PeriodTime Charge ($)
1per consecutive hour or part of an hour172.81
2after 8 consecutive hours, an additional time charge, as follows:
  • (a) for not more than 15 minutes

50 per cent of the amount payable under item 1
  • (b) for more than 15 minutes, but not more than 30 minutes

100 per cent of the amount payable under item 1
  • (c) for more than 30 minutes but not more than 45 minutes

150 per cent of the amount payable under item 1
  • (d) for more than 45 minutes but not more than 60 minutes

200 per cent of the amount payable under item 1
  • (e) for more than 60 minutes

300 per cent of the amount payable under item 1
  • SOR/97-566, s. 3
  • SOR/99-199, ss. 3, 4
  • SOR/2000-22, s. 3
  • SOR/2001-153, s. 3
  • SOR/2001-285, s. 4
  • SOR/2001-356, ss. 5, 12
  • SOR/2004-88, s. 3
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 6, 12(F)
  • SOR/2005-321, s. 3
  • SOR/2006-283, s. 3
  • SOR/2007-254, s. 3
  • SOR/2008-151, s. 5
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 7

SCHEDULE 4(Section 9)

Cancellation Charges

ItemColumn 1Column 2
PeriodCancellation Charge ($)
1if a cancellation notice is received after the pilot is assigned691.23
2additionally, if the pilot has begun travel, for each hour or part of an hour from the time the pilot began travel until the time the pilot returns to the pilot’s base or is reassigned172.81
  • SOR/97-566, s. 3
  • SOR/99-199, s. 5
  • SOR/2000-22, s. 4
  • SOR/2001-153, s. 4
  • SOR/2001-285, s. 5
  • SOR/2001-356, ss. 6, 13
  • SOR/2004-88, s. 4
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 7, 8(F)
  • SOR/2005-321, s. 4
  • SOR/2006-283, s. 4
  • SOR/2007-254, s. 4
  • SOR/2008-151, s. 6
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 8

SCHEDULE 5(Subsection 10(1))

Out-of-Region Charges

ItemColumn 1Column 2Column 3
CircumstancesCharge ($) (per hour or part of an hour)Period
1pilot embarks on a ship at a location outside the Region172.81from the time the pilot leaves the pilot’s base until the time the pilot begins to pilot the ship
2pilot disembarks from a ship at a location outside the Region172.81from the time the pilot ceases to pilot the ship until the time the pilot returns to the pilot’s base
3pilot remains on board a ship when it leaves the Region and is carried back into the Region on board the same ship to resume piloting it172.81from the time the pilot ceases to pilot the ship until the time the pilot resumes piloting the ship
  • SOR/97-566, s. 3
  • SOR/2000-22, s. 5
  • SOR/2001-153, s. 5
  • SOR/2001-285, s. 6
  • SOR/2001-356, ss. 7, 14
  • SOR/2004-88, s. 5
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 9
  • SOR/2005-321, s. 5
  • SOR/2006-283, s. 5
  • SOR/2007-254, s. 5
  • SOR/2008-151, s. 7
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 9

SCHEDULE 6(Section 11)

Transportation Charges

ItemColumn 1Column 2
AssignmentTransportation Charges ($)
1a harbour or port assignment in the Areas150
2an assignment on the Fraser River142
3a northern assignment1,228
4a Prince Rupert assignment471
5a southern assignment471
6any Area when a pilot has begun travel and the assignment is cancelled150
7a Pine Island assignment4,705
  • SOR/97-566, s. 3
  • SOR/2000-22, s. 6
  • SOR/2001-153, s. 6
  • SOR/2001-285, s. 7
  • SOR/2001-356, ss. 8, 15
  • SOR/2004-88, ss. 6, 7
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 10
  • SOR/2005-321, s. 6
  • SOR/2006-283, s. 6
  • SOR/2007-254, s. 6
  • SOR/2008-311, ss. 10, 11

SCHEDULE 7(Sections 12 and 13)

Pilot Boat and Helicopter Charges

ItemColumn 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
LocationCharge ($)Additional ChargePilot Boat Replacement Charge ($)
1Brotchie Ledge442n/a180
2Sand Heads1,386n/a180
3Triple Islands2,772n/a180
4Cape Beale5,315n/an/a
5Pine Island2,998n/an/a
6English Bay218$53 for each period of 15 minutes that a pilot boat is detained on standbyn/a
7the entrance to Nanaimo Harbour685n/an/a
  • SOR/97-566, s. 3
  • SOR/99-199, s. 6
  • SOR/2000-22, s. 7
  • SOR/2001-153, s. 7
  • SOR/2001-356, s. 9
  • SOR/2002-217, ss. 1, 2
  • SOR/2004-88, s. 8
  • SOR/2004-302, s. 11
  • SOR/2005-321, s. 7
  • SOR/2006-283, s. 7
  • SOR/2007-254, s. 7
  • SOR/2008-311, s. 12

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