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 examination, have been found medically fit to perform pilotage duties in accordance with the General Pilotage Regulations;

• (b) be the holder of a certificate of competency at a level not lower than Master, Intermediate Voyage, 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 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 the three years prior to the day 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 an ROC-MC Certificate or a GMDSS Certificate;

• (f) have had sea service as master or deck watch officer on the bridge of a ship in non-compulsory waters, 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 areas in the waters administered by the Atlantic Pilotage Authority is qualified to be the holder of a licence if

• (a) in accordance with the requirements of the General Pilotage Regulations, the person has been found medically fit to perform pilotage duties;

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

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

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