Atlantic Pilotage Tariff Regulations — Newfoundland and Labrador Non-Compulsory Areas (SOR/81-710)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29

Atlantic Pilotage Tariff Regulations — Newfoundland and Labrador Non-Compulsory Areas

SOR/81-710

PILOTAGE ACT

Registration 1981-09-04

Regulations Prescribing Tariffs of Pilotage Charges to be Paid to the Atlantic Pilotage Authority for Pilotage Performed in Non-Compulsory Pilotage Areas of Newfoundland and Labrador

P.C. 1981-2440 1981-09-03

Whereas the Atlantic Pilotage Authority proposed to make Regulations prescribing tariffs of pilotage charges to be paid to the Atlantic Pilotage Authority for Pilotage performed in non-compulsory pilotage areas of Newfoundland and Labrador, pursuant to section 22 of the Pilotage Act, and did publish that proposed tariff in Part I of the Canada Gazette on July 4, 1981;

And Whereas no notices of objection to this proposed tariff were filed with the Canadian Transport Commission pursuant to subsection 23(2) of the Pilotage Act.

Therefore, His 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 annexed Regulations Prescribing Tariffs to Pilotage Charges to be paid to the Atlantic Pilotage Authority for Pilotage performed in non-compulsory pilotage areas of Newfoundland and Labrador, made by the Atlantic Pilotage Authority on August 25, 1981.

SHORT TITLE

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Atlantic Pilotage Tariff Regulations — Newfoundland and Labrador Non-Compulsory Areas.

INTERPRETATION

2. In these Regulations,

“assignment”

“assignment” means all those activities related to a pilot performing pilotage services for a ship to which he has been dispatched, including travel time, standby time and actual pilotage time; (tâche)

“Authority”

“Authority” means the Atlantic Pilotage Authority; (Administration)

“breadth of the ship”

“breadth of the ship” means the maximum breadth in metres or fraction thereof to the outside of the shell plating of the ship, as expressed in Lloyds Register of Shipping; (largeur du navire)

“dead ship”

“dead ship” means a ship normally self-propelled that is without its propelling power; (navire mort)

“depth of the ship”

“depth of the ship” means the vertical distance in metres or fraction thereof at amidships from the top of the keel plate to the uppermost continuous deck, fore and aft, that extends to the sides of the ship and, for the purposes of this definition, the continuity of a deck is deemed not to be affected by the existence of tonnage openings, engine spaces or a step in the deck, as expressed in Lloyds Register of Shipping; (creux du navire)

“hampered ship”

“hampered ship” means a ship that is unable to be navigated in a normal fashion because of excessive list, excessive trim by the head or stern, damage, faulty steering, faulty engines, lack of normal navigational aids and equipment, faulty navigational aids and equipment or any other conditions that render the ship unseaworthy; (navire difficile à manoeuvrer)

“length of the ship”

“length of the ship” means the distance in metres or fraction thereof between the fore and aft extremities of the ship, as expressed in Lloyds Register of Shipping; (longueur du navire)

“pilot boat”

“pilot boat” means a boat owned, operated or chartered by the Authority but does not include a temporary boat or tug; (bateau-pilote)

“pilotage unit”

“pilotage unit” means the figure obtained by multiplying the length of the ship by the breadth of the ship by the depth of the ship and by dividing the product by 283.17; (unité de pilotage)

“port”

“port” means any harbour or haven to which ships may resort for shelter or to ship or unship goods or passengers whether at anchor or alongside a wharf or pier; (port)

“regular compulsory pilotage areas”

“regular compulsory pilotage areas” means all those compulsory pilotage areas to which a pilot is customarily dispatched in his on-duty time and for which he is regarded as a regular pilot; (zones régulières de pilotage obligatoire)

“standby”

“standby” includes any time spent by a pilot in conjunction with an assignment when he is prevented from travelling or boarding a ship to which he has been dispatched, except any time spent at his home following dispatch to an assignment; (période d’attente)

“travel”

“travel” means movement of a pilot, to or from the geographic point at which pilotage is intended to commence or cease, by land, air or sea or any combination thereof. (trajet)