Interim Order Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area (Argentia)

Whereas the Minister of Transport believes that the annexed Interim Order Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area (Argentia) is required to deal with an urgent issue related to the provision of pilotage services that poses a significant risk to safety, human health or the environment;

And whereas the provisions of the annexed Interim Order may be contained in a regulation made under the Pilotage Act;Footnote a

Therefore, the Minister of Transport makes the annexed Interim Order Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area (Argentia) under subsection 52.2(1)Footnote b of the Pilotage Act.Footnote a

Ottawa, June 9, 2022

Minister of Transport,   
Omar Alghabra

Overview

1 This Interim Order enlarges the Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area to include Argentia for the purposes of the General Pilotage Regulations.

Compulsory pilotage area

2 The Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area described in section 5 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the General Pilotage Regulations is deemed to be replaced by the area that consists of all the navigable waters north of a line drawn from Latine Point of Latitude 47°18.9′00″N., Longitude 54°00.3′00″W., to a position of Latitude 47°20′00″N., Longitude 54°06.5′00″W., thence to Ragged Point (the most southerly point of Red Island), thence to Eastern Head.