Whereas the Minister of Transport believes that the annexed Interim Order No. 2 Respecting the Summerside Compulsory Pilotage Area 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 No. 2 Respecting the Summerside Compulsory Pilotage Area under subsection 52.2(1)Footnote b of the Pilotage ActFootnote a.
Ottawa, October 16, 2023
Minister of Transport
Pablo Rodriguez
Definition of Regulations
1 In this Interim Order, Regulations means the General Pilotage Regulations.
Compulsory pilotage area
2 The area consisting of all the navigable waters east of a line drawn from Seacow Head to a position at Latitude 46°20.9′00″N., Longitude 63°54.5′00″W., and thence to Ives Point is deemed to be described in Schedule 2 to the Regulations as the Summerside compulsory pilotage area within the Atlantic Pilotage Authority’s region.
Experience at sea – pilotage certificate
3 An applicant for a pilotage certificate for the Summerside compulsory pilotage area does not have to meet the additional experience at sea qualifications set out in subsection 22.22(1) of the Regulations if, within the two-year period immediately before the date of the application, they have successfully completed a familiarization program that is established by the Atlantic Pilotage Authority and provides an equivalent degree of experience.
Repeal
4 The Interim Order Respecting the Summerside Compulsory Pilotage Area, made on October 18, 2022, is repealed.