Whereas the Minister of Transport believes that the annexed Interim Order No. 3 Respecting the Placentia Bay 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. 3 Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area under subsection 52.2(1)Footnote b of the Pilotage Act.Footnote 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 Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area described in section 5 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations is deemed to be replaced by the area that consists of the following areas:
(a) Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area (Zone A, Placentia Bay) that consists of all the navigable waters north of a line drawn from Long Harbour Head to Fox Island, thence to Ragged Point (the most southerly point of Red Island), thence to Eastern Head; and
(b) Placentia Bay compulsory pilotage area (Zone B, Argentia) that consists of all the navigable waters east of a line drawn from Long Harbour Head to Fox Island, then along a line to a position of Latitude 47°20.6′00″N., Longitude 54°01.8′00″W., thence to Latine Point at a position of Latitude 47°18.9′00″N., Longitude 54°00.3′00″W.
Experience at sea – pilotage certificate
3 An applicant for a pilotage certificate for the Placentia Bay 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4 The Interim Order Respecting the Placentia Bay Compulsory Pilotage Area, No. 2, made on October 18, 2022, is repealed.