General Pilotage Regulations — 25.10
25.10 (1) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may, on application, waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship in any of the following circumstances: (a) the ship is in distress; (b) a person on board the ship requires medical evacuation; (c) the ship is engaged in rescue or salvage operations; (d) the ship is seeking refuge; or (e) a licensed pilot is not available to perform the functions of a pilot and the following conditions have been met: (i) the owner, master or agent of the ship has complied with sections 25.12 and 25.13, and (ii) all persons in charge of the deck watch are familiar with the route and the marine traffic control system in the compulsory pilotage area that the ship is entering. (2) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship that (a) is warping and is not using its engines or a tug except as a line boat for the handling of the ship’s lines; (b) is proceeding directly — and, if applicable, in accordance with an established traffic separation scheme — to a pilot boarding station located within a compulsory pilotage area for the purpose of embarking a licensed pilot; or (c) is proceeding directly — and, if applicable, in accordance with an established traffic separation scheme — out of a compulsory pilotage area after disembarking a licensed pilot at a pilot boarding station located within that area. (3) The Pacific Pilotage Authority may, on application, waive compulsory pilotage in respect of a ship of less than 10,000 gross tonnage if, as of the day on which the application is made, every person in charge of the deck watch (a) holds the certificates that are required by Part 2 of the Marine Personnel Regulations or, if the ship is not Canadian, equivalent certificates; (b) has completed, as a person in charge of the deck watch on voyages in that Authority’s region or engaged in the coastal trade, at least (i) 150 days of service in the preceding 18 months, or (ii) 365 days of service in the preceding 60 months, including at least 60 days in the preceding 24 months; and (c) has served as a person in charge of the deck watch in the compulsory pilotage area for which the waiver is sought on at least one occasion within the preceding 24 months. (4) Compulsory pilotage may be waived in respect of a ship referred to in subsection (3) that is travelling in the portion of Area 1 west of the New Westminster railway bridge if every person in charge of the deck watch has, within the 24 months before the day on which the application is made, completed five return voyages, of which the Pacific Pilotage Authority was given prior notice, through that portion of Area 1 (a) with a licensed pilot; or (b) with a person in charge of the deck watch who has previously completed five return voyages, of which that Authority was given prior notice, through that portion of Area 1 with a licensed pilot. (5) Compulsory pilotage may be waived in respect of a ship referred to in subsection (3) that is travelling in the portion of Area 1 east of the New Westminster railway bridge if every person in charge of the deck watch has, within the 24 months before the day on which the application is made, completed 10 return voyages, of which the Pacific Pilotage Authority was given prior notice, through that portion of Area 1 (a) with a licensed pilot; or (b) with a person in charge of the deck watch who has previously completed 10 return voyages, of which that Authority was given prior notice, through that portion of Area 1 with a licensed pilot. (6) Compulsory pilotage may be waived in respect of a ship referred to in subsection (3) that is carrying dangerous goods and travelling in the Second Narrows Traffic Control Zone if every person in charge of the deck watch has, as of the day on which the application is made, completed six return voyages, at least one of which was completed within the preceding 24 months, of which the Pacific Pilotage Authority was given prior notice, through that Zone (a) with a