New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 64 - RULES OF THE NEW JERSEY MARITIME PILOT AND DOCKING PILOT COMMISSION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16:64-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Act" means the statute governing pilotage at
				  12:8-1 et seq.
"Apprentice" means a person who is listed as a qualified
				  apprentice with the Commission pursuant to section 34 of P.L. 2004. c. 72
				  (12:8-50 ) or who is on the
				  Commissions books as an apprentice pursuant to
				  12:8-10,
				  12:8-11, or
				  12:8-12.
"Bar of Sandy Hook" means the built-up area under the waters
				  between the northern most point of Sandy Hook extending generally northeastward
				  to the south shore of Long Island caused by a deposit of sediment. The location
				  of the Bar is not static.
"Commission" means the New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking
				  Pilot Commission established by
				  12:8-1 et seq.
"Commission President" means the President of the New Jersey
				  Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission.
"Commissioners" means the Commissioners of the New Jersey
				  Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission appointed by the Governor pursuant
				  to 12:8-1 et seq.
"Deputy pilot" means a maritime pilot of the second, third,
				  fourth, fifth, and sixth grade.
"Docking pilot" means a person licensed by the Commission and
				  entered in the Register maintained pursuant to
				  12:8-52.
"Full branch pilot" means a maritime pilot of the first
				  grade.
"Independent Pilot Association" means any association of
				  pilots or docking pilots, other than the United New York and New Jersey Sandy
				  Hook Pilots' Benevolent Associations, whose members are qualified to pilot
				  vessels in pilotage waters.
"Limited branch pilot" means a maritime pilot of the second
				  grade.
"Maritime pilot" means a person licensed by the Commission
				  pursuant to
				  12:8-15.
"Occurrence" means any possible collision, allision,
				  grounding, stranding, touching of bottom, power loss, steering loss, damage to
				  or loss of property, death, personal injury, or discharge of oil or a hazardous
				  substance into the water.
"Order" means an order issued by the Commission in accordance
				  with 16:64-10.3.
"Physician" means either a person who is the holder of a M.D.
				  degree and is licensed as a physician or is the holder of a D.O. degree and is
				  licensed as an osteopath.
"Pilot" means a maritime pilot or a docking pilot as defined
				  in 12:8-1.2.
"Pilots' Association" or "Association" means the United New
				  Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots' Benevolent Association or the United New Jersey Sandy
				  Hook Pilots' Association.
"Regulated vessel" means all vessels required by the laws of
				  the State of New Jersey to take a licensed pilot.
"Rules of the Road" means the International Regulations for
				  Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, (72COLREGS) 33 U.S.C. foll. § 1602
				  and/or the Unified Inland Rules, 33 U.S.C. §§ 2001-71.
"Sandy Hook pilot" means a person licensed in accordance with
				  New Jersey or New York state law to pilot regulated vessels and is a member of
				  the Pilots' Association as defined in
				  12:8-1.2.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the New Jersey Maritime
				  Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission.
"Ship docking company" means an enterprise which is regularly
				  engaged in the business of providing docking and undocking services to
				  regulated vessels in pilotage waters utilizing tugboats and docking
				  pilots.
"United States vessels sailing under register" means all U.S.
				  vessels that are engaged in trade with foreign lands.