ARCHIVED — Vol. 145, No. 50 — December 10, 2011

Regulations Repealing the Laurentian Pilotage Authority District No. 3 Regulations

Statutory authority

Pilotage Act

Sponsoring agency

Laurentian Pilotage Authority

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT

(This statement is not part of the Regulations.)

Issues and objectives

The Laurentian Pilotage Authority (the Authority) is a Crown corporation whose objective is to establish, operate, maintain and administer, in the interest of safety, an efficient pilotage service in all Canadian waters in and around the province of Quebec except the St. Lawrence Seaway and Chaleur Bay. Accordingly, it establishes the pilotage areas where these services are offered. District No. 3 is a non-compulsory pilotage area located between Les Escoumins and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Although this district has existed since the Authority was created, pilotage services have never been offered here. Pilot’s licences had been issued for the district jointly with the Atlantic Pilotage Authority (APA), which serves the neighbouring region, but the APA has ceased issuing licences for contiguous zones, ending this practice. Consequently, the Laurentian Pilotage Authority District No. 3 Regulations have not been applicable or of any practical use for several years. In consideration of these facts, the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations asked the Authority to repeal the Regulations.

Description and rationale

Although the Authority possesses regulations that address the possibility of offering pilotage services east of Les Escoumins, licences have only been issued for the contiguous pilotage zone on a reciprocal basis with the APA. The APA having put an end to this practice, these Regulations have no concrete value. In this context, the Board of the Laurentian Pilotage Authority has concluded that the Regulations should be repealed. This decision also addresses some pressing matters in this regard raised by the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations.

Strategic environmental analysis

In accordance with the Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan and Program Proposals of 1999 and the Transport Canada Policy Statement on Strategic Environmental Assessment, a strategic environmental assessment of these amendments was conducted in the form of a preliminary scan. The strategic environmental assessment concluded that the amendments are not likely to have important environmental effects.

Consultation

Given that these Regulations are no longer enforced, users have no interest in this issue.

Contact

Réjean Lanteigne
Chief Executive Officer
Laurentian Pilotage Authority
555 René-Lévesque Boulevard W, Suite 1501
Montréal, Quebec
H2Z 1B1
Telephone: 514-954-3270
Fax: 514-496-2409
Email: rejean.lanteigne@apl.gc.ca

PROPOSED REGULATORY TEXT

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsections 20(3) and 34(1) (see footnote a) of the Pilotage Act (see footnote b), that the Laurentian Pilotage Authority, pursuant to subsections 20(1) and 33(1) of that Act, proposes to make the annexed Regulations Repealing the Laurentian Pilotage Authority District No. 3 Regulations.

Interested persons who have reason to believe that the repeal, by the proposed Regulations, of any qualification for the holder of a licence is not in the public interest may, pursuant to subsection 21(1) of that Act, file a notice of objection setting out the grounds for the objection with the Minister of Transport within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. In addition, interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed Regulations to the Minister of Transport within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.

Each notice of objection or representation must be clearly marked as a notice of objection or representation, cite the Canada Gazette, Part Ⅰ, and the date of publication of this notice, and be sent to Julie Bédard, Manager, Pilotage and Policy, Marine Personnel Standards and Pilotage, Marine Safety Directorate, Department of Transport, Place de Ville, Tower C, 8th Floor, 330 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5 (tel.: 613-993-9706; fax: 613-990-1538; email: julie.bedard@tc.gc.ca).

Montréal, November 30, 2011

RÉJEAN LANTEIGNE
Chief Executive Officer
Laurentian Pilotage Authority

REGULATIONS REPEALING THE LAURENTIAN PILOTAGE AUTHORITY DISTRICT NO. 3 REGULATIONS

REPEAL

1. The Laurentian Pilotage Authority District No. 3 Regulations (see footnote 1) are repealed.

COMING INTO FORCE

2. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

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