Pilotage Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. P-14)

RELATED PROVISIONS

• — 2019, c. 29, s. 259

  • Non-application — subsection 3(3.2)

    259 Subsection 3(3.2) of the Pilotage Act, as enacted by section 227 of this Act, does not apply to the Chairperson or to any member of a Pilotage Authority on the day on which section 227 of this Act comes into force during the remainder of their term of appointment.

• — 2019, c. 29, s. 260

  • Tariff regulations

    260 Regulations made by a Pilotage Authority with the approval of the Governor in Council under section 33 of the Pilotage Act, as that section read immediately before the day on which section 238 of this Act comes into force, remain in effect until the day on which pilotage charges established by the Pilotage Authority in accordance with sections 33 to 35 of the Pilotage Act, as enacted by section 238 of this Act, take effect.

• — 2019, c. 29, s. 261

  • Licences and pilotage certificates

    • 261 (1) Every licence or pilotage certificate issued by a Pilotage Authority under section 22 of the Pilotage Act, as it read immediately before the day on which section 242 of this Act comes into force, that was valid immediately before that day is deemed to have been issued, as applicable, by the Minister of Transport under subsection 38.1(1) or (2) of the Pilotage Act, as enacted by section 242 of this Act.

    • Validity period

      (2) Despite subsection 38.4(1) of the Pilotage Act, as enacted by section 242 of this Act, the validity period of a licence or pilotage certificate referred to in subsection (1) ends one year after the day on which section 242 of this Act comes into force.

• — 2019, c. 29, s. 262

  • Pending applications

    262 An application for a licence or pilotage certificate that is pending on the day on which section 242 of this Act comes into force is deemed to be an application under subsection 38.1(1) or (2) of the Pilotage Act, as enacted by section 242 of this Act, but the qualifications to be met by the applicant are the qualifications that were prescribed by the relevant regulations as they read immediately before the day on which section 242 of this Act comes into force.

• — 2019, c. 29, s. 263

  • Pending hearings

    263 Hearings pending before a Pilotage Authority immediately before the day on which section 242 of this Act comes into force are to be continued before the Authority in accordance with the Pilotage Act, as it read immediately before that day.

• — 2019, c. 29, s. 264

  • Fines

    264 For greater certainty, starting on the day on which section 252 of this Act comes into force, fines collected under the Pilotage Act are no longer to be paid to the relevant Pilotage Authority.

• — 2019, c. 29, s. 265

  • Repeal of regulations — section 20 Pilotage Act

    • 265 (1) Beginning on the day on which section 235 of this Act comes into force, the Governor in Council may repeal regulations made under section 20 of the Pilotage Act, as that section read immediately before that day.

    • Repeal of regulations — section 33 Pilotage Act

      (2) Beginning on the day on which section 238 of this Act comes into force, the Governor in Council may repeal regulations made under section 33 of the Pilotage Act, as that section read immediately before that day.

• — 2022, c. 17, s. 76

  • Clarification — immediate application

    76 For greater certainty, but subject to sections 77 and 78, the amendments made by this Act also apply with respect to proceedings that are ongoing on the day on which this Act comes into force.

• — 2022, c. 17, par. 77(2)(c)

  • Certain applications for warrants

    • 77 (2) Each of the following provisions, as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, continues to apply with respect to an application made for a warrant under the provision if the application is submitted, and no decision has been made in respect of the application, before that day:

      • (c) subsection 46.13(4) of the Pilotage Act;

• — 2022, c. 17, s. 78.1

  • Impact of remote proceedings

    • 78.1 (1) The Minister of Justice must, no later than three years after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, initiate one or more independent reviews on the use of remote proceedings in criminal justice matters that must include an assessment of whether remote proceedings

      • (a) enhance, preserve or adversely affect access to justice;

      • (b) maintain fundamental principles of the administration of justice; and

      • (c) adequately address the rights and obligations of participants in the criminal justice system, including accused persons.

    • Report

      (2) The Minister of Justice must, no later than five years after the day on which a review is initiated, cause a report on the review — including any findings or recommendations resulting from it — to be laid before each House of Parliament.

• — 2022, c. 17, s. 78.2

  • Review by committee

    • 78.2 (1) At the start of the fifth year after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, the provisions enacted or amended by this Act are to be referred to a committee of the Senate and a committee of the House of Commons that may be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing the provisions.

    • Report

      (2) The committees to which the provisions are referred are to review them and the use of remote proceedings in criminal justice matters and submit reports to the Houses of Parliament of which they are committees, including statements setting out any changes to the provisions that they recommend.