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S.C.
2001, c. 26 - Table of Contents
Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (
S.C.
2001, c. 26)
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Table of Contents
Canada Shipping Act, 2001
1 -
SHORT TITLE
2 -
INTERPRETATION
5 -
PART 1
GENERAL
5 -
Her Majesty
6 -
Objectives
7 -
Application
9 -
Ministerial Responsibility
10 -
Powers of Ministers
11 -
Inspections by Marine Safety Inspectors and Others
14 -
Authorized Representative
15 -
Adjudicators
16 -
Canadian Maritime Documents
21 -
Other Documents
23 -
General Prohibitions
24 -
Tonnage Measurers
26 -
Marine Technical Review Board
29 -
International Conventions, Protocols and Resolutions
32 -
Incorporation by Reference
34 -
Orders and Directions
35 -
Regulations
36 -
Fees
37 -
Offences and Punishment
41 -
PART 2
REGISTRATION, LISTING AND RECORDING
41 -
Interpretation
42 -
Canadian Register of Vessels and Registrars
46 -
Registration, Listing and Recording
51 -
Application
52 -
Names of Vessels
53 -
Ownership of Vessels
54 -
Certificates
57 -
Marking
58 -
Notifying Chief Registrar
59 -
Maintenance of Register
60 -
Suspension, Cancellation and Reinstatement of Registration
63 -
Custody of Certificates of Registry and Provisional Certificates
64 -
Rights and Obligations
65 -
Mortgages
73 -
Transfers of Vessels or Shares in Vessels
76 -
Entries
77 -
Regulations
78 -
Offences and Punishment
80 -
PART 3
PERSONNEL
80 -
Interpretation
81 -
Application
82 -
Masters
84 -
Stowaways and Other Persons
85 -
Contract of Employment
86 -
Liens and Claims
87 -
Certificates
90 -
Medical or Optometric Information
91 -
Articles of Agreement, Discharge and Record of Sea Service
94 -
Return of Crew Members
96 -
Births and Deaths
98 -
Obligation of Persons Who Provide Crew Members
99 -
Resolution of Disputes
100 -
Regulations
101 -
Offences and Punishment
104 -
PART 4
SAFETY
104 -
Interpretation
105 -
Application
106 -
Authorized Representatives
107 -
Masters
113 -
Crew
115 -
Passengers
116 -
Authorized Representatives, Masters, Crew Members and Other Persons
119 -
Construction of Vessels
120 -
Regulations
121 -
Offences and Punishment
125 -
PART 5
NAVIGATION SERVICES
125 -
Interpretation
126 -
Vessel Traffic Services
128 -
Aids to Navigation
130 -
Search and Rescue
134 -
Sable Island
135 -
Enforcement
136 -
Regulations
137 -
Offences and Punishment
140 -
PART 6
INCIDENTS, ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES
140 -
Interpretation
141 -
Application
142 -
Salvage
142 -
International Convention on Salvage, 1989
143 -
Salvage by Crown Vessels
145 -
Limitation of Time for Salvage Proceedings
146 -
Aircraft
147 -
Rights Not Affected
148 -
Obligations in Case of Collisions
149 -
Inquiry into Causes of Death
150 -
Regulations
151 -
Offences and Punishment
153 -
PART 7
WRECK
153 -
Interpretation
154 -
Designation of Receivers of Wreck
155 -
Found Wreck
160 -
Disposition of Wreck
163 -
Regulations
164 -
Offences and Punishment
165 -
PART 8
POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESPONSE — DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS
165 -
Interpretation
166 -
Application
167 -
Discharges of Oil
169 -
Response Organizations
172 -
Advisory Councils
173 -
Report to Parliament
174 -
Pollution Prevention Officers
177 -
Detention of Vessels
180 -
Response Measures
182 -
Regulations
183 -
Offences and Punishment
185 -
PART 9
POLLUTION PREVENTION — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
185 -
Interpretation
186 -
Application
187 -
Pollution Incidents
189 -
Directions to Vessels
190 -
Regulations
191 -
Offences and Punishment
194 -
PART 10
PLEASURE CRAFT
194 -
Interpretation
195 -
Inspections
200 -
Investigations
201 -
Safe Operation of Pleasure Craft
202 -
Pleasure Craft Licences
207 -
Regulations
208 -
Offences and Punishment
210 -
PART 11
ENFORCEMENT — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
210 -
Interpretation
211 -
Inspections
213 -
Clearance
215 -
Voyage with a Person on Board without Their Consent
216 -
Reporting of Alleged Contraventions
219 -
Investigations
221 -
Analysis and Examination
222 -
Detention of Vessels
225 -
Sale of Vessels
227 -
Foreign Vessels in Contravention of International Conventions
228 -
Administrative Penalties
228 -
Interpretation
229 -
Assurances of Compliance and Notices of Violation
233 -
Choice of Proceedings
234 -
Recovery of Debts
236 -
Rules of Law about Violations
239 -
General Provisions
244 -
Regulations
245 -
Offences and Punishment
247 -
PART 12
MISCELLANEOUS
247 -
Goods
251 -
Stevedoring
252 -
Proof of Offences by Vessels
253 -
Offences
254 -
Due Diligence
255 -
Prohibitions on Conviction
256 -
Summary Conviction Proceedings
257 -
Jurisdiction
259 -
Damage Occasioned by Foreign Vessels
260 -
Defence
261 -
Depositions in Legal Proceedings
262 -
Procedure
268 -
Application of Fines
268.1 -
Crown Liability
269 -
State of War or Armed Conflict
270 -
PART 13
TRANSITIONAL
275 -
PART 14
CONSEQUENTIAL AND COORDINATING AMENDMENTS
275 -
Consequential Amendments
275 -
Bank Act
276 -
Canada Marine Act
280 -
Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act
281 -
Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act
282 -
Canada Transportation Act
283 -
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
284 -
Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act
285 -
Carriage of Goods by Water Act
286 -
Citizenship Act
287 -
Coastal Fisheries Protection Act
289 -
Coasting Trade Act
293 -
Contraventions Act
294 -
Criminal Code
295 -
Crown Liability and Proceedings Act
299 -
Customs Act
300 -
Fisheries Act
303 -
Great Lakes Fisheries Convention Act
304 -
Health of Animals Act
305 -
Canada Labour Code
306 -
Marine Transportation Security Act
307 -
Merchant Seamen Compensation Act
311 -
National Defence Act
312 -
Non-smokers’ Health Act
313 -
Northwest Territories Waters Act
314 -
Nuclear Safety and Control Act
315 -
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act
316 -
Pilotage Act
319 -
Canada Shipping Act
321 -
Yukon Waters Act
322 -
Coordinating Amendments
325 -
PART 15
AMENDMENTS TO THE SHIPPING CONFERENCES EXEMPTION ACT, 1987
331 -
PART 16
AMENDMENTS TO THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999
332 -
PART 17
REPEALS AND COMING INTO FORCE
332 -
Repeals
334 -
Coming into Force
SCHEDULE 1
- INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS — MINISTER OF TRANSPORT
SCHEDULE 2
- INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS — MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS
SCHEDULE 3
- SALVAGE
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2013-06-07
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