Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (S.C. 2001, c. 26)

Marginal note:Carrying excess number of persons

• 110. (1) The master of a vessel shall ensure that the number of persons carried on board is not more than the number of persons authorized to be on board under any certificate issued under this Part or under an international convention or protocol listed in Schedule 1.

• Marginal note:Submerging load lines

  (2) The master of a vessel shall ensure that the applicable load lines on the vessel are not submerged.

• Marginal note:Exception to subsection (1)

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a person carried on board a vessel in pursuance of the obligation on the master to carry shipwrecked or distressed persons.

Marginal note:Compliance with directions

111. Every master shall comply with any direction given to the master by a marine safety inspector to cease any operation or procedure that, in the inspector’s opinion, poses an undue risk because of unsafe conditions.

Marginal note:Information to be sent respecting dangers to navigation

112. If the master of a Canadian vessel encounters dangerous ice, a dangerous derelict or other direct danger to navigation, a tropical storm, winds of a force of 10 or more on the Beaufort scale for which no storm warning has been received or subfreezing air temperatures associated with gale force winds and causing severe ice accretion on the superstructure of the vessel, the master shall give notice to all vessels in the vicinity and the prescribed authorities on shore of the danger.

Marginal note:Carrying out duties and reporting

113. Every crew member on board a vessel shall

• (a) carry out their duties and functions in a manner that does not jeopardize the safety of the vessel or of any person on board;

• (b) report to the master any safety hazards of which they become aware;

• (c) report to the master any change in their circumstances that could affect their ability to carry out their duties and functions safely; and

• (d) comply with lawful directions given by the master.

Marginal note:Compliance with directions

114. Every crew member on board a vessel shall comply with any direction given to them by a marine safety inspector to cease any operation or procedure that, in the inspector’s opinion, poses an undue risk because of unsafe conditions.

Marginal note:Compliance with directions

• 115. (1) Every passenger on board a vessel shall comply with any direction that is given to them by the master or a crew member to carry out the provisions of this Act or the regulations.

• Marginal note:Compliance with direction to leave a vessel

  (2) Every passenger on board a vessel shall comply with a direction to leave the vessel that is given to them by the master before the vessel embarks on a voyage.