Vessel Traffic Services Zones Regulations (SOR/89-98)

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Vessel Traffic Services Zones Regulations

SOR/89-98

CANADA SHIPPING ACT, 2001

Registration 1989-02-09

Regulations Respecting Vessel Traffic Services Zones

P.C. 1989-146 1989-02-09

Whereas, pursuant to section 635.2Footnote * of the Canada Shipping Act, a copy of the proposed Regulations respecting Vessel Traffic Services Zones, substantially in the form annexed hereto, was published in the Canada Gazette Part I, on July 2, 1988 and a reasonable opportunity was thereby afforded to ship owners, masters, seamen and other interested persons to make representations to the Minister of Transport with respect thereto;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to sections 635.15Footnote * and 635.16Footnote * of the Canada Shipping Act, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Regulations respecting Vessel Traffic Services Zones, effective on the day on which sections 73 to 76 of An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act and to amend the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, the Maritime Code Act and the Oil and Gas Production and Conservation Act in consequence thereof, being chapter 7 of the Statutes of Canada, 1987, come into force.

SHORT TITLE

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Vessel Traffic Services Zones Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Canada Shipping Act; (Loi)

“berth”

“berth” includes a wharf, pier, lock, anchorage or mooring buoy; (poste)

“departure manoeuvre”

“departure manoeuvre” means an operation during which a vessel leaves a berth and gets safely under way; (manoeuvre de départ)

“ECAREG”

“ECAREG” means the Eastern Canada Vessel Traffic Services Zone as described in section 4 of the Eastern Canada Vessel Traffic Services Zone Regulations; (ECAREG)

“manoeuvre”

“manoeuvre” means any ship movement, and includes

  • (a) a compass adjustment,

  • (b) the calibration and servicing of navigational aids,

  • (c) a sea trial,

  • (d) a dredging operation, and

  • (e) the laying, picking up and servicing of submarine cables; (manoeuvre)

“marine traffic regulator”

“marine traffic regulator” means a person designated by the Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard pursuant to subsection 562.18(2) of the Act; (régulateur de trafic maritime)

“pollutant”

“pollutant” has the same meaning as in section 654 of the Act; (polluant)

“VTS OFFSHORE”

“VTS OFFSHORE” means the Western Canada Vessel Traffic Services Zones as described in the Annual Edition of Notice to Mariners, TP 390, published by the Department of Transport. (VTS OFFSHORE)

  • SOR/96-214, s. 1.

APPLICATION

  • 3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations apply in respect of

    • (a) every ship 20 metres or more in length;

    • (b) every ship engaged in towing or pushing any vessel or object, other than fishing gear, where

      • (i) the combined length of the ship and any vessel or object towed or pushed by the ship is 45 metres or more in length, or

      • (ii) the length of the vessel or object being towed or pushed by the ship is 20 metres or more in length.

  • (2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of

    • (a) a ship engaged in towing or pushing any vessel or object within a log booming ground;

    • (b) a pleasure yacht that is less than 30 m in length; and

    • (c) a fishing vessel that is less than 24 m in length and not more than 150 tons gross tonnage.

  • SOR/96-214, s. 2.