Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Garbage Pollution Prevention Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations,

Canadian waters

Canadian waters means the territorial sea of Canada and all internal waters of Canada; (eaux canadiennes)

discharge

discharge includes, but not so as to limit its meaning, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, throwing or dumping; (déversement)

garbage

garbage means solid galley waste, food waste, paper, rags, plastics, glass, metal, bottles, crockery, junk or similar refuse; (ordures)

ship

ship includes every description of vessel used in navigation and not propelled by oars. (navire)

Prescription of a Pollutant

3 For the purposes of Part XV of the Canada Shipping Act, garbage is a prescribed pollutant.

Prohibition

• 4 (1) No ship shall discharge garbage into any of the following waters:

  • (a) Canadian waters south of the 60th parallel of north latitude;

  • (b) Canadian waters north of the 60th parallel of north latitude that are not within a shipping safety control zone prescribed pursuant to the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act; and

  • (c) fishing zones of Canada described in section 16 of the Oceans Act and prescribed in regulations made under paragraph 25(b) of that Act.

• (2) No person shall discharge or permit the discharge of garbage from a ship into any of the waters described in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c).