Load Line Regulations (SOR/2007-99)
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Regulations are current to 2024-08-18 and last amended on 2023-12-20. Previous Versions
PART 2Diamond Load Lines (continued)
Authorized Representative’s Duties
18 The authorized representative of a vessel that holds a Great Lakes and Inland Waters of Canada Load Line Certificate shall ensure that
(a) the conditions of assignment set out in Part I of Schedule I to the Rules or in Schedule 1, as the case may be, are met;
(b) the vessel is maintained in accordance with the requirements of a classification society;
(c) the vessel is marked as it was required to be marked for the issuance of the certificate or as it may be marked under subsection 17(3);
(d) no material alterations take place in the hull or superstructure of the vessel that would necessitate the assignment of an increased freeboard; and
(e) within three months of each anniversary date of its issuance, the certificate is endorsed by the Minister as meeting the requirements set out in paragraphs (a) to (d).
- SOR/2013-235, s. 20(F)
Seasonal Periods
19 The following seasonal periods apply for the purpose of determining the applicable load line when a vessel is on the inland waters of Canada:
(a) the midsummer season is the period beginning on May 1 and ending on September 15;
(b) the summer seasons are the periods beginning on April 16 and ending on April 30 and beginning on September 16 and ending on September 30;
(c) the intermediate seasons are the periods beginning on April 1 and ending on April 15 and beginning on October 1 and ending on October 31; and
(d) the winter season is the period beginning on November 1 in one year and ending on March 31 in the next year.
Posting of Certificates
20 The authorized representative of a vessel that holds a Great Lakes and Inland Waters of Canada Load Line Certificate shall ensure that the certificate is framed and posted in a conspicuous place on board the vessel.
- SOR/2013-235, s. 21(F)
PART 3Repeals and Coming into Force
Repeals
21 [Repeal]
22 [Repeal]
23 [Repeal]
24 [Repeal]
Coming into Force
Footnote *25 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 2 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, chapter 26 of the Statutes of Canada, 2001, comes into force.
Return to footnote *[Note: Regulations in force July 1, 2007, see SI/2007-65.]
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