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Coast Guard Radio Station Communications Charges Order, 1994 (SOR/94-501)

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Coast Guard Radio Station Communications Charges Order, 1994

SOR/94-501

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT

Registration 1994-07-06

Order Prescribing Charges To Be Paid for Ship/Shore Communications Services Provided by Coast Guard Radio Stations

The Minister of Transport, pursuant to paragraph 19(1)(b)Footnote * of the Financial Administration Act and Order in Council P.C. 1994-641 of April 21, 1994Footnote **, hereby makes the annexed Order prescribing charges to be paid for ship/shore communications services provided by Coast Guard Radio Stations, effective September 1, 1994.

Ottawa, July 6, 1994

DOUGLAS YOUNG
Minister of Transport

Short Title

1 This Order may be cited as the Coast Guard Radio Station Communications Charges Order, 1994.

Interpretation

2 In this Order,

Coast Guard Radio Station

Coast Guard Radio Station means a shore-based radio station operated by the Canadian Coast Guard; (station radio de la Garde côtière)

originator

originator, in the case of a communication transmitted to a ship, includes the landline company from which the communication was received by the Coast Guard Radio Station; (envoyeur)

owner

owner, in respect of a ship, includes the operator of the ship. (propriétaire)

Application

  • 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Order applies to every communication transmitted to a ship by means of a Coast Guard Radio Station or transmitted from a ship to a Coast Guard Radio Station.

  • (2) This Order does not apply to

    • (a) an AMVER report forwarded through a Coast Guard Radio Station; or

    • (b) a communication

      • (i) in respect of an aid to navigation, ice, ice routing, medical advice, pollution, weather, any navigational hazard or the safety of a life, or

      • (ii) addressed to a part of or a member of the Canadian Coast Guard that involves a report of a ship movement, position or condition.

Charges

4 The charge payable for transmitting a communication of the type set out in column I of an item of the schedule for the period of time or number of words set out in column II of that item is

  • (a) as set out in column III of that item, where the communication

    • (i) is transmitted from or to a ship registered in or licensed by Canada, or

    • (ii) is transmitted from Canada; and

  • (b) as set out in column IV of that item, for any other communication.

  • SOR/95-277, s. 1

5 A charge payable pursuant to section 4 shall be paid to the Receiver General for Canada by

  • (a) the originator, where the communication is transmitted to a ship; or

  • (b) the owner of the ship, where the communication is transmitted from a ship.

  • 6 (1) Payment of a charge payable pursuant to paragraph 4(b) shall be made in United States dollars.

  • (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), one United States dollar is equivalent to 2.5374 gold francs.

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