Contraventions Regulations (SOR/96-313)

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SCHEDULE I.1(Sections 1 to 4)Canada Shipping Act, 2001

PART I

Canada Shipping Act, 2001

Item	Provision of Canada Shipping Act, 2001	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	129(1)	Failing to report running down, movement, damaging or destruction of aid to navigation	500
2	129(2)	Failing to report uncharted hazard to navigation or missing, out of position or malfunctioning aid to navigation	500
3	148(b)	Failing, after a collision, to give name of vessel or name and address of authorized representative to master or person in charge of other vessel	250
4	155(1)(a)	(a) Failing to report possession of wreck to receiver of wreck when owner of wreck unknown	400
4	155(1)(a)	(b) Failing to provide information or documents requested by receiver of wreck	400
5	155(1)(b)	Failing to take measures directed by receiver of wreck	400
6	157	(a) Possessing unreported wreck	400
		(b) Concealing unreported wreck	400
		(c) Destroying unreported wreck	400
		(d) Selling unreported wreck	400
7	187	Discharging a prescribed pollutant	250
8	196(5)(a)	Failing to give officer or inspector reasonable assistance — owner, person in charge or person on board pleasure craft	250
9	196(5)(b)	Failing to produce document or information to officer or inspector — Owner, person in charge or person on board pleasure craft	250
10	197(2)	Selling pleasure craft in the course of a commercial enterprise without required plate or label	500
11	198(2)	Failing to give officer or inspector reasonable assistance — importer, manufacturer or vendor of pleasure craft or owner or person in charge of place where pleasure craft is located	500
12	198(2)	Failing to produce document or information to officer or inspector — importer, manufacturer or vendor of pleasure craft or owner or person in charge of place where pleasure craft is located	500
13	202(1)	(a) Operating unlicensed pleasure craft — owner	250
13	202(1)	(b) Permitting operation of unlicensed pleasure craft — owner	250
14	202(2)	(a) Operating pleasure craft without transferring licence — new owner	250
14	202(2)	(b) Permitting operation of pleasure craft without transferring licence — new owner	250
15	204	(a) Operating licensed pleasure craft on which licence number not marked and maintained in the specified form and manner	100
15	204	(b) Permitting operation of licensed pleasure craft on which licence number not marked and maintained in the specified form and manner	100
16	205	(a) Defacing licence number on pleasure craft	250
		(b) Altering licence number on pleasure craft	250
		(c) Concealing licence number on pleasure craft	250
		(d) Removing licence number on pleasure craft	250

PART I.1[Repealed, SOR/2010-15, s. 2]

PART I.2

Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations

Item	Provision of Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	2(1)	Operating vessel where prohibited	200
2	2(2)	Operating power-driven or electrically propelled vessel where prohibited	200
3	2(3)	Operating power-driven vessel or electrically propelled vessel that has an aggregate maximum power greater than 7.5 kW where prohibited	200
4	2(4)	Operating power-driven or electrically propelled vessel with more engine power than maximum specified	200
5	2(5)	Operating power-driven or electrically propelled vessel over maximum speed specified	200
6	2(6)	Operating power-driven or electrically propelled vessel for the purpose of towing a person on any water sport equipment, or allowing a person to wake surf, outside permitted hours	200
7	2(7)	Operating power-driven vessel at a speed over 10 km/h within 30 m of shore in specified waters	200
8	5	Placing sign restricting vessel operation	250
9	6(2)(b)	Failing to maintain sign in required form	250
9.1	7	Failing to remove unauthorized sign	250
9.2	8(1)	Failing to ensure sign is in proper form	250
9.3	10(a)	Removing authorized sign	250
10	10(b)	(a) Altering authorized sign	250
		(b) Concealing authorized sign	250
		(c) Damaging authorized sign	250
		(d) Destroying authorized sign	250
11	10(c)	Using authorized sign or support erected for authorized sign as mooring	250
11.1	11(1)	Holding event or activity in prescribed waters that interferes with safe and efficient navigation	250
11.2	11(2)	Holding event or activity in prescribed waters without permit	500
11.3	11(3)	Holding event or activity during which speed limit exceeded in prescribed waters without permit	500
11.4	14(1)	Anchoring in False Creek without permit longer than 8 hours during day or outside permitted hours	250
11.5	15(1)	Operating vessel in an unsafe manner	500
11.6	15(2)	Operating vessel in a manner that interferes with an event or activity	250
12	19	Allowing a person under 12 years of age to operate a pleasure craft with engine power greater than 7.5 kW	250
13	20	(a) Operating a pleasure craft with more than 30 kW engine power — person under 16 years of age	100
13	20	(b) Allowing a person under 16 years of age to operate a pleasure craft with more than 30 kW engine power	250
14	21	(a) Operating a personal watercraft — person under 16 years of age	100
14	21	(b) Allowing a person under 16 years of age to operate a personal watercraft	250

PART I.3

Private Buoy Regulations

Item	Provision of Private Buoy Regulations	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	3	(a) Place a private buoy that interferes with navigation	100
		(b) Place a private buoy that is likely to interfere with navigation	100
		(c) Place a private buoy that misleads operator of vessel	200
		(d) Place a private buoy likely to mislead operator of vessel	200
2	4(1)(a)	Place a private buoy that does not show the required dimensions above the water	50
3	4(1)(b)	Place a private buoy without displaying “PRIV” in the required manner	50
4	4(1)(c)	Place a private buoy that does not comply with the requirements set out in Canadian Aids to Navigation	50
5	4(1)(d)	Place a private buoy that does not display required information in the required manner	50
6	4(1)(e)	(a) Place a private buoy not constructed in a manner that ensures requirements are met	50
		(b) Place a private buoy not maintained in a manner that ensures requirements are met	50
		(c) Place a private buoy not constructed with materials that ensure requirements are met	50
		(d) Place a private buoy not maintained with materials that ensure requirements are met	50
7	4(1)(f)	(a) Place a private buoy with anchor not constructed in a manner that ensures anchor remains in position	50
		(b) Place a private buoy with anchor not maintained in a manner that ensures anchor remains in position	50
		(c) Place a private buoy with anchor not constructed with materials that ensure anchor remains in position	50
8	6	(a) Place a private buoy equipped with a light that fails to remain lit throughout the night	100
8	6	(b) Place a private buoy equipped with a light that does not meet the requirements of the Canadian Aids to Navigation	100

PART II

Small Vessel Regulations

Item	Provision of Small Vessel Regulations	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	3 and 5(1)(a)	(a) Operating vessel with safety equipment not in good working order	200
1	3 and 5(1)(a)	(b) Permitting person to operate vessel with safety equipment not in good working order	200
2	3 and 5(1)(b)	(a) Operating vessel with safety equipment not readily accessible and available for immediate use	200
2	3 and 5(1)(b)	(b) Permitting person to operate vessel with safety equipment not readily accessible and available for immediate use	200
3	3 and 5(1)(c)	(a) Operating vessel with safety equipment not maintained or replaced in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions or recommendations	200
3	3 and 5(1)(c)	(b) Permitting person to operate vessel with safety equipment not maintained or replaced in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions or recommendations	200
4	3 and 7(1)	(a) Operating vessel with life-saving appliance not bearing a mark or label indicating approval by the Minister	200
4	3 and 7(1)	(b) Permitting person to operate vessel with life-saving appliance not bearing a mark or label indicating approval by the Minister	200
5	9	Altering personal flotation device or lifejacket in a way that compromises its original structural integrity or diminishes the integrity or readability of its markings	200
6	10(1)	(a) Failing to wear personal flotation device or lifejacket in open vessel if device or lifejacket is of inflatable type	200
6	10(1)	(b) Failing to wear personal flotation device or lifejacket on deck or in cockpit of vessel that is not open if device or lifejacket is of inflatable type	200
7	3 and 10(3)	(a) Operating personal watercraft without all required personal flotation devices or lifejackets on board being inherently buoyant	200
7	3 and 10(3)	(b) Permitting person to operate personal watercraft without all required personal flotation devices or lifejackets on board being inherently buoyant	200
8	101(a)	(a) Operating pleasure craft that is not licensed	250
8	101(a)	(b) Permitting person to operate pleasure craft that is not licensed	250
9	101(b)	(a) Operating pleasure craft without copy of licence on board	250
9	101(b)	(b) Permitting person to operate pleasure craft without copy of licence on board	250
10	101(c)	(a) Operating pleasure craft if owner’s name and address on licence are not accurate	250
10	101(c)	(b) Permitting person to operate pleasure craft if owner’s name and address on licence are not accurate	250
11	110	(a) Owner operating pleasure craft marked with a number that could be confused with a licence number or registration number	250
11	110	(b) Owner permitting person to operate pleasure craft marked with a number that could be confused with a licence number or registration number	250
12	201	Operator of a pleasure craft failing to take all reasonable steps to ensure safety of craft and of persons on board	300
13	3 and 204(a)	(a) Operating non-human-powered pleasure craft without personal flotation device or lifejacket of appropriate size for each person on board	200 plus 100 for each additional device or lifejacket missing
13	3 and 204(a)	(b) Permitting person to operate non-human-powered pleasure craft without personal flotation device or lifejacket of appropriate size for each person on board	200 plus 100 for each additional device or lifejacket missing
14	3 and 204(b)	(a) Operating non-human-powered pleasure craft without reboarding device on board	200
14	3 and 204(b)	(b) Permitting person to operate non-human-powered pleasure craft without reboarding device on board	200
15	3 and 204(c)	(a) Operating non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed additional personal life-saving appliances on board	200
15	3 and 204(c)	(b) Permitting person to operate non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed additional personal life-saving appliances on board	200
16	3 and 205	(a) Operating non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed visual signals on board	200
16	3 and 205	(b) Permitting person to operate non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed visual signals on board	200
17	3 and 206	(a) Operating non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed vessel safety equipment on board	200
17	3 and 206	(b) Permitting person to operate non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed vessel safety equipment on board	200
18	3 and 207	(a) Operating non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed navigation equipment on board	200
18	3 and 207	(b) Permitting person to operate non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed navigation equipment on board	200
19	3 and 208	(a) Operating non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed firefighting equipment on board	200 plus 100 for each additional piece of equipment missing
19	3 and 208	(b) Permitting person to operate non-human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed firefighting equipment on board	200 plus 100 for each additional piece of equipment missing
20	3 and 209(1)	(a) Operating human-powered pleasure craft without personal flotation device or lifejacket of appropriate size for each person on board	200 plus 100 for each additional device or lifejacket missing
20	3 and 209(1)	(b) Permitting person to operate human-powered pleasure craft without personal flotation device or lifejacket of appropriate size for each person on board	200 plus 100 for each additional device or lifejacket missing
21	3 and 209(2)	(a) Operating human-powered pleasure craft in whitewater with personal flotation device or lifejacket that is not inherently buoyant	200 plus 100 for each additional device or lifejacket of inappropriate type
21	3 and 209(2)	(b) Permitting person to operate human-powered pleasure craft in whitewater with personal flotation device or lifejacket that is not inherently buoyant	200 plus 100 for each additional device or lifejacket of inappropriate type
22	3 and 210	(a) Operating human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed life-saving appliances on board	200
22	3 and 210	(b) Permitting person to operate human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed life-saving appliances on board	200
23	3 and 211	(a) Operating human-powered pleasure craft without prescribed vessel safety and navigation equipment on board	200
23	3 and 211	(b) Permitting person to operate human powered pleasure craft without prescribed vessel safety and navigation equipment on board	200
24	604(1) or 721(1)	Installing fuel-burning appliance or system on vessel without conforming to recommended practices and standards	250
25	604(3) or 721(3)	Installing fuel-burning appliance or system that uses gaseous fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas or naphtha on vessel in a manner that permits ingress or trapping of the fuel or vapours below deck	250
26	605 or 723	(a) Installing fuel tank or fuel system on vessel in a manner that permits leakage or spillage of fuel	250
26	605 or 723	(b) Maintaining fuel tank or fuel system on vessel in a manner that permits leakage or spillage of fuel	250
27	607 or 722	(a) Installing below deck on vessel a gasoline-fuelled inboard engine without the carburetor or throttle body fuel injector being fitted with a flame arrestor	250
27	607 or 722	(b) Enclosing by boxing on vessel a gasoline-fuelled inboard engine without the carburetor or throttle body fuel injector being fitted with a flame arrestor	250
28	717(4)	Builder, manufacturer, rebuilder or importer of a vessel failing to provide end user or reseller with document setting out design limitations	250
29	801(4)(a)	Builder, manufacturer, rebuilder or importer of a vessel not fitted with a compliance notice failing to provide owner with compliance notice	250
30	801(4)(b)	(a) Builder, manufacturer, rebuilder or importer of a vessel fitted with an inaccurate compliance notice failing to inform Minister	250
30	801(4)(b)	(b) Builder, manufacturer, rebuilder or importer of a vessel fitted with an inaccurate compliance notice failing to provide owner with accurate compliance notice	250
31	803(2)	Builder, manufacturer, rebuilder or importer of a vessel failing to provide declaration of conformity to reseller or end user and to Minister	250
32	803(4)	Reseller of a vessel failing to provide a declaration of conformity to another reseller or end user	250
33	810(a)	(a) Remove or alter a compliance notice on a vessel	350
33	810(a)	(b) Remove or alter a builder’s plate on a personal watercraft	350
34	810(b)	Defacing a compliance notice	350
35	810(c)	Unlawfully attaching a notice, plate or label to vessel that indicates vessel meets the construction requirements	350
36	810(d)	Attaching to vessel a compliance notice that contains untrue information	500
37	901	Person who operates or permits another person to operate a vessel failing to ensure that it is marked with hull serial number	250
38	902(1)	(a) Altering hull serial number	350
		(b) Defacing hull serial number	350
		(c) Removing hull serial number	350
39	903(2)	Builder, manufacturer or rebuilder of a vessel failing to permanently mark hull serial number on hull of vessel before first sale to reseller or end user	250
40	903(3)	Importer of a vessel failing to ensure a hull serial number is permanently marked on hull of vessel before first sale to reseller or end user	250
41	903(11)	(a) Builder, manufacturer, rebuilder or importer of a vessel failing to provide owner with hull serial number on a plate or label on request	350
41	903(11)	(b) Builder, manufacturer, rebuilder or importer of a vessel failing to permanently mark hull serial number on vessel on request	350
42	903(13)	Builder, manufacturer or rebuilder of a vessel using the same hull serial number on more than one vessel	500
43	1000(1)	(a) Operating power-driven vessel without a muffler that is in good working order	250
43	1000(1)	(b) Permitting person to operate power-driven vessel without a muffler that is in good working order	250
44	1000(2)	(a) Operating vessel with a muffler cut-out or by-pass that is not visibly disconnected	500
44	1000(2)	(b) Permitting person to operate vessel with a muffler cut-out or by-pass that is not visibly disconnected	500
45	1001	Starting gasoline-powered vessel without operating engine space blower for at least four minutes immediately before starting engine	250
46	1002(1)	Permitting leakage of fuel within or from vessel	500
47	1002(2)	Permitting fuel or oil to be discharged from vessel	500
48	1002(3)(a)	Fuelling vessel equipped with a portable fuel tank while dockside or beached without first removing the tank from the vessel	250
49	1002(3)(b)	Fuelling vessel equipped with a fixed fuel tank while dockside or beached unless person fuelling is only person on board	250
50	1002(4)	Fuelling vessel equipped with a fixed fuel tank without switching off all electrical equipment, closing all doors, windows and ports, shutting off all engines and extinguishing all open flames	250
51	1002(5)	Carrying gaseous fuel, naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas or compressed natural gas on vessel that is carrying passengers	250
52	1002(6)	Carrying fuel on board vessel in a portable container not designed for fuel	250
53	1003(a)	Using portable fuel-burning equipment or appliance on vessel other than in a well-ventilated location in an open space or on an open deck	250
54	1003(b)	Failing to secure portable fuel-burning equipment or appliance while in use on vessel	250
55	1003(c)	Failing to store portable fuel-burning equipment or appliance in a well-ventilated location	250
56	1005(1)(a)	(a) Operating vessel to tow a person on water or in air without a person on board other than the operator keeping watch on every person being towed	250
56	1005(1)(a)	(b) Permitting person to operate vessel to tow a person on water or in air without a person on board other than the operator keeping watch on every person being towed	250
57	1005(1)(b)	(a) Operating vessel to tow a person on water or in air without seating space on board for every person being towed	250
57	1005(1)(b)	(b) Permitting person to operate vessel to tow a person on water or in air without seating space on board for every person being towed	250
58	1005(1)(c)	(a) Operating vessel to tow a person on water or in air without a personal flotation device or lifejacket on board for every person being towed	250
58	1005(1)(c)	(b) Permitting person to operate vessel to tow a person on water or in air without a personal flotation device or lifejacket on board for every person being towed	250
59	1005(1)(d)	(a) Operating vessel to tow a person on the water or in the air during periods of restricted visibility or during the period beginning one hour after sunset and ending at sunrise	250
59	1005(1)(d)	(b) Permitting person to operate vessel to tow a person on the water or in the air during periods of restricted visibility or during the period beginning one hour after sunset and ending at sunrise	250
60	1006(a)	Towing oneself by vessel operated with a remote control	350
61	1006(b)	Operating propeller-driven surfboard-type vessel	350
62	1007	Operating vessel in a careless manner, without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons	350

PART III

Collision Regulations

Item	Rule of Schedule 1 to Collision Regulations	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	20(b)	(a) Exhibiting, from sunset to sunrise, light that can be mistaken for prescribed lights	150
		(b) Exhibiting, from sunset to sunrise, light that impairs visibility or distinctive character of prescribed lights	150
		(c) Exhibiting, from sunset to sunrise, light that interferes with keeping of proper look-out	150
2	23(a)(i)	Failing to exhibit masthead light forward on power-driven vessel underway	150
3	23(a)(iii)	Failing to exhibit sidelights on power-driven vessel underway	150
4	23(a)(iv)	Failing to exhibit sternlight on power-driven vessel underway	150
5	25(a)(i)	Failing to exhibit sidelights on sailing vessel underway	150
6	25(a)(ii)	Failing to exhibit sternlight on sailing vessel underway	150
7	25(c)	Exhibiting red and green all-round lights in a vertical line in conjunction with a combined lantern on sailing vessel	150
8	25(e)	Failing to exhibit forward conical shape, apex downward on vessel under sail also propelled by machinery	150
9	27(e)(i)	Failing to exhibit, during diving operations, three all-round lights in vertical line in prescribed manner	150
10	27(e)(ii)	Failing to exhibit, during diving operations, rigid replica of International Code flag “A”, visible all-round, in prescribed manner	150
11	30(a)(i)	Failing to exhibit, at anchor, all-round white light or one ball where it can best be seen in fore part	150
12	30(a)(ii)	Failing to exhibit, at anchor, all-round white light at or near stern in prescribed manner	150
13	33(a)	(a) Failing to have prescribed whistle — vessel 12 m or more	150
13	33(a)	(b) Failing to have prescribed bell or other equipment having the same sound characteristics — vessel 20 m or more	150
14	33(b)	Failing to have whistle or efficient sound signal — vessel less than 12 m	150
15	Annex IV, s. 2	(a) Using prescribed distress signal for purpose other than to indicate distress or need of assistance	150
15	Annex IV, s. 2	(b) Using signal that may be confused with prescribed distress signal	150

PART IV

Competency of Operators of Pleasure Craft Regulations

Item	Provision of Competency of Operators of Pleasure Craft Regulations	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	3(1)(a)	Operate a pleasure craft without prescribed competency	250
2	3(1)(b)	Failure to have proof of competency on board a pleasure craft	250
2.1	3(2.1)	Allow a person to operate a pleasure craft without the prescribed competency and proof of competency on board, or who does not benefit from an exception to those requirements to operate a pleasure craft.	250
2.2	[Repealed, SOR/2016-299, s. 6]
3	3(3)	Failure by a non-resident to have on board a proof of residency	250
4	[Repealed, SOR/2016-200, s. 33]

SOR/97-161, s. 2
SOR/97-208, ss. 2 to 6
SOR/97-469, s. 1
SOR/98-254, ss. 1 to 3
SOR/98-255, s. 1
SOR/98-383, ss. 1, 2
SOR/99-257, ss. 1 to 3
SOR/2000-381, ss. 2 to 6, 7(F), 8
err.(E), Vol. 135, No. 8
SOR/2001-517, ss. 2 to 4
SOR/2002-181, ss. 1 to 3
SOR/2004-189, ss. 1 to 14
SOR/2005-111, s. 1(F)
SOR/2009-144, ss. 1 to 3
SOR/2010-15, ss. 1 to 9
SOR/2010-92, s. 1
SOR/2016-200, ss. 32, 33
SOR/2016-299, ss. 4 to 6
SOR/2018-286, s. 11
SOR/2020-86, s. 3
SOR/2021-132, s. 1

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Contraventions Regulations (SOR/96-313)

SCHEDULE I.1(Sections 1 to 4)Canada Shipping Act, 2001

PART I.1[Repealed, SOR/2010-15, s. 2]