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Consolidated Statutes and Regulations Enabling Statute: Canada Shipping Act Small Vessel Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1487) Disclaimer: These documents are not the official versions (more). Full Document for Printing [119K] Search: Small Vessel Regulations Go to Advanced Search Detailed table of contents (Short table)   SMALL VESSEL REGULATIONS   SHORT TITLE   INTERPRETATION   APPLICATION   PROHIBITION   STANDARDS AND APPROVAL   PART I LICENSING OF VESSELS   Application   Vessels to be Licensed   Issue of Licences   Voluntary Licensing   New Licence for Transferred Vessel   Marking of Vessels   Dealer's Licence   Production of Licence   PART II MINIMUM EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PLEASURE CRAFT   Application   Standards   Pleasure Craft not over 6 m in Length   Pleasure Craft over 6 m but not over 8 m in Length   Pleasure Craft over 8 m but not over 12 m in Length   Pleasure Craft over 12 m but not over 20 m in Length   Pleasure Craft over 20 m in Length   Personal Flotation Devices   Exception Regarding Requirement for Personal Flotation Devices and Lifejackets   Exception Regarding Requirement for Bailers and Manual Water Pumps   Exception Regarding Requirement for Distress Equipment   Exception for Racing Canoes, Racing Kayaks and Rowing Shells   Alternative Equipment for Racing-type Pleasure Craft   PART III CONFORMITY PLATES, CAPACITY PLATES AND SINGLE VESSEL PLATES   Interpretation   Application   General Prohibitions and Requirements   Requirement for Conformity Plate   Requirement for Capacity Plate or Single Vessel Plate   Application Procedure for Obtaining Plates   Issuance of Plates   Prohibitions   Application for New Plate after Modification of Pleasure Craft   Hull Identification Number   PART IV REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSENGER CARRYING VESSELS NOT OVER FIVE TONS   Application   Safety Briefing   Not over 5.5 m in Length   Over 5.5 m and not over 8 m in Length   Over 8 m in Length   PART V REQUIREMENTS FOR POWER-DRIVEN VESSELS NOT OVER FIFTEEN TONS THAT DO NOT CARRY PASSENGERS AND ARE NOT PLEASURE CRAFT OR FISHING VESSELS   Application   Not over 5.5 m in Length   Over 5.5 m and not over 8 m in Length   Over 8 m and not over 12 m in Length   Over 12 m in Length   Additional Requirements for Vessels Built or Converted for Pushing or Pulling any Floating Object   PART VI SAFETY PRECAUTIONS   Application   Prohibitions   Engines   Fuelling   Engine Start-up   Fuel-Burning Appliances or Systems   Small Vessel Towing Activities   Remote-Control Vessels and Propeller-driven Surfboards   Prohibition against Careless Operation   PART VII POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS   PART VIII ACCIDENT REPORTING   PART IX OFFENCES AND PENALTIES   SCHEDULE I (s. 9) TONNAGE READY MEASUREMENT FORMULA   For Small Craft Exempt from Registry   Gross Tonnage   Register (Net) Tonnage   Hull   Superstructure   Engine Space   SCHEDULE II   SCHEDULE III (Sections 2, 5 and 16.01) EQUIPMENT STANDARDS   Lifejackets   Life-Saving Cushions   Personal Flotation Devices   Bailers   Lifebuoy Cores   Lifebuoy Material   Lifebuoy Covering   Retro-reflective tape   Lifebuoy Dimensions   Lifebuoy Weight   Lifebuoy Grab Lines   Lifebuoy Strength Test   Lifebuoy Buoyancy   Lifebuoy Inspection   Lifebuoy Approval and Importation   Lifebuoy Lights   Lifebuoy Markings   Fire Extinguishers   TABLE   Pyrotechnic Distress Signals   SCHEDULE IV (Paragraph 9(2)(a)) TONNAGE BY LENGTH OVERALL

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