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Canada Shipping Act, 2001 ( 2001, c. 26 )
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CANADA SHIPPING ACT, 2001
SHORT TITLE
INTERPRETATION
PART 1: GENERAL
Her Majesty
Objectives
Application
Ministerial Responsibility
Powers of Ministers
Inspections by Marine Safety Inspectors and Others
Authorized Representative
Adjudicators
Canadian Maritime Documents
Other Documents
General Prohibitions
Tonnage Measurers
Marine Technical Review Board
International Conventions, Protocols and Resolutions
Incorporation by Reference
Orders and Directions
Regulations
Fees
Offences and Punishment
PART 2: REGISTRATION, LISTING AND RECORDING
Interpretation
Canadian Register of Vessels and Registrars
Registration, Listing and Recording
Application
Names of Vessels
Ownership of Vessels
Certificates
Marking
Notifying Chief Registrar
Maintenance of Register
Suspension, Cancellation and Reinstatement of Registration
Custody of Certificates of Registry and Provisional Certificates
Rights and Obligations
Mortgages
Transfers of Vessels or Shares in Vessels
Entries
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 3: PERSONNEL
Interpretation
Application
Masters
Stowaways and Other Persons
Contract of Employment
Liens and Claims
Certificates
Medical or Optometric Information
Articles of Agreement, Discharge and Record of Sea Service
Return of Crew Members
Births and Deaths
Obligation of Persons Who Provide Crew Members
Resolution of Disputes
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 4: SAFETY
Interpretation
Application
Authorized Representatives
Masters
Crew
Passengers
Authorized Representatives, Masters, Crew Members and Other Persons
Construction of Vessels
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 5: NAVIGATION SERVICES
Interpretation
Vessel Traffic Services
Aids to Navigation
Search and Rescue
Sable Island
Enforcement
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 6: INCIDENTS, ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES
Interpretation
Application
Salvage
Obligations in Case of Collisions
Inquiry into Causes of Death
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 7: WRECK
Interpretation
Designation of Receivers of Wreck
Found Wreck
Disposition of Wreck
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 8: POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESPONSE — DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS
Interpretation
Application
Discharges of Oil
Response Organizations
Advisory Councils
Report to Parliament
Pollution Prevention Officers
Detention of Vessels
Response Measures
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 9: POLLUTION PREVENTION — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
Interpretation
Application
Pollution Incidents
Directions to Vessels
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 10: PLEASURE CRAFT
Interpretation
Inspections
Investigations
Safe Operation of Pleasure Craft
Pleasure Craft Licences
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 11: ENFORCEMENT — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
Interpretation
Inspections
Clearance
Voyage with a Person on Board without Their Consent
Reporting of Alleged Contraventions
Investigations
Analysis and Examination
Detention of Vessels
Sale of Vessels
Foreign Vessels in Contravention of International Conventions
Administrative Penalties
Regulations
Offences and Punishment
PART 12: MISCELLANEOUS
Goods
Stevedoring
Proof of Offences by Vessels
Offences
Due Diligence
Prohibitions on Conviction
Summary Conviction Proceedings
Jurisdiction
Damage Occasioned by Foreign Vessels
Defence
Depositions in Legal Proceedings
Procedure
Application of Fines
Crown Liability
State of War or Armed Conflict
PART 13: TRANSITIONAL
PART 14: CONSEQUENTIAL AND COORDINATING AMENDMENTS
PART 15: AMENDMENTS TO THE SHIPPING CONFERENCES EXEMPTION ACT, 1987
PART 16: AMENDMENTS TO THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999
PART 17: REPEALS AND COMING INTO FORCE
Repeals
Coming into Force
SCHEDULE 1: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS — MINISTER OF TRANSPORT
SCHEDULE 2: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS — MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS
SCHEDULE 3: SALVAGE
PART 1: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON SALVAGE, 1989
CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II - PERFORMANCE OF SALVAGE OPERATIONS
CHAPTER III - RIGHTS OF SALVORS
CHAPTER IV - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS
CHAPTER V - FINAL CLAUSES
PART 2: CANADA’S RESERVATIONS
Related Information
Coming into Force information
(from the Table of Public Statutes and Responsible Ministers)
Important Notices