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CANADA SHIPPING ACT

Aids to Navigation Protection Regulations

CRC, Vol. XV, c. 1403



REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE PROTECTION OF AIDS TO NAVIGATION

 

Short Title

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Aids to Navigation Protection Regulations.

 

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations,

 

"aids to navigation"

«aide à la navigation» 

"aids to navigation" means a buoy, beacon, lighthouse, lightship or any other structure or device installed, built or maintained for the purpose of assisting the navigation of vessels.

 

General

3. (1) The person in charge of a vessel or tow that runs down, moves, damages or destroys an aid to navigation shall report the fact as soon as is practicable to the nearest Regional Director General or District Manager of the Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Transport.

(2) Every person who fails to comply with subsection (1) is liable to a fine of $200.

 

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CANADA SHIPPING ACT IS NOW CHAPTER S-9 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF CANADA, 1985.

amended by

SOR/90-737 25 October, 1990 pursuant to section 519 of the Canada Shipping Act

Sections 3 and 4.

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