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CANADA SHIPPING ACTCrew Accommodation RegulationsCRC, Vol. XV, c. 1418
REGULATIONS RESPECTING CREW ACCOMMODATION IN CANADIAN SHIPS
Short Title1. These Regulations may be cited as the Crew Accommodation Regulations.
Interpretation2. In these Regulations, "Act" « Loi » "Act" means the Canada Shipping Act;
"apprentice" « apprenti » "apprentice" includes a cadet and a midshipman;
"Board" « Bureau » "Board" means the Board of Steamship Inspection;
"crew" « équipage » "crew" means the officers, seamen and apprentices of a ship;
"inspector" « inspecteur » "inspector" means a steamship inspector appointed under the Act;
"new ship" « navire neuf » "new ship" means
"sanitary accommodation" « installations sanitaires » "sanitary accommodation" means washing accommodation and accommodation containing water closets or urinals;
"sleeping room" « poste de couchage » "sleeping room" does not include a hospital ward. Applications and Exemptions3. (1) These Regulations apply to every ship required to be registered under the Act other than a fishing vessel, a pleasure yacht or a ship that is used for pulling or pushing any floating object. (2) The Board, or any inspector authorized by the Board, may, if it is considered appropriate to do so in the circumstances, exempt from the requirements of these Regulations
Protection of Crew Accommodation4. The crew accommodation in every ship and the means of access to and egress from shall be constructed and arranged so as to provide to the greatest extent practicable for
Lighting5. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), every part of the crew accommodation of a ship other than pantries, laundries, drying rooms, lockers and store rooms shall be properly lighted by natural light. (2) Where, in any space in a passenger steamer or in a ship engaged in the whaling or sealing industry, it is impracticable to provide proper natural light, natural light is not required if adequate electric light is always available in that space. (3) A ship may be exempted from the requirement of subsections (1) and (2) in respect of sanitary accommodation and passageways to the extent that it is considered that compliance therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances. (4) The natural lighting of a sleeping room, mess room, recreation room or hospital ward is sufficient for the purposes of this section if it is sufficient to enable a person of normal vision to read a newspaper at any point in the room, being a point available for free movement, during daylight and in clear weather. 6. (1) In each ship an electrical system and an efficient alternative system of lighting or source of electric power shall be installed each of which shall be capable of providing adequate lighting in every part of the crew accommodation. (2) The electric lights shall be so arranged as to provide maximum benefit to the crew and shall include one reading light fitted at the head of each bed in a sleeping room or hospital ward, which light
(3) A ship under 500 tons may be exempted from the requirements of section 5 and this section to the extent that
(4) For the purpose of this section, the electric lighting of a space is adequate if, when the lamps and paintwork are new, the illumination at a height of 840 mm above the floor at every point midway between
is in accordance with the following table, subject to a tolerance of ten per cent. Table
Ventilation7. (1) The enclosed parts of the crew accommodation of a ship shall be ventilated by a system that will maintain the air therein in a state of purity adequate for the health and comfort of the crew. (2) The ventilation system referred to in subsection (1) shall be capable of being so controlled as to ensure a sufficiency of air movement under all conditions of weather and climate to which the ship is likely to be subjected during the voyages on which it is intended to be engaged and shall be additional to any side scuttles, skylights, companionways, doors or other apertures not intended solely for ventilation. (3) Every enclosed space forming part of the crew accommodation, being a space not ventilated by a tranced mechanical ventilation system, shall be provided with a natural system of inlet and exhaust ventilation. (4) Every inlet ventilator forming part of the system referred to in subsection (1) being a ventilator situated in the open air, shall be of a cowl or other equally efficient type and shall be so situated that, as far as is practicable, it is not screened from the wind in any direction. (5) No ventilator shall be situated directly over a doorway, stairway or exhaust opening. (6) In spaces containing water closets, there shall be provided adequate natural ventilation regardless of any mechanical ventilation fitted therein, except that in a space containing one water closet for the use of not more than two persons, natural ventilation may be omitted if an adequate system of mechanical exhaust ventilation is fitted. (7) The sectional area of every part of an inlet and exhaust system, other than a part serving only a drying room or locker, shall be
(8) The effective area of the inlet and exhaust system serving each space shall be
capable of being adjusted from fully open to a minimum of 1 935 mm2 for each person likely
to use the space at any one time. Drainage8. (1) Efficient drainage by pipes or channels shall be provided for every part of the crew accommodation situated on an open deck wherever such drainage is necessary for clearing water shipped from the sea. (2) There shall be no drainage from any source that is not sanitary accommodation into sanitary accommodation forming part of the crew accommodation. (3) Every space appropriated for use as sanitary accommodation shall be served by one or more scuppers that do not serve any space other than sanitary accommodation. (4) The scuppers referred to in subsection (3) shall be at least 50 mm in diameter and shall, subject to subsection (3), be situated wherever water is likely to collect on the floor of the space. (5) No scupper shall be required in any washing accommodation that is for the sole use
of one person. Measuring and Marking9. (1) Subject to subsection (2), every sleeping room forming part of the accommodation for seamen or apprentices in any ship over 300 tons, net registered tonnage, and for which a deduction from tonnage is to be authorized, shall have
(2) In estimating the size of a sleeping room for any seamen and apprentices under subsection (1), the space occupied by any mess room, bathroom or washroom appropriated exclusively for the use of those seamen and apprentices may be taken into account to such extent as does not reduce the actual space in which those men sleep to less than
(3) The sleeping spaces appropriated for officers and crew shall not be certified to accommodate a larger number of seamen than the number for whom beds are provided at the time of measurement. (4) Parts of a space that do not form reasonable accommodation for the men shall not be included in the measurement of crew space and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, there shall not be included in the measurement of the crew space
Deductions from Registered Tonnage10. A deduction from the registered tonnage of a ship for crew accommodation shall not
be authorized unless appropriate and properly constructed toilet accommodation is provided
for the use of the crew. Non-deductible Space11. In the measurement of a ship for the purpose of ascertaining her registered tonnage, no deduction shall be allowed for
Inspection12. (1) The crew accommodation in every ship shall be inspected by an inspector whenever
(2) A complaint referred to in subsection (1) shall
Fees13. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the fee payable by the master of a ship for an inspection, and for travelling time related to the inspection, that is made pursuant to subsection 12(1) and carried out during the hours set out in column I of an item of the table to this subsection is the greater of the fees set out in columns II and III of that item. Table
(1.1) Where the inspection and travelling time occur during hours that are set out in column I of more than one item of the table to subsection (1), the fee payable is the aggregate of the fees determined in respect of each applicable item. (2) No fee shall be payable for an inspection made
Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978. amended by SOR/78-77 24 January, 1978 pursuant to section 231 of the Canada Shipping Act Paragraph 6(2)(b); subsection 6(4); paragraphs 7(7)(a) and (b); subsection 7(8); subsection 8(4); paragraphs 9(1)(a) and (b); paragraphs 9(2)(a) and (b); and paragraph 9(4)(d). PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CANADA SHIPPING ACT IS NOW CHAPTER S-9 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF CANADA, 1985. SOR/94-339 5 May, 1994 pursuant to section 231 of the Canada Shipping Act, effective June 1, 1994 Subsection 13(1). SOR/95-268 6 June, 1995 pursuant to paragraph 231(1)(d)of the Canada Shipping Act, effective July 1, 1995 Subsection 13(1). SOR/97-386 28 July, 1997 pursuant to subsections 38(2) and 47(1), section 53, subsection 83(1), paragraphs 94(f) and 231 (1)(d) and subsection 408(4) of the Canada Shipping Act, in force on July 28, 1997 The heading of column III of the table to subsection 13(1) and subsection 13(1.1) is added. SOR/98-123 19 February, 1998 pursuant to paragraph 231(1)(d), section 314, subsections 338(1) and 339(1), sections 342, 389 and 408, subsections 562(2) to (4) and 562.1(1) and sections 656 to 658 of the Canada Shipping Act, into force February 19, 1998 Subsection 13(1). |
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