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CANADA SHIPPING ACT, 2001

Vessels Registry Fees Tariff

SOR/2007-100

VESSELS REGISTRY FEES TARIFF

 

PAYMENT OF FEES

1. A fee prescribed in this Tariff is payable on application for the service.

 

FEES RESPECTING REGISTRATION

2. (1) The fee payable for a service set out in column 1 of the table to this section is the fee set out in column 2.

(2) This section does not apply in respect of vessels that are registered in the small vessel register.

 

TABLE

Item Column 1

Service		 Column 2

Fee ($)
1. For processing an application for the initial registration of a vessel 250
2. If the vessel is not registered within 12 months after the date of the application, for each additional period of 12 months or less until the vessel is registered or the application is cancelled 125
3. For processing an application for the registration of a vessel that was registered in Canada, then registered elsewhere than in Canada and is about to be registered in Canada again and issuing a certificate of registry 250
4. For processing an application for the listing of a
bare-boat charter and issuing a certificate of registry, for each six-month period		 200
5. With respect to suspending the right of a Canadian vessel to fly the Canadian flag while the vessel is shown on the registry of a foreign country as a bare-boat chartered vessel,  
  (a) for suspending the registration 100
  (b) for reinstating the registration 50
6. For issuing a provisional certificate 150
7. For replacing a certificate of registry or provisional certificate 50
8. For amending the Register or a certificate of registry to reflect an alteration to a vessel and issuing a new certificate of registry 100
9. For amending the Register or a certificate of registry to reflect the transfer of the registry of a vessel to a new port of registry and issuing a new certificate of registry 150
10. For issuing a certificate of deletion from the registry 50
11. For amending the Register to reflect a change of ownership of a Canadian vessel or a share in one and issuing a new certificate of registry 150
12. For temporarily recording a vessel that is about to be built or is under construction in Canada 25
13. For registering a mortgage and discharging it 150
14. For amending the Register to reflect the transfer or transmission of a registered mortgage 150
15. For recording a change to the priorities of mortgages or for recording a court injunction or order 50
16. For approving a change in the name of a Canadian vessel and issuing a new certificate of registry 250
17. For witnessing a declaration before a registrar who is a commissioner of oaths 10
18. For historical research respecting the Register that requires searching through various information sources other than the computer database, per request, for each vessel listed under the category  
  (a) non-active vessel 10
  (b) active vessel 5
19. For historical research respecting the Register that requires the use of the computer database, for each side of a two-sided printed page 2
20. For issuing transcripts or abstracts of entries in the Register  
  (a) for each certified copy 50
  (b) for each uncertified copy 20

 

3. (1) The fee payable for registering a vessel or a fleet of vessels in the small vessel register for a five-year period is $50.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of pleasure craft.

(3) For the purposes of this section, "fleet of vessels" means two or more vessels of less than 5 gross tonnage that are owned by the same person and are not

(a) government vessels; or

(b) vessels owned by and in the service of a municipality or in the exclusive possession of a municipality.

 

SERVICES PROVIDED OUT OF HOURS

4. If a service referred to in this Tariff, including the travelling time related to the service, is provided by a registrar during the hours set out in column 1 of an item of the table to this section, the fee payable, in addition to any other fee payable, is the greater of the fee set out in column 2 and the fee set out in column 3 of the item.

TABLE

 

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Item

Hours

Fee per Hour or Fraction of an Hour $

Minimum Fee $

       

1.

between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Monday to Friday, other than on a holiday

70

140

2.

any hour on a Saturday or holiday

70

210

3.

any hour on a Sunday

99

297

 

COMING INTO FORCE

3. This Tariff comes into force on the day on which section 2 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, chapter 26 of the Statutes of Canada, 2001, comes into force.

 

Established by

SOR/2007-100 10 May, 2007 pursuant to paragraph 35(1)(g) of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, comes into force July 1, 2007 (SI/2007-65).
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