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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
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

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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 TRANSPORT AND
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS
Interpretation
Application
Discharges of Oil
Response Organizations
Advisory Councils
Report to Parliament

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Pollution Prevention Officers and Pollution Response 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

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SCHEDULE 1 : INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS MINISTER OF

TRANSPORT
SCHEDULE 2 : INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS MINISTER OF FISHERIES
AND OCEANS
SCHEDULE 3 : SALVAGE

Related Information
Amendments not in Force

Related Regulations
Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations
Anchorage Regulations
Ballast Water Control and Management Regulations
Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees
Boat and Fire Drill and Means of Exit Regulations
Boating Restriction Regulations [Repealed]
Burlington Canal Regulations
Cargo, Fumigation and Tackle Regulations
Certain Areas Covered With Water Proclaimed Public Harbours Effective January 1, 1980
Charts and Nautical Publications Regulations, 1995
Classed Ships Inspection Regulations, 1988
Collision Regulations
Competency of Operators of Pleasure Craft Regulations
Crew Accommodation Regulations
Eastern Canada Vessel Traffic Services Zone Regulations
Environmental Response Arrangements Regulations
Fire Detection and Extinguishing Equipment Regulations
Home-Trade, Inland and Minor Waters Voyages Regulations
Hull Construction Regulations
Hull Inspection Regulations
Large Fishing Vessel Inspection Regulations
Life Saving Equipment Regulations
Load Line Regulations
Marine Machinery Regulations
Marine Personnel Regulations
Minor Waters Order
Navigation Safety Regulations
Pollutant Discharge Reporting Regulations, 1995
Port Wardens Tariff
Private Buoy Regulations
Regulations Excluding Certain Government Ships from the Application of the Canada Shipping
Act
Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and for Dangerous Chemicals
Response Organizations and Oil Handling Facilities Regulations
Sable Island Regulations
Safe Working Practices Regulations
Safety Management Regulations
Ship Radio Inspection Fees Regulations
Ship Station (Radio) Regulations, 1999
Ship Station (Radio) Technical Regulations, 1999
Shipping Casualties Reporting Regulations
Ships Elevator Regulations
Small Fishing Vessel Inspection Regulations
Small Vessel Regulations
Special-purpose Vessels Regulations
St. Clair and Detroit River Navigation Safety Regulations

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Tackle Regulations
Tariff of Fees of Shipping Masters
Towboat Crew Accommodation Regulations
Vessel Certificates Regulations
Vessel Clearance Regulations
Vessel Detention Orders Review Regulations
Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations
Vessel Registration and Tonnage Regulations
Vessel Traffic Services Zones Regulations
Vessels Registry Fees Tariff
VHF Radiotelephone Practices and Procedures Regulations
Last updated: 2010-03-15

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