REGULATIONS AND
PUBLICATIONS
March 2012
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Standard
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Standards
• Be aware of the Canada Shipping Act,
Collisions Regulations, Vessel Operation
Restriction Regulations, Pilotage and
Navigation Safety Regulations, harbour rules
and local marine regulations.
• Have knowledge of the Receiver of Wrecks.
• Have sufficient knowledge of the above to
consult and interpret them.
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Canada Shipping Act 2001
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Canada Shipping Act 2001
• This is the overarching marine legislation,
under which regulations are made, and has
been in force since 2007.
• It is as the principal legislation governing
safety in marine transportation and
recreational boating, as well as protection of
the marine environment.
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Canada Shipping Act 2001
• It applies to Canadian vessels operating in all
waters and to all vessels operating in
Canadian waters (from canoes and kayaks to
cruise ships and tankers).
• It may be found at:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/ActsRegulations/acts/2001c26/menu.htm
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Regulations
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Collision Regulations
• International Regulations for Preventing
Collision at Sea 1972 plus Canadian
Modifications
• Defines how vessels should act to prevent
collision, and what action must be taken
when risk of collision exists.
• A copy is to be found under Training Materials
on the CCGA-P web site.
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Port Regulations
• Port Regulations
• Most commercial ports of any size have their
own regulations, as will naval ports such as
Esquimalt.
• A few examples web sites are listed below.
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Port Regulations
• Nanaimo
• http://canadagazette.gc.ca/archives/p1/1999/
1999-06-26/html/nanaimo-eng.html
• Vancouver
• http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/Libraries/
PORT_USERS_Marine_Operations/harbour_
manual.sflb.ashx
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Port Regulations
• Victoria
http://www.pointhopemaritime.com/pdf/vhts.pdf
This document gives details of the Victoria
Harbour Traffic scheme, detailing rules and
regulations, vessel operation procedures,
collision regulations, and seaplanes
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• These regulations, under the Canada
Shipping Act 2001, regulate the operation of
vessels on specific bodies of water in
Canada.
• These regulations contain schedules that set
out operational restrictions such as speed
limits and maximum horsepower or when and
where certain activities, such as water-skiing,
are permitted.
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• How are restrictions imposed?
• A local group, association or municipality that
wants to implement a restriction should obtain
information about application procedures
from the provincial government authority
designated by the federal government.
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• The request for a restriction requires that the
need for the implementation of a restriction
be assessed and that public consultation be
held at the local level.
• A resolution to adopt a restriction is then
forwarded to the designated provincial
authority which, in turn, applies for federal
approval by Privy Council for inclusion in the
Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations.
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• How are restrictions enforced?
• Once a boating restriction is in place,
compliance is enforced by peace officers at
all levels of government or by any officer
specially appointed by the Minister of
Transport.
• Sanctions are in the form of tickets or
summons.
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• How do you read a restriction sign?
• There are five types of shapes for the
restriction signs.
• The frame colour is international orange.
• Signs with a section with a green border
indicate that a special condition applies to the
restriction (for example, the day/time an
activity is allowed).
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• The symbol on the sign indicates the type of
restriction which applies.
• If the sign is arrow-shaped, the restriction
applies in the direction pointed by the arrow.
• Note: Certain provinces have adopted a
restriction to limit speed to 10 km/h within 30
metres from shore on all waters within their
boundaries, except for:
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
1. water-skiing, where the vessel follows a
trajectory perpendicular to the shore; or
2. within an area designated by buoys as an
area where another speed is permitted; or
3. in rivers of less than 100 m in width; or
4. in waters where another speed is prescribed
under the Regulations.
• This limit is not posted. As of the date of printing, this restriction
applies in the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario and the
inland waters of British Columbia and Nova Scotia.
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• Restriction Signs
• No power vessels
• No internal combustion or steam engine is
permitted
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• Restriction Signs
• Power limit
• Standardized speed limit (normally
5,10,25,40,55)
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• Restriction Signs
• No skiing
• No regatta
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• Restriction Signs
• No boats
• No power driven vessels in the direction
indicated by the arrow
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Vessel Operation Restriction
Regulations
• Restriction Signs
• No skiing north of the sign
• Combined sign (no skiing and
speed limit)
• No power vessels between the
hours and days in red
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Small Vessel Regulations
• These regulations apply to all small
commercial vessels which are less than 15
gross tons.
• Where passengers are being carried, no
more than 12 are to be on board.
• A pleasure craft is defined as a vessel used
for pleasure and not for a commercial
purpose.
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Small Vessel Regulations
• A passenger is defined as anyone not being
the master, crew, or persons employed on
board, anyone being carried on board as part
of the obligation to carry shipwrecked
persons, or as a guest on board where the
vessel is used exclusively for pleasure and
the guest is carried without remuneration or
any object of profit.
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Competency of Pleasure Craft
Operator Regulations
• The operators of powered pleasure craft need
to have an approved qualification to operate
their craft in canadian waters.
• This may consist of proff of having attended a
safe boating course prior ro 1999, a Pleasure
Craft Operators Certificate, or superior
Transport Canada approved commercial
certification.
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Annual Notice To Mariners
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Annual Notice To Mariners
• These contain information on:
• Aids to navigation
• Marine mammal guidelines and marine
protected areas
• Ice navigation
• Fishing activity
• Navigation safety
• Charts and publications
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Annual Notice To Mariners
• Obstructions
• Oil and gas exploration and exploitation
• Pilotage services
• Marine communications and traffic services
• Search and rescue
• Marine occurrences
• Military notices
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Annual Notice To Mariners
• General information
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Receiver of Wreck
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Receiver of Wreck
• (Navigable Waters Protection Program 1877-842-5606)
• The Receiver of Wreck is an officer of
Transport Canada, designated under the
Canada Shipping Act 2001.
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Receiver of Wreck
• The Receiver of Wreck acts as the custodian
of found and recovered wreck. This involves
researching ownership and working with the
finder/salvor, owner, archaeologists,
museums, and other interested parties.
• If no owner is found, the Receiver of Wreck
may dispose of the wreck or award the wreck
in whole or in part to the salvor.
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Receiver of Wreck
• What is Wreck?
• ‘Wreck' can be a vessel of any description, an
aircraft, or part of a vessel or aircraft that
floats, sinks to the bottom or lands ashore.
• It also includes cargo or personal belongings
of the crew or shipwrecked people.
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Receiver of Wreck
• Wreck is sometimes referred to in the
following terms.
 Flotsam are goods lost from a vessel which
are recoverable because they have floated.
 Jetsam are goods cast overboard (jettisoned)
in order to lighten a vessel.
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Receiver of Wreck
• Derelict is property which has been
abandoned and deserted in waters by those
who were in charge without any hope of
recovering it. This includes vessels and
cargo.
 Lagan (or ligan) are goods cast overboard
and buoyed so that they can be recovered
later.
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Receiver of Wreck
• any other thing that was part of or was on a
vessel wrecked, stranded or in distress.
 aircraft wrecked in waters and anything that
was part of or was on an aircraft wrecked,
stranded or in distress in waters.
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Salvaging a Wreck
• If you find a wreck and are not the owner, you
must report it to the Receiver of Wreck in that
region as soon as possible.
• Because this is often misunderstood, it is
important to note that finding wreck does not
necessarily give you the right to salvage it,
nor does it give you ownership rights.
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Salvaging a Wreck
• Not reporting wreck to the Receiver of Wreck
is an offence and the person committing the
offence is liable to a fine up to $100,000
and/or imprisonment up to a year.
• Consult a Navigable Waters Protection
Program officer will help to determine what
action can be taken.
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