Interpretation Flashcards
Act
Means the Canada shipping act 2001
Air cushion vessel
means a vessel designed so that the whole or a significant part of its weight can be supported, whether at rest or in motion, by a continuously generated cushion of air dependent for its effectiveness on the proximity of the vessel to the surface over which it operates.
Annex
means an annex to Schedule 1
Approved signal
means a distress signal recognized internationally by organizations concerned with radiocommunications and maritime safety.
Barge
means a non-self-propelled barge, scow, dredge, pile-driver, hopper, pontoon or houseboat
Board
means the Marine Technical Review Board established by section 26 of the Act
Canadian ODAS
means an ODAS which is owned by
(a) a person who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada; or
(b) the Government of Canada, the government of a province, a corporation resident in Canada or a Canadian university
Canadian pleasure craft
means a pleasure craft that is
(a) licensed in Canada; or
(b) principally maintained and operated in Canada and not registered in or licensed or otherwise legally documented by another state
Composite unit
means a pushing vessel and an associated pushed vessel that are rigidly connected and that are designed as a dedicated and integrated tug and barge combination
Direction of traffic flow
means the direction for traffic on a route that is indicated by arrows on a reference chart
Exploration or exploitation vessel
means a vessel capable of engaging in the drilling for, or the production, conservation or processing of, oil or gas
Fishing zones
means the fishing zones described in section 16 of the Oceans Act and prescribed in regulations made under paragraph 25(b) of that Act
Foreign ODAS
means an ODAS that is not a Canadian ODAS
Give way vessel
means a vessel that is required by these Regulations to keep out of the way of another vessel
Great Lakes basin
means Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron (including Georgian Bay), Michigan and Superior, their connecting and tributary waters and the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers and their tributaries as far east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock
IALA
means the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
Inconspicuous, partly submerged vessel or object
means a raft or vessel or any other floating object that is low in the water and is generally difficult to see.
Inshore traffic zone
means a routing measure that is a designated area between the landward boundary of a traffic separation scheme and the adjacent coast that is intended for local traffic
Mile
Means the international nautical mile of 1852 m
Minister
Means the minister of transport
Notice to mariners
means the monthly and annual publication by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to provide marine information
Notice to shipping
Means an urgent release by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to provide marine information
ODAS
means an ocean data acquisition system that consists of any object on or in the water and is designed to collect, store or transmit samples or data relating to the marine environment or the atmosphere or to the uses thereof
Organization
Means the international maritime organization
Raft
Includes a boom
Route
means an area within which there are, at any point, one or two directions of traffic flow and that is delineated on two sides by separation lines, separation zones, natural obstacles or dashed tinted lines except that the continuity of such lines or zones may be interrupted where the route merges with, diverges from or crosses another route
Routing system
means any system of one or more routes or routing measures which systems may include traffic separation schemes, two-way routes, recommended tracks, areas to be avoided, inshore traffic zones, roundabouts, precautionary areas and deep water routes
Rule
means a provision in Schedule 1 under a heading that consists of the word “Rule” followed by a number
Seaplane
includes any aircraft designed to manoeuvre on the water
Separation zone or separation line
means a zone or line separating routes in which vessels are proceeding in opposite or nearly opposite directions or separating a route from the adjacent inshore traffic zone
Traffic lane
means a route within which there is one direction of traffic flow
Traffic separation scheme
means a routing measure that provides for the separation of opposing streams of traffic by appropriate means and by the establishment of traffic lanes
Trawling
means fishing by dragging through the water a dredge net or other fishing apparatus
2
For greater certainty, except in section 2, the word “ship” shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be read as “vessel
3
For the purposes of these Regulations, every reference to “vessel” shall, except in subsection 3(1) and section 4, be read to include a reference to a seaplane when it is on or over the water
Prohibition
No ship of any class shall navigate in any shipping safety control zone prescribed under subsection 11(1) of the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act unless the ship complies with these Regulations.
Application
3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations apply in respect of
(a) every Canadian ODAS and Canadian vessel located in any waters, including every Canadian vessel that is an exploration or exploitation vessel engaged in exploration or exploitation activities pursuant to a licence issued by the Government of Canada
Application b
(b) every pleasure craft, foreign ODAS and foreign vessel located in Canadian waters, including every foreign vessel that is an exploration or exploitation vessel engaged in exploration or exploitation activities pursuant to a licence issued by the Government of Canada; and
C
(c) every seaplane on or over Canadian waters.
(2) As provided for Canadian vessels in subsection 7(3) of the Act, where the laws of a country other than Canada are applicable to a Canadian ODAS that is within the waters of that country and those laws are inconsistent with these Regulations, the laws of that country prevail to the extent of the inconsistency in respect of the Canadian ODAS.
(3) Where there is any inconsistency between a provision of the Rules and a provision of the Rules that falls under the heading “Canadian Modifications”, the latter provision prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
(4) These Regulations do not apply in respect of a vessel or aircraft that belongs to the Canadian Forces or a foreign military force or in respect of any other vessel or aircraft that is under the command, control or direction of the Canadian Forces.
(5) Where there is any inconsistency between a provision of Rule 1 and a provision of this section, the provision of this section prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
