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