Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (S.C. 2001, c. 26)

Marginal note:Stopping and boarding vessels

200. An enforcement officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that an offence has been committed or is about to be committed under this Part by a pleasure craft or any person on board a vessel may stop and board the craft or vessel and take any reasonable action to ensure public safety or protect the public interest.

Marginal note:Duty

201. Every operator of a pleasure craft shall ensure that it meets the requirements of the regulations made under this Part.

Marginal note:Licensing of pleasure craft

• 202. (1) If a pleasure craft is required by regulations made under this Part to be licensed, the owner of the craft shall not operate it, or permit it to be operated, unless it is licensed.

• Marginal note:Transfer of licence

  (2) When the ownership of a pleasure craft referred to in subsection (1) changes, the new owner shall not operate the craft, or permit it to be operated, until the licence for that craft is transferred to the new owner in accordance with the regulations.

Marginal note:Application

• 203. (1) An application for a licence or for the transfer of a licence must be made in the form and manner, include the information and be accompanied by the documents specified by the Minister.

• Marginal note:Issuance of licence

  (2) The Minister may issue or transfer a licence to an applicant if the Minister is satisfied that all the requirements under subsection (1) have been met.

Marginal note:Licence number

204. No owner of a pleasure craft in respect of which a pleasure craft licence has been issued shall operate it or allow it to be operated unless the licence number is marked on the craft and maintained in the form and manner specified by the Minister.

Marginal note:Defacing, etc., licence number

205. No person shall deface, alter, conceal or remove the licence number that is marked on a pleasure craft.

Marginal note:Lost documents

206. If a pleasure craft licence is mislaid, lost or destroyed, the Minister, on application made by the holder of the licence in the form and manner and including the information and accompanied by the documents specified by the Minister, may issue a replacement licence.

Marginal note:Regulations

• 207. (1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations respecting pleasure craft licensing and the safety of pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft and of persons on board, including regulations

  • (a) respecting the issuance, cancellation or transfer of pleasure craft licences;

  • (b) respecting qualifications, including medical fitness, minimum age, degree of knowledge, skill, training and experience, for operators of pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft, and the evidence required to prove compliance with those qualifications;

  • (c) respecting the operation of pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft;

  • (d) respecting training courses and examinations for pleasure craft operators, including the designation and accreditation of persons or organizations that provide them;

  • (e) respecting the issuance, cancellation or suspension of documents that demonstrate compliance with any regulations made under paragraph (b) or (d);

  • (f) respecting the design, construction or manufacture of pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft;

  • (g) respecting the issuance or cancellation of plates or labels in respect of pleasure craft that comply with regulations made under paragraph (f);

  • (h) requiring that plates or labels referred to in paragraph (g) be displayed and specifying the manner in which they must be displayed;

  • (i) prohibiting the construction, manufacture, sale, lease, importation or operation of pleasure craft that do not meet the requirements of regulations made under paragraph (f);

  • (j) requiring owners, builders, manufacturers, importers or vendors of pleasure craft to modify their pleasure craft, at their own expense, in order to comply with regulations made under paragraph (f);

  • (k) respecting hull identification or serial numbers that identify pleasure craft;

  • (l) specifying the machinery and equipment that are required or prohibited on pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft;

  • (m) respecting the design, construction, manufacture, maintenance, storage, testing, approval, arrangement and use of a pleasure craft’s or a class of pleasure craft’s machinery and equipment;

  • (n) respecting the requirements that pleasure craft, or classes of pleasure craft, and their machinery and equipment must meet;

  • (o) respecting documents that must be kept on board pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft; and

  • (p) respecting the reporting of accidents involving pleasure craft.

• Marginal note:Regulations — pollution

  (2) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations

  • (a) regulating or prohibiting the discharge of pollutants from pleasure craft; and

  • (b) regulating noise emissions from pleasure craft engines.