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Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 (SOR/2020-216)

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Regulations are current to 2024-11-26 and last amended on 2023-12-20. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE 1(Subsection 101(1), paragraphs 101(6)(a) and 109(1)(a) and subsection 109(2))

Standards Respecting Equipment

Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Equipment	IMO Standards	ISO Standards	IEC Standards
1	Magnetic compasses and compass bearing devices	Resolution A.382(X), Annex II, Magnetic Compasses Carriage and Performance Standards	ISO 25862: Ships and Marine Technology — Marine Magnetic Compasses, Binnacles and Azimuth Reading Devices	N.A.
2	Gyro-compasses and gyro-compass repeaters	Resolution A.424(XI), Annex, Performance Standards for Gyro Compasses	ISO 8728: Ships and Marine Technology — Marine Gyro-compasses	N.A.
3	Transmitting heading devices	Resolution MSC.116(73), Annex, Performance Standards for Marine Transmitting Heading Devices (THDs)	ISO 22090-1: Ships and Marine Technology — Transmitting Heading Devices (THDs) — Part 1: Gyro-compasses ISO 11606: Ships and Marine Technology — Marine Electromagnetic Compasses	N.A.
4	Heading control systems	Resolution A.342(XI), Annex, Recommendation on Performance Standards for Automatic Pilots	ISO 11674: Ships and Marine Technology — Heading Control Systems	N.A.
5	Track control systems	Resolution MSC.74(69), Annex 2, Adoption of New and Amended Performance Standards	N.A.	IEC 62065: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Track Control Systems – Operational and Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
6	Radars, electronic plotting aids and automatic tracking aids
	(a) equipment installed before July 1, 2008; and	Resolution A.477(XII), Annex, Performance Standards for Radar Equipment	N.A.	IEC 62388: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Shipborne Radar – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(b) equipment installed on or after July 1, 2008	Resolution MSC.192(79), Annex, Adoption of the Revised Performance Standards for Radar Equipment	N.A.	IEC 62388: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Shipborne Radar – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
7	Automatic radar plotting aids (ARPAs)
	(a) equipment installed before July 1, 2008; and	Resolution A.823(19), Annex, Performance Standards for Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPAs), as it read on November 23, 1995	N.A.	IEC 62388: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Shipborne Radar – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(b) equipment installed on or after July 1, 2008	Resolution A.823(19), Annex, Performance Standards for Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPAs)	N.A.	IEC 62388: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Shipborne Radar – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
8	GNSS receiver
	(a) shipborne global positioning system (GPS) receiver equipment
	(i) equipment installed before July 1, 2003, and	Resolution A.819(19), Annex, Performance Standards for Shipborne Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver Equipment, as it read on November 23, 1995	N.A.	IEC 61108-1: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) – Part 1: Global Positioning System (GPS) – Receiver Equipment – Performance Standards, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(ii) equipment installed on or after July 1, 2003;	Resolution A.819(19), Annex, Performance Standards for Shipborne Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver Equipment	N.A.	IEC 61108-1: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) – Part 1: Global Positioning System (GPS) – Receiver Equipment – Performance Standards, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(b) shipborne GLONASS receiver equipment
	(i) equipment installed before July 1, 2003, and	Resolution MSC.53(66), Annex, Performance Standards for Shipborne GLONASS Receiver Equipment, as it read on May 30, 1996	N.A.	IEC 61108-2: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) – Part 2: Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) – Receiver Equipment – Performance Standards, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(ii) equipment installed on or after July 1, 2003;	Resolution MSC.53(66), Annex, Performance Standards for Shipborne GLONASS Receiver Equipment	N.A.	IEC 61108-2: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) – Part 2: Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) – Receiver Equipment – Performance Standards, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(c) shipborne DGPS and DGLONASS maritime radio beacon receiver equipment
	(i) equipment installed before July 1, 2003, and	Resolution MSC.64(67), Annex 2, Adoption of New and Amended Performance Standards, as it read on December 4, 1996	N.A.	IEC 61108-4: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) – Part 4: Shipborne DGPS and DGLONASS Maritime Radio Beacon Receiver Equipment – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(ii) equipment installed on or after July 1, 2003;	Resolution MSC.64(67), Annex 2, Adoption of New and Amended Performance Standards	N.A.	IEC 61108-4: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) – Part 4: Shipborne DGPS and DGLONASS Maritime Radio Beacon Receiver Equipment – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(d) shipborne combined GPS/GLONASS receiver equipment;	Resolution MSC.74(69), Annex 1, Adoption of New and Amended Performance Standards	N.A.	N.A.
	(e) shipborne BEIDOU satellite navigation system (BDS) receiver equipment;	Resolution MSC.379(93), Annex, Performance Standards for Shipborne BEIDOU Satellite Navigation System (BDS) Receiver Equipment	N.A.	N.A.
	(f) shipborne GALILEO receiver equipment; and	Resolution MSC.233(82), Annex, Adoption of the Performance Standards for Shipborne GALILEO Receiver Equipment	N.A.	IEC 61108-3: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) – Part 3: Galileo Receiver Equipment – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(g) multi-system shipborne radionavigation receivers	Resolution MSC.401(95), Annex, Performance Standards for Multi–System Shipborne Radionavigation Receivers	N.A.	IEC 60812: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA and FMECA)
9	Echo-sounding equipment
	(a) equipment installed before January 1, 2001; and	Resolution A.224(VII), Annex, Performance Standards for Echo-Sounding Equipment, as it read on October 12, 1971	ISO 9875: Ships and Marine Technology — Marine Echo-sounding Equipment	N.A.
	(b) equipment installed on or after January 1, 2001	Resolution A.224(VII), Annex, Performance Standards for Echo-Sounding Equipment	ISO 9875: Ships and Marine Technology — Marine Echo-sounding Equipment	N.A.
10	Speed-and-distance measuring devices
	(a) equipment installed before July 1, 2002; and	Resolution A.824(19), Annex, Performance Standards for Devices to Indicate Speed and Distance, as it read on November 23, 1995	N.A.	IEC 61023: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Marine Speed and Distance Measuring Equipment (SDME) – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(b) equipment installed on or after July 1, 2002	Resolution A.824(19), Annex, Performance Standards for Devices to Indicate Speed and Distance	N.A.	IEC 61023: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Marine Speed and Distance Measuring Equipment (SDME) – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
11	Rate-of-turn indicators	Resolution A.526(13), Annex, Performance Standards for Rate-of-turn Indicators	N.A.	N.A.
12	Daylight signalling lamps	Resolution MSC.95(72), Annex, Performance Standards for Daylight Signalling Lamps	N.A.	N.A.
13	Sound-reception systems	Resolution MSC.86(70), Annex 1, Adoption of New and Amended Performance Standards for Navigational Equipment	N.A.	N.A.
14	AIS Class A	Resolution MSC.74(69), Annex 3, Adoption of New and Amended Performance Standards	N.A.	IEC 61993-2: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) – Part 2: Class A Shipborne Equipment of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) – Operational and Performance Requirements, Methods of Test and Required Test Results
15	AIS Class B	N.A.	N.A.	IEC 62287-1: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Class B Shipborne Equipment of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) – Part 1: Carrier-sense Time Division Multiple Access (CSTDMA) Techniques IEC 62287-2: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Class B Shipborne Equipment of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) – Part 2: Self-organising Time Division Multiple Access (SOTDMA) Techniques
16	ECDIS
	(a) ECDIS installed before January 1, 1999;	Resolution A.817(19), Annex, Performance Standards for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS), as it read on November 23, 1995	N.A.	IEC 61174: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) – Operational and Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(b) ECDIS installed on or after January 1, 1999 and before January 1, 2009; and	Resolution A.817(19), Annex, Performance Standards for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS)	N.A.	IEC 61174: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) – Operational and Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(c) ECDIS installed on or after January 1, 2009	Resolution MSC.232(82), Annex, Adoption of the Revised Performance Standards for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS)	N.A.	IEC 61174: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) – Operational and Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
17	Voyage data recorders (VDRs)
	(a) VDR installed before June 1, 2008;	Resolution A.861(20), Annex, Performance Standards for Shipborne Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs), as it read on November 27, 1997	N.A.	IEC 61996: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Shipborne Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) – Performance Requirements – Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(b) VDR installed on or after June 1, 2008 and before July 1, 2014; and	Resolution A.861(20), Annex, Performance standards for Shipborne Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs)	N.A.	IEC 61996-1: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Shipborne Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) – Part 1: Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(c) VDR installed on or after July 1, 2014	Resolution MSC.333(90), Annex, Adoption of Revised Performance Standards for Shipborne Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs)	N.A.	IEC 61996-1: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Shipborne Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) – Part 1: Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
18	Simplified voyage data recorders (S-VDRs)
	(a) S-VDR installed before June 1, 2008; and	Resolution MSC.163(78), Annex, Performance Standards for Shipborne Simplified Voyage Data Recorders (S-VDRs), as it read on May 17, 2004	N.A.	IEC 61996-2: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Shipborne Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) – Part 2: Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR) – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
	(b) S-VDR installed on or after June 1, 2008	Resolution MSC.163(78), Annex, Performance Standards for Shipborne Simplified Voyage Data Recorders (S-VDRs)	N.A.	IEC 61996-2: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Shipborne Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) – Part 2: Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR) – Performance Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results
19	Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS) installed on or after July 1, 2003	Resolution MSC.128(75), Annex, Performance Standards for a Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS)	N.A.	IEC 62616: Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems – Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS)

Date modified:: 2024-12-10