Bill C-15

Regulations

(a) respecting the registration, listing and recording of ships;

(b) respecting the issuance and renewal of certificates of registry;

(c) respecting the suspension and cancellation of the registration of a Canadian ship;

(d) respecting the naming and marking of ships;

(e) respecting the port of registration;

(f) respecting the form and manner of notifying the Chief Registrar of changes under section 28;

(g) respecting the evidence that owners of ships previously registered in a foreign country must provide to prove that the ships are no longer registered in a foreign country;

(h) respecting the calculation of the tonnage of ships and the issuance of certificates of tonnage;

(i) to implement the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, signed at London on June 23, 1969, including any amendments, whenever made, to the Annexes or Appendix to that Convention;

(j) respecting the payment of fees for services provided in the administration of this Part and prescribing the amount of the fees;

(k) prescribing anything that may be prescribed under this Part; and

(l) generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Part.

(a) providing for the licensing of vessels that are not registered under this Part and the period of validity of the licences;

(b) respecting the marking of licensed vessels;

(c) prescribing forms for licences and forms for applications for licences;

(d) providing for the designation of persons, bodies or agencies to be issuers of licences;

(e) prescribing the fees to be paid for licences;

(f) providing for the disposition, notwithstanding the Financial Administration Act, of licence fees collected by licence issuers;

(g) prescribing the records to be kept and returns to be made by licence issuers;

(h) requiring owners or operators of a licensed vessel to stop the vessel and to produce its licence to a designated person; and

(i) prohibiting the operation of vessels that are not licensed as required by regulations made under this section.

Entries and Documents

(a) either of the following that purports to be signed by the Chief Registrar or a registrar:

(i) a certified copy of any entry in the Register, or

(ii) in the case of electronic data, a printout of any entry in the Register;

(b) a certificate of registry or a provisional certificate issued under this Part; and

(c) every declaration made under this Part.

Offences and Punishment

(a) subsection 16(2) (failure to register);

(b) subsection 27(1) (failure to mark);

(c) subsection 27(3) (maintenance of markings);

(d) subsection 27(4) (defacing, altering, concealing or removing markings);

(e) subsection 28(1) (failure to notify - authorized representative);

(f) subsection 28(2) (failure to notify of alteration - authorized representative);

(g) subsection 28(3) (failure to notify - owner);

(h) subsection 28(4) (failure to notify of completion of construction);

(i) subsection 33(1) (operation of ship without a certificate on board);

(j) subsection 33(2) (failure to deliver certificate to person entitled to operate ship);

(k) subsection 33(3) (failure to deliver certificate to Chief Registrar);

(l) subsection 34(2) (failure to fly Canadian flag);

(m) an order made under subsection 22(4) (renaming of ship); or

(n) a provision of the regulations made under this Part.

(a) on conviction on indictment,

(i) if the offence is committed knowingly, to a fine of not more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both, and

(ii) if the offence is committed negligently, to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both; and

(b) on summary conviction,

(i) if the offence is committed knowingly, to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both, and

(ii) if the offence is committed negligently, to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

Transitional

Inspections by Others

(c.1) the construction, servicing and repair of life-saving equipment intended to carry more than one person, including buoyant apparatus, life-boats and life-rafts, to be carried on vessels, the performance standards for that equipment and the markings required to appear on them so as to show their dimensions and the number of persons authorized to be carried on them;

(c.2) the construction, servicing and repair of flotation devices intended for the use of only one person to be carried on vessels, and the performance standards for those devices;

(m) personal flotation devices to be carried and used on board vessels or classes of vessels, including regulations defining the expression ``personal flotation device'' and regulations specifying who must use those devices, and when they must be worn, while a vessel is in operation;