Bill C-638
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2nd Session, 41st Parliament,
62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014
house of commons of canada
BILL C-638
An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (wreck)
2001, c. 26
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Section 154 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
Canadian Coast Guard designated
(1.1) The Canadian Coast Guard is designated as a receiver of wreck for the purposes of this Part.
2. Subsections 155(2) and (3) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Locating owner
(2) If wreck has been reported to a receiver of wreck or observed by a receiver of wreck, the receiver of wreck shall take reasonable steps to determine and locate the owner of the wreck, including by giving notice of the wreck in the manner that the receiver considers most effective and appropriate.
Taking measures
(3) Except in the circumstances described in regulations made under subsection 163(1.1), a receiver of wreck shall take measures, or direct that measures be taken, in accordance with those regulations in order to remove, dispose of or destroy wreck.
3. Section 163 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
Regulations — Minister and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
(1.1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, make regulations respecting
(a) the appropriate measures that receivers of wreck are to take, or direct to be taken, to remove, dispose of or destroy wreck; and
(b) the circumstances in which the obligation to take measures under subsection 155(3) does not apply.
4. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 164:
REPORT TO PARLIAMENT
Review and report by Minister
164.1 Every five years, the Minister must review the operation of this Part and have laid before each House of Parliament a report setting out the results of the review.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons