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

Marginal note:Defence

33. For greater certainty, no person or vessel may be convicted of an offence or subjected to a penalty for the contravention of a provision of a regulation made under this Act that incorporates material by reference unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention,

• (a) the material was reasonably accessible to the person or vessel;

• (b) reasonable steps had been taken to ensure that the material was accessible to persons or vessels likely to be affected by the regulation; or

• (c) the material had been published in the Canada Gazette.

Marginal note:In writing

• 34. (1) If this Act requires or authorizes an order or a direction to be given or made by the Minister of Transport to a person who is not an official of the Department of Transport, the order or direction must be given or made in writing.

• Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

  (2) An order or direction referred to in subsection (1) is deemed not to be a statutory instrument for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.

Marginal note:Regulations — Minister of Transport

• 35. (1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, make regulations

  • (a) [Repealed, 2001, c. 29, s. 72]

  • (b) respecting the issuance, amendment, suspension, reinstatement, cancellation or renewal of Canadian maritime documents;

  • (c) [Repealed, 2001, c. 29, s. 72]

  • (d) implementing, in whole or in part, an international convention, protocol or resolution that is listed in Schedule 1, as amended from time to time, including regulations

    • (i) implementing it in respect of persons, vessels or oil handling facilities to which it does not apply,

    • (ii) establishing stricter standards than it sets out, or

    • (iii) establishing additional or complementary standards to those it sets out if the Governor in Council is satisfied that the additional or complementary standards meet the objectives of the convention, protocol or resolution;

  • (e) respecting record keeping, information management and reporting for the purposes of this Part or Part 2 (Registration, Listing and Recording), 3 (Personnel), 4 (Safety), 6 (Incidents, Accidents and Casualties), 7 (Wreck), 8 (Pollution Prevention and Response — Department of Transport and Department of Fisheries and Oceans) to the extent that the Minister of Transport is responsible for that Part, 9 (Pollution Prevention — Department of Transport), 10 (Pleasure Craft) or 11 (Enforcement — Department of Transport) or the regulations made under subsection 136(1);

  • (f) respecting the form and manner of giving notice under this Part or Part 2 (Registration, Listing and Recording), 3 (Personnel), 4 (Safety), 7 (Wreck), 8 (Pollution Prevention and Response — Department of Transport and Department of Fisheries and Oceans) to the extent that the Minister of Transport is responsible for that Part, 9 (Pollution Prevention — Department of Transport), 10 (Pleasure Craft) or 11 (Enforcement — Department of Transport) or the regulations made under subsection 136(1);

  • (g) respecting the setting and payment of fees for services provided in the administration of this Part or Part 2 (Registration, Listing and Recording), 3 (Personnel), 4 (Safety), 6 (Incidents, Accidents and Casualties), 7 (Wreck) other than section 163, 8 (Pollution Prevention and Response — Department of Transport and Department of Fisheries and Oceans) to the extent that the Minister of Transport is responsible for that Part, 9 (Pollution Prevention — Department of Transport), 10 (Pleasure Craft) or 11 (Enforcement — Department of Transport) or the regulations made under any of those Parts or under subsection 136(1);

  • (h) specifying the services for the purposes of paragraph 36.1(1)(d); and

  • (i) specifying the services to which section 36.1 does not apply or the circumstances in which that section does not apply.

• Marginal note:Aircraft

  (2) For greater certainty, regulations made under paragraph (1)(d) in respect of preventing collisions may apply to aircraft on or over Canadian waters.

• Marginal note:Regulations — Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

  (3) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, make regulations

  • (a) implementing, in whole or in part, an international convention, protocol or resolution that is listed in Schedule 2, as amended from time to time, including regulations

    • (i) implementing it in respect of persons or vessels to which it does not apply,

    • (ii) establishing stricter standards than it sets out, or

    • (iii) establishing additional or complementary standards to those it sets out if the Governor in Council is satisfied that the additional or complementary standards meet the objectives of the convention, protocol or resolution;

  • (b) respecting record keeping, information management and reporting for the purposes of Part 5 (Navigation Services) or 8 (Pollution Prevention and Response — Department of Transport and Department of Fisheries and Oceans), to the extent that the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is responsible for those Parts;

  • (c) respecting the form and manner of giving notice under Part 5 (Navigation Services) or 8 (Pollution Prevention and Response — Department of Transport and Department of Fisheries and Oceans), to the extent that the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is responsible for those Parts; and

  • (d) respecting the setting and payment of fees for services provided in the administration of

    • (i) Part 5 (Navigation Services) or 8 (Pollution Prevention and Response — Department of Transport and Department of Fisheries and Oceans), to the extent that the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is responsible for those Parts, or

    • (ii) regulations made under subsection 136(2).