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

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2012-12-14. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Certificate of registry

  • 75.03 (1) The Chief Registrar must issue a certificate of registry in respect of a fleet that he or she registers, and the certificate is valid for the period that he or she specifies.

  • Marginal note:Information

    (2) A certificate of registry in respect of a fleet must contain the information specified by the Chief Registrar, including

    • (a) a description of the fleet;

    • (b) the fleet’s official number; and

    • (c) the name and address of the owner and the authorized representative of the fleet.

  • Marginal note:Description — number of vessels

    (3) In the fleet’s description, the Chief Registrar must specify either the number of vessels that are to be part of the fleet or the minimum and maximum numbers of vessels that can be part of it.

  • Marginal note:Official number

    (4) The fleet’s official number is also the official number of each vessel of that fleet.

  • Marginal note:Authorized representative of fleet

    (5) The authorized representative of a fleet is the authorized representative, as determined under section 14, of the vessels of that fleet.

  • Marginal note:More than one owner

    (6) If subsection 14(3) applies to the vessels of a fleet, the owners must appoint, under that subsection, one of themselves to be the authorized representative of all of the fleet’s vessels.

  • Marginal note:Acts or omissions of authorized representative binding

    (7) The owner of a fleet is bound by the acts or omissions of the authorized representative of the fleet with respect to all matters assigned by this Act to that representative.

  • 2011, c. 15, s. 42.
Marginal note:Addition or removal of vessels

75.04 Subject to subsection 75.1(2), an owner of a fleet may, after the fleet is registered, add a vessel to the fleet or remove a vessel from it. However, any vessel that is to be added must

  • (a) be owned by the same owner as all of the other vessels of the fleet;

  • (b) satisfy the conditions set out in paragraphs 75.02(1)(b) and (c); and

  • (c) fit within the description or particulars set out in the fleet’s certificate of registry.

  • 2011, c. 15, s. 42.
Marginal note:Vessels registered

  • 75.05 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a vessel that is or becomes part of a fleet is considered to be registered under this Part and, for greater certainty, is a Canadian vessel.

  • Marginal note:No longer registered

    (2) Unless it becomes part of another fleet, such a vessel ceases to be registered under this Part if

    • (a) there is a change in its ownership; or

    • (b) it is altered to the extent that it no longer fits within the description or particulars set out in the fleet’s certificate of registry.

  • 2011, c. 15, s. 42.