1. These Regulations may be cited as the Hull Inspection Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Canada Shipping Act; (Loi)

“approved”

“approved” means approved by the Board; (approuvé)

“Board”

“Board” means the Board of Steamship Inspection; (Bureau)

“Chairman”

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board; (président)

“Divisional Supervisor”

“Divisional Supervisor” means the officer of the Department of Transport in charge of a Steamship Inspection Division and includes the “Regional Superintendent” of a Steamship Inspection Division; (surveillant divisionnaire)

“equipment”

“equipment” includes lifeboats, life-saving equipment, fire-extinguishing equipment, anchors, cables, apparatus for the detection and extinguishing of fire, compasses, lights, signals, navigating appliances, and all other apparatus designed or required for the safety of a ship or the protection of passengers and crew, but does not include radio equipment other than radio equipment for survival craft; (équipement)

“existing ship”

“existing ship” means a ship that is not a new ship; (navire existant)

“first inspection”

“first inspection” means inspection of a ship during construction and includes the initial inspection of a ship transferred from registry elsewhere than in Canada to Canadian registry; (première inspection)

“hull”

“hull” means the body of a steamship, including the masts and rigging, and all parts of its structure; (coque)

“inspector”

“inspector” means a steamship inspector appointed under the Act; (inspecteur)

“length”

“length” means,

• (a) in the case of a ship that is registered under the Act or required by the Act to be registered,

  • (i) the distance from the fore part of the uppermost end of the stem to the aft side of the head of the stern post except that, if a stern post is not fitted to the ship, the measurement shall be taken to the foreside of the head of the rudder stock,

  • (ii) if the ship has no rudder stock or has a rudder stock situated outside of the hull at the stern, the distance from the foreside of the foremost permanent structure to the aft side of the aftermost permanent structure of the ship not including guards or rubbing strakes, or

  • (iii) if the ship is double-ended, the distance from the aft side of the forward rudder stock to the foreside of the after rudder stock, and

• (b) in the case of a ship that is not required by the Act to be registered, the horizontal distance between perpendiculars erected at the extreme ends of the outside of the hull; (longueur)

“new ship”

“new ship” means

• (a) a Safety Convention ship the keel of which was laid on or after May 26, 1965,

• (b) a ship, other than a passenger ship, that is converted to a Safety Convention passenger ship on or after May 26, 1965,

• (c) a ship, other than a Safety Convention ship, the keel of which was laid on or after June 10, 1954,

• (d) a ship that is converted to a passenger ship other than a Safety Convention passenger ship on or after June 10, 1954, and

• (e) a ship that is transferred to registry in Canada after June 10, 1954; (navire neuf)

“nuclear ship”

“nuclear ship” means a ship fitted with a nuclear power plant; (navire nucléaire)

“steamship”

“steamship” means any ship propelled by machinery, not being a sailing ship as defined in the Act; (navire à vapeur)

“strength deck”

“strength deck” means the uppermost continuous deck, except in way of an effective superstructure, when the superstructure deck shall be considered the strength deck. (pont de résistance)