• 2. (1) Sections 4 to 89 apply to every ship that is

  • (a) a Canadian ship in any waters; or

  • (b) a non-Canadian ship that is

    • (i) navigating in Canadian waters or a shipping safety control zone, or

    • (ii) engaged in the coasting trade as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Coasting Trade Act.

• (2) Sections 6 to 89, except for sections 66 to 68, 74, 76 and 77, do not apply to

  • (a) a ship to which section 3 applies; or

  • (b) a non-Canadian ship that is a fishing vessel that complies with Chapter X of the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977, as modified by the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993, and with any measures the government of the state whose flag the ship is entitled to fly takes under that Chapter.

3. Every non-Canadian ship to which Chapter V of the Safety Convention applies that is in Canadian waters or a shipping safety control zone shall comply with that Chapter and with any measures the government of the state whose flag the ship is entitled to fly takes under that Chapter.

• 4. (1) Every company shall ensure that sections 5 to 16 and 18 to 81, subsections 83(1) and (3) and sections 84 to 89 are complied with in respect of its ships.

• (2) Unless under force majeure or to save life or property, no master shall make any voyage if the ship is not fitted with the equipment required by these Regulations.

• (3) If any equipment required by these Regulations to be on a ship ceases to be in effective operating condition, the master shall restore the equipment to an effective operating condition as soon as feasible. If the ship is in a port where repair facilities are not readily available, the master shall make suitable arrangements to take into account the inoperative equipment in planning and executing a safe voyage to a port where repairs can be made.

5. No ship shall navigate in a shipping safety control zone unless the ship complies with these Regulations.

• 6. (1) On every ship of 150 tons or more engaged on an international voyage and on every ship of 500 tons or more engaged on a voyage other than a home-trade, Class IV, or a minor waters voyage, all decisions that concern navigational equipment, navigational visibility, steering gear, equipment relating to charts and nautical publications and records of navigational activities, and that affect bridge design, the design and arrangement of navigational equipment on the bridge and bridge procedures, shall be made with the aim of

  • (a) facilitating the tasks to be performed by the bridge team and the pilot in making a full appraisal of the situation and in navigating the ship safely under all operational conditions;

  • (b) promoting effective and safe bridge resource management;

  • (c) enabling the bridge team and the pilot to have convenient and continuous access to essential information presented in a clear and unambiguous manner, using standardized symbols and coding systems for controls and displays;

  • (d) indicating the operational status of automated functions and integrated components, systems and sub-systems;

  • (e) allowing for expeditious, continuous and effective information processing and decision making by the bridge team and the pilot;

  • (f) preventing or minimizing excessive or unnecessary work and any conditions or distractions on the bridge that could cause fatigue or interfere with the vigilance of the bridge team and the pilot; and

  • (g) minimizing the risk of human error and detecting any human error that occurs, through the use of monitoring and alarm systems, in time for the bridge team and the pilot to take appropriate action.

• (2) The decisions shall be made only after the following guidelines and standards are taken into account:

  • (a) IMO MSC/Circ.982, Guidelines on Ergonomic Criteria for Bridge Equipment and Layout;

  • (b) if the ship is fitted with an integrated bridge system, IMO Resolution MSC.64(67), Annex 1, Recommendation on Performance Standards for Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS); and

  • (c) if the ship is fitted with an integrated navigation system, IMO Resolution MSC.86(70), Annex 3, Recommendation on Performance Standards for an Integrated Navigation System (INS) .