Navigation Safety Regulations (SOR/2005-134)

• 7. (1) The equipment referred to in these Regulations shall be installed, tested and maintained so as to minimize malfunction.

• (2) All reasonable steps shall be taken to maintain the equipment in good working order.

• (3) Every Canadian ship of 150 tons or more engaged on an international voyage and every Canadian ship of 500 tons or more shall retain on board a maintenance record for the equipment that shows all periodic testing and servicing, all defects, repairs and parts replacements and the relevant dates, locations and personnel.

• 8. (1) Every ship making a foreign voyage, a home-trade voyage, Class I or II, or an inland voyage, Class I, shall carry

  • (a) the manufacturer’s operating and maintenance manuals for the equipment referred to in these Regulations; and

  • (b) the spare parts that the manufacturer or the operating and maintenance manuals recommend be carried.

• (2) Every ship making a voyage, other than a voyage referred to in subsection (1), shall carry the manufacturer’s operating and maintenance manuals for the equipment referred to in these Regulations and the spare parts, fuses and lamps that can be used as replacement parts for installation by non-technical personnel.

9. [Repealed, SOR/2011-203, s. 12]

• 10. (1) This section applies to every ship of 150 tons or more that is engaged on an international voyage and every ship of 500 tons or more.

• (2) If a ship is constructed on or after July 1, 2002, all electrical and electronic equipment on the bridge or in the vicinity of the bridge shall be tested for electromagnetic compatibility, taking into account testing standard IEC 60533 of the International Electrotechnical Commission, entitled Electrical and electronic installations in ships — Electromagnetic compatibility.

• (3) Electrical or electronic equipment that is installed after the coming into force of these Regulations shall be installed so that electromagnetic interference does not affect the proper functioning of navigational equipment.

• (4) Portable electrical or electronic equipment shall not be operated on the bridge if it might affect the proper functioning of navigational equipment.

• 11. (1) The equipment with which a ship of 150 tons or more is fitted to comply with these Regulations shall, if performance standards are specified in Schedule 1 for the equipment, meet those standards or other performance standards that the Minister determines provide a level of safety that is equivalent to or higher than that of those standards.

• (2) If standards are specified in Schedule 1 for the equipment,

  • (a) the equipment shall be type-approved by a competent authority as meeting those standards or other standards that the Minister determines provide a level of safety that is equivalent to or higher than that of those standards; and

  • (b) proof of the type-approval shall be carried on board the ship.

• (3) The proof shall be in the form of either of the following that is issued by the competent authority:

  • (a) a label that is securely affixed to the equipment in a readily visible location; or

  • (b) a document that is kept in a readily accessible location on the ship.

• (4) If the proof is issued in a language other than English or French, it shall be accompanied by an English or French translation.

• (5) The equipment with which a Canadian ship is fitted to comply with these Regulations shall meet the applicable electrical installation standards in sections 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 15.6, 15.7, 15.11.2, 15.11.3, 52.1 to 52.4, 54.2 to 54.4 and 58.1 to 58.3 of Ship Electrical Standards, TP 127, published by the Department of Transport.

• (6) Subsections (1) to (5) do not apply to equipment with which a ship was required to be fitted before July 1, 2002 in accordance with the standards required by the Navigating Appliances and Equipment Regulations, SOR/84-689, as they read on June 30, 2002, if the ship was fitted with the equipment before July 1, 2002 and the equipment continues to meet those standards and has the proof of compliance required by those Regulations as they read on that date.

• (7) Despite subsection (6), if equipment that was fitted on a ship before July 1, 2002 is replaced, subsections (1) to (5) apply to the replacement equipment.