16. This Division applies in respect of the following vessels if they are less than 24 m in length:

• (a) a vessel in respect of which an application for the initial registration or listing under Part 2 of the Act has been made;

• (b) a Canadian vessel that is altered in such a way that the tonnage set out on its certificate of registry is changed by more than 5% when tonnage is calculated in accordance with the method that was used for calculating the tonnage set out on the certificate of registry; and

• (c) a vessel in respect of which an application for the registration or listing under Part 2 of the Act has been made if the vessel had been registered or listed in Canada but no longer is when the application is made.

• 17. (1) An applicant for the registration of a vessel and the authorized representative of a Canadian vessel shall ensure that the vessel’s tonnage is calculated in accordance with

  • (a) Part 3 of TP 13430; or

  • (b) directions of the Minister that adapt a calculation method set out in Part 3 of TP 13430 to that vessel, if the vessel has such novel construction features as to render its tonnage incalculable in accordance with Part 3 of TP 13430.

• (2) An applicant for the listing of a vessel shall ensure that its tonnage is calculated in accordance with the method that was used to calculate its tonnage in the foreign state where the vessel’s registration is suspended in respect of the right to fly the flag of that state.

• 18. (1) Despite section 17, an applicant for the registration of a vessel or the authorized representative of a Canadian vessel may elect to have the vessel’s tonnage calculated in accordance with subsection 11(1).

• (2) Any election made under subsection (1) is binding on the applicant or authorized representative.

• (3) This section does not apply in respect of pleasure craft.

19. [Repeal]

Footnote ^*20. These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 2 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, chapter 26 of the Statutes of Canada, 2001, comes into force.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Regulations in force July 1, 2007, see SI/2007-65.]