Cargo, Fumigation and Tackle Regulations (SOR/2007-128)

1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

Act

Act means the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. (Loi)

cargo transport unit

cargo transport unit means a road freight vehicle, a railway freight wagon, a freight container, a road tank vehicle, a railway tank wagon or a portable tank. (engin de transport)

IMO

IMO means the International Maritime Organization. (OMI)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Transport. (ministre)

short-run ferry

short-run ferry means a vessel that regularly operates over the most direct water route between two points not more than 5 km apart and that is limited to the transport of unberthed passengers and of cargo transport units carried on an open vehicle deck. (traversier)

SOLAS

SOLAS means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 and the Protocol of 1988 relating to the Convention. (SOLAS)

(2) For the purpose of interpreting a document incorporated by reference in these Regulations other than CAN/CSA Standard S826.1-01, Ferry Boarding Facilities, “should” shall be read to mean “shall”.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, every reference to “Administration” in a document incorporated by reference in these Regulations means

• (a) in respect of a Canadian vessel, the Minister; and

• (b) in respect of a foreign vessel, the government of the state whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly.

(4) Unless otherwise indicated in these Regulations, any reference in these Regulations to a document is a reference to the document as amended from time to time.