Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations (SOR/2012-69)

Marginal note:Means for stopping discharge pumps

21. The authorized representative of a Canadian vessel, or a Canadian pleasure craft, of 400 gross tonnage or more that is fitted with main or auxiliary propulsion machinery must ensure that the vessel is equipped on the weather deck with a means for stopping each pump that is used to discharge oily residues and sludge oil.

Marginal note:Retention or discharge equipment — oil tankers of 150 gross tonnage or less

• 22. (1) The authorized representative of an oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage or less must ensure that it is equipped with

  • (a) installations that can retain on board oily residues, contaminated cargo washings and cargo wastes for the purpose of their subsequent transfer to a reception facility; or

  • (b) equipment that meets the oily mixture discharge requirements of section 30 or 31, as the case may be.

• Marginal note:Retention or discharge equipment — vessels of less than 400 gross tonnage

  (2) The authorized representative of a vessel of less than 400 gross tonnage that carries oil as fuel or as cargo must ensure that the vessel is equipped with

  • (a) installations that can retain on board oily residues for the purpose of their subsequent transfer to a reception facility; or

  • (b) equipment that meets the oily mixture discharge requirements of section 30 or 31, as the case may be.

Marginal note:Issuance of Canadian Oil Pollution Prevention Certificates

• 23. (1) On application by the authorized representative of a Canadian vessel or a Canadian pleasure craft and subject to paragraphs 16(4)(b) to (d) of the Act, the Minister must issue a Canadian Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate to the vessel if the applicable requirements of this Division are met.

• Marginal note:Issuance of International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificates

  (2) On application by the authorized representative of a Canadian vessel or a Canadian pleasure craft and subject to paragraphs 16(4)(b) to (d) of the Act, the Minister must issue an International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate to the vessel if the applicable requirements of Annex I to MARPOL are met.

Marginal note:Endorsement of Canadian Oil Pollution Prevention Certificates

• 24. (1) The authorized representative of a vessel that holds a Canadian Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate must ensure that the certificate is endorsed by the Minister, within three months before or after each anniversary date of the issuance of the certificate, to indicate that the requirements for the issuance of the certificate are met.

• Marginal note:Endorsement of International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificates

  (2) The authorized representative of a vessel that holds an International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate must ensure that the certificate is endorsed as required by regulations 6.1.3, 6.1.4 and 7.2 of Annex I to MARPOL.

• Marginal note:Inspection

  (3) If the construction, arrangement, equipment, fittings, installations or systems of a vessel that holds a certificate issued under section 23 are changed as a result of an accident, the discovery of a defect, a repair or a major conversion that affects the requirements that were met when the certificate was issued, the authorized representative of the vessel must ensure that the Minister inspects the vessel as soon as feasible to ensure that the requirements continue to be met.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (4) Subsection (3) does not apply in respect of minor repairs or the direct replacement of equipment or fittings that meet the requirements of the certificate.