Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 (SOR/2020-216)

Marginal note:Reserve source of energy — rechargeable batteries

• 235 (1) If the reserve source of energy consists of rechargeable batteries, a vessel must have

  • (a) a means of recharging the batteries from empty to the minimum capacity required within 10 hours; or

  • (b) for a vessel that is less than 20 m in length, a reserve battery of a capacity sufficient for the duration of the voyage.

• Marginal note:Installation of rechargeable batteries

  (2) Rechargeable batteries that constitute the reserve source of energy for a radio installation must be installed so that they

  • (a) are maintained at all times at the temperature specified by the manufacturer of the batteries; and

  • (b) provide, when fully charged, the minimum number of hours of operation required by subsection 234(2), regardless of meteorological conditions.

• Marginal note:Failure of electrical energy source

  (3) If a radio installation requires an uninterrupted input of data from the vessel’s GNSS receiver in order to function properly, the radio installation must have a means to ensure that uninterrupted input of data in the event of a failure of the vessel’s main or emergency source of electrical energy.