1. These Regulations may be cited as the VHF Radiotelephone Practices and Procedures Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

“appropriate”

“appropriate” means, with respect to a VHF channel, the channel specified in notices to mariners or in any law of Canada or of any country other than Canada for use in a traffic zone, or part thereof, for vessel traffic management purposes; (appropriée)

“appropriate Seaway channel”

“appropriate Seaway channel” means the channel set out in section 63 of the Seaway Regulations for a control sector; (voie appropriée à la voie maritime)

“complement”

“complement” means the number of persons comprising the master and crew of a ship; (effectif)

“deck watch”

“deck watch” means that part of the complement that is required for the purpose of attending to the navigation or security of a ship; (quart à la passerelle)

“Great Lakes Basin”

“Great Lakes Basin” means Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron (including Georgian Bay), Michigan and Superior, their connecting and tributary waters and the St. Lawrence River as far east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock; (bassin des Grands lacs)

“master”

“master” includes every person having command or charge of any ship, but does not include a pilot; (capitaine)

“person in charge of the deck watch”

“person in charge of the deck watch” includes every person who has immediate charge of the navigation or security of a ship, but does not include a pilot; (responsable du quart à la passerelle)

“Prince Rupert Traffic Zone”

“Prince Rupert Traffic Zone”[Revoked, SOR/86-94, s. 1]

“qualified in the use of the radiotelephone”

“qualified in the use of the radiotelephone” means that a person is capable of making effective use of the radiotelephone for communications in accordance with international procedures; (qualifié en radiotéléphonie)

“restricted in its ability to manoeuvre”

“restricted in its ability to manoeuvre”, in respect of a ship, means that from the nature of its work the ship is restricted in its ability to manoeuvre as required by the Collision Regulations and is therefore unable to keep out of the way of another ship; (restreint dans sa capacité de manoeuvrer)

“routing system”

“routing system” has the meaning assigned by the Collision Regulations; (système d’organisation du trafic)

“ship”

“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation and not propelled by oars; (navire)

“traffic centre”

“traffic centre” means a centre established by a government for the purpose of regulating marine traffic within a traffic zone; (centre de gestion du trafic)

“traffic zone”

“traffic zone” means an area within the VHF coverage of a traffic centre

• (a) described in notices to mariners or in any law of Canada or of any country other than Canada,

• (b) established for the purpose of regulating vessel traffic,

• (c) in which vessels are to use a VHF channel other than Channel 16 (156.8 MHz) for vessel traffic management purposes, and

• (d) in respect of which a continuous listening watch on Channel 16 (156.8 MHz) is maintained for ships by that traffic centre or by a coast station that can establish effective communications with a traffic centre without delay; (zone de gestion du trafic)

“underway”

“underway” means, in respect of a ship, that the ship is not at anchor, made fast to the shore or aground. (faisant route)