Marine Machinery Regulations (SOR/90-264)

Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Marine Machinery Regulations.

Interpretation

• 2 (1) In these Regulations,

  Act

  Act means the Canada Shipping Act; (Loi)

  approved classification society

  approved classification society means the American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas (Canada), Det norske Veritas, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping or Germanischer Lloyd; (société de classification agréée)

  assigned working pressure

  assigned working pressure means the maximum fluid pressure to which the component with the lowest design working pressure in a system may be subjected and above which the system is protected from overpressure; (pression de service effective)

  auxiliary steering gear

  auxiliary steering gear means the arrangements provided for effecting movement of the rudder of a ship in the event of failure of the main steering gear, but does not include the rudder stock, tiller or quadrant, or the component serving the same purpose as the tiller or quadrant, or, where fitted, the automatic-pilot system; (appareil à gouverner auxiliaire)

  boiler

  boiler means a plant that generates steam or hot water under pressure by means of a flame, combustion gases or electrical heating elements, and includes the superheaters, economizers, valves and components necessary for the safety and operation of the plant; (chaudière)

  classification society

  classification society means a society or association for the classification of ships; (société de classification)

  component

  component means a unit or part of a unit that is identified in rules or codes and is to be installed as part of machinery; (élément)

  component inspection certificate

  component inspection certificate means a certificate referred to in section 16; (certificat d’inspection d’élément)

  design working pressure

  design working pressure means the maximum fluid pressure to which a component may be subjected during operating conditions; (pression de service nominale)

  fluid

  fluid means a gas, vapour or liquid; (fluide)

  fuel oil unit

  fuel oil unit means the facility, including pressure pumps, filters and heaters, dealing with oil at a pressure in excess of 180 kPa and used in the preparation of fuel oil for delivery to an oil-fired boiler or, where the oil is heated prior to delivery, to an internal combustion engine; (appareil à mazout)

  harmful substance

  harmful substance[Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65]

  inspection certificate

  inspection certificate[Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65]

  inspector

  inspector[Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65]

  launch

  launch means a ship that has an open cockpit or a cockpit covered by a light trunk cabin in which passengers may be carried; (chaloupe)

  length

  length means

  • (a) in the case of a Safety Convention passenger ship, the horizontal distance measured between perpendiculars erected at the extreme ends of the deepest subdivision load line,

  • (b) in the case of a ship, other than a Safety Convention passenger ship, that is required to be registered pursuant to the Act,

    • (i) the distance measured from the fore-part of the uppermost end of the stem to the aft side of the head of the stern post, except that where a stern post is not fitted to the ship, it is the distance from the fore-part of the uppermost end of the stem to the foreside of the head of the rudder stock,

    • (ii) where the ship has no rudder stock or has a rudder stock situated outside the hull at the stern, the distance measured from the foreside of the foremost permanent structure to the aft side of the aftermost permanent structure of the ship, but not including guards or rubbing strakes, or

    • (iii) where the ship is a double-ended ship, the distance measured from the aft side of the forward rudder stock to the foreside of the aft rudder stock, and

  • (c) in the case of a ship that is not required to be registered pursuant to the Act, the horizontal distance measured between perpendiculars erected at the extreme outside ends of the hull; (longueur)

  liquefied petroleum gas

  liquefied petroleum gas means a liquefied inflammable gas that is composed predominantly of hydrocarbons or mixtures of hydrocarbons such as propane, propylene, butane, butylene or butadene, and that has a Reid vapour pressure exceeding 276 kPa absolute at 38° C; (gaz de pétrole liquéfié)

  local steering gear control system

  local steering gear control system[Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65]

  machinery spaces

  machinery spaces means machinery spaces of category A and all other spaces containing propelling machinery, steering gears, boilers, steam and internal combustion engines, generators and major electrical machinery, oil filling stations, refrigerating, stabilizing, ventilation and air-conditioning machinery, and similar spaces, and trunks to the spaces; (tranche des machines)

  machinery spaces of category A

  machinery spaces of category A means

  • (a) spaces that contain

    • (i) internal combustion-type machinery used for main propulsion or, where the aggregate of total power output is not less than 373 kW, for purposes other than main propulsion,

    • (ii) an oil-fired boiler, or

    • (iii) a fuel oil unit, and

  • (b) trunks to spaces referred to in paragraph (a); (tranche des machines de catégorie A)

  main steering gear

  main steering gear means the main steering gear power unit and actuator by which torque is applied to the rudder stock for the purposes of effecting movement of the rudder to steer a ship; (appareil à gouverner principal)

  major repairs

  major repairs means repairs or alterations to machinery that substantially alter the capacity, size or type of the machinery; (réparations majeures)

  material test certificate

  material test certificate means a certificate referred to in section 10; (certificat d’essai de matériau)

  periodic general inspection

  periodic general inspection[Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65]

  periodic special inspection

  periodic special inspection[Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65]

  pressure vessel

  pressure vessel[Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65]

  remote steering gear control system

  remote steering gear control system means the system by which required rudder movements are transmitted to the steering gear power unit controls from the bridge or another location in a ship, excluding the steering gear compartment; (système de commande à distance de l’appareil à gouverner)

  rudder actuator

  rudder actuator means a unit transmitting torque to a rudder stock

  • (a) through an externally connected tiller, quadrant or similar component, or

  • (b) directly through an integrally housed vane or similar component; (actionneur de gouvernail)

  rules or codes

  rules or codes means rules, regulations or codes relating to the construction, installation and inspection of marine machinery, issued by an approved classification society; (règles ou codes)

  shipside door-operating mechanism

  shipside door-operating mechanism[Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65]

  steering gear power unit

  steering gear power unit means

  • (a) in the case of an electric steering gear, an electric motor and its associated electrical arrangements,

  • (b) in the case of an electro-hydraulic steering gear, an electric motor, and its associated electrical arrangements and the connected hydraulic pump, and

  • (c) in the case of a hydraulic steering gear, the driving engine and connected hydraulic pump; (groupe moteur d’appareil à gouverner)

  test pressure

  test pressure means the maximum pressure to which the fluid in a component or system may be subjected during inspection; (pression d’essai)

  unfired pressure vessel

  unfired pressure vessel means a container subjected to internal or external pressure, where the pressure is produced without the application of heat from an external source or by the application of heat from an indirect source or by any combination thereof, and includes condensers, evaporators, air receivers, hydro-pneumatic tanks, hydraulic accumulators, heat exchangers and similar components, but does not include cooling or heating spaces of engines, pumps, compressors, piping and similar components; (récipient sous pression non chauffé)

  windlass

  windlass means the machinery and arrangements principally employed in the lowering and raising of the anchors of a ship, but does not include the anchors and cables. (guindeau)

• (2) The units of measurement used in these Regulations are as defined in the Metric Practice Guide published by the Canadian Standards Association.

• (3) Unless specifically stated otherwise, all prescribed pressures are gauge pressures.

Application

• 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations apply in respect of every ship as defined in Part XV of the Act.

• (2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of a pleasure yacht or a non-passenger, non-self-propelled ship, except in respect of

  • (a) propulsion system boilers on board a pleasure yacht, where the yacht is in excess of five tons gross tonnage; and

  • (b) boilers and compressed air receivers on board a non-passenger, non-self-propelled ship carrying a crew where the ship

    • (i) may operate or ply on voyages more than 15 miles from land, or

    • (ii) does not operate or ply on voyages more than 15 miles from land and the boilers or compressed air receivers have an assigned working pressure in excess of 103 kPa.

• (3) Despite subsection (1), these Regulations do not apply in respect of vessels to which the Vessel Construction and Equipment Regulations apply.

Construction and Installation Standards

• 4 (1) Any machinery referred to in Schedules I to XV that is constructed after the coming into force of these Regulations shall be constructed and installed in a ship in accordance with the following standards or specifications in force at the time the construction is commenced:

  • (a) the standards or specifications in the rules or codes under which the machinery is being constructed; and

  • (b) the design specifications set out in each item of Part I of the applicable schedule of Schedules I to XV and the general design specifications set out in Schedule XVI.

• (2) In the event of any inconsistency between the standards or specifications referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and the specifications referred to in paragraph (1)(b), the specifications referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall prevail.

• (3) Any machinery referred to in subsection (1) that has been constructed in accordance with the standards or specifications in rules or codes of an approved classification society may be installed in a ship in accordance with the rules or codes of another approved classification society.