Antarctic Environmental Protection Act

Marginal note:Liability of master

• 52 (1) If a Canadian vessel commits an offence under this Act, the master of the vessel is a party to and guilty of an offence, and is liable on conviction to the penalty provided for by this Act in respect of the offence committed by the vessel, whether or not the vessel has been prosecuted, if the master directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the offence.

• Marginal note:Duties of masters

  (2) Every master of a Canadian vessel shall take all reasonable care to ensure that the vessel complies with

  • (a) this Act and the regulations; and

  • (b) orders and directions of, or prohibitions and requirements imposed by, any court, the Minister, enforcement officers, inspectors and analysts.