Canada Shipping Act, 2001

Marginal note:Regulations — Minister of Transport

• 136 (1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, make regulations

  • (a) establishing VTS Zones within Canadian waters or in a shipping safety control zone prescribed under the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act;

  • (b) respecting the information to be provided and the procedures and practices to be followed by vessels that are about to enter, leave or proceed within a VTS Zone;

  • (c) respecting the conditions under which a clearance under section 126 is to be granted;

  • (d) defining the expression about to enter for the purpose of this Part;

  • (e) respecting aids to navigation in Canadian waters;

  • (f) regulating or prohibiting the navigation, anchoring, mooring or berthing of vessels for the purposes of promoting the safe and efficient navigation of vessels and protecting the public interest and the environment;

  • (g) respecting the safety of persons on Canadian waters for the purposes of sporting, recreational or public events or activities;

  • (h) specifying classes of persons, or appointing persons, to ensure compliance with regulations made under any of paragraphs (b) and (e) to (g) and specifying their powers and duties; and

  • (i) prescribing anything that may be prescribed under this Part.

• Marginal note:Regulations — Minister

  (2) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations

  • (a) and (b) [Repealed, 2013, c. 28, s. 10]

  • (c) respecting maritime search and rescue.

• Marginal note:Order — Minister of Transport

  (3) The Minister of Transport may, by order, suspend or modify the operation of regulations made under paragraph (1)(f) or (g).

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect of order

  (4) An order made under subsection (3) has effect from the time that it is made or from any later date that may be specified in the order but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) the day on which it is repealed;

  • (b) the day on which a regulation made under this Act that has the same effect as the order comes into force; and

  • (c) two years after the effective date of the order or any shorter period that may be specified in the order.

• Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

  (5) The Statutory Instruments Act does not apply to an order made under subsection (3). However, the order must be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.