Canada Shipping Act, 2001

Marginal note:Authorized representative

• 14 (1) Every Canadian vessel must have a person — the authorized representative — who is responsible under this Act for acting with respect to all matters relating to the vessel that are not otherwise assigned by this Act to any other person.

• Marginal note:Qualified person, bare-boat charterer or owner

  (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the authorized representative of a Canadian vessel is

  • (a) in the case of a vessel whose owner has entered into an arrangement with a qualified person, including an operator of the vessel, under which they are responsible for the matters referred to in subsection (1), the qualified person;

  • (b) in the case of a vessel described in section 48, the bare-boat charterer; or

  • (c) in any other case, the owner of the vessel.

• Marginal note:Representative if more than one owner

  (3) In the case of a Canadian vessel that is owned by more than one person, the owners must appoint as the authorized representative one of themselves or, in accordance with paragraph (2)(a), a qualified person.

• Marginal note:Representative of foreign corporation

  (4) In the case of a Canadian vessel that is owned by a corporation incorporated under the laws of a state other than Canada, the authorized representative must be

  • (a) a subsidiary of the corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province;

  • (b) an employee or a director in Canada of a branch office of the corporation that is carrying on business in Canada; or

  • (c) a ship management company incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province.

• Marginal note:Acts or omissions of authorized representative binding

  (5) The owner of a Canadian vessel is bound by the acts or omissions of their authorized representative with respect to the matters referred to in subsection (1).