Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Marginal note:Duties of masters and chief engineers

• 280.2 (1) The master and the chief engineer of a ship shall take all reasonable care to ensure that the ship complies with

  • (a) Division 3 of Part 7 and regulations made under that Division; and

  • (b) orders and directions of, and prohibitions and requirements imposed by, the Minister, enforcement officers and review officers in connection with obligations or prohibitions under that Division or those regulations.

• Marginal note:Liability of master and chief engineer

  (2) If a ship commits an offence arising out of a contravention of Division 3 of Part 7, a regulation made under that Division or an order or direction of, or prohibition or requirement imposed by, the Minister, an enforcement officer or a review officer in connection with an obligation or prohibition under that Division or a regulation made under that Division, the master and the chief engineer of the ship are a party to and guilty of the offence, and are liable to the punishment provided for the offence, whether or not the ship has been prosecuted or convicted.