Canada Shipping Act, 2001

Marginal note:Definitions

194 The definitions in this section apply in this Part.

enforcement officer

enforcement officer means

• (a) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;

• (b) a member of any harbour or river police force;

• (c) a member of any provincial, county or municipal police force; and

• (d) any person, or member of a class of persons, designated under subsection 196(1). (agent de l’autorité)

inspector

inspector means a pleasure craft safety inspector designated under subsection 195(1). (inspecteur)

licence

licence means a licence issued for a pleasure craft under this Part. (permis)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Transport. (ministre)

pollutant

pollutant means

• (a) a substance that, if added to any waters, would degrade or alter or form part of a process of degradation or alteration of the quality of the waters to an extent that is detrimental to their use by humans or by an animal or a plant that is useful to humans; and

• (b) any water that contains a substance in such a quantity or concentration, or that has been so treated, processed or changed, by heat or other means, from a natural state, that it would, if added to any waters, degrade or alter or form part of a process of degradation or alteration of the quality of the waters to an extent that is detrimental to their use by humans or by an animal or a plant that is useful to humans.

It includes oil, hazardous and noxious substances and any substance or class of substances that is prescribed for the purpose of Part 8 (Pollution Prevention and Response — Department of Transport and Department of Fisheries and Oceans) to be a pollutant. (polluant)