Canada Shipping Act, 2001

Marginal note:Certificate of registry

• 75.03 (1) The Chief Registrar must issue a certificate of registry in respect of a fleet that he or she registers, and the certificate is valid for the period that he or she specifies.

• Marginal note:Information

  (2) A certificate of registry in respect of a fleet must contain the information specified by the Chief Registrar, including

  • (a) a description of the fleet;

  • (b) the fleet’s official number; and

  • (c) the name and address of the owner and the authorized representative of the fleet.

• Marginal note:Description — number of vessels

  (3) In the fleet’s description, the Chief Registrar must specify either the number of vessels that are to be part of the fleet or the minimum and maximum numbers of vessels that can be part of it.

• Marginal note:Official number

  (4) The fleet’s official number is also the official number of each vessel of that fleet.

• Marginal note:Authorized representative of fleet

  (5) The authorized representative of a fleet is the authorized representative, as determined under section 14, of the vessels of that fleet and must be the same authorized representative for all of the fleet’s vessels.

• (6) [Repealed, 2023, c. 26, s. 367]

• Marginal note:Acts or omissions of authorized representative binding

  (7) The owner of a fleet is bound by the acts or omissions of the authorized representative of the fleet with respect to all matters assigned by this Act to that representative.