Load Line Regulations

17 (1) On application by the authorized representative of a new vessel, the Minister shall issue a Great Lakes and Inland Waters of Canada Load Line Certificate to the vessel if

• (a) the conditions of assignment set out in Schedule 1 are met;

• (b) the vessel is maintained in accordance with the requirements of a classification society;

• (c) the vessel has been assigned freeboards that

  • (i) are determined in accordance with Schedule 2, or

  • (ii) if the freeboards determined under subparagraph (i) are not adequate because of the general structural strength of the vessel, are adequate for the general structural strength of the vessel; and

• (d) the vessel is marked in accordance with Schedule 3.

(2) On application by the authorized representative of an existing vessel, the Minister shall issue a Great Lakes and Inland Waters of Canada Load Line Certificate to the vessel if

• (a) the conditions of assignment set out in Part I of Schedule I to the Rules are met;

• (b) the vessel is maintained in accordance with the requirements of a classification society;

• (c) the vessel has been assigned freeboards determined in accordance with Part II, III or IV of Schedule I to the Rules; and

• (d) the vessel is marked in accordance with Part V of Schedule I to the Rules.

(3) Despite paragraphs (1)(d) and (2)(d), the Minister may issue a certificate if

• (a) the marking on the vessel is placed so that the freeboard is greater than that required by paragraph (1)(d) or (2)(d), as the case may be; or

• (b) in the case of a passenger vessel, it is marked in accordance with the Vessel Construction and Equipment Regulations or subsection 37(2) of the Hull Construction Regulations, as the case may be.