Long-Range Identification and Tracking of Vessels Regulations (SOR/2010-227)

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  cargo vessel

  cargo vessel means a vessel that is not a passenger vessel and is of 300 gross tonnage or more. (bâtiment de charge)

  international voyage

  international voyage means a voyage between a port in one country and a port in another country, but does not include a voyage solely on the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock at Montréal. (voyage international)

  LRIT equipment

  LRIT equipment means information-transmitting equipment for the long-range identification and tracking of a vessel. (équipement LRIT)

  LRIT information

  LRIT information means the information referred to in section 5. (renseignements LRIT)

  Minister

  Minister means the Minister of Transport. (ministre)

  passenger vessel

  passenger vessel means a vessel that carries more than 12 passengers. (bâtiment à passagers)

  sea area A1

  sea area A1, sea area A2, sea area A3 and sea area A4 have the meanings assigned by regulation 2.1 of Chapter IV of SOLAS. (zone océanique A1, zone océanique A2, zone océanique A3 et zone océanique A4)

  SOLAS

  SOLAS means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, and the Protocol of 1988 relating to the Convention, as amended from time to time. (SOLAS)

• Marginal note:When vessel is constructed

  (2) For the purpose of these Regulations, a vessel is constructed on the earliest of

  • (a) the day on which its keel is laid,

  • (b) the day on which construction identifiable with a specific vessel begins, and

  • (c) the day on which assembly of the vessel reaches the lesser of 50 tonnes and 1% of the estimated mass of all structural material.