Ballast Water Control and Management Regulations

Marginal note:Application of Regulations

• 2 (1) These Regulations apply in respect of the following vessels if they are designed or constructed to carry ballast water:

  • (a) Canadian vessels everywhere; and

  • (b) vessels that are not Canadian vessels and are in waters under Canadian jurisdiction.

• Marginal note:Oil and gas operations

  (2) These Regulations apply in respect of vessels that are capable of engaging in the drilling for, or the production, conservation or processing of, oil or gas except when the vessel is on location and engaged in the exploration or drilling for, or the production, conservation or processing of, oil or gas, as defined in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, in an area described in paragraph 3(a) or (b) of that Act.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (3) These Regulations do not apply in respect of

  • (a) vessels that operate exclusively in waters under Canadian jurisdiction;

  • (b) vessels that operate exclusively in waters under Canadian jurisdiction and in the United States waters of the Great Lakes Basin or the French waters of the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon;

  • (c) vessels engaged in search and rescue operations that are less than 50 m in overall length and that have a maximum ballast water capacity of 8 m³;

  • (d) pleasure craft that are less than 50 m in overall length and that have a maximum ballast water capacity of 8 m³;

  • (e) vessels that carry permanent ballast water in sealed tanks such that it is not subject to release; or

  • (f) vessels that are owned or operated by a state and used only in government non-commercial service.