Potable Water on Board Trains, Vessels, Aircraft and Buses Regulations (SOR/2016-43)

Marginal note:Operator

• 2 (1) Every operator who is authorized, under a law of Canada or of another country, to transport at least 25 persons on board any of the following conveyances must ensure that the requirements of these Regulations, except for the requirement set out in section 18, are met if the operator provides water, to be used for a purpose set out in section 3, on board the conveyance:

  • (a) an aircraft;

  • (b) a vessel used for interprovincial or international transportation;

  • (c) a bus used for interprovincial or international transportation;

  • (d) a train used for interprovincial or international transportation or used on a railway declared to be a work for the general advantage of Canada.

• Marginal note:Excluded conveyances

  (2) Despite subsection (1), these Regulations do not apply to a conveyance that

  • (a) is used for urban transit purposes;

  • (b) has a point of departure and a point of destination outside Canada and travels through Canada without making any stops for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers; or

  • (c) is a vessel that has a point of departure and a point of destination in the same province and travels through another province or another country without making any stops for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (3) Section 12, paragraph 13(c) and sections 19 and 22 do not apply to a foreign operator in respect of a conveyance that, while it is in Canada, makes only one stop for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers.