Ballast Water Regulations (SOR/2021-120)

Marginal note:Definitions

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

  Act

  Act means the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. (Loi)

  Annex

  Annex means the Annex to the Convention. (Annexe)

  ballast water

  ballast water has the same meaning as in article 1 of the Convention. (eaux de ballast)

  ballast water exchange standard

  ballast water exchange standard means the standard set out in regulation D-1 of the Annex. (norme de renouvellement des eaux de ballast)

  ballast water management

  ballast water management has the same meaning as in article 1 of the Convention. (gestion des eaux de ballast)

  ballast water management system

  ballast water management system has the same meaning as in the BWMS Code. (système de gestion des eaux de ballast)

  ballast water performance standard

  ballast water performance standard means the standard set out in regulation D-2 of the Annex. (norme de qualité des eaux de ballast)

  BWMS Code

  BWMS Code means the Code for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems, published by the International Maritime Organization. (Code BWMS)

  Canadian pleasure craft

  Canadian pleasure craft means a pleasure craft that

  • (a) is licensed under Part 10 of the Act; or

  • (b) is principally maintained or operated in Canada, is not a Canadian vessel and is not registered or licensed under the laws of another state. (embarcation de plaisance canadienne)

  Convention

  Convention means the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, signed at London on February 13, 2004. (Convention)

  Great Lakes Basin

  Great Lakes Basin means the waters of the Great Lakes, their connecting and tributary waters and the waters of the St. Lawrence River as far as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock at Montréal in Quebec. (bassin des Grands Lacs)

  IBWM Certificate

  IBWM Certificate means the International Ballast Water Management Certificate issued under regulation E-2 or E-3 of the Annex. (certificat IGEB)

  Minister

  Minister means the Minister of Transport. (ministre)

  release

  release, in respect of ballast water, includes leakage, pumping, pouring, emptying, dumping, spraying or placing. (déversement)

  residual amounts

  residual amounts means the quantity of ballast water that cannot be removed from a ballast tank using the equipment installed on the vessel for that purpose. (quantité résiduelle)

  sediments

  sediments means matter settled out of ballast water within a vessel. (sédiments)

  TP 13617

  TP 13617 means the document entitled List of Canada’s Designated Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas and Fresh Waters, published by the Department of Transport. (TP 13617)

  waters under Canadian jurisdiction

  waters under Canadian jurisdiction means Canadian waters and waters in the exclusive economic zone of Canada. (eaux de compétence canadienne)

• Marginal note:Authorized representative

  (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a reference to the authorized representative of a pleasure craft that is not a Canadian vessel is to be read as a reference to the owner and operator of the pleasure craft.