Marine Safety Fees Regulations

Marginal note:Small Vessel Register

• 16 (1) A vessel of 15 gross tonnage or less, other than a pleasure craft referred to in paragraph 15(1)(e) or a vessel referred to in paragraphs 15(1)(b) to (d), must be registered or listed in the Small Vessel Register.

• Marginal note:Applications or requests

  (2) An application or request for a service related to the Small Vessel Register must be presented in respect of

  • (a) a single vessel;

  • (b) a fleet of two or more identical vessels, including government vessels, that are owned by the same owner and

    • (i) are human-powered,

    • (ii) are 8.5 m in length or less and are propelled by sail alone, or

    • (iii) are equipped with one or more primary engines that have an aggregate propulsion power of less than 7.5 kW; or

  • (c) a group of two or more vessels, other than government vessels, of 5 gross tonnage or less that are owned by the same owner and that are registered at the same time under different certificates of registry.

• Marginal note:Fees

  (3) The fee payable for processing an application or request for a service related to the Small Vessel Register set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection is the fee set out in column 2.

  	Column 1	Column 2
  Item	Service	Fee ($)
  1	Process an application for the initial registration of a vessel	110
  2	Process an application to issue a certificate of registry for a vessel that was previously registered in Canada	110
  3	Process an application for the initial registration of a group of vessels or a fleet	190
  4	Process an application to issue a certificate of registry for a group of vessels or a fleet that was previously registered in Canada	190
  5	Process an application to renew a certificate of registry for a vessel, group of vessels or fleet	90
  6	Process an application to issue a provisional certificate of registry	190
  7	Process a request to replace a certificate of registry or a provisional certificate of registry	50
  8	Process a request to issue a certificate of deletion	30
  9	Process an application to transfer the ownership of a registered vessel, group of vessels or fleet	120
  10	Process an application to transmit the ownership of a registered vessel, group of vessels or fleet in case of bankruptcy by the owner	120
  11	Process an application to transmit the ownership of a registered vessel, group of vessels or fleet in case of death of the owner	120
  12	Process a request for a certified transcript	75
  13	Process a request for an uncertified transcript	20
  14	Process a request to conduct a historical search for a vessel	120
  15	Process an application to issue a certificate of bare-boat registry	470
  16	Process an application to extend a certificate of bare-boat registry	190
  17	Process an application to suspend the registration of a Canadian vessel to allow the vessel to be listed in a foreign state, including the reinstatement of the registration after the vessel is delisted from that state	470
  18	Process an application to extend the suspension of the registration of a Canadian vessel while the vessel is listed in a foreign state	190

• Marginal note:Services with no fees

  (4) No fee is payable for the processing of an application or request for the following services related to the Small Vessel Register:

  • (a) reporting alterations to a registered vessel;

  • (b) updating the name or address of an owner;

  • (c) appointing an authorized representative;

  • (d) updating the name or address of an authorized representative; and

  • (e) transmitting to a surviving joint owner in case of death of another owner.