Marine Machinery Regulations

25 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), machinery referred to in Schedules I to XV that is installed in a foreign ship that was previously registered in Canada before the coming into force of these Regulations and is re-registered in Canada after the coming into force of these Regulations shall be subject to a periodic general inspection and a periodic special inspection.

(2) The periodic special inspection referred to in subsection (1) is not required where

• (a) the inspector determines on the basis of the periodic general inspection that the machinery conforms to standards and specifications set out in regulations in force at the time the machinery was constructed; and

• (b) valid certificates of periodic class survey by an exclusive surveyor to an approved classification society are submitted to the Board.

(3) Where a periodic special inspection is not required pursuant to subsection (2), a periodic special inspection shall be carried out on the due date of the next periodic special survey of the approved classification society under which the ship is classed.