Marine Transportation Security Regulations

201 (1) This Part applies to vessels in Canada, and Canadian ships outside Canada, that are SOLAS ships or non-SOLAS ships.

(2) This Part does not apply to

• (a) a pleasure craft, a fishing vessel, a vessel that is owned or operated by a government and used only on government non-commercial service, a vessel without a crew that is in dry dock, dismantled or laid-up, or a vessel that is subject to a security arrangement concluded between the Government of Canada and a contracting government in application of Regulation 11 of Chapter XI-2 of SOLAS; or

• (b) a vessel that is entitled to fly the Canadian flag and that is engaged on a voyage between marine facilities in Canada, except when the vessel has an interface with a SOLAS ship or non-SOLAS ship that is entitled to fly the flag of a foreign state that is not subject to a security arrangement referred to in paragraph (a).

(3) For the purposes of subsections 211(6) and 213(2), Administration means

• (a) in respect of a SOLAS ship that is entitled to fly the Canadian flag, the Minister; or

• (b) in respect of a SOLAS ship that is entitled to fly the flag of a foreign state, the contracting government of that state.