Marine Personnel Regulations

225 (1) A vessel that is equipped in accordance with the requirements applicable to periodically unattended machinery spaces under the Vessel Construction and Equipment Regulations or with Schedule VIII to the Marine Machinery Regulations may operate with periodically unattended machinery spaces if the remote control and monitoring systems in those spaces are inspected at intervals not exceeding 12 months and the inspection certificate contains a notation confirming the inspection.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a vessel of at least 500 gross tonnage when it is manoeuvring or proceeding in a narrow channel or fairway.