Vessel Duties Reduction or Removal Regulations

8 The reduction or removal of customs duty under section 3 shall be granted on condition that,

• (a) in the case of a vessel that is not a duty-paid Canadian-registered vessel, no suitable duty-paid or domestically built Canadian-registered vessel is available to perform the service specified in the application referred to in paragraph 10(a);

• (b) in the case of a vessel that is not a duty-paid foreign-registered vessel, no suitable Canadian-registered vessel is available to perform the service specified in the application referred to in paragraph 10(a); and

• (c) in the case of a vessel that is not a duty-paid vessel and that engages in any activity referred to in subsections 3(2.1) to (2.4) of the Coasting Trade Act, that activity is specified in the application referred to in paragraph 10(a).