Bill C-14

Inspections

(a) stop or board the craft at any reasonable time;

(b) direct any person to put into operation or cease operating any machinery or equipment on the craft;

(c) direct that the craft not be moved until the inspection is completed;

(d) direct any person to move the craft to a safe place if the officer or inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that it does not meet the requirements of this Part or the regulations made under this Part or exposes any person to serious danger, and direct that it not be operated until it meets those requirements or no longer exposes any person to serious danger; and

(e) direct any person to move the craft to a safe place if the officer or inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that the operator does not meet the requirements of the regulations made under this Part, and direct that the operator not operate it until the operator meets those requirements.

(a) give an officer or inspector all reasonable assistance to enable them to carry out an inspection and exercise any power conferred by this section; and

(b) produce to an officer or inspector any document, or provide them with any information, that the officer or inspector may reasonably require, for the administration of this Part or Part 5 (Navigation Services) or the regulations made under either of those Parts.

(a) enter any place, other than a dwelling-house, where the inspector has reasonable grounds to believe a pleasure craft is located;

(b) examine anything that the inspector finds and take samples of it;

(c) conduct any tests or analyses and take any measurements;

(d) inspect any books, records, electronic data or other documents that the inspector believes may contain information that is relevant to the inspection;

(e) use or cause to be used any computer system in the place where the inspection is being carried out to examine any data contained in or available to the computer system;

(f) reproduce or cause to be reproduced any record from the data in the form of a print-out or other intelligible output;

(g) take any document or other thing from the place where the inspection is being carried out for examination or, in the case of a document, copying; and

(h) use or cause to be used any copying equipment in the place where the inspection is being carried out to make copies of any documents.

(a) give the inspector all reasonable assistance to enable them to carry out the inspection and exercise any power conferred by this section; and

(b) produce to the inspector any document, or provide them with any information, that the inspector may reasonably require for the administration of this Part or the regulations made under this Part.

Investigations

Safe Operation of Pleasure Craft

Pleasure Craft Licences

Regulations

(a) respecting the issuance, cancellation or transfer of pleasure craft licences;

(b) respecting qualifications, including medical fitness, minimum age, degree of knowledge, skill, training and experience, for operators of pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft, and the evidence required to prove compliance with those qualifications;

(c) respecting the operation of pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft;

(d) respecting training courses and examinations for pleasure craft operators, including the designation and accreditation of persons or organizations that provide them;

(e) respecting the issuance, cancellation or suspension of documents that demonstrate compliance with any regulations made under paragraph (b) or (d);

(f) respecting the design, construction or manufacture of pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft;

(g) respecting the issuance or cancellation of plates or labels in respect of pleasure craft that comply with regulations made under paragraph (f);

(h) requiring that plates or labels referred to in paragraph (g) be displayed and specifying the manner in which they must be displayed;

(i) prohibiting the construction, manufacture, sale, lease, importation or operation of pleasure craft that do not meet the requirements of regulations made under paragraph (f);

(j) requiring owners, builders, manufacturers, importers or vendors of pleasure craft to modify their pleasure craft, at their own expense, in order to comply with regulations made under paragraph (f);

(k) respecting hull identification or serial numbers that identify pleasure craft;

(l) specifying the machinery and equipment that are required or prohibited on pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft;

(m) respecting the design, construction, manufacture, maintenance, storage, testing, approval, arrangement and use of a pleasure craft's or a class of pleasure craft's machinery and equipment;

(n) respecting the requirements that pleasure craft, or classes of pleasure craft, and their machinery and equipment must meet;

(o) respecting documents that must be kept on board pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft; and

(p) respecting the reporting of accidents involving pleasure craft.

(a) regulating or prohibiting the discharge of pollutants from pleasure craft; and

(b) regulating noise emissions from pleasure craft engines.

Offences and Punishment

(a) subsection 197(1) (ensure a pleasure craft is constructed in accordance with the regulations); or

(b) subsection 197(2) (selling a pleasure craft without a plate or label).

(a) a direction given under any of paragraphs 196(4)(b) to (e) (to operate or cease operating machinery or equipment, to not move a pleasure craft or to move a pleasure craft to a safe place);

(b) subsection 196(5) (give reasonable assistance, produce documents or provide information);

(c) subsection 198(2) (give reasonable assistance, produce documents or provide information);

(d) a direction given under section 199 (not to operate a pleasure craft);

(e) section 201 (ensure that a pleasure craft meets the requirements of the regulations);

(f) section 202 (obtain a licence for a pleasure craft);

(g) section 204 (operating pleasure craft without licence number marked);

(h) section 205 (defacing, altering, concealing or removing licence number); or

(i) a provision of the regulations made under this Part.