Bill C-35

(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 and transfer of pleasure craft licences;

(b) respecting age requirements and qualifications for operators of pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft and the evidence required to prove compliance with those requirements or 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 construction or manufacture of pleasure craft;

(f) authorizing the issuance, cancellation or suspension of plates in respect of pleasure craft that comply with regulations made under paragraph (e);

(g) requiring that the plate referred to in paragraph (f) be displayed and specifying the manner in which it must be displayed;

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

(i) 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 (e);

(j) respecting the alteration or removal of the hull identification or serial numbers that identify pleasure craft;

(k) respecting the machinery and equipment required or prohibited on pleasure craft and their use;

(l) respecting personal flotation devices to be carried on board pleasure craft or classes of pleasure craft, including specifying the circumstances in which those devices must be worn; and

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

Offences and Punishment

(a) subsection 200(1) (ensure a pleasure craft is constructed in accordance with the regulations);

(b) subsection 200(2) (selling a pleasure craft without a plate); or

(c) a direction given under section 202 (not to operate a pleasure craft).

(a) if the offence is committed knowingly, to a fine of not more than $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both; and

(b) if the offence is committed negligently, to a fine of not more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

(a) a direction given under any of paragraphs 199(3)(b) to (d) (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 199(4) (give reasonable assistance, produce documents or provide information);

(c) subsection 201(2) (give reasonable assistance, produce documents or provide information);

(d) section 204 (ensure that a pleasure craft meets the requirements of the regulations);

(e) section 205 (obtain a licence for a pleasure craft);

(f) subsection 207(1) (operating pleasure craft without licence number marked);

(g) subsection 207(2) (defacing, altering, concealing or removing licence number); or

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

(a) if the offence is committed knowingly, to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both; and

(b) if the offence is committed negligently, to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

PART 11

ENFORCEMENT - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

Interpretation

Inspections

(a) direct any person to answer reasonable questions, provide reasonable assistance or put into operation or cease operating any machinery or equipment on a vessel being inspected;

(b) direct the master of a vessel to prohibit or limit access to any part of the vessel for as long as specified;

(c) direct the master of a vessel not to move the vessel until the inspection is completed;

(d) direct the master of a vessel to muster the crew or to carry out any emergency or safety procedure required by the regulations;

(e) direct any person who is at the place where the inspection is being carried out to produce for inspection, or for the purpose of making copies or taking extracts, any document that they are required to have under a relevant provision;

(f) take photographs and make video recordings and sketches;

(g) take or remove for analysis samples of any material or substance or any biological, chemical or physical agents or substances;

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

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

(j) 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

(k) 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) by means of which or in relation to which the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a relevant provision has been contravened; or

(b) that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds will afford evidence in respect of a contravention of a relevant provision.