Interpretation

“Board” means the Board of Steamship Inspection or the Marine Technical Review Board under the Canada Shipping Act (2001);
“breadth” means the greatest moulded breadth at or below the vessel's deepest subdivision load water line;
“deepest subdivision loadline” means the waterline that corresponds to the deepest draught;
“draught” means the vertical distance from the moulded base line amidships to a subdivision load line;
“existing vessel” means a vessel that is not a new vessel:
“ ISO 12217-1” means the standard ISO 12217-1 Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and categorization — Part 1: Non-sailing boats of hull length greater than or equal to 6 m ;
“ ISO 6185-3” means the standard ISO 6185-3 Inflatable boats — Part 3: Boats with a maximum motor power rating of 15 kW and greater ;
“ ISO 6185-4” means the standard ISO 6185-4 Inflatable boats — Part 4: Boats with an overall length of between 8 m and 24 m and with a motor maximum power rating of 75 kW and greater
“length” in respect of a vessel, means the horizontal distance between perpendiculars erected at the extreme ends of the deepest subdivision load water line of the vessel;
“machinery space” means the space extending from the moulded base line of the vessel to the margin line and between the extreme main transverse watertight bulkheads bounding the spaces appropriated to the main and auxiliary propelling machinery, boilers, and the permanent coal bunkers, if any;
“margin line” means a line drawn at least 76 mm below the upper surface of the bulkhead deck at the side of a vessel.
“new vessel” means, for Part II, of these Standards,

1. a Canadian registered passenger vessel the keel of which is laid on or after 1 October 2007,
2. a Canadian registered vessel, other than a passenger vessel, that is converted to a passenger vessel on or after 1 October 2007,
3. a passenger vessel that is transferred to registry in Canada on or after 1 October 2007,
4. a passenger vessel which undergoes major modifications on or after 1 October 2007,or

“passenger space” means space provided for the use of passengers;
“permeability”, in relation to a space, means the percentage of that space below the vessel's margin line that, on the assumption that it is in use for the purpose for which it is appropriated, can be occupied by water;
“persons” in relation to the number of persons carried, means the total complement on board the vessel (passengers and crew);
“ro-ro cargo space” means a space not normally subdivided in any way and extending for either a substantial length or for the entire length of the vessel in which goods (packaged or in bulk, in or on rail or road cars, vehicles (including road or rail tankers), trailers, containers, pallets, demountable tanks, or in or on similar stowage units or other receptacles) can be loaded and unloaded normally in a horizontal direction;
“Ro-Ro passenger vessel” means a passenger vessel with ro-ro cargo spaces or special category spaces
“Safety Convention” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, signed at London on November 1, 1974 and the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, signed at London on February 17, 1978 and any amendments, whenever made to the Annex to that convention other than Chapter I of the Annex;
“special category space” means an enclosed space intended for the carriage of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks for their own propulsion, into and from which such space vehicles can be driven and to which passengers have access;
“undecked vessel” means either:

1. a vessel that is not a fully decked boat or a partially decked boat as defined in ISO 12217, or
2. a vessel where water taken above the deck level or the gunwale level will be admitted to the interior of the bilge.