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The Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act, known by its acronym WAHVA, was waiting to be proclaimed into force. That proclamation has now issued, and WAHVA […]
Bill C-64 (Wreck and Salvage) was given Royal Assent on February 28, 2019, becoming law as 2019, c. 1, by way of formal designation. The official […]
Bill C-64 concerning wreck and salvage was reported back to the House of Commons in December with Senate amendments. The House gave second reading to the […]
The transfer of title on a ship sale is not dependent on registration of the sale in the Canadian Ship Registry, at least in the specific […]
The federal government has published (Canada Gazette, Part I, December 22; see page 5176) proposed regulations requiring oil-handling facilities (OHF’s) to have oil-pollution prevention plans (OPPP’s). […]
Bill C-86 has cleared Parliament and was given Royal Assent on December 13, 2018. This omnibus budget implementation bill amends various legislation, including the Canada Shipping […]
It remains to be seen whether or not revamped Marine Mammal Regulations, brought into force this past summer, clarify what has to be proved to prosecute […]
Bill C-64 (wrecks and hazardous vessels) was given Second Reading in the Senate on October 18, 2018, and referred for study to the Standing Senate Committee […]
The potential for overlapping legislation in marine pollution has been reduced by another interlocutory judgment in the ongoing MARATHASSA case. The Defendant ship asked for a […]
Senate Second Reading of Bill C-64 re Wrecks, etc., is being carried forward from day to day on the Senate Order Paper (daily schedule). We will […]
Bill C-64 (wrecks and hazardous vessels) moved into the Senate with First Reading on September 18, 2018. According to Hansard (the daily record), Second Reading was […]
In April 2018, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled on the admissibility of evidence in a ship pollution context. The ship Marathassa is accused of discharging a […]
Bill C-64, the draft federal legislation on wrecks and hazardous vessels, has been on hold during Parliament’s summer recess. The Bill had previously gone through the […]
