This follows the closed thread: https://sportfishingbc.com/threads/...er-to-the-provinces-and-municipalities.95152/
As you may be aware, Transport Canada held a consultation in Fall 2023 focused on modernizing the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulation (VORR).
Transport Canada completed the analysis of all comments received and shared a “What We Heard” report in July 2024.
We are happy to inform you that proposed changes to the VORR in response to consultation feedback received have been pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on September 14, 2024, and are open for comments for 75 days until November 28, 2024.
Note that the Canada Gazette website allows you to comment on proposed regulations through its online feature and we encourage you to take advantage of this mechanism. For more information on this online feature, please visit the Canada Gazette information page “How to Comment on Proposed Regulations.”
Finally, if you would like to be kept up to date on future updates related to VORR modernization or other files related to marine safety and security, please reach out directly to the Canadian Marine Advisory Council Secretariat (cmac-ccmc@tc.gc.ca) and request to be added to their distribution list.
This is the clause they propose to use now below to hand authority over to the municipalities using ministerial orders:
As you may be aware, Transport Canada held a consultation in Fall 2023 focused on modernizing the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulation (VORR).
Transport Canada completed the analysis of all comments received and shared a “What We Heard” report in July 2024.
We are happy to inform you that proposed changes to the VORR in response to consultation feedback received have been pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on September 14, 2024, and are open for comments for 75 days until November 28, 2024.
Note that the Canada Gazette website allows you to comment on proposed regulations through its online feature and we encourage you to take advantage of this mechanism. For more information on this online feature, please visit the Canada Gazette information page “How to Comment on Proposed Regulations.”
Finally, if you would like to be kept up to date on future updates related to VORR modernization or other files related to marine safety and security, please reach out directly to the Canadian Marine Advisory Council Secretariat (cmac-ccmc@tc.gc.ca) and request to be added to their distribution list.
This is the clause they propose to use now below to hand authority over to the municipalities using ministerial orders:
Enforcement
Marginal note: Designation- 135 (1) The Minister may designate any person or class of persons for the purposes of enforcing this Part.
- Marginal note: Designation — Minister of Transport
(1.1) The Minister of Transport may designate any person or class of persons for the purposes of enforcing a provision of this Part or of a regulation made under this Part that the Minister of Transport is responsible for administering. - Marginal note: Stopping and boarding vessel
(2) A person, or a member of a class of persons, designated under subsection (1) or (1.1) who has reasonable grounds to believe that an offence has been committed or is about to be committed under this Part by a vessel or any person on board a vessel may stop and board the vessel and take any reasonable action to ensure public safety or protect the public interest.
- 2001, c. 26, s. 135
- 2023, c. 26, s. 380