Hull Construction Regulations — 2
2 In these Regulations, ‘A’ Class division [Repealed, SOR/2017-14, s. 400] accommodation space includes (a) passenger spaces, (b) crew space, (c) offices, (d) pantries, and (e) space similar to any of the foregoing not being service spaces or open spaces on deck; ( locaux habités ) approved means approved by the Board; ( approuvé ) ‘B’ Class division [Repealed, SOR/2017-14, s. 400] Board means the Board of Steamship Inspection; ( Bureau ) breadth of the ship means the greatest moulded breadth at or below the ship’s deepest subdivision load water line; ( largeur du navire ) bulkhead deck means the uppermost deck up to which transverse watertight bulkheads are carried; ( pont de cloisonnement ) Chairman means the Chairman of the Board of Steamship Inspection; ( président ) combustible material [Repealed, SOR/2017-14, s. 400] control station [Repealed, SOR/2017-14, s. 400] criterion numeral , in relation to any ship, means the criterion numeral of the ship determined in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of Schedule I; ( critérium ) deepest subdivision loadline means the water line that corresponds to the greatest draught; ( ligne de charge maximum de compartimentage ) draught means the vertical distance from the moulded base line amidships to a subdivision load water line; ( tirant d’eau ) existing ship means a ship that is not a new ship; ( navire existant ) factor of subdivision , in relation to any ship or portion thereof, means the factor of subdivision determined in accordance with such of the provisions of sections 4 and 9 of Schedule I as apply to that ship or portion thereof, as the case may be; ( facteur de cloisonnement ) ferry vessel means any vessel, having provision only for deck passengers and for vehicles, that is operated on a short run on a schedule between two points over the most direct water route and offers a public service of a type normally attributed to a bridge or tunnel; ( transbordeur ) floodable length , in relation to any portion of a ship at any draught, means the maximum length of that portion having its centre at a given point in the ship that, at that draught and under such of the assumptions of permeability set forth in Schedule I as are applicable in the circumstances, can be flooded without submerging any part of the ship’s margin line when the ship has no list; ( longueur envahissable ) hotel ship [Repealed, SOR/2017-14, s. 400] incombustible material [Repealed, SOR/2017-14, s. 400] length , in respect of a ship, means, except in Part VII, the horizontal distance between perpendiculars erected at the extreme ends of the deepest subdivision load water line of the ship; ( longueur ) machinery space means the space extending from the moulded base line of the ship to the margin line and between the extreme transverse water-tight bulkheads bounding the spaces appropriated to the main and auxiliary propelling machinery, boiler and the permanent coal bunkers; ( locaux de machines ou tranche des machines ) main vertical zones [Repealed, SOR/2017-14, s. 400] margin line means a line drawn at least 76 mm below the upper surface of the bulkhead deck at the side of a ship, and assumed for the purpose of determining the floodable length of the ship; ( ligne de surimmersion ) Minister means the Minister of Transport; ( ministre ) new ship means (a) a Safety Convention ship the keel of which was laid on or after May 26, 1965, (b) a ship, other than a passenger ship, that is converted to a Safety Convention passenger ship on or after May 26, 1965, (c) a ship, other than a Safety Convention ship, the keel of which was laid on or after February 7, 1958, (d) a ship that is converted to a passenger ship, other than a Safety Convention passenger ship, on or after February 7, 1958, and (e) a ship that is transferred to registry in Canada after February 7, 1958; ( navire neuf ) passenger means any person carried on a ship, but does not include (a) a person carried on a Safety Convention ship who is (i) the