Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 — M-7.01 2
Definitions 2 (1) In this Act, Canadian vessel means a vessel (a) that is registered, listed or licensed under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 , (b) that is not registered, listed or licensed under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 or under the laws of another state but is owned by one or more persons each of whom is (i) a Canadian citizen, (ii) in the case of a vessel that is not required to be registered, listed or licensed under that Act, a person who is resident and domiciled in Canada, or (iii) a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province, that has its principal place of business in Canada, or (c) that is not registered, listed or licensed under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 but is owned or operated by Her Majesty in right of Canada; ( bâtiment canadien ) Chief Review Officer [Repealed, 2026, c. 3, s. 530] Convention means the Convention set out in the schedule, as amended from time to time; ( convention ) conveyance means a vehicle, aircraft, vessel or any other contrivance that is used to move persons or goods; ( moyen de transport ) deposit means any discharging, spraying, releasing, spilling, leaking, seeping, pouring, emitting, emptying, throwing, dumping or placing; ( immersion ou rejet ) environment means the components of the Earth and includes (a) air, land and water, (b) all layers of the atmosphere, (c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and (d) the interacting natural systems that include the components referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c); ( environnement ) Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada means the Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada established by subsection 243(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 ; ( Tribunal de la protection de l’environnement du Canada ) fixed platform means an artificial island or a marine installation or structure that is permanently attached to the seabed for the purpose of exploration or exploitation of resources or for other economic purposes; ( plate-forme fixe ) foreign national has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ; ( étranger ) foreign vessel means a vessel that is not a Canadian vessel; ( bâtiment étranger ) master includes every person who has command or charge of a vessel but excludes a licensed pilot within the meaning of section 1.1 of the Pilotage Act ; ( capitaine ) migratory bird means a migratory bird referred to in the Convention, and includes the sperm, eggs, embryos, tissue cultures and parts of the bird; ( oiseau migrateur ) Minister means the Minister of the Environment or, in respect of any matter related to the Northern Pipeline referred to in the Northern Pipeline Act , the member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada designated as the Minister for the purposes of that Act; ( ministre ) nest means the nest of a migratory bird and includes parts of the nest. ( nid ) operator , in respect of a vessel, means a person other than an owner who has, either by law or by contract, the possession and use of the vessel; ( exploitant ) owner , in respect of a vessel, means an actual owner of the vessel if the vessel is not registered or listed, or a registered owner if it is registered or listed; ( propriétaire ) vessel means a boat, ship or craft designed, used or capable of being used solely or partly for navigation in, on, through or immediately above water, without regard to the method or lack of propulsion, but does not include a fixed platform. ( bâtiment ) Possession (2) For the purposes of this Act, (a) a person has anything in possession when the person has it in their personal possession or knowingly (i) has it in the actual possession or custody of another person, or (ii) has it in any place, whether or not that place belongs to or is occupied by the person, for their own use or benefit or for the use or benefit of another person; and (b) where a person has anything in their possession or custody with the knowledge and consent of another p