Marine Machinery Regulations — 2
2 (1) In these Regulations, Act means the Canada Shipping Act ; ( Loi ) approved classification society means the American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas (Canada), Det norske Veritas, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping or Germanischer Lloyd; ( société de classification agréée ) assigned working pressure means the maximum fluid pressure to which the component with the lowest design working pressure in a system may be subjected and above which the system is protected from overpressure; ( pression de service effective ) auxiliary steering gear means the arrangements provided for effecting movement of the rudder of a ship in the event of failure of the main steering gear, but does not include the rudder stock, tiller or quadrant, or the component serving the same purpose as the tiller or quadrant, or, where fitted, the automatic-pilot system; ( appareil à gouverner auxiliaire ) boiler means a plant that generates steam or hot water under pressure by means of a flame, combustion gases or electrical heating elements, and includes the superheaters, economizers, valves and components necessary for the safety and operation of the plant; ( chaudière ) classification society means a society or association for the classification of ships; ( société de classification ) component means a unit or part of a unit that is identified in rules or codes and is to be installed as part of machinery; ( élément ) component inspection certificate means a certificate referred to in section 16; ( certificat d’inspection d’élément ) design working pressure means the maximum fluid pressure to which a component may be subjected during operating conditions; ( pression de service nominale ) fluid means a gas, vapour or liquid; ( fluide ) fuel oil unit means the facility, including pressure pumps, filters and heaters, dealing with oil at a pressure in excess of 180 kPa and used in the preparation of fuel oil for delivery to an oil-fired boiler or, where the oil is heated prior to delivery, to an internal combustion engine; ( appareil à mazout ) harmful substance [Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65] inspection certificate [Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65] inspector [Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65] launch means a ship that has an open cockpit or a cockpit covered by a light trunk cabin in which passengers may be carried; ( chaloupe ) length means (a) in the case of a Safety Convention passenger ship, the horizontal distance measured between perpendiculars erected at the extreme ends of the deepest subdivision load line, (b) in the case of a ship, other than a Safety Convention passenger ship, that is required to be registered pursuant to the Act, (i) the distance measured from the fore-part of the uppermost end of the stem to the aft side of the head of the stern post, except that where a stern post is not fitted to the ship, it is the distance from the fore-part of the uppermost end of the stem to the foreside of the head of the rudder stock, (ii) where the ship has no rudder stock or has a rudder stock situated outside the hull at the stern, the distance measured from the foreside of the foremost permanent structure to the aft side of the aftermost permanent structure of the ship, but not including guards or rubbing strakes, or (iii) where the ship is a double-ended ship, the distance measured from the aft side of the forward rudder stock to the foreside of the aft rudder stock, and (c) in the case of a ship that is not required to be registered pursuant to the Act, the horizontal distance measured between perpendiculars erected at the extreme outside ends of the hull; ( longueur ) liquefied petroleum gas means a liquefied inflammable gas that is composed predominantly of hydrocarbons or mixtures of hydrocarbons such as propane, propylene, butane, butylene or butadene, and that has a Reid vapour pressure exceeding 276 kPa absolute at 38° C; ( gaz de pétrole liquéfié ) local steering gear control system [Repealed, SOR/2021-135, s. 65] machinery spaces means machinery spa