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Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act
1989, c. 3
An Act to establish the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board and to amend certain Acts in consequence thereof
[Assented to 29th June, 1989]
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act.
INTERPRETATION
Definitions
2. In this Act,
"aircraft" 《aéronef》
"aircraft" means any machine, including a rocket, capable of deriving support in the atmosphere from reactions of the air, other than a machine designed to derive support in the atmosphere from reactions against the earth's surface of air expelled from the machine;
"aviation occurrence" 《accident aéronautique》
"aviation occurrence" means
(a) any accident or incident associated with the operation of an aircraft, and
(b) any situation or condition that the Board has reasonable grounds to believe could, if left unattended, induce an accident or incident described in paragraph (a);
"Board" 《Bureau》
"Board" means the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board established by section 4;
"Chairperson" 《président》
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board;
"commodity pipeline" [Repealed, 1998, c. 20, s. 1]
"commodity pipeline occurrence" [Repealed 1998, c. 20, s. 1]
"coroner" 《coroner》
"coroner" includes any
(a) medical examiner, or
(b) other person
carrying out the duties and functions of a coroner;
"department" 《ministère》
"department" means
(a) any department of the Government of Canada, including the Minister responsible therefor and any person acting on behalf of the Minister,
(b) any body listed in the schedule, and
(c) any fact-finding authority, body or person established or appointed by any such department, Minister, person or body;
"Department of National Defence" 《ministère de la Défense nationale》
"Department of National Defence" includes
(a) the Minister of National Defence and any person acting on behalf of the Minister of National Defence, and
(b) any fact-finding authority, body or person established or appointed by the Department of National Defence, the Minister of National Defence or a person acting on behalf of the Minister of National Defence;
"dynamically supported craft" 《engin à portance dynamique》
"dynamically supported craft" means a craft that is designed, used or capable of being used solely or partly for marine navigation and that possesses either of the following characteristics:
(a) the weight, or a significant part thereof, is balanced in one mode of operation by forces other than hydrostatic forces, or
(b) the craft is able to operate at speeds such that the function v/sqrt(gL) is equal to or greater than 0.9, where "v" is the maximum speed, "L" is the waterline length and "g" is the acceleration due to gravity, all in consistent units;
"investigator" 《enquêteur》
"investigator" means a person referred to in paragraph 10(1)(a) or (b);
"marine occurrence" 《accident maritime》
"marine occurrence" means
(a) any accident or incident associated with the operation of a ship, and
(b) any situation or condition that the Board has reasonable grounds to believe could, if left unattended, induce an accident or incident described in paragraph (a);
"member" 《membre》
"member" means a member of the Board;
"Minister" 《ministre》
"Minister" means the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada;
"pipeline" 《pipeline》
"pipeline" means a pipeline that is used for the transportation of commodities and includes all branches, extensions, pumps, racks, compressors, loading facilities, storage facilities, reservoirs, tanks, preparation plants, separation plants, interstation systems of communication and property and works connected therewith;
"pipeline occurrence" 《accident de pipeline》
"pipeline occurrence" means
(a) any accident or incident associated with the operation of a pipeline, and
(b) any situation or condition that the Board has reasonable grounds to believe could, if left unattended, induce an accident or incident referred to in paragraph (a);
"railway" 《chemin de fer》
"railway" includes all branches, extensions, sidings, yards, stations, depots, wharfs, equipment, stores, signals, control systems, railway bridges, tunnels and other property, railway-related structures and facilities, and works connected therewith;
"railway occurrence" 《accident ferroviaire》
"railway occurrence" means
(a) any accident or incident associated with the operation of rolling stock on a railway,
and
(b) any situation or condition that the Board has reasonable grounds to believe could, if left unattended, induce an accident or incident described in paragraph (a);
"rolling stock" 《matériel roulant》
"rolling stock" means every description of car or other railway equipment that is designed for movement on its wheels along a line of railway and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes any locomotive, engine, track motor car, tender, snow-plough, flanger and railway crane that is so designed;
"ship" 《navire》
"ship" includes
(a) every description of vessel, boat or craft designed, used or capable of being used solely or partly for marine navigation without regard to method or lack of propulsion, and
(b) a dynamically supported craft;
"transportation occurrence" 《accident de transport》
"transportation occurrence" means an aviation occurrence, a railway occurrence, a marine occurrence or a pipeline occurrence.
1989, c. 3, s.2; 1998, c. 20, ss. 1, 24(F),25(E).
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