Have your say on the proposed changes to the Marine Safety Fees Regulations (Vessel Registry Fees)

Marine Safety Fees and Regulations

The proposed changes to the Marine Safety Fees Regulations (Vessel Registry Fees) have been published in the Canada Gazette, Part I. You have until Tuesday June 6, 2023 to provide feedback on these proposed changes.

May 10, 2023

The proposed changes to the Marine Safety Fees Regulations (Vessel Registry Fees) have been published in the Canada Gazette, Part I. You have until Tuesday June 6, 2023 to provide feedback on these proposed changes.

How to provide comments

You can provide your feedback using the online commenting feature on the Canada Gazette website. For more information on this new feature, please visit the Canada Gazette information page “How to Comment on Proposed Regulations.”

What are the proposed changes

The proposed amendments to the regulations would modernize TC’s vessel registry fees by:

• increasing fees for some services to better reflect the costs of providing services
• introducing fees for some services that are currently provided for free
• lowering or removing some fees
• requiring clients to pay a fee to renew their large vessel registrations, and to provide updated owner and vessel information every five years
• adjusting fees annually based on the Consumer Price Index

What’s next

Feedback received during this consultation period will help inform the next step of the regulatory process, which is publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II. Following the publication of the Regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part II, the regulations will come into force.

 

 

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