Honestly the CAF/RCN should tell the NS Gov to F right off, as a HMCS vessel shouldn’t be beholden to a province, for anything. Now that’s not to say there shouldn’t be a policy, but as the province doesn’t own the vessel they shouldn’t be the ones dictating. The RCN/CAF/DND/GoC should have policies.
It's a made up rule. The Liquor Commission has no jurisdiction on board a Ship. Saying a Ship is licensed by the NSLC is sort of like how the Mob used to call speakeasy's "clubs"
This would be interesting to actually research as it would delve in to a whole bunch of different laws, international and domestic.
Suffice to say, the
Canada Shipping Act, Customs Act, Excise Act, Marine Liability Act, National Defence Act, International Maritime Law, Hamburg & Hague-Visby Rules, etc are probably sufficient for dealing with any and all problems related to incidents involving alcohol/contraband onboard a Canadian Flagged Military Vessel.
Not some Provincial Government Act that doesn't even apply, from a jurisdictional point of view. The only reason it even applies is because "we say it does, on a document we wrote ourselves
"
When alongside, they would probably have to respect provincial regulations, if only for reasons of supply. So stick with a single ruleset throughout for simplicity.
We buy beer wherever we go. I'm a beer aficionado and one of the best parts of sailing was trialing all the different "beers of the World" wherever we went.
When we are sailing, we deal with an entity called a Ship's Chandler (it's an old name from the age of sail which means "supplier").
Look that term up, it's not a well known term but there are a few big ones globally that handle the vast majority of Shipping needs globally.
Here is an example:
Wide variety of bonded items in stock. Company warehouses in Panama Canal area. Place your order and we'll get to work!
pss-services.com
These Chandlery's run bonded warehouses that allow them to sell goods & services to the Maritime Industry/World. These goods & services are generally free of the usual interference of internal customs & excise regulations.
When you receive bonded goods from a Chandlery, they generally will be labeled like this:
"FOR MARITIME CHANNEL ONLY" meaning they aren't to be sold or provided to anyone not on a Ship or at Sea.
Maritime Law is VAGUE, it's full of loopholes and pretty lax on regulations but this is 100% necessary as global trade & commerce would come crawling to a halt otherwise.
The legal requirement for serving training is not consistent across the country. Some of the provinces require it, others only highly recommend it, Nova Scotia is in the later category. With regard to shipboard messes on the other coast, British Columbia requires it. Though the likelihood of a BC LCRB inspector visiting a mess and requesting training records is slim, the penalty for failing that would be $1000 to $3000 for the first contravention rising to as much as $11,000 for subsequent contraventions.
The BC LCRB wouldn't even have to be let onboard.
This would be a highly entertaining event to see play out though
It would be a gross-violation of 100s of years of practiced Maritime Custom
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