PART II
OBSTACLES AND OBSTRUCTIONS
Interpretation
Definition of “owner”
14. (1) In this Part, “owner” means the registered or other owner at the time any wreck, obstruction or obstacle referred to in this Part was occasioned, and includes a subsequent purchaser.
Marginal note:Interpretation
(2) A reference to a “thing” in sections 15 to 18 and 20, with respect to a thing that is or is likely to become an obstruction or obstacle to navigation, does not include a reference to a thing of natural origin unless the obstruction or obstacle, or likely obstruction or obstacle, is caused by a person.
Go figure .. a person can be an obstacle to a navigable waterway
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