Marginal note:Delegation by Minister

• 4.3 (1) The Minister may authorize any person or class of persons to exercise or perform, subject to any restrictions or conditions that the Minister may specify, any of the powers, duties or functions of the Minister under this Part, other than the power to make a regulation, an order, a security measure or an emergency direction.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (1.1) Despite subsection (1), the Minister may authorize any person or class of persons to make an order, a security measure or an emergency direction if a provision of this Part specifically authorizes the Minister to do so.

• (a.1) in respect of any security measure that is carried out by the Minister; or

Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

4.7 The following definitions apply in sections 4.71 to 4.85.

“goods”

« bien »

“goods” means anything that may be taken or placed on board an aircraft, or that may be brought into an aerodrome or other aviation facility, including personal belongings, baggage, cargo and conveyances.

“screening”

« contrôle »

“screening” means a screening, including a search, carried out in the manner and under the circumstances prescribed in aviation security regulations, security measures, emergency directions or interim orders.

Aviation Security Regulations

Marginal note:Aviation security regulations

• 4.71 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting aviation security.

• Marginal note:Contents of regulations

  (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made under that subsection

  • (a) respecting the safety of the public, passengers, crew members, aircraft and aerodromes and other aviation facilities;

  • (b) respecting restricted areas in aircraft or at aerodromes or other aviation facilities, including regulations respecting their identification, access to them and their administration or management;

  • (c) respecting the screening of persons entering or inside an aircraft or an aerodrome or other aviation facility;

  • (d) respecting the screening of goods that are intended to be taken or placed on board an aircraft or brought into an aerodrome or other aviation facility, or that are inside an aircraft or an aerodrome or other aviation facility, including regulations authorizing the use of force to gain access to goods being screened;

  • (e) respecting the seizure or detention of goods in the course of screenings, including regulations respecting the destruction of seized or detained goods;

  • (f) respecting the prevention of unlawful interference with civil aviation and the action that is to be taken if that interference occurs or is likely to occur;

  • (g) requiring any person or any class of persons to have a security clearance as a condition to conducting any activity specified in the regulations or to being

    • (i) the holder of a Canadian aviation document,

    • (ii) a crew member, or

    • (iii) the holder of a restricted area pass, within the meaning of section 1 of the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations;

  • (h) respecting the making of applications for security clearances and the information to be provided by applicants;

    • (i) specifying Canadian aviation documents for the purpose of paragraph 3(3)(c);

  • (j) establishing security requirements for the design or construction of aircraft and aerodromes and other aviation facilities;

  • (k) requiring security management systems to be established by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority and by air carriers and operators of aerodromes and other aviation facilities, including regulations respecting the content or requirements of those systems;

  • (l) establishing security requirements for equipment, systems and processes used in aircraft and aerodromes and other aviation facilities;

  • (m) respecting the qualifications, training and standards of performance of classes of persons having responsibilities for security requirements;

  • (n) respecting the testing of the effectiveness of equipment, systems and processes used in aircraft and aerodromes and other aviation facilities; and

  • (o) respecting the provision to the Minister of aviation security related information specified in the regulations.

Security Measures

Marginal note:Minister may make security measures

• 4.72 (1) The Minister may make measures respecting aviation security.

• Marginal note:Restriction

  (2) The Minister may only make a security measure in relation to a particular matter if

  • (a) an aviation security regulation could be made in relation to that matter; and

  • (b) aviation security, the security of any aircraft or aerodrome or other aviation facility or the safety of the public, passengers or crew members would be compromised if the particular matter that is to be the subject of the security measure were set out in a regulation and the regulation became public.

• Marginal note:Suspension of s. 4.79(1) and repeal of security measure

  (3) If the Minister is of the opinion that aviation security, the security of any aircraft or aerodrome or other aviation facility or the safety of the public, passengers or crew members would no longer be compromised if the particular matter that is the subject of a security measure made under subsection (1) became public, the Minister must

  • (a) within 23 days after forming the opinion, publish in the Canada Gazette a notice that sets out the substance of the security measure and that states that subsection 4.79(1) no longer applies in respect of the security measure; and

  • (b) repeal the security measure before the earlier of

    • (i) the day that is one year after the notice is published, and

    • (ii) the day an aviation security regulation is made in respect of the matter dealt with by the security measure.

• Marginal note:Effect of notice

  (4) If a notice is published under paragraph (3)(a), subsection 4.79(1) ceases to apply in respect of the security measure as of the day the notice is published.

• Marginal note:Consultation

  (5) Before making a security measure, the Minister must consult with any person or organization that the Minister considers appropriate in the circumstances.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (6) Subsection (5) does not apply if, in the opinion of the Minister, the security measure is immediately required for aviation security, the security of any aircraft or aerodrome or other aviation facility or the safety of the public, passengers or crew members.

• Marginal note:Minister may carry out security measure

  (7) The Minister may carry out the requirements of a security measure whenever the Minister considers it necessary to do so.

Marginal note:Deputy may make measures

• 4.73 (1) The Minister may authorize his or her deputy to make, subject to any restrictions or conditions that the Minister may specify, measures respecting aviation security whenever the deputy is of the opinion that the measures are immediately required for aviation security, the security of any aircraft or aerodrome or other aviation facility or the safety of the public, passengers or crew members.

• Marginal note:Restriction

  (2) The Minister's deputy may only make a security measure in relation to a particular matter if

  • (a) an aviation security regulation could be made in relation to that matter; and

  • (b) aviation security, the security of any aircraft or aerodrome or other aviation facility or the safety of the public, passengers or crew members would be compromised if the particular matter that is to be the subject of the security measure were set out in a regulation and the regulation became public.

• Marginal note:Minister may carry out security measure

  (3) The Minister may carry out the requirements of a security measure made under subsection (1) whenever the Minister considers it necessary to do so.

• Marginal note:Duration

  (4) A security measure made under subsection (1) comes into force immediately when it is made but ceases to have force 90 days after it is made unless the Minister or his or her deputy repeals it before the expiry of the 90 days.

Marginal note:Relationship with regulations

• 4.74 (1) A security measure may provide that it applies in lieu of or in addition to any aviation security regulation.

• Marginal note:Conflict

  (2) If there is a conflict between an aviation security regulation and a security measure, the security measure prevails to the extent of the conflict.

Foreign Aircraft Requirements

Marginal note:Foreign aircraft requirements

4.75 For the purposes of protecting the public, passengers, crew members, aircraft and aerodromes and other aviation facilities or for preventing unlawful interference with civil aviation, no operator of an aircraft registered outside Canada shall land the aircraft at an aerodrome in Canada unless the aircraft and all persons and goods on board the aircraft have been subjected to requirements that are acceptable to the Minister.

Emergency Directions

Marginal note:Emergency directions

4.76 If the Minister is of the opinion that there is an immediate threat to aviation security or to any aircraft or aerodrome or other aviation facility, or to the safety of the public, passengers or crew members, the Minister may direct any person to do, or to refrain from doing, anything that in the opinion of the Minister it is necessary to do or refrain from doing in order to respond to the threat, including directions respecting

• (a) the evacuation of aircraft and of aerodromes or other aviation facilities, or portions of them;

• (b) the diversion of aircraft to alternate landing sites; and

• (c) the movement of aircraft or persons at aerodromes or other aviation facilities.

Marginal note:Authorized officer may make emergency direction

4.77 The Minister may authorize any officer of the Department of Transport to make, subject to any restrictions or conditions that the Minister may specify, any direction that the Minister may make under section 4.76 whenever the officer is of the opinion that there is a threat referred to in that section.

Marginal note:Duration

4.771 An emergency direction comes into force immediately when it is made but ceases to have force 72 hours after it is made, unless the Minister or the officer who made it repeals it before the expiry of the 72 hours.

Marginal note:Relationship with regulations and security measures

• 4.78 (1) An emergency direction may provide that it applies in lieu of or in addition to any aviation security regulation or security measure.

• Marginal note:Conflict

  (2) If there is a conflict between an aviation security regulation or a security measure and an emergency direction, the emergency direction prevails to the extent of the conflict.

Unauthorized Disclosure

Marginal note:Unauthorized disclosure — security measures

• 4.79 (1) Unless the Minister states under subsection 4.72(3) that this subsection does not apply in respect of a security measure, no person other than the person who made the security measure shall disclose its substance to any other person unless the disclosure is required by law or is necessary to give effect to the security measure.

• Marginal note:Court to inform Minister

  (2) If, in any proceedings before a court or other body having jurisdiction to compel the production or discovery of information, a request is made for the production or discovery of any security measure, the court or other body shall, if the Minister is not a party to the proceedings, cause a notice of the request to be given to the Minister, and, in camera, examine the security measure and give the Minister a reasonable opportunity to make representations with respect to it.

• Marginal note:Order

  (3) If the court or other body concludes in the circumstances of the case that the public interest in the proper administration of justice outweighs in importance the public interest in aviation security, the court or other body shall order the production or discovery of the security measure, subject to any restrictions or conditions that the court or other body considers appropriate, and may require any person to give evidence that relates to the security measure.

Security Clearances

Marginal note:Granting, suspending, etc.

4.8 The Minister may, for the purposes of this Act, grant or refuse to grant a security clearance to any person or suspend or cancel a security clearance.

Provision of Information

Marginal note:Definition

• 4.81 (0.1) The following definition applies in this section and in section 4.82.

  “transportation security”

  « sûreté des transports »

  “transportation security” means the protection of any means of transportation or of any transportation infrastructure, including related equipment, from any actual or attempted action that could cause, or result in,

  • (a) loss of life or personal injury;

  • (b) substantial damage to or destruction of a means of transportation or any transportation infrastructure; or

  • (c) interference with any means of transportation or with any transportation infrastructure that is likely to result in loss of life or personal injury, or substantial damage to or destruction of any means of transportation or any transportation infrastructure.

• Marginal note:Requirement to provide information

  (1) The Minister, or any officer of the Department of Transport authorized by the Minister for the purposes of this section, may, for the purposes of transportation security, require any air carrier or operator of an aviation reservation system to provide the Minister or officer, as the case may be, within the time and in the manner specified by the Minister or officer, with information set out in the schedule

  • (a) that is in the air carrier's or operator's control concerning the persons on board or expected to be on board an aircraft for any flight specified by the Minister or officer if the Minister or officer is of the opinion that there is an immediate threat to that flight; or

  • (b) that is in the air carrier's or operator's control, or that comes into their control within 30 days after the requirement is imposed on them, concerning any particular person specified by the Minister or officer.

• Marginal note:Restriction on disclosure — Department of Transport

  (2) Information provided under subsection (1) may be disclosed by persons in the Department of Transport to other persons in that department only for the purposes of transportation security.

• Marginal note:Restriction on disclosure — other persons

  (3) Information provided under subsection (1) may be disclosed to persons outside the Department of Transport only for the purposes of transportation security, and it may be disclosed only to

  • (a) the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration;

  • (b) the Minister of National Revenue;

  • (c) the chief executive officer of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority; and

  • (d) a person designated under subsection 4.82(2) or (3).

• Marginal note:Restriction on further disclosures

  (4) Information disclosed under subsection (3) may be further disclosed only for the purposes of transportation security, and it may be disclosed

  • (a) in the case of information disclosed to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, only to persons in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration;

  • (b) in the case of information disclosed to the Minister of National Revenue, only to persons in the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency;

  • (c) in the case of information disclosed to the chief executive officer of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, only to persons in the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority; and

  • (d) in the case of information disclosed to a person designated under subsection 4.82(2) or (3), only in accordance with section 4.82 as though it were information provided under subsection 4.82(4) or (5).

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) Information disclosed under subsection (3) to a person designated under subsection 4.82(2) or (3) is to be dealt with under section 4.82 as though it were information provided under subsection 4.82(4) or (5).

• Marginal note:Destruction of information

  (6) Subject to subsections (5), (7) and (8), information provided to the Minister or an officer of the Department of Transport under subsections (1) and (2) or disclosed to the Minister under subsection 4.82(8) must be destroyed within seven days after it is provided or disclosed under that subsection.

• Marginal note:Destruction of information

  (7) Information disclosed under subsection (3) to a person referred to in any of paragraphs (3)(a) to (c) must be destroyed within seven days after it is disclosed under that subsection.

• Marginal note:Destruction of information

  (8) Information disclosed under subsection (3) to a person referred to in any of paragraphs (3)(a) to (c) that is further disclosed under subsection (4) must be destroyed within seven days after it was disclosed under subsection (3).

• Marginal note:Application

  (9) Subsections (6) to (8) apply despite any other Act of Parliament.

• Marginal note:Amendment of schedule

  (10) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by order amend the schedule.

Marginal note:Definitions

• 4.82 (1) The following definitions apply in this section.

  “Commissioner”

  « commissaire »

  “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

  “Director”

  « directeur »

  “Director” means the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

  “warrant”

  « mandat »

  “warrant” means

  • (a) a warrant issued in Canada in respect of the arrest of a person for the commission of an offence that may be punishable under any Act of Parliament by imprisonment for a term of five years or more and that is specified by regulations made under subsection (20);

  • (b) a warrant issued under subsection 55(1) or 82(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; or

  • (c) a warrant or other document issued outside Canada relating to the arrest of a person who can be extradited from Canada under subsection 3(1) of the Extradition Act.

• Marginal note:Designation of persons

  (2) The Commissioner may designate persons for the purposes of subsection (4). Those persons may receive and analyse information provided under that subsection and match it with any other information in the control of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

• Marginal note:Designation of persons

  (3) The Director may designate persons for the purposes of subsection (5). Those persons may receive and analyse information provided under that subsection and match it with any other information in the control of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. The Director may also designate one or more of those persons as senior designated persons for the purposes of this section.

• Marginal note:Requirement to provide information

  (4) The Commissioner, or a person designated under subsection (2), may, for the purposes of transportation security, require any air carrier or operator of an aviation reservation system to provide a person designated under subsection (2), within the time and in the manner specified by the person imposing the requirement, with the information set out in the schedule

  • (a) that is in the air carrier's or operator's control concerning the persons on board or expected to be on board an aircraft for any flight specified by the person imposing the requirement; or

  • (b) that is in the air carrier's or operator's control, or that comes into their control within 30 days after the requirement is imposed on them, concerning any particular person specified by the person imposing the requirement.

• Marginal note:Requirement to provide information

  (5) The Director, or a person designated under subsection (3), may, for the purposes of transportation security or the investigation of “threats to the security of Canada” referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of that expression in section 2 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, require any air carrier or operator of an aviation reservation system to provide a person designated under subsection (3), within the time and in the manner specified by the person imposing the requirement, with the information set out in the schedule

  • (a) that is in the air carrier's or operator's control concerning the persons on board or expected to be on board an aircraft for any flight specified by the person imposing the requirement; or

  • (b) that is in the air carrier's or operator's control, or that comes into their control within 30 days after the requirement is imposed on them, concerning any particular person specified by the person imposing the requirement.

• Marginal note:Disclosure to other designated persons

  (6) Despite subsection (7), a person designated under subsection (2) or (3) may disclose any information provided under subsection (4) or (5), and any information obtained as a result of matching the information with other information, to any other person designated under subsection (2) or (3).

• Marginal note:Restriction on disclosure of information to other persons

  (7) A person designated under subsection (2) or (3) may disclose any information provided under subsection (4) or (5), any information obtained as a result of matching the information with other information and any information obtained as a result of a disclosure under subsection (6), only in accordance with subsections (8) to (12), or for the purpose of complying with a subpoena or document issued or order made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information, or for the purpose of complying with rules of court relating to the production of information.

• Marginal note:Disclosure to Minister and air carriers, etc.

  (8) A person designated under subsection (2) or (3) may disclose information referred to in subsection (7) to the Minister, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, any peace officer, any employee of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, any air carrier or operator of an aerodrome or other aviation facility if the designated person has reason to believe that the information is relevant to transportation security. Any information disclosed to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority or to an air carrier or operator of an aerodrome or other aviation facility under this subsection must also be disclosed to the Minister.

• Marginal note:Disclosure to Aircraft Protective Officer

  (9) A person designated under subsection (2) or (3) may disclose information referred to in subsection (7) to an Aircraft Protective Officer if the designated person has reason to believe that the information may assist the Aircraft Protective Officer to perform duties relating to transportation security.

• Marginal note:Urgent disclosure

  (10) A person designated under subsection (2) or (3) may disclose information referred to in subsection (7) if he or she has reason to believe that there is an immediate threat to transportation security or the life, health or safety of a person and that the person to whom the disclosure is to be made is in a position to take measures to respond to the threat and needs the information to respond. In making the disclosure the designated person may disclose information only to the extent that he or she believes the information is necessary to respond to the threat.

• Marginal note:Disclosure to peace officer

  (11) A person designated under subsection (2) may disclose information referred to in subsection (7) to any peace officer if the designated person has reason to believe that the information would assist in the execution of a warrant.

• Marginal note:Disclosure to employee of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service

  (12) A person designated under subsection (3) may, if authorized by a senior designated person designated under that subsection, disclose information referred to in subsection (7) to an employee of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for the purposes of an investigation with respect to a “threat to the security of Canada” referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of that expression in section 2 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act.

• Marginal note:Recording of reasons

  (13) A person who discloses information under any of subsections (8) to (12) must, as soon as practicable, prepare and keep a record setting out a summary of the information disclosed, the elements of information set out in the schedule in respect of which there was disclosure, the reasons why the information was disclosed and the name of the person or body to whom the information was disclosed.

• Marginal note:Destruction of information

  (14) Information provided under subsection (4) or (5), and any such information obtained under subsection (6), must be destroyed within seven days after it is provided or obtained, unless it is reasonably required for the purposes of transportation security or the investigation of “threats to the security of Canada” referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of that expression in section 2 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, in which case a record must be prepared and kept setting out the reasons why the information is being retained.

• Marginal note:Review of information

  (15) At least once a year, the Commissioner and the Director must cause a review to be undertaken of all information retained under subsection (14) by persons designated by them, and the Commissioner, or the Director, as the case may be, must order the information to be destroyed if he or she is of the opinion that its continued retention is not reasonably required for the purposes of transportation security or the investigation of “threats to the security of Canada” referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of that expression in section 2 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act. The Commissioner and the Director must each keep a record of their review.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (16) Subsections (14) and (15) do not apply in respect of records prepared under subsection (13).

• Marginal note:Application

  (17) Subsections (14) and (15) apply despite any other Act of Parliament.

• Marginal note:Right to provide information preserved

  (18) Nothing in this section precludes air carriers and operators of aviation reservation systems from providing any information if the provision of the information is otherwise lawful.

• Marginal note:Right to collect information under other Acts preserved

  (19) Nothing in this section prohibits the collection of any information if the collection is otherwise lawful.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (20) The Governor in Council may make regulations generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this section.

Marginal note:Foreign states requiring information

• 4.83 (1) Despite section 5 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, to the extent that that section relates to obligations set out in Schedule 1 to that Act relating to the disclosure of information, and, despite subsection 7(3) of that Act, an operator of an aircraft departing from Canada that is scheduled to land in a foreign state or of a Canadian aircraft departing from any place outside Canada that is scheduled to land in a foreign state may, in accordance with the regulations, provide to a competent authority in that foreign state any information that is in its control relating to persons on board or expected to be on board the aircraft and that is required by the laws of the foreign state.

• Marginal note:Restriction — government institutions

  (2) No information provided under subsection (1) to a competent authority in a foreign state may be collected from that foreign state by a government institution, within the meaning of section 3 of the Privacy Act, unless it is collected for the purpose of protecting national security or public safety or for the purpose of defence or for the purpose of administering or enforcing any Act of Parliament that prohibits, controls or regulates the importation or exportation of goods or the movement of people in or out of Canada, and any such information collected by the government institution may be used or disclosed by it only for one or more of those purposes.

Screenings

Marginal note:Designation of persons to conduct

4.84 The Minister may designate, in writing, persons to conduct screenings, subject to any restrictions or conditions that the Minister may specify.

Marginal note:Prohibition — persons and goods

• 4.85 (1) If an aviation security regulation, a security measure, an emergency direction or an interim order requires a person to be screened, a person shall not enter or remain in an aircraft or in an aviation facility or a restricted area of an aerodrome unless the person permits a screening, or screenings, to be carried out in accordance with the regulation, security measure, emergency direction or interim order, as the case may be, of

  • (a) his or her person; or

  • (b) the goods that the person intends to take or have placed on board the aircraft or to take into the aviation facility or the restricted area of the aerodrome or, as the case may be, the goods that the person has taken or placed on board the aircraft or has taken into the aviation facility or the restricted area of the aerodrome.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — conveyances

  (2) If an aviation security regulation, a security measure, an emergency direction or an interim order requires a conveyance to be screened, an operator of a conveyance shall not allow the conveyance to enter or remain in an aviation facility or a restricted area of an aerodrome unless the operator permits a screening, or screenings, to be carried out of the conveyance in accordance with the regulation, security measure, emergency direction or interim order, as the case may be.

• Marginal note:Prohibition relating to air carriers

  (3) If an aviation security regulation, a security measure, an emergency direction or an interim order requires a person or goods to be screened, no air carrier shall transport the person or the goods unless the person or goods have been screened in accordance with the regulation, security measure, emergency direction or interim order, as the case may be.

• Marginal note:Prohibition relating to persons who accept goods for transportation

  (4) A person who accepts any goods for transportation shall not tender the goods for transportation by air unless the person has screened the goods as may be required by any aviation security regulation, security measure, emergency direction or interim order, as the case may be.

Air Carrier and Aerodrome Assessments

Marginal note:Assessment

4.86 The Minister may conduct aviation security assessments outside Canada of air carriers that operate or intend to operate flights to Canada or of facilities relating to the operations of those air carriers.

Verifying Compliance and Testing Effectiveness

Marginal note:No offence

4.87 A person authorized by the Minister to verify compliance with aviation security regulations, security measures, emergency directions or interim orders, or to test the effectiveness of equipment, systems and processes used with respect to aircraft, aerodromes and other aviation facilities, does not commit an offence if the person commits any act or omission that is required in the course of any such verification or testing and that would otherwise constitute a contravention of an aviation security regulation, a security measure, an emergency direction or an interim order.

Marginal note:Restrictions and prohibitions for safety or security purposes

5.1 The Minister or any person authorized by the Minister may by notice prohibit or restrict the operation of aircraft on or over any area or within any airspace, either absolutely or subject to any exceptions or conditions that the Minister or person may specify, if, in the opinion of the Minister or person, the prohibition or restriction is necessary for aviation safety or security or the protection of the public.

General Provisions respecting Regulations, Orders, etc.

Marginal note:Exemption by Governor in Council

• 5.9 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations exempting, on any terms and conditions that may be specified in the regulations, any person, aeronautical product, aerodrome, facility or service, or any class of persons, aeronautical products, aerodromes, facilities or services, from the application of any regulation or order made under this Part.

• Marginal note:Exemption by Minister

  (2) The Minister or an officer of the Department of Transport authorized by the Minister for the purpose of this subsection may, on any terms and conditions that the Minister or officer, as the case may be, considers necessary, exempt any person, aeronautical product, aerodrome, facility or service, or any class of persons, aeronautical products, aerodromes, facilities or services, from the application of any regulation, order or security measure made under this Part if the exemption, in the opinion of the Minister or officer, as the case may be, is in the public interest and is not likely to adversely affect aviation safety or security.

• Marginal note:Incorporation by reference

  (3) A regulation, an order, a security measure or an emergency direction made under this Part that incorporates by reference a classification, standard, procedure or other specification may incorporate it as it is amended from time to time and in such a case the reference shall be read accordingly.

• Marginal note:Prohibition in regulations or orders

  (4) A regulation, an order, a security measure or an emergency direction made under this Part prohibiting the doing of any act or thing may prohibit the doing of that act or thing either at all times and places or only at specified times, places and occasions, and may do so either absolutely or subject to any specified exceptions or conditions.

Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

• 6.2 (1) The following are exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act:

  • (a) a regulation made under paragraph 4.9(l), or a notice issued under section 5.1, that prohibits or restricts the use of any airspace or aerodrome;

  • (b) a security measure;

  • (c) an emergency direction;

  • (d) an exemption made under subsection 5.9(2); and

  • (e) an interim order made under section 6.41.

• Marginal note:Precondition for contravention

  (2) No person shall be found to have contravened any regulation or notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a), any security measure or emergency direction or any interim order that has not been published in the Canada Gazette under subsection 6.41(4) at the time of the alleged contravention unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the regulation, security measure, emergency direction or interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring its purport to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Certificate

  (3) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Minister or the Secretary of the Department of Transport and stating that a notice containing the regulation, notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a), security measure, emergency direction or interim order was given to persons likely to be affected by it is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that notice was given to those persons.

• Marginal note:Contravention of Part, regulation, etc.

  (3) Except as otherwise provided by this Part, every person who contravenes a provision of this Part or any regulation, notice, order, security measure or emergency direction made under this Part is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

• Marginal note:Contravention of subsection 4.81(1)

  (3.1) Despite subsections (4) and (5), every air carrier or operator of an aviation reservation system who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection 4.81(1) or 4.82(4) or (5) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine of not more than $50,000.

• (b) exercised reasonable care to satisfy himself or herself that the aircraft concerned was not likely to be used in contravention of this Part or any regulation, notice, order, security measure or emergency direction made under this Part,

Marginal note:Prohibition — unruly or dangerous behaviour

• 7.41 (1) No person shall engage in any behaviour that endangers the safety or security of an aircraft in flight or of persons on board an aircraft in flight by intentionally

  • (a) interfering with the performance of the duties of any crew member;

  • (b) lessening the ability of any crew member to perform that crew member's duties; or

  • (c) interfering with any person who is following the instructions of a crew member.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable

  • (a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years, or to both; and

  • (b) on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than eighteen months, or to both.

• Deeming — “in flight”

  (3) For the purpose of subsection (1), an aircraft is deemed to be in flight from the time when all external doors are closed following embarkation until the time at which any external door is opened for the purpose of disembarkation.

• Marginal note:Application

  (4) This section applies despite subsections 7.3(4) and (7).

• (a) designate any provision of this Part or of any regulation, notice, order or security measure made under this Part, in this section and in sections 7.7 to 8.2 referred to as a “designated provision”, as a provision the contravention of which may be dealt with under and in accordance with the procedure set out in sections 7.7 to 8.2;

• (a.1) if subsection 4.81(1) or 4.82(4) or (5) is a designated provision, prescribe the maximum amount payable in respect of a contravention of that provision, which amount shall not exceed $50,000; and

• (b) prescribe, in respect of any other designated provision, the maximum amount payable in respect of a contravention of that provision, which amount shall not exceed

  • (i) $5,000, in the case of an individual, and

  • (ii) $25,000, in the case of a corporation.

• (a) in the opinion of the Minister, the removal from the record would not be in the interest of aviation safety or security; or

Marginal note:Defence

8.5 No person shall be found to have contravened a provision of this Part or any regulation, notice, order, security measure or emergency direction made under this Part if the person exercised all due diligence to prevent the contravention.

Marginal note:Duty to assist Minister

8.8 The owner or person who is in possession or control of a place that is inspected or audited under subsection 8.7(1), and every person who is found in the place, shall

• (a) give the Minister all reasonable assistance to enable the Minister to carry out the inspection or audit and exercise any power conferred on the Minister by that subsection; and

• (b) provide the Minister with any information relevant to the administration of this Act or the regulations, notices, orders, security measures or emergency directions made under this Part that the Minister may reasonably require.

“screening”

« contrôle »

“screening” means screening, including a search, performed in the manner and under the circumstances prescribed in aviation security regulations, security measures, emergency directions or interim orders made under the Aeronautics Act.

“screening point”

« point de contrôle »

“screening point” means a point where screening is delivered, either directly or through a screening contractor, by the Authority or by an authorized aerodrome operator acting on behalf of the Authority, in order to meet the requirements of aviation security regulations, security measures, emergency directions or interim orders made under the Aeronautics Act.

Marginal note:Policing

29. The Authority may, with the approval of the Treasury Board, enter into agreements with the operator of any aerodrome designated by regulation for the purposes of contributing to the costs of policing incurred by that operator in carrying out their responsibilities.

“environmental emergency”

« urgence environnementale »

“environmental emergency” means

• (a) an uncontrolled, unplanned or accidental release, or release in contravention of regulations or interim orders made under this Part, of a substance into the environment; or

• (b) the reasonable likelihood of such a release into the environment.

“substance”

« substance »

“substance” means, except in sections 199 and 200.1, a substance on a list of substances established under regulations or interim orders made under this Part.

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 200.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order, in respect of a substance, that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Part, if

  • (a) the substance

    • (i) is not on the list established under regulations made under this Part and the Ministers believe that, if it enters the environment as a result of an environmental emergency,

      • (A) it would have or may have an immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment or its biological diversity,

      • (B) it would constitute or may constitute a danger to the environment on which human life depends, or

      • (C) it would constitute or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health, or

    • (ii) is on that list and the Ministers believe that it is not adequately regulated; and

  • (b) the Ministers believe that immediate action is required to deal with a significant danger to the environment or to human life or health.

• Marginal note:Effect of order

  (2) Subject to subsection (3), an interim order has effect

  • (a) from the time it is made; and

  • (b) as if it were a regulation made under this Part.

• Marginal note:Approval of Governor in Council

  (3) An interim order ceases to have effect unless it is approved by the Governor in Council within 14 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Consultation

  (4) The Governor in Council shall not approve an interim order unless the Minister has

  • (a) within 24 hours after making the order, offered to consult with all affected governments to determine whether they are prepared to take sufficient action to deal with the significant danger; and

  • (b) consulted with other ministers of the Crown in right of Canada to determine whether any action can be taken under any other Act of Parliament to deal with the significant danger.

• Marginal note:Recommendation of regulations

  (5) If the Governor in Council approves an interim order, the Minister shall, within 90 days after the approval, publish in the Canada Gazette a statement indicating whether the Minister intends to recommend to the Governor in Council

  • (a) that a regulation having the same effect as the order be made under this Part; and

  • (b) if the order was made in respect of a substance that was not on the list established under regulations made under this Part, that the substance be added to that list.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (6) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (7) Subject to subsection (3), an interim order ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) the day it is repealed,

  • (b) the day a regulation referred to in subsection (5) is made, and

  • (c) two years after the order is made.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (8) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (9) In order to comply with subsection (8), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

Marginal note:Voluntary report

• 202. (1) If a person knows about an environmental emergency but the person is not required to report the matter under this Act, the person may report any information about the environmental emergency to an enforcement officer or to a person designated by regulation or interim order.

Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

331. An interim order made under section 94, 163, 173, 183 or 200.1

Marginal note:Publication of proposed orders and regulations

• 332. (1) The Minister shall publish in the Canada Gazette a copy of every order or regulation proposed to be made by the Minister or the Governor in Council under this Act, except a list, or an amendment to a list, referred to in section 66, 87, 105 or 112 or an interim order made under section 94, 163, 173, 183 or 200.1.

Hoax Regarding Terrorist Activity

Marginal note:Hoax — terrorist activity

• 83.231 (1) Every one commits an offence who, without lawful excuse and with intent to cause any person to fear death, bodily harm, substantial damage to property or serious interference with the lawful use or operation of property,

  • (a) conveys or causes or procures to be conveyed information that, in all the circumstances, is likely to cause a reasonable apprehension that terrorist activity is occurring or will occur, without believing the information to be true; or

  • (b) commits an act that, in all the circumstances, is likely to cause a reasonable apprehension that terrorist activity is occurring or will occur, without believing that such activity is occurring or will occur.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (2) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of

  • (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or

  • (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.

• Marginal note:Causing bodily harm

  (3) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1) and thereby causes bodily harm to any other person is guilty of

  • (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years; or

  • (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months.

• Marginal note:Causing death

  (4) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1) and thereby causes the death of any other person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life.

Marginal note:Agreements

• 5. (1) The Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, may enter into agreements with any province or group of provinces or with any foreign government or international organization, for the purpose of facilitating the formulation, coordination and implementation — including the collection, use and disclosure of information — of policies and programs for which the Minister is responsible.

• Marginal note:Arrangements

  (2) The Minister may enter into arrangements with any province or group of provinces or with any foreign government or international organization, for the purpose of facilitating the formulation, coordination and implementation — including the collection, use and disclosure of information — of policies and programs for which the Minister is responsible.

Interim Orders

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 11.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under section 11 if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) the day on which a regulation made under section 11, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (3) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) For the purpose of any provision of this Act other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

Marginal note:Illicit trafficking, etc.

6.2 No person shall knowingly

• (a) engage in illicit trafficking; or

• (b) acquire, possess, sell, offer for sale, transport or deliver any illicitly trafficked explosive.

Marginal note:Permits

• 9. (1) The Minister may issue permits for the importation or exportation, or the transportation in transit through Canada, of explosives.

• Marginal note:No import, export or transport without permit

  (2) Except as provided by the regulations, no person shall, without a permit issued under this section, import or export, or transport in transit through Canada, any explosive.

• Marginal note:Evidence of financial responsibility

  (3) The Minister may require any person who engages or proposes to engage in the importation or exportation, or the transportation in transit through Canada, of any explosive and who does not reside in Canada or have a chief place of business or head office in Canada to provide evidence of financial responsibility in the form of insurance, or in the form of an indemnity bond or a suretyship, satisfactory to the Minister, or in any other form satisfactory to the Minister.

Marginal note:Inspection

• 14. (1) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act and the regulations, an inspector may, subject to subsection (5), at any reasonable time, enter and inspect any factory, magazine, vehicle or other place in which the inspector believes on reasonable grounds any explosive is being manufactured, tested, stored, sold or transported, any restricted component is being stored or sold, or any fireworks are being or are intended to be used, and the inspector may

Marginal note:Seizure

• 14.1 (1) If, in carrying out an inspection at any place under this section, an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that an offence under this Act has been committed, the inspector may seize and detain any explosive or any restricted component

  • (a) by means of which or in relation to which the inspector believes on reasonable grounds the offence was committed; or

  • (b) that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds will afford evidence in respect of the commission of the offence.

• Marginal note:Storage

  (2) The seized explosive or restricted component shall, at the discretion of the inspector, be detained and stored at the place where it was seized or be moved to any other place for storage.

• Marginal note:Storage

  (3) The explosive or restricted component may be moved to and stored at any other place, on the application of the owner or the person having the possession of it at the time of its seizure.

• Marginal note:Prohibition

  (4) Except as authorized by an inspector, no person shall examine, remove, alter or interfere in any way with an explosive or a restricted component that is seized and detained under this Act.

Marginal note:Safety measures

14.2 If an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that any activities relating to the manufacture, testing, storage, transportation or sale of explosives or restricted components or the use of fireworks are being carried out in contravention of this Act or the regulations, the inspector may direct the taking of, or take, any measures necessary to remedy the contravention.

Marginal note:Detention

• 14.4 (1) An explosive or a restricted component that is seized and detained under section 14.1 shall not be detained after the expiry of ninety days after the day of the seizure unless, before that expiry, it is forfeited under section 14.6 or 26 or proceedings are instituted in relation to it.

• Marginal note:Continued detention

  (2) If proceedings are instituted in relation to a seized explosive or restricted component, the explosive or restricted component may be detained until the proceedings are finally concluded or an order is made under subsection 14.5(2).

Marginal note:Application for return

• 14.5 (1) If proceedings are instituted in respect of a seized explosive or restricted component, the owner or the person having the possession of it at the time of its seizure may apply to the court before which the proceedings are being held for an order that it be returned.

• Marginal note:Order

  (2) On application under subsection (1), the court may order that the explosive or restricted component be returned to the applicant, subject to any conditions that the court may impose to ensure that it is preserved for any purpose for which it may subsequently be required, if the court is satisfied that sufficient evidence exists or may reasonably be obtained without detaining it.

Marginal note:Consent to forfeiture

14.6 If the owner of an explosive or a restricted component that is seized and detained under this Act consents in writing to its forfeiture, it is forfeited to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

Marginal note:Acts likely to cause explosion or fire

20. Every person who abandons any explosive or who commits any act that is likely to cause an explosion or fire in or about any factory or magazine or any vehicle in which an explosive is being conveyed is guilty of an offence and is liable

• (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; or

• (b) on proceedings by way of indictment, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

Marginal note:Possession, etc.

• 21. (1) Except as authorized by or under this Act, every person who, personally or by an agent, acquires, is in possession of, sells, offers for sale, stores, uses, makes, manufactures, transports, imports, exports or delivers any explosive, or acquires, is in possession of, sells or offers for sale any restricted component, is guilty of an offence and is liable

  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; or

  • (b) on proceedings by way of indictment, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

• Marginal note:No offence

  (2) No person shall be convicted under subsection (1) of having an explosive or a restricted component in their possession if the person establishes that they manufactured, imported or acquired it in accordance with the requirements of this Act and the regulations.

Marginal note:Continuing offence

21.1 If an offence under this Act is committed or continued on more than one day, the person who committed the offence is liable to be convicted for a separate offence for each day on which the offence is committed or continued.

Marginal note:General punishment

• 22. (1) Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations, for which no punishment has been provided, is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable

  • (a) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars; and

  • (b) for each subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars.

Marginal note:Disclosure of confidential information

• 23. (1) Subject to subsection (2) and the regulations, any person who, without the express authority of the Minister, knowingly discloses any confidential information obtained under this Act is guilty of an offence and is liable

  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars; or

  • (b) on proceedings by way of indictment, to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

Marginal note:Limitation period

• 24. (1) Any proceedings under this Act may be instituted at any time within, but not later than, twelve months after the day on which the Minister becomes aware of the subject-matter of the proceedings.

• Marginal note:Certificate

  (2) A document purporting to have been issued by the Minister, certifying the day on which the Minister became aware of the subject-matter of any proceedings, is admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or the official character of the person appearing to have signed the document and, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, is proof of the matter asserted in it.

Marginal note:Forfeiture to Crown

• 26. (1) When a person is convicted of an offence for acquiring, having in their possession, selling, offering for sale, storing, using, making, manufacturing, transporting, importing, exporting or delivering any explosive or restricted component, the court or judge, in addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, shall, in the case of an illicitly manufactured or illicitly trafficked explosive or an explosive that is not an authorized explosive, and may, in the case of an authorized explosive or a restricted component, declare that the explosive or restricted component by means of which or in relation to which the offence was committed be forfeited to the Crown.

• Marginal note:Disposal of explosive or component forfeited

  (2) If an explosive or a restricted component is forfeited under section 14.6 or subsection (1) and the time within which an appeal may be taken has expired or any appeal has been disposed of, it may be seized and disposed of as the Minister directs, and the costs of its disposal may be charged to the owner or the person having the lawful possession of it at the time of its seizure.

Marginal note:Explosifs abandonnés ou détériorés

27. Les explosifs qui, de l'avis du ministre, sont abandonnés, détériorés ou constituent un danger pour les personnes ou les biens, peuvent être saisis; il peut en être disposé, notamment par destruction, conformément à ce qu'ordonne le ministre quant aux modalités, au moment et au lieu, ainsi qu'aux personnes chargées de le faire.

Marginal note:Certain powers of Minister may be delegated

28. The powers conferred on the Minister by subsections 6(2) and (3) and sections 7, 9, 11, 12 and 27 may be exercised by any person designated by the Minister.

Marginal note:Obligation to comply with other laws

29. Nothing in this Act relieves any person

• (a) of the obligation to comply with the requirements of any Act of Parliament relating to explosives or components of explosives or the requirements of any licence law, or other law or by-law of any province or municipality, lawfully enacted in relation to explosives, especially requirements in relation to the acquisition, possession, storage, handling, sale, transportation or delivery of explosives or components of explosives; or

• (b) of any liability or punishment imposed for any contravention of an Act, law or by-law referred to in paragraph (a).

Marginal note:Export control list of goods and technology

3. The Governor in Council may establish a list of goods and technology, to be called an Export Control List, including therein any article the export or transfer of which the Governor in Council deems it necessary to control for any of the following purposes:

Marginal note:Area control list of countries

4. The Governor in Council may establish a list of countries, to be called an Area Control List, including therein any country to which the Governor in Council deems it necessary to control the export or transfer of any goods or technology.

Marginal note:Export permits

• 7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may issue to any resident of Canada applying therefor a permit to export or transfer goods or technology included in an Export Control List or to export or transfer goods or technology to a country included in an Area Control List, in such quantity and of such quality, by such persons, to such places or persons and subject to such other terms and conditions as are described in the permit or in the regulations.

• Marginal note:Security considerations

  (1.01) In deciding whether to issue a permit under subsection (1), the Minister may, in addition to any other matter that the Minister may consider, have regard to whether the goods or technology specified in an application for a permit may be used for a purpose prejudicial to

  • (a) the safety or interests of the State by being used to do anything referred to in paragraphs 3(1)(a) to (n) of the Security of Information Act; or

  • (b) peace, security or stability in any region of the world or within any country.

• Marginal note:General permits

  (1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may, by order, issue generally to all residents of Canada a general permit to export or transfer to any country specified in the permit any goods or technology included in an Export Control List that are specified in the permit, subject to such terms and conditions as are described in the permit.

Marginal note:Other lawful obligations not affected by permit, etc.

11. A permit, certificate or other authorization issued or granted under this Act does not affect the obligation of any person to obtain any licence, permit or certificate to export or import that may be required under this or any other law or to pay any tax, duty, toll, impost or other sum required by any law to be paid in respect of the exportation or transfer of goods or technology or the importation of goods.

• (d) respecting the certification, authorization or other control of any in-transit movement through any port or place of any goods or technology that is exported or transferred from Canada or of any goods that come into any port or place in Canada;

• (e) exempting any person, goods or technology or any class of persons, goods or technology from the operation of any or all of the provisions of this Act; and

Marginal note:Export or attempt to export

13. No person shall export or transfer, or attempt to export or transfer, any goods or technology included in an Export Control List or any goods or technology to any country included in an Area Control List except under the authority of and in accordance with an export permit issued under this Act.

Marginal note:Diversion, etc.

• 15. (1) Subject to subsection (2), and except with the authority in writing of the Minister, no person shall knowingly do anything in Canada that causes or assists or is intended to cause or assist any shipment, transhipment, diversion or transfer of any goods or technology included in an Export Control List to be made, from Canada or any other place, to any country included in an Area Control List.

Marginal note:No transfer or unauthorized use of permits

16. No person who is authorized under a permit issued under this Act to export or transfer goods or technology or to import goods shall transfer the permit to, or allow it to be used by, a person who is not so authorized.

Marginal note:False or misleading information, and misrepresentation

17. No person shall wilfully furnish any false or misleading information or knowingly make any misrepresentation in any application for a permit, import allocation, certificate or other authorization under this Act, and no person shall do so for the purpose of procuring its issue or grant or in connection with any subsequent use of the permit, import allocation, certificate or other authorization or with the exportation, importation, transfer or disposition of goods or technology to which it relates.

• Marginal note:Factors to be considered when imposing sentence

  (3) If an offender is convicted or discharged under section 730 of the Criminal Code in respect of an offence under this Act or the regulations, the court imposing a sentence on or discharging the offender shall, in addition to considering any other relevant factors, consider the nature and value of the exported or transferred goods or technology, or the imported goods, that are the subject-matter of the offence.

Marginal note:Evidence

• 23. (1) The original or a copy of a bill of lading, customs form, commercial invoice or other document, in this section called a “shipping document”, is admissible in evidence in any prosecution under this Act in respect of goods or technology if it appears from the shipping document that

  • (a) the goods or technology was sent, shipped or transferred from Canada or the goods came into Canada;

  • (b) a person, as shipper, consignor or consignee, sent, shipped or transferred the goods or technology from Canada or brought the goods into Canada; or

  • (c) the goods or technology was sent, shipped or transferred to a destination or person other than as authorized in the export permit relating to the goods or technology or the import permit relating to the goods.

Marginal note:Customs officers' duties

24. All officers, as defined in the Customs Act, before permitting the export or transfer of any goods or technology or the import of any goods, shall satisfy themselves that the exporter, importer or transferor, as the case may be, has not contravened any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations and that all requirements of this Act and the regulations with reference to the goods or technology have been complied with.

Marginal note:Application of powers under the Customs Act

25. All officers, as defined in the Customs Act, have, with respect to any goods or technology to which this Act applies, all the powers they have under the Customs Act with respect to the importation and exportation of goods, and all the provisions of that Act and the regulations under it respecting search, detention, seizure, forfeiture and condemnation apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to any goods or technology that is tendered for export, transfer or import or is exported, transferred or imported or otherwise dealt with contrary to this Act and the regulations and to all documents relating to the goods or technology.

Interim Orders

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 30.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Act if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health, safety or the environment.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) the day on which a regulation made under this Act, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (3) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) For the purpose of any provision of this Act other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

Interim Orders

Marginal note:Interim orders — regulations

• 5.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Part if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.

• Marginal note:Interim orders — section 6

  (2) The Minister may make an interim order in which any power referred to in section 6 is deemed to be exercised, if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (3) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) in the case of an interim order made under subsection (1), the day on which a regulation made under this Part that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force and, in the case of an interim order made under subsection (2), the day on which an order made by the Governor in Council under this Part that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (4) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (5) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (6) For the purpose of any provision of this Part other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (7) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (8) In order to comply with subsection (7), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

Interim Orders

Marginal note:Interim orders — regulations

• 16.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Part if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.

• Marginal note:Interim orders — sections 17 and 18

  (2) The Minister may make an interim order in which any power referred to in sections 17 and 18 is deemed to be exercised, if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (3) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) in the case of an interim order made under subsection (1), the day on which a regulation made under this Part that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force and, in the case of an interim order made under subsection (2), the day on which an order made by the Governor in Council under this Part that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (4) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (5) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (6) For the purpose of any provision of this Part other than this section and section 19, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (7) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (8) In order to comply with subsection (7), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

Interim Orders

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 27.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Part if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) the day on which a regulation made under this Part, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (3) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) For the purpose of any provision of this Part other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

• Marginal note:Tabling and referral of proposed regulations

  (2) The Minister shall cause a copy of each proposed regulation made pursuant to sections 17, 32, 53, 61, 102, 116, 150 and 150.1 to be laid before each House of Parliament, and each House shall refer the proposed regulation to the appropriate Committee of that House.

Sharing of Information

Marginal note:Regulations

• 150.1 (1) The regulations may provide for any matter relating to

  • (a) the collection, retention, disposal and disclosure of information for the purposes of this Act; and

  • (b) the disclosure of information for the purposes of national security, the defence of Canada or the conduct of international affairs, including the implementation of an agreement or arrangement entered into under section 5 of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act.

• Marginal note:Conditions

  (2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may include conditions under which the collection, retention, disposal and disclosure may be made.

AGREEMENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS

Marginal note:Agreements, contributions and grants

• 11.1 (1) The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council given on the recommendation of the Treasury Board and on any terms and conditions specified by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Treasury Board, enter into agreements respecting security of marine transportation or make contributions or grants in respect of the cost or expense of actions that in the opinion of the Minister enhance security on vessels or at marine facilities.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (2) Subsection (1) is deemed, for the purposes of paragraph 25(b) of the Canada Marine Act, to be a provision of an Act of general application providing for grants.

• Marginal note:Sunset provision

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) cease to apply three years after the day on which this section comes into force.

“emergency”

« état d'urgence »

“emergency” means an insurrection, riot, invasion, armed conflict or war, whether real or apprehended;

“Minister”

« ministre »

“Minister”, except in Part VII, means the Minister of National Defence;

Marginal note:Special force

• 16. (1) In an emergency, or if considered desirable in consequence of any action undertaken by Canada under the United Nations Charter or the North Atlantic Treaty, the North American Aerospace Defence Command Agreement or any other similar instrument to which Canada is a party, the Governor in Council may establish and authorize the maintenance of a component of the Canadian Forces, called the special force, consisting of

• (b) in consequence of any action undertaken by Canada under the United Nations Charter; or

• (c) in consequence of any action undertaken by Canada under the North Atlantic Treaty, the North American Aerospace Defence Command Agreement or any other similar instrument to which Canada is a party.

Reserve Military Judges Panel

Marginal note:Panel established

165.28 There is established a panel, called the Reserve Military Judges Panel (in this section and sections 165.29 to 165.32 referred to as the “Panel”), to which the Governor in Council may name officers of the reserve force who have previously performed

• (a) the duties of a military judge under this Act; or

• (b) before September 1, 1999, the duties of a president of a Standing Court Martial, a presiding judge of a Special General Court Martial or a judge advocate of a General Court Martial or Disciplinary Court Martial.

Marginal note:Removal from Panel

• 165.29 (1) The Governor in Council may remove from the Panel for cause the name of any officer on the recommendation of an Inquiry Committee referred to in section 165.21.

• Marginal note:Automatic removal from Panel

  (2) The name of an officer shall be removed from the Panel on the officer's

  • (a) reaching the retirement age prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council; or

  • (b) voluntarily ceasing to be an officer of the reserve force.

• Marginal note:Voluntary removal from Panel

  (3) An officer may give notice in writing to the Chief Military Judge that the officer wishes their name to be removed from the Panel. The removal takes effect either on the day the notice is received by the Chief Military Judge or on a later day if one is specified in the notice.

Marginal note:Restriction on activities

165.3 An officer named to the Panel shall not engage in any business or professional activity that is incompatible with the duties that he or she may be required to perform under this Act.

Marginal note:Chief Military Judge

• 165.31 (1) The Chief Military Judge may select any officer named to the Panel to perform any duties referred to in section 165.23 that may be specified by the Chief Military Judge.

• Marginal note:Effect of selection

  (2) An officer who is performing duties pursuant to subsection (1) has, while performing those duties, all the powers and duties of a military judge.

• Marginal note:Training

  (3) The Chief Military Judge may request any officer named to the Panel to undergo any training that may be specified by the Chief Military Judge.

Marginal note:Remuneration

165.32 An officer named to the Panel who is performing duties or undergoing training under section 165.31 shall be paid remuneration at the daily rate of 1/251 of the annual rate of pay of a military judge other than the Chief Military Judge.

PART V.2AUTHORIZATIONS

Computer Systems and Networks

Marginal note:Ministerial authorization

• 273.8 (1) The Minister may authorize in writing, either individually or by class, any public servant employed in the Department, or any person acting on behalf of the Department or the Canadian Forces who is performing duties relating to the operation, maintenance or protection of computer systems or networks of the Department or the Canadian Forces, to intercept private communications in relation to an activity or class of activities specified in the authorization, if such communications originate from, are directed to or transit through any such computer system or network, in the course of and for the sole purpose of identifying, isolating or preventing any harmful unauthorized use of, any interference with or any damage to those systems or networks, or any damage to the data that they contain.

• Marginal note:Authorization to Chief of Defence Staff

  (2) The Minister may authorize in writing the Chief of the Defence Staff to direct, either individually or by class, any officer or non-commissioned member to intercept private communications in relation to an activity or class of activities specified in the authorization, if such communications originate from, are directed to or transit through any computer system or network of the Department or the Canadian Forces, in the course of and for the sole purpose of identifying, isolating or preventing any harmful unauthorized use of, any interference with or any damage to those systems or networks, or any damage to the data that they contain.

• Marginal note:Conditions for authorization

  (3) The Minister may issue an authorization under subsection (1) or (2) only if satisfied that

  • (a) the interception is necessary to identify, isolate or prevent any harmful unauthorized use of, any interference with or any damage to the systems or networks, or any damage to the data that they contain;

  • (b) the information to be obtained from the interception could not reasonably be obtained by other means;

  • (c) the consent of persons whose private communications may be intercepted cannot reasonably be obtained;

  • (d) satisfactory measures are in place to ensure that only information that is essential to identify, isolate or prevent any harmful unauthorized use of, any interference with or any damage to the systems or networks, or any damage to the data that they contain, will be used or retained; and

  • (e) satisfactory measures are in place to protect the privacy of Canadians in the use or retention of that information.

• Marginal note:Conditions in authorization

  (4) An authorization issued under this section may contain any conditions that the Minister considers advisable to protect the privacy of Canadians, including additional measures to restrict the use and retention of, the access to, and the form and manner of disclosure of, information contained in the private communications.

• Marginal note:Effective period of authorization

  (5) An authorization issued under this section is valid for the period specified in it, and may be renewed for any period specified in the renewal. No authorization or renewal may be for a period longer than one year.

• Marginal note:Variance or cancellation of authorization

  (6) An authorization issued under this section may be varied or cancelled in writing at any time.

• Marginal note:Authorizations not statutory instruments

  (7) Authorizations issued under this section are not statutory instruments within the meaning of the Statutory Instruments Act.

• Marginal note:Protection of persons

  (8) Notwithstanding any other law, every person or class of persons that is authorized to give effect to an authorization issued under this section, or any person who assists such a person, is justified in taking any reasonable action necessary to give effect to the authorization.

• Marginal note:Crown Liability and Proceedings Act

  (9) No action lies under section 18 of the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act in respect of

  • (a) the use or disclosure of any communication intercepted under the authority of an authorization issued under this section, if the use or disclosure of the communication is reasonably necessary to identify, isolate or prevent any harmful unauthorized use of, any interference with or any damage to the systems or networks, or any damage to the data that they contain; or

  • (b) the disclosure of the existence of such a communication.

• Marginal note:Exclusion of Part VI of Criminal Code

  (10) Part VI of the Criminal Code does not apply in relation to an interception of a communication under the authority of an authorization issued under this section or in relation to a communication so intercepted.

Marginal note:Duties of Commissioner

• 273.9 (1) The Commissioner of the Communications Security Establishment appointed under subsection 273.63(1) has, in relation to the activities referred to in section 273.8, the following duties:

  • (a) to review activities carried out under an authorization issued under that section to ensure that they are in compliance with the law, and to report annually to the Minister on the review;

  • (b) in response to a complaint, to undertake any investigation that the Commissioner considers necessary; and

  • (c) to inform the Minister and, if the Commissioner considers it appropriate, the Attorney General of Canada, of any activity referred to in paragraph (a) that the Commissioner believes may not be in compliance with the law.

• Marginal note:Certain provisions apply

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), subsections 273.63(3) to (6) apply to the Commissioner.

Marginal note:Call out of Canadian Forces

278. On receiving a requisition in writing made by an attorney general under section 277, the Chief of the Defence Staff, or such officer as the Chief of the Defence Staff may designate, shall, subject to such directions as the Minister considers appropriate in the circumstances and in consultation with that attorney general and the attorney general of any other province that may be affected, call out such part of the Canadian Forces as the Chief of the Defence Staff or that officer considers necessary for the purpose of suppressing or preventing any actual riot or disturbance or any riot or disturbance that is considered as likely to occur.

PART VIIREINSTATEMENT IN CIVIL EMPLOYMENT

Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

285.01 In this Part, “employer” and “Minister” have the meaning prescribed in regulations made by the Governor in Council.

Reinstatement

Marginal note:Employer's duty to reinstate

• 285.02 (1) If an officer or non-commissioned member of the reserve force is called out on service in respect of an emergency, the officer's or member's employer shall reinstate the officer or member in employment at the expiry of that service.

• Marginal note:Nature of reinstatement

  (2) The officer or member must be reinstated in a capacity and under terms and conditions of employment no less favourable to the officer or member than those that would have applied if the officer or member had remained in the employer's employment.

• Marginal note:Officer or member must apply

  (3) An officer or member who wishes to be reinstated must apply to the employer for reinstatement within ninety days after the expiry of the officer's or member's actual service or service deemed extended by virtue of section 285.03.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (4) The employer's duty to reinstate an officer or member does not apply in the circumstances prescribed in regulations made by the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Application procedure

  (5) The procedure for applying for reinstatement is that prescribed in regulations made by the Governor in Council.

Marginal note:Hospitalization or incapacity

285.03 If, immediately following the officer's or member's service, the officer or member is hospitalized or is physically or mentally incapable of performing the duties of the position to which the officer or member would have been entitled on reinstatement, the period of hospitalization or incapacity, to a maximum prescribed in regulations made by the Governor in Council, is deemed for the purposes of this Part to be part of the period of the officer's or member's service.

Marginal note:Benefits and obligations on reinstatement

285.04 On reinstatement, an officer's or member's benefits, and the employer's obligations, in respect of remuneration, pension, promotion, permanent status, seniority, paid vacation and other employment benefits shall be in accordance with regulations made by the Governor in Council.

Marginal note:Agreements or arrangements

285.05 Any agreement or arrangement between an employer and an officer or member respecting reinstatement continues in force, except to the extent that it is less advantageous to the officer or member than is this Part.

Marginal note:Termination without reasonable cause

285.06 During the one-year period following an officer's or member's reinstatement,

• (a) the employer shall not terminate the officer's or member's employment without reasonable cause; and

• (b) if the employer terminates the officer's or member's employment, the onus, in any prosecution under section 285.08, is on the employer to establish that the employer had reasonable cause.

Administration and Enforcement

Marginal note:Reinstatement Officers

• 285.07 (1) The Minister may designate any person as a Reinstatement Officer to assist in the administration and enforcement of this Part, and shall issue to a Reinstatement Officer a certificate of designation.

• Marginal note:Powers and duties

  (2) The powers and duties of Reinstatement Officers are those prescribed in regulations made by the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Requests for information

  (3) A Reinstatement Officer may make reasonable requests of an employer for information relating to the reinstatement of an officer or member.

Offence and Punishment

Marginal note:Offence

• 285.08 (1) Every employer who contravenes section 285.02 or 285.06 or a regulation made for the purpose of section 285.04 is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

• Marginal note:Additional order

  (2) A court that convicts an employer of an offence under subsection (1) may, in addition to any other punishment that it imposes, order the employer to pay to the officer or member affected an amount that the court considers reasonable in the circumstances.

• Marginal note:Special case

  (3) The failure of an officer or member to perform the duties of their position during a period when the officer or member is being assisted by a Reinstatement Officer is not reasonable cause for terminating the officer's or member's employment.

Marginal note:Offence

285.09 Every person who fails to comply with a reasonable request made under subsection 285.07(3) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Marginal note:Minister may prosecute

285.1 The Minister shall institute and conduct a prosecution under section 285.08, without cost to the officer or member, if the Minister considers that the circumstances warrant a prosecution under that section.

Marginal note:Time limit

285.11 Proceedings may be instituted under section 285.08 or 285.09 within, but not later than, one year after the time when the subject-matter of the proceedings arose.

General

Marginal note:Inconsistency with other laws

285.12 In the event of any inconsistency between this Part, or regulations made for the purposes of this Part, and any other law, this Part or the regulations prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

Marginal note:Consultation

285.13 In the implementation of this Part, the Minister

• (a) shall consult with the provincial governments; and

• (b) may consult with any persons, associations, bodies and authorities that the Minister considers to be in a position to assist the Minister.

PART VIIIOFFENCES TRIABLE BY CIVIL COURTS

Application

Marginal note:Confidentiality

16.2 In respect of any order, or in any proceedings, of the Board under this Act, the Board may take any measures and make any order that the Board considers necessary to ensure the confidentiality of information that is contained in the order or is likely to be disclosed in the proceedings if the Board is satisfied that

• (a) there is a real and substantial risk that disclosure of the information will impair the security of pipelines, international power lines, buildings, structures or systems, including computer or communication systems, or methods employed to protect them; and

• (b) the need to prevent disclosure of the information outweighs the public interest in disclosure of orders and proceedings of the Board.

• (a) the safety and security of the public and of a company's employees;

• (b) the protection of property and the environment;

• (b.1) the safety and security of pipelines;

Marginal note:Publication

• 58.12 (1) The applicant shall publish a notice of the application in the Canada Gazette and such other publications as the Board considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Waiver

  (2) The Board may waive the requirement to publish a notice referred to in subsection (1) if the Board considers that there is a critical shortage of electricity caused by terrorist activity within the meaning of subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code.

• Marginal note:Directions

  (4) The Board may direct the owner of a facility constructed across, on, along or under a power line in contravention of this Act or the Board's orders or regulations to do such things as the Board considers necessary for the safety or security of the power line and may, if the Board considers that the facility may impair the safety or security of the operation of the power line, direct the owner to reconstruct, alter or remove the facility.

• Marginal note:Terms of leave

  (4) The Board may grant the application referred to in subsection (3) on such terms and conditions for the protection, safety or security of the public as seem expedient to the Board, and may order that such things be done as under the circumstances appear to the Board to be best adapted to remove or diminish the danger arising or likely to arise from the proposed operations.

Marginal note:Examination of site of mining operations

82. If necessary in order to ascertain whether any mining or prospecting operations have been carried on so as to injure or be detrimental to a pipeline or its safety or security or the safety or security of the public, a company may, with the written permission of the Board and after giving twenty-four hours notice in writing, enter on any lands through or near which its pipeline passes where any mining or prospecting operations are being carried on, and enter into and return from the site of the operations, and for those purposes the company may make use of any apparatus used in connection with the operations and use all necessary means for discovering the distance from its pipeline to the place where the operations are being carried on.

• Marginal note:Directions

  (4) The Board may direct the owner of a facility constructed across, on, along or under a pipeline in contravention of this Act or the Board's orders or regulations to do such things as the Board considers necessary for the safety or security of the pipeline and may, if the Board considers that the facility may impair the safety or security of the operation of the pipeline, direct the owner to reconstruct, alter or remove the facility.

Marginal note:Publication

• 119.04 (1) The applicant shall publish a notice of the application in the Canada Gazette and such other publications as the Board considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Waiver

  (2) The Board may waive the requirement to publish a notice referred to in subsection (1) if the Board considers that there is a critical shortage of electricity outside Canada caused by terrorist activity within the meaning of subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code.

Marginal note:Security regulations

• 131. (1) The Board may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations respecting the security of pipelines and international power lines, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, regulations respecting standards, plans and audits relating to the security of pipelines and international power lines.

• Marginal note:Offence and punishment

  (2) Every person who contravenes any of the regulations made under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable

  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both; or

  • (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

“Minister”

« ministre »

“Minister” means the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans;

Interim Orders

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 13.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Part if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to safety or security.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) the day on which a regulation made under this Part, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (3) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) For the purpose of any provision of this Part other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

Interim Orders

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 32. (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Part if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to safety or security.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) the day on which a regulation made under this Part, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (3) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) For the purpose of any provision of this Part other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

• Marginal note:Disclosure by Superintendent

  (1.1) Despite subsection (1), subsections 606(1) and 636(1) of the Bank Act, subsection 435(1) of the Cooperative Credit Associations Act, subsection 672(1) of the Insurance Companies Act and subsection 503(1) of the Trust and Loan Companies Act, the Superintendent may disclose to the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada established by section 41 of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act information relating to policies and procedures that financial institutions adopt to ensure their compliance with Part 1 of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act.

INTERIM ORDERS

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 6.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Act if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health, safety or the environment.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) the day on which a regulation made under this Act, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (3) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) For the purpose of any provision of this Act other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

• (b) may collect information that the Centre considers relevant to money laundering activities or the financing of terrorist activities and that is publicly available, including commercially available databases, or that is stored in databases maintained by the federal or provincial governments for purposes related to law enforcement or national security and in respect of which an agreement was entered into under subsection 66(1);

• Marginal note:Compliance of persons or entities

  (2) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with Part 1, the Centre may disclose to or receive from any agency or body that regulates or supervises persons or entities to whom Part 1 applies information relating to the compliance of those persons or entities with that Part.

• Marginal note:Limitation

  (3) Any information disclosed by the Centre under subsection (2) may be used by an agency or body referred to in that subsection only for purposes relating to compliance with Part 1.

INTERIM ORDERS

Marginal note:Interim orders — regulations

• 21.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Act if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.

• Marginal note:Interim orders — subsection 21(2)

  (2) The Minister may make an interim order in which any power referred to in subsection 21(2) is deemed to be exercised, if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (3) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) in the case of an interim order made under subsection (1), the day on which a regulation made under this Act that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force and, in the case of an interim order made under subsection (2), the day on which an order made by the Governor in Council under this Act that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (4) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (5) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (6) For the purpose of any provision of this Act other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provisions that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (7) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (8) In order to comply with subsection (7), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

INTERIM ORDERS

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 13.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Act if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) the day on which a regulation made under this Act, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (3) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) For the purpose of any provision of this Act other than this section and subsection 13(2), any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

Interim Orders

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 8.1 (1) The Minister of Transport or the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, or both, may make an interim order that contains any of the following provisions, if the Minister or Ministers, as the case may be, believe that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to safety, security or the environment:

  • (a) in the case of the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under section 562;

  • (b) in the case of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under section 423, 519, 562.15, 562.16 or 660.9; and

  • (c) in the case of the Minister of Transport, any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under any other section of this Act, other than section 727.7.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) the day on which a regulation made under this Act, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (3) No person or ship shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person or ship had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons or ships likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) For the purpose of any provision of this Act other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

Interim Orders

Marginal note:Interim orders

• 10.1 (1) The Minister of Transport or the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, or both, may make an interim order that contains any of the following provisions, if the Minister or Ministers, as the case may be, believe that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to safety, security or the environment:

  • (a) in the case of the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under paragraph 4(a) or subsection 136(2);

  • (b) in the case of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under subsection 35(3), Part 5, except subsection 136(2), or Part 7, 8 or 10; and

  • (c) in the case of the Minister of Transport, any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under paragraph 4(b), section 7, subsection 35(1) or Part 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11 or 12.

• Marginal note:Cessation of effect

  (2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,

  • (b) the day on which it is repealed,

  • (c) the day on which a regulation made under this Act, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and

  • (d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.

• Marginal note:Contravention of unpublished order

  (3) No person or vessel shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person or vessel had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons or vessels likely to be affected by it.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An interim order

  • (a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (5) For the purpose of any provision of this Act other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.

• Marginal note:Tabling of order

  (6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.

• Marginal note:House not sitting

  (7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.

“offence”

« infraction »

“offence” means an offence contrary to, any conspiracy or attempt to commit or being an accessory after the fact in relation to an offence contrary to, or any counselling in relation to an offence contrary to

• (a) any of the following provisions of this Act, namely,

  • (i) section 47 (high treason),

  • (ii) section 51 (intimidating Parliament or a legislature),

  • (iii) section 52 (sabotage),

  • (iv) section 57 (forgery, etc.),

  • (v) section 61 (sedition),

  • (vi) section 76 (hijacking),

  • (vii) section 77 (endangering safety of aircraft or airport),

  • (viii) section 78 (offensive weapons, etc., on aircraft),

  • (ix) section 78.1 (offences against maritime navigation or fixed platforms),

  • (x) section 80 (breach of duty),

  • (xi) section 81 (using explosives),

  • (xii) section 82 (possessing explosives),

  • (xii.1) section 83.02 (providing or collecting property for certain activities),

  • (xii.2) section 83.03 (providing, making available, etc., property or services for terrorist purposes),

  • (xii.3) section 83.04 (using or possessing property for terrorist purposes),

  • (xii.4) section 83.18 (participation in activity of terrorist group),

  • (xii.5) section 83.19 (facilitating terrorist activity),

  • (xii.6) section 83.2 (commission of offence for terrorist group),

  • (xii.7) section 83.21 (instructing to carry out activity for terrorist group),

  • (xii.8) section 83.22 (instructing to carry out terrorist activity),

  • (xii.9) section 83.23 (harbouring or concealing),

  • (xii.91) section 83.231 (hoax — terrorist activity),

  • (xiii) section 96 (possession of weapon obtained by commission of offence),

  • (xiv) section 99 (weapons trafficking),

  • (xv) section 100 (possession for purpose of weapons trafficking),

  • (xvi) section 102 (making automatic firearm),

  • (xvii) section 103 (importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized),

  • (xviii) section 104 (unauthorized importing or exporting),

  • (xix) section 119 (bribery, etc.),

  • (xx) section 120 (bribery, etc.),

  • (xxi) section 121 (fraud on government),

  • (xxii) section 122 (breach of trust),

  • (xxiii) section 123 (municipal corruption),

  • (xxiv) section 132 (perjury),

  • (xxv) section 139 (obstructing justice),

  • (xxvi) section 144 (prison breach),

  • (xxvii) subsection 145(1) (escape, etc.),

  • (xxviii) paragraph 163(1)(a) (obscene materials),

  • (xxix) section 163.1 (child pornography),

  • (xxx) section 184 (unlawful interception),

  • (xxxi) section 191 (possession of intercepting device),

  • (xxxii) subsection 201(1) (keeping gaming or betting house),

  • (xxxiii) paragraph 202(1)(e) (pool-selling, etc.),

  • (xxxiv) subsection 210(1) (keeping common bawdy house),

  • (xxxv) subsection 212(1) (procuring),

  • (xxxvi) subsection 212(2) (procuring),

  • (xxxvii) subsection 212(2.1) (aggravated offence in relation to living on the avails of prostitution of a person under the age of eighteen years),

  • (xxxviii) subsection 212(4) (offence — prostitution of person under eighteen),

  • (xxxix) section 235 (murder),

  • (xl) section 264.1 (uttering threats),

  • (xli) section 267 (assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm),

  • (xlii) section 268 (aggravated assault),

  • (xliii) section 269 (unlawfully causing bodily harm),

  • (xliv) section 271 (sexual assault),

  • (xlv) section 272 (sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm),

  • (xlvi) section 273 (aggravated sexual assault),

  • (xlvii) section 279 (kidnapping),

  • (xlviii) section 279.1 (hostage taking),

  • (xlix) section 280 (abduction of person under sixteen),

  • (l) section 281 (abduction of person under fourteen),

  • (li) section 282 (abduction in contravention of custody order),

  • (lii) section 283 (abduction),

  • (liii) section 318 (advocating genocide),

  • (liv) section 327 (possession of device to obtain telecommunication facility or service),

  • (lv) section 334 (theft),

  • (lvi) section 342 (theft, forgery, etc., of credit card),

  • (lvii) section 342.1 (unauthorized use of computer),

  • (lviii) section 342.2 (possession of device to obtain computer service),

  • (lix) section 344 (robbery),

  • (lx) section 346 (extortion),

  • (lxi) section 347 (criminal interest rate),

  • (lxii) section 348 (breaking and entering),

  • (lxiii) section 354 (possession of property obtained by crime),

  • (lxiv) section 356 (theft from mail),

  • (lxv) section 367 (forgery),

  • (lxvi) section 368 (uttering forged document),

  • (lxvii) section 372 (false messages),

  • (lxviii) section 380 (fraud),

  • (lxix) section 381 (using mails to defraud),

  • (lxx) section 382 (fraudulent manipulation of stock exchange transactions),

  • (lxxi) section 423.1 (intimidation of justice system participant or journalist),

  • (lxxii) section 424 (threat to commit offences against internationally protected person),

  • (lxxii.1) section 424.1 (threat against United Nations or associated personnel),

  • (lxxiii) section 426 (secret commissions),

  • (lxxiv) section 430 (mischief),

  • (lxxv) section 431 (attack on premises, residence or transport of internationally protected person),

  • (lxxv.1) section 431.1 (attack on premises, accommodation or transport of United Nations or associated personnel),

  • (lxxv.2) subsection 431.2(2) (explosive or other lethal device),

  • (lxxvi) section 433 (arson),

  • (lxxvii) section 434 (arson),

  • (lxxviii) section 434.1 (arson),

  • (lxxix) section 435 (arson for fraudulent purpose),

  • (lxxx) section 449 (making counterfeit money),

  • (lxxxi) section 450 (possession, etc., of counterfeit money),

  • (lxxxii) section 452 (uttering, etc., counterfeit money),

  • (lxxxiii) section 462.31 (laundering proceeds of crime),

  • (lxxxiv) subsection 462.33(11) (acting in contravention of restraint order),

  • (lxxxv) section 467.11 (participation in criminal organization),

  • (lxxxvi) section 467.12 (commission of offence for criminal organization), or

  • (lxxxvii) section 467.13 (instructing commission of offence for criminal organization),

• (b) section 198 (fraudulent bankruptcy) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act,

• (b.1) any of the following provisions of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Implementation Act, namely,

  • (i) section 6 (production, etc., of biological agents and means of delivery), or

  • (ii) section 7 (unauthorized production, etc., of biological agents),

• (c) any of the following provisions of the Competition Act, namely,

  • (i) section 45 (conspiracy) in relation to any of the matters referred to in paragraphs 45(4)(a) to (d) of that Act,

  • (ii) section 47 (bid-rigging), or

  • (iii) subsection 52.1(3) (deceptive telemarketing),

• (d) any of the following provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, namely,

  • (i) section 5 (trafficking),

  • (ii) section 6 (importing and exporting), or

  • (iii) section 7 (production),

• (e) section 3 (bribing a foreign public official) of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act,

• (e.1) the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act,

• (f) either of the following provisions of the Customs Act, namely,

  • (i) section 153 (false statements), or

  • (ii) section 159 (smuggling),

• (g) any of the following provisions of the Excise Act, 2001, namely,

  • (i) section 214 (unlawful production, sale, etc., of tobacco or alcohol),

  • (ii) section 216 (unlawful possession of tobacco product),

  • (iii) section 218 (unlawful possession, sale, etc., of alcohol),

  • (iv) section 219 (falsifying or destroying records),

  • (v) section 230 (possession of property obtained by excise offences), or

  • (vi) section 231 (laundering proceeds of excise offences),

• (h) any of the following provisions of the Export and Import Permits Act, namely,

  • (i) section 13 (export or attempt to export),

  • (ii) section 14 (import or attempt to import),

  • (iii) section 15 (diversion, etc.),

  • (iv) section 16 (no transfer of permits),

  • (v) section 17 (false information), or

  • (vi) section 18 (aiding and abetting),

• (i) any of the following provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, namely,

  • (i) section 117 (organizing entry into Canada),

  • (ii) section 118 (trafficking in persons),

  • (iii) section 119 (disembarking persons at sea),

  • (iv) section 122 (offences related to documents),

  • (v) section 126 (counselling misrepresentation), or

  • (vi) section 129 (offences relating to officers), or

• (j) any offence under the Security of Information Act,

and includes any other offence that there are reasonable grounds to believe is a criminal organization offence or any other offence that there are reasonable grounds to believe is an offence described in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition “terrorism offence” in section 2;