Canada Transportation Act

Marginal note:Notice

• 56.1 (1) Every person who is required to notify the Commissioner under subsection 114(1) of the Competition Act in respect of a transaction that involves an air transportation undertaking shall give notice, containing, subject to the regulations, the information required under that subsection, of the transaction to the Minister and the Agency, when notice is given to the Commissioner and, in any event, no later than when the person is required to notify the Commissioner.

• Marginal note:Minister’s determination

  (2) If the Minister is of the opinion that the transaction does not raise concerns with respect to the public interest as it relates to national transportation, the Minister shall, within 42 days after a person gives notice under subsection (1), give notice of the opinion to that person.

• Marginal note:When sections 56.2 and 56.3 do not apply

  (3) Sections 56.2 and 56.3 do not apply in respect of the transaction if the Minister gives notice under subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Definition of “Commissioner”

  (4) In this section and sections 56.2, 56.4 and 56.5, Commissioner has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Competition Act.