Health of Animals Regulations

120.3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall release a veterinary biologic unless the person

• (a) submits an application for a permit for the proposed release to the Minister, accompanied by sufficient information, including the information referred to in section 120.4, to enable the Minister to determine whether the proposed release is

  • (i) unlikely to result in the introduction into Canada or the spread within Canada of any vector, disease or toxic substance, and

  • (ii) unlikely to pose a risk of harm to the environment or to human or animal health; and

• (b) is issued a permit for the proposed release under section 160.

(2) Where the accompanying information that is required to be provided to the Minister pursuant to paragraph (1)(a) in respect of the proposed release of a veterinary biologic is the same as information that has already been provided to the Minister before the coming into force of sections 120.1 and 120.2, this section and sections 120.4 to 120.6, or that is provided on or after the coming into force of sections 120.1 and 120.2, this section and sections 120.4 to 120.6 in relation to an application for another permit, the information is not required to be provided again.