Cultural Property Export Regulations (C.R.C., c. 449)

Shipping Requirements

16 Every exporter of an object, or their authorized agent or mandatary, shall, before exporting the object described in the export permit issued in respect of that object, give the export permit to the collector of customs at the port of export.

17 When an exporter exports an object by means of Canada Post, the exporter shall give the export permit to the postmaster at the time of posting.

Application for a General Permit

18 An application for a general permit referred to in subsection  17(1) of the Act shall be made in the form established by the Minister, signed by the applicant and forwarded to the Minister.

19 The following information shall be furnished and forwarded with an application referred to in section 18:

• (a) the name, address and telephone number of the applicant;

• (b) the detailed reasons for the application setting out

  • (i) the area of the applicant’s business specialization, and

  • (ii) the inconvenience, if any, to obtain an export permit in respect of the individual export of objects;

• (c) a list describing any object exported under an export permit by the applicant during the six-month period preceding the date of the application together with the details in respect of each permit issued during that period;

• (d) the details of any current general permit held by the applicant;

• (e) the volume of the applicant’s commercial activities in respect of the purchase and sale of any objects;

• (f) the number of employees of the applicant, the distance between the applicant’s place of business and the nearest office of a permit officer;

• (g) any information requested by the Minister when, in the Minister’s opinion, the information furnished by the applicant requires clarification; and

• (h) any other information that is required.

20 A general permit referred to in subsection 17(1) of the Act shall be issued in the form established by the Minister.

Cultural Property General Permit Declaration

21 No person shall export any object under a general permit issued to them under subsection  17(1) of the Act unless that person or a person authorized to sign a Cultural Property General Permit Declaration by the general permit under which the object is to be exported, before exporting the object, completes a Cultural Property General Permit Declaration in respect of that object.

• 22 (1) A Cultural Property General Permit Declaration referred to in section 21 shall be in the form established by the Minister. The form shall be signed by one of the persons referred to in section 21 and shall state that the object intended for export from Canada is an object authorized to be exported from Canada under a general permit and that the conditions set out in that general permit have been met.

• (2) When an object is to be exported under a general permit issued under subsection 17(1) of the Act, the declaration referred to in section 21

  • (a) shall be given to the postmaster, if the object is to be sent by means of Canada Post; or

  • (b) shall be given to the collector of customs at the port of export, if the object is to be sent by means other than Canada Post.

Lost Permits

23 Where a permit issued under the Act has been lost or destroyed, the person to whom it was issued may request from the Minister a certified true copy of the permit and shall, in so requesting,

• (a) submit a statutory declaration stating whether the permit has been lost or destroyed and an explanation of the loss or destruction; and

• (b) in the case of a permit that has been lost, submit an undertaking to return to the Minister, without delay, the original permit, if it is found.