Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Circumstances for exercise of powers – sections 209.6 to 209.9

209.5 The powers set out in sections 209.6 to 209.9 may be exercised in the following circumstances:

• (a) an officer or the Minister of Employment and Social Development has a reason to suspect that the employer is not complying or has not complied with any of the conditions set out in section 209.2 or 209.3;

• (b) the employer has not complied with the conditions set out in section 209.2 or 209.3 in the past;

• (c) the employer is chosen as part of a random verification of compliance with the conditions set out in sections 209.2 and 209.3;

• (d) an officer or the Minister of Employment and Social Development is notified that there has been the introduction or spread of a communicable disease, as defined in section 2 of the Quarantine Act, at any premises or place in which a foreign national performs work; or

• (e) the employer employs a foreign national who is or was subject to an order or regulation made under the Emergencies Act or the Quarantine Act.