Canadian Aviation Security Regulations, 2012

Marginal note:Storage requirements

• 676 (1) If cargo has been screened in order that it may be tendered for transportation by air as secure cargo, a person who stores the cargo must

  • (a) store the cargo in an area that the person has designated for that purpose;

  • (b) ensure that, while the cargo is stored in the designated area, signs are in place at or near the area that state, in both official languages, that unauthorized access to the area is prohibited;

  • (c) control access to the designated area while the cargo is stored in the area to ensure that, subject to subsection (2), only the person’s authorized cargo representatives have access to the area;

  • (d) take measures to detect unauthorized individuals in the designated area while the cargo is stored in the area;

  • (e) ensure that, while the cargo is stored in the designated area, individuals other than the person’s authorized cargo representatives do not have access to the cargo; and

  • (f) ensure that the cargo is not tampered with while it is stored in the designated area.

• Marginal note:Authorized access

  (2) An individual who is not one of the person’s authorized cargo representatives is permitted in the designated area if

  • (a) the individual is acting in the course of his or her employment and requires access to the designated area while cargo, which has been screened in order that it may be tendered for transportation by air as secure cargo, is stored in the area;

  • (b) the individual has the prior approval of the person’s cargo security coordinator;

  • (c) the cargo security coordinator, or one of the person’s authorized cargo representatives, verifies the identity of the individual by means of government-issued photo identification provided by the individual; and

  • (d) the individual is, while in the designated area, escorted and kept under surveillance by one of the person’s authorized cargo representatives who has been assigned to that task by the person.

• Marginal note:Escort limit

  (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(d), the person must ensure that the authorized cargo representative does not escort more than ten individuals at one time.