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Secure Air Travel Regulations

Version of section 7 from 2015-08-01 to 2019-09-04:


Marginal note:Prohibition — transporting passenger

  •  (1) It is prohibited for an air carrier to transport a passenger if

    • (a) the passenger presents a piece of photo identification and does not resemble the photograph;

    • (b) the passenger does not appear to be the age indicated by the date of birth on the identification presented;

    • (c) the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification presented; and

    • (d) the passenger presents more than one form of identification and there is a major discrepancy between those forms of identification.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) Despite paragraph (1)(a), an air carrier may transport a passenger who presents a piece of photo identification but does not resemble the photograph if

    • (a) the passenger’s appearance changed for medical reasons after the photograph was taken and the passenger presents the air carrier with a document signed by a health care professional that attests to that fact; or

    • (b) the passenger’s face is bandaged for medical reasons and the passenger presents the air carrier with a document signed by a health care professional that attests to that fact.


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