Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations

8 For the purposes of paragraph 24(1)(a) of the Act, the circumstances that relate to the health, safety or security of members of the public are the following:

• (a) where an office or facility of a federal institution provides emergency services, including first aid services, in a clinic or health care unit at an airport, railway station or ferry terminal;

• (b) where an office or facility of a federal institution uses signage that includes words or standardized public announcements regarding health, safety or security in respect of

  • (i) passengers on aircraft, trains or ferries,

  • (ii) members of the public at airports, railway stations or ferry terminals, or

  • (iii) members of the public in or on the grounds of federal buildings; and

• (c) where an office or facility of a federal institution uses written notices or signage that includes words for alerting the public to hazards of a radioactive, explosive, chemical, biological or environmental nature or to other hazards of a similar nature.