Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227)

Marginal note:Submissions by employer — period

• 209.994 (1) An employer to whom a notice of preliminary finding under section 209.993 or a corrected notice of preliminary finding under section 209.995 is issued may, within 30 days after the day on which it is received,

  • (a) make written submissions with respect to the information referred to in paragraphs 209.993(3)(b) to (d); or

  • (b) request an extension of that period.

• Marginal note:Reduced period

  (1.1) Despite subsection (1), if the notice of preliminary finding or the corrected notice of preliminary finding is solely in respect of a failure to comply with any one of the conditions set out in the provisions listed in items 18 to 23 of Table 1 of Schedule 2, the employer may make a written submission or request referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) within five days after the day on which the notice or corrected notice is received.

• Marginal note:Deemed receipt

  (2) Despite section 9.3(2) of these Regulations and section 3 of the Electronic Documents and Electronic Information Regulations, a notice of preliminary finding or a corrected or cancelled notice of preliminary finding is deemed to have been received 10 days after the day on which it is sent.

• Marginal note:Reduced period

  (2.1) Despite subsection (2), if the notice of preliminary finding or the corrected notice of preliminary finding is solely in respect of a failure to comply with any one of the conditions set out in the provisions listed in items 18 to 23 of Table 1 of Schedule 2, the notice or corrected notice is deemed to have been received five days after the day on which it is sent.

• Marginal note:Submissions by employer — extension of period

  (3) An officer or the Minister of Employment and Social Development may extend the period referred to in subsection (1) if there is a reasonable explanation justifying its extension.