Identity Screening Regulations (SOR/2007-82)

Regulations are current to 2012-05-14 and last amended on 2011-07-29. Previous Versions

  •  (1) If there is a major discrepancy between the name on the identification presented by a passenger and the name on the passenger’s boarding pass, an air carrier shall compare the name, date of birth and gender on the identification with those of persons specified to the air carrier by the Minister under paragraph 4.81(1)(b) of the Act.

  • (2) If the name, date of birth and gender on the identification are the same as those of a person specified to the air carrier, the air carrier shall immediately so inform the Minister.

  • SOR/2011-156, s. 6.

Contact Information

 If an air carrier informs the Minister that the name, date of birth and gender on the identification of a person being screened are the same as those of a person specified to the air carrier by the Minister under paragraph 4.81(1)(b) of the Act, the air carrier shall provide the Minister with an e-mail address and fax number to which the Minister can send emergency directions respecting the person.

 If an emergency direction is made in respect of a person specified to an air carrier by the Minister under paragraph 4.81(1)(b) of the Act, the Minister shall provide the air carrier with contact information for the Department of Transport’s Office of Reconsideration and the air carrier shall make that contact information available to the person.

Duration of Screenings

 If an air carrier informs the Minister that the name, date of birth and gender on the identification of a person being screened are the same as those of a person specified to the air carrier by the Minister under paragraph 4.81(1)(b) of the Act, the screening is not completed until the Minister or a person authorized by the Minister under section 4.77 of the Act makes an emergency direction or informs the air carrier that an emergency direction will not be made.

Currency of Information

 An air carrier shall ensure that any system it uses to comply with sections 3 to 5.3 uses only the most up-to-date information provided to the air carrier by the Minister respecting persons specified to the air carrier by the Minister under paragraph 4.81(1)(b) of the Act.

  • SOR/2008-250, s. 3;
  • SOR/2011-156, s. 9.

 If the Minister informs an air carrier that a person is no longer specified under paragraph 4.81(1)(b) of the Act, the air carrier shall immediately remove all information respecting that person from any system it uses to comply with sections 3 to 5.3.

  • SOR/2008-250, s. 3;
  • SOR/2011-156, s. 9.

PROTECTION OF INFORMATION

 No person shall, in respect of a person specified to an air carrier by the Minister under paragraph 4.81(1)(b) of the Act,

  • (a) disclose any information respecting the specified person that was provided to the air carrier by the Minister for the purposes of these Regulations, including the person’s name, date of birth, gender and the fact that he or she is, or was, specified; or

  • (b) use the information for any purpose other than complying with sections 3 to 5.3.

  • SOR/2008-250, s. 3;
  • SOR/2011-156, s. 9.