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Customs Sufferance Warehouses Regulations (SOR/86-1065)

Regulations are current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2022-10-01. Previous Versions

  •  (1) Every licensee shall provide, at the sufferance warehouse in respect of which his licence was issued

    • (a) washroom facilities and offices for the use of officers, and the heat, light and cleaning services necessary for those facilities and offices, where so requested by the chief officer of customs;

    • (b) adequate space for the examination of imported goods by officers;

    • (c) the personnel and equipment necessary to ensure that the goods to be examined by an officer are made available to the officer for examination;

    • (d) a detention compound or parking area for the storage of imported goods that are held in a conveyance, where so requested by the chief officer of customs; and

    • (e) facilities, equipment and personnel sufficient to control access to the sufferance warehouse and provide secure storage of the goods stored in it, including

      • (i) doors and other building components of sturdy construction,

      • (ii) secure locks on doors and windows,

      • (iii) signs that indicate the security requirements applicable to the premises, and

      • (iv) where the sufferance warehouse will be used for the storage of designated goods, such additional facilities and equipment as may be required to ensure the secure storage of those goods.

  • (2) Where a sufferance warehouse is restricted by the terms and conditions of its licence to the receipt of goods arriving by motor vehicles used for commercial purposes, the licensee may lease space to any carrier who has requested space for his exclusive use in the operation of a separate sufferance warehouse.

  • SOR/95-177, s. 6
  • SOR/96-38, s. 4

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