Transportation Safety Board Regulations (SOR/92-446)

Regulations are current to 2012-05-14

  •  (1) The Chairperson or any member designated by the Chairperson shall chair any meetings of the Board.

  • (2) Meetings of the Board shall not be open to the public, unless the Board decides otherwise, and may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

 Any question raised at a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question by the members present at the meeting and, where there is an equality of votes, the person chairing the meeting shall cast the deciding vote.

  •  (1) If all the members present at a meeting of the Board consent, a member may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of telephone or other communication facilities if such means permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate orally with each other.

  • (2) A member who participates in a meeting of the Board by any means permitted under subsection (1) is deemed to be present at the meeting.

  • (3) Meetings of the Board shall be held from time to time and at such place as the Chairperson or the member designated by the Chairperson may determine, and reasonable notice of such meetings or of adjourned meetings shall be given to all the members by the Chairperson or the designated member.

 The Board may appoint a day or days in any month for regular meetings of the Board at a place and hour to be named by resolution, and a copy of the resolution shall be provided to each member immediately after being passed, but no other notice shall be required for any such regular meeting.

Warrants

 A warrant issued to an investigator pursuant to subsection 19(3) of the Act shall be in Form 2 set out in the schedule.

 A warrant issued pursuant to subsection 19(3) of the Act in accordance with the procedures referred to in subsection 19(4) of that Act shall be

  • (a) in Form 2 set out in the schedule; or

  • (b) in Form 5.1 referred to in section 487.1 of the Criminal Code, with such modifications as the circumstances require.

Statutory Summonses

 Where, pursuant to subparagraph 19(9)(a)(i) of the Act, an investigator requests, by notice in writing, that a person

  • (a) produce a document in that person’s possession, the notice shall be in Form 3 set out in the schedule; or

  • (b) attend before the investigator, the notice shall be in Form 4 set out in the schedule.

 Where, pursuant to paragraph 19(9)(b) of the Act, an investigator requests, by notice in writing, that a person involved in the operation of an aircraft, ship, rolling stock or commodity pipeline submit to a medical examination, the notice shall be in Form 5 set out in the schedule.

 Where, pursuant to paragraph 19(9)(c) of the Act, an investigator requests, by notice in writing, that a physician or other health practitioner provide information concerning a patient, the notice shall be in Form 6 set out in the schedule.