Marginal note:Persons with disabilities

• 3 (1) These Regulations do not limit a carrier’s legal obligations with respect to persons with disabilities.

• Marginal note:Carrier’s right of action

  (2) For greater certainty, these Regulations do not remove a carrier’s right of action against any other person.

• Marginal note:Other regimes

  (3) Subject to subsection 86.11(3) of the Act, a passenger must not be refused compensation in accordance with these Regulations for an event on the grounds that they are also eligible for compensation for the same event under a different passenger rights regime.

Marginal note:Definitions — Part II of Act

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• Marginal note:Definitions — Regulations

  (2) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

• Marginal note:Denial of boarding

  (3) For the purpose of these Regulations, there is a denial of boarding when a passenger is not permitted to occupy a seat on board a flight because the number of seats that may be occupied on the flight is less than the number of passengers who have checked in by the required time, hold a confirmed reservation and valid travel documentation and are present at the boarding gate at the required boarding time.

• Marginal note:Obligations of small carriers

  (4) For the purpose of these Regulations, a small carrier has the same obligations as a large carrier towards a passenger that it carries on behalf of a large carrier under a commercial agreement with that carrier.

Amendments to these Regulations