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3 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

document of entitlement

document of entitlement  means a document that serves as proof of authorization to enter a restricted area. (document d’autorisation)

firearm

firearm  has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code. (arme à feu)

general list of prohibited items

general list of prohibited items  means Part 1 of TP 14628, which lists or describes goods that

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• (b) are prohibited as carry-on baggage by the governments of other countries; or

• (c) are identified by the International Civil Aviation Organization as items that must never be carried in the cabin of an aircraft or taken into a restricted area. (liste générale des articles interdits)

operator of an aircraft

operator of an aircraft  means the person who has possession of the aircraft as owner, lessee or otherwise. (utilisateur d’un aéronef)

peace officer

peace officer  means

• (a) a member of the Correctional Service of Canada who is designated as a peace officer under Part I of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and any other officer or permanent employee of a prison, other than a penitentiary as defined in Part I of that Act;

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• (c) any person who is designated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a provincial minister as a peace officer for the purpose of the preservation and maintenance of the public peace at an aerodrome;

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• (e) an officer or non-commissioned member of the Canadian Forces who is appointed as a member of the military police under regulations for the purposes of section 156 of the National Defence Act. (agent de la paix)

restricted area

restricted area  means any part of an aerodrome that is designated as a restricted area by the operator of the aerodrome in accordance with a regulatory requirement. (zone réglementée)

restricted area pass

restricted area pass  means a pass issued by or under the authority of the operator of an aerodrome to a person who requires ongoing access to restricted areas as part of the person’s employment. (laissez-passer de zone réglementée)

screening officer

screening officer  has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Act. (agent de contrôle)

sensitive information respecting aviation security

sensitive information respecting aviation security  means information — including information respecting risks, threats, vulnerabilities, systems, equipment, controls and procedures as well as plans and technical drawings — that could be used to exploit or create a vulnerability or to facilitate an act or attempted act of unlawful interference with civil aviation. (renseignements délicats relatifs à la sûreté aérienne)

TP 14628

TP 14628  means the document entitled Prohibited Items List, published by the Department of Transport in March 2011, as amended from time to time. (TP 14628)

weapon

weapon  has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code. (arme)

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Marginal note:Prohibition — carriage, transportation and access

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• (2) A person described in column 1 of the table to this subsection may, at an aerodrome, carry, transport or have access to the goods set out in column 2 if the conditions set out in column 3 are met.

  Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
  Person	Permitted Goods	Conditions
  1	any person	an unloaded firearm	the person is carrying or transporting the unloaded firearm, or has access to it, for the purpose of transporting it by air as checked baggage or cargo
  12	a border services officer who is wearing a Canada Border Services Agency uniform and whose ordinary place of work is an aerodrome	an agency firearm and ammunition	the border services officer is acting in the course of their duties, has come from an area described in item 11, column 3, or from an aircraft on the ground at the aerodrome, and is conducting one of the following activities inside an air terminal building for no longer than one hour unless exigent circumstances exist: [...] (c) continuing to monitor persons, baggage or other goods to verify compliance with program legislationas defined in section 2 of the Canada Border Services Agency Act if the monitoring commenced in an area described in item 11, column 3, or on board an aircraft on the ground at the aerodrome;
  16	a border services officer who is not wearing a Canada Border Services Agency uniform and whose ordinary place of work is not an aerodrome	defensive equipment, an agency firearm and ammunition	the border services officer is acting in the course of their duties, is inside an air terminal building and, for the purposes of administering and enforcing program legislationas defined in section 2 of the Canada Border Services Agency Act, is [...]
  22	any of the following persons: (a) a person designated as a fishery officer under subsection 5(1) of the Fisheries Act; (b) a person designated as a park warden under section 18 of the Canada National Parks Act; (c) a person designated as an enforcement officer under section 19 of the Canada National Parks Act; (d) a person designated as an enforcement officer under subsection 217(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999; (e) a person designated as a game officer under subsection 6(1) of the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994; (f) a person designated as an enforcement officer under subsection 85(1) of the Species at Risk Act; (g) a person designated as a wildlife officer under subsection 11(1) of the Canada Wildlife Act; (h) a person designated as an enforcement officer under subsection 29(1) of the Antarctic Environmental Protection Act; (i) a person designated as an officer under subsection 12(1) of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act; (j) a person designated as a marine conservation area warden under section 18 of the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act; (k) a person designated as an enforcement officer under section 19 of the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act; (l) a person designated as an enforcement officer under section 13 of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act; (m) a person designated as a park warden under section 23 of the Rouge National Urban Park Act; (n) a person designated as an enforcement officer under section 24 of the Rouge National Urban Park Act	defensive equipment, a loaded agency firearm and ammunition	the person [...]

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• Marginal note:Definition of commercial office

  (4) For the purposes of subsection (2), commercial office means an area of a customs office designated under section 5 of the Customs Act that is used primarily for the reporting, examination and release under that Act of commercial goods, as defined in section 2 of the Reporting of Imported Goods Regulations.

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3 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

agency firearm

agency firearm  has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Public Agents Firearms Regulations. (arme à feu d’agence)

border services officer

border services officer  has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Preclearance Act, 2016. (agent des services frontaliers)

document of entitlement

document of entitlement  means a document that serves as proof of authorization to enter a restricted area. (document d’autorisation)

firearm

firearm  has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code. (arme à feu)

general list of prohibited items

general list of prohibited items  means Part 1 of TP 14628, which lists or describes goods that

• [...]

• (b) are prohibited as carry-on baggage by the governments of other countries; or

• (c) are identified by the International Civil Aviation Organization as items that must never be carried in the cabin of an aircraft or taken into a restricted area. (liste générale des articles interdits)

operator of an aircraft

operator of an aircraft  means the person who has possession of the aircraft as owner, lessee or otherwise. (utilisateur d’un aéronef)

peace officer

peace officer  means

• (a) a member of the Correctional Service of Canada who is designated as a peace officer under Part I of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and any other officer or permanent employee of a prison, other than a penitentiary as defined in Part I of that Act;

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• (c) any person who is designated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a provincial minister as a peace officer for the purpose of the preservation and maintenance of the public peace at an aerodrome;

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• (e) an officer or non-commissioned member of the Canadian Forces who is appointed as a member of the military police under regulations for the purposes of section 156 of the National Defence Act. (agent de la paix)

restricted area

restricted area  means any part of an aerodrome that is designated as a restricted area by the operator of the aerodrome in accordance with a regulatory requirement. (zone réglementée)

restricted area pass

restricted area pass  means a pass issued by or under the authority of the operator of an aerodrome to a person who requires ongoing access to restricted areas as part of the person’s employment. (laissez-passer de zone réglementée)

screening authority

screening authority  means, as the context requires,

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• (b) a screening contractor as defined in section 2 of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Act; or

screening officer

screening officer  has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Act. (agent de contrôle)

sensitive information respecting aviation security

sensitive information respecting aviation security  means information — including information respecting risks, threats, vulnerabilities, systems, equipment, controls and procedures as well as plans and technical drawings — that could be used to exploit or create a vulnerability or to facilitate an act or attempted act of unlawful interference with civil aviation. (renseignements délicats relatifs à la sûreté aérienne)

TP 14628

TP 14628  means the document entitled Prohibited Items List, published by the Department of Transport in March 2011, as amended from time to time. (TP 14628)

weapon

weapon  has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code. (arme)

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Definition of organization responsible for the person in custody

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• (2) An air carrier must not transport a person in the custody of an escort officer on board an aircraft unless

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  • (d) the organization responsible for the person in custody has given a written notice to the air carrier at least two hours or, in an emergency, as soon as feasible before the departure of the flight, stating

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• (3) An escort officer must not escort a person in custody on board an aircraft unless the escort officer

  • (a) provides the operator of the aerodrome with a copy of the written notice referred to in paragraph (2)(d) at least two hours or, in an emergency, as soon as feasible before the departure of the flight; and

20 A screening authority must establish and implement in a consistent manner across Canada a training program for screening officers. The training program must be composed of both theoretical and practical training and

• (a) cover the responsibilities and duties of a screening officer, as well as screening processes;

• (b) cover the safeguarding of civil aviation operations against acts of unlawful interference, as well as current and emerging aviation security threats and trends;

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