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• 18.1 (1) An application for exemption from registration shall be accompanied by the consent of the temporary worker, international student or visitor to a security assessment to be conducted in accordance with section 19, including their consent to the disclosure of their personal information to — and its use by — Canadian government entities for the purpose of the assessment, as well as a copy of their valid passport.

• (2) In the case of a temporary worker or international student, the application shall also be accompanied by their consent to the disclosure of their personal information to — and its use by — credit reporting agencies for the purpose of the security assessment, as well as

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  • (b) evidence that they are authorized to work or study in Canada, as the case may be, and, in the case of an international student, a document from the academic institution at which they are authorized to study indicating that the work they are doing for the registered person is integral to those studies;

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10 Every registration of a person is subject to the following conditions:

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• (b) that the person keep records of the most recent security assessment in respect of each of their officers, directors, employees, temporary workers, international students and visitors who examine, possess or transfer controlled goods and maintain those records — as well as supporting documentation — for a period of two years after the day on which the individual in question ceases to act in that capacity;

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• (e) that the person establish and implement a security plan in respect of each place of business in Canada where controlled goods are kept that contains written measures that set out

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  • (iv) the contents of security briefings and training programs given to visitors, officers, directors, employees and temporary workers, as the case may be;

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• (j) that the person submit to the Minister, every six months, the name of each individual in respect of whom the designated official conducted a security assessment during the previous six months, as well as the individual’s date of birth and an indication of the extent to which they were authorized to access controlled goods.

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• (2) In conducting the security assessment, the Minister may also have regard to other information provided by any person and the designated official may have regard to other information provided by the Minister if the Minister or the designated official, as the case may be, has reasonable grounds to believe that the information is necessary to determine the extent of the risk referred to in subsection (3).

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• (4) The individual who is the subject of the security assessment shall provide the Minister or the designated official, as the case may be, with the following information and, on request, any additional information or evidence that the Minister or the designated official requires to verify it:

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• (5) An individual who is or has been the subject of a security assessment shall advise the Minister or the designated official, as the case may be, of any change concerning their criminal history within five business days after the day on which the change occurs.

• (6) The Minister or the designated official, as the case may be, shall reconduct a security assessment if new information is received or if there are other reasonable grounds for doing so.

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• (5) The Minister shall provide to the registered person notice with reasons of any decision to suspend or to revoke a registration or exemption, or not to reinstate a revoked registration or exemption despite representations being made, as well as notice of any decision to reinstate a registration or exemption.

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1.1 Part 2 of the Act does not apply to members of the following classes of persons who act in good faith in the course of their duties and employment:

• a) public officers as defined in subsection 117.07(2) of the Criminal Code;

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• (c) members of a visiting force as defined in section 2 of the Visiting Forces Act.

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