Storage of Goods Regulations

3 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), if goods in a customs office have not been removed from the customs office within 40 days after the day on which the goods were reported under section 12 of the Act, the goods may, at the end of that limitation period, be deposited in a place of safe-keeping as provided for in subsection 37(1) of the Act.

(2) Where perishable goods in a customs office have not been removed therefrom within four days after the day on which they are reported under section 12 of the Act, the goods may be deposited in a place of safe-keeping as provided in subsection 37(1) of the Act.

(3) Where goods in a customs office are prescribed substances within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Control Act or prescribed items within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Control Regulations and the goods have not been removed from the customs office within 14 days after the day on which the goods are reported under section 12 of the Act, the goods may be deposited in a place of safe-keeping as provided in subsection 37(1) of the Act.

(4) For the purposes of subsection 39.1(1) of the Act, firearms, prohibited ammunition, prohibited devices, prohibited or restricted weapons, tobacco products and vaping products are goods of a prescribed class that are forfeit if they are not removed from a customs office within 14 days after the day on which they were reported under section 12 of the Act.

(5) For the purposes of subsection 39.1(1) of the Act, spirits are goods of a prescribed class that are forfeit if they are not removed from a customs office within 21 days after the day on which they were reported under section 12 of the Act.