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Customs Act

Version of section 42.1 from 2005-12-12 to 2009-06-30:


Marginal note:Methods of verification

  •  (1) Any officer, or any officer within a class of officers, designated by the President for the purposes of this section, or any person, or any person within a class of persons, designated by the President to act on behalf of such an officer, may, subject to the prescribed conditions,

    • (a) conduct a verification of origin of goods for which preferential tariff treatment under a free trade agreement is claimed

      • (i) by entering any prescribed premises or place at any reasonable time, or

      • (ii) in the prescribed manner; or

    • (b) enter any prescribed premises or place at any reasonable time to verify the amount, if any, of

      • (i) a relief under section 89 of the Customs Tariff from the payment of any duties payable in respect of imported goods that are subsequently exported to a NAFTA country, or

      • (ii) a drawback under section 113 of the Customs Tariff of duties paid in respect of imported goods that are subsequently exported to a NAFTA country.

  • Marginal note:Withdrawal of preferential tariff treatment

    (2) If an exporter or producer of goods that are subject to a verification of origin under paragraph (1)(a) fails to comply with the prescribed requirements or, in the case of a verification of origin under subparagraph (1)(a)(i), does not consent to the verification of origin in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time, preferential tariff treatment under a free trade agreement may be denied or withdrawn from the goods.

  • 1993, c. 44, s. 86
  • 1995, c. 41, s. 16
  • 1997, c. 14, s. 38, c. 36, s. 161
  • 2005, c. 38, s. 70

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