Customs Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.))

Marginal note:Advance rulings

• 43.1 (1) Any officer, or any officer within a class of officers, designated by the President for the purposes of this section shall, before goods are imported, on application by any member of a prescribed class that is made within the prescribed time, in the prescribed form and manner of filing with the prescribed information, give an advance ruling with respect to

  • (a) whether the goods qualify as originating goods and are entitled to the benefit of preferential tariff treatment under a free trade agreement;

  • (b) in the case of goods exported from a country or territory set out in column 1 of Part 3 of the schedule, any matter, other than those referred to in paragraphs (a) and (c), concerning those goods that is set out in the provision set out in column 2; and

  • (c) the tariff classification of the goods.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (2) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting advance rulings, including regulations respecting

  • (a) the application of an advance ruling;

  • (b) the modification or revocation of an advance ruling, including whether the modification or revocation applies retroactively;

  • (c) the authority to request supplementary information in respect of an application for an advance ruling; and

  • (d) the circumstances in which the issuance of advance rulings may be declined or postponed.