Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992

Marginal note:Regulations

• 27 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act, including regulations

  • (a) prescribing products, substances and organisms to be included in the classes listed in the schedule;

  • (b) establishing divisions, subdivisions and groups of dangerous goods and of the classes of dangerous goods;

  • (c) specifying, for each product, substance and organism prescribed under paragraph (a), the class, division, subdivision or group into which it falls;

  • (d) determining or providing the manner of determining the class, division, subdivision or group into which dangerous goods not prescribed under paragraph (a) fall;

  • (e) exempting from the application of this Act and the regulations, or any of their provisions, the importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting of dangerous goods;

  • (f) respecting, for the purposes of paragraph (e), any quantities or concentrations of dangerous goods or ranges of them, respecting the manner of determining those quantities, concentrations or ranges and respecting any circumstances or conditions — including circumstances or conditions regarding premises, facilities or means of containment — under which an activity is exempted under paragraph (e);

  • (g) respecting circumstances in which any activity or thing is under the sole direction or control of the Minister of National Defence;

  • (h) respecting circumstances in which dangerous goods must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported;

  • (i) specifying dangerous goods that must not be imported, offered for transport, handled or transported in any circumstances;

  • (j) respecting safety marks, safety requirements and safety standards of general or particular application;

  • (j.1) requiring safety management systems to be established by prescribed persons or classes of persons with respect to specified quantities or concentrations of dangerous goods or ranges of them, specifying those quantities, concentrations or ranges, respecting the manner of determining those quantities, concentrations or ranges and respecting the content or requirements of those systems;

  • (j.2) respecting, in respect of particular dangerous goods, or classes, divisions, subdivisions and groups of dangerous goods, the means of containment to be used in importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting those goods;

  • (k) specifying quantities or concentrations of dangerous goods, or ranges of them, in relation to which emergency response assistance plans are required to be approved under section 7, and respecting the manner of determining those quantities, concentrations or ranges;

  • (k.1) respecting the information to be provided in an application for approval of the emergency response assistance plan referred to in section 7;

  • (k.2) respecting compensation of persons under section 7.2, and specifying the expenses that are authorized to be compensated;

  • (l) respecting the manner in which records are to be kept under section 9, the information to be included in them and the notices to be issued under that section;

  • (m) respecting the issuance of notices under section 9, and the contents of those notices;

  • (n) respecting shipping records and other documents to be used in offering for transport, handling or transporting dangerous goods, the information to be included in those documents and the persons by whom and the manner in which they are to be used and kept;

  • (o) respecting the qualification, training and examination of inspectors, prescribing the forms of the certificates described in sections 10 and 16.1 and respecting the manner in which inspectors are to carry out their duties and functions under this Act;

  • (p) respecting levels of financial responsibility required under subsection 14(1) in respect of any activity referred to in that subsection, and the nature and form of proof that may be requested under subsection 14(2);

  • (p.1) respecting the authorization of qualified persons referred to in subsection 15(3) and the manner in which they may exercise powers set out in subsection 15(2);

  • (q) specifying quantities or concentrations of dangerous goods or ranges of them for the purposes of section 18, and respecting the manner of determining those quantities, concentrations or ranges;

  • (r) prescribing persons or classes of persons who are to receive reports under section 18, and respecting the manner of making the reports, the information to be included in them and the circumstances in which they are not required;

  • (r.1) respecting the information to be provided in an application for a certificate under section 31;

  • (s) respecting the manner of applying for, issuing and revoking approvals of emergency response assistance plans under section 7 or certificates under section 31 and providing for the appeal or review of a refusal to issue an approval or certificate or of a revocation of one;

  • (t) providing for the notification of persons directed to do anything under paragraph 7.1(a), subsection 9(2) or (3), section 17, paragraph 19(1)(a) or (b) or subsection 32(1), for the coming into effect, duration and appeal or review of those directions and for any other incidental matters;

  • (u) respecting the manner in which amounts are to be paid under paragraph 34(1)(d); and

  • (v) prescribing persons or classes of persons who are to be prescribed under this Act.

• Marginal note:References in regulations

  (2) The regulations may refer to any document, in whole or in part, as it exists when the regulations are made and, for the purpose of providing for alternative ways of complying with this Act, may refer to any of the following documents as amended from time to time:

  • (a) the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by the International Maritime Organization;

  • (b) the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air published by the International Civil Aviation Organization; and

  • (c) Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States.