Canadian Passport Order

12 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may authorize the Minister of Employment and Social Development to exercise any of the following functions:

• (a) providing information on the passport program to the public, including but not limited to information on application requirements and processes;

• (b) collecting, and capturing by electronic means, passport applications and information, materials and declarations that are provided in support of those applications, including converting information and photographs pursuant to section 8.1;

• (c) determining whether all the required information has been provided on the application forms, and checking it against the materials and declarations required;

• (d) verifying the information provided on the application forms, materials and declaration submitted by the applicant, including verifying, with the issuing authority, the documentary evidence of citizenship;

• (e) requesting and collecting, and capturing by electronic means, further information, material and declarations pursuant to section 8;

• (f) verifying that any documentary evidence of citizenship that is submitted with a passport application is valid and regular on its face, and returning the originals of documentary evidence of citizenship to applicants;

• (g) collecting and cancelling any valid or expired passports;

• (h) collecting the applicable passport and consular fees and issuing a receipt to applicants;

• (i) forwarding, including by electronic means, passport applications and all accompanying materials and declarations collected or created in relation to passport applications to the Minister, including original documents;

• (j) processing passport applications;

• (k) withholding and recovering a passport that was issued to an applicant;

• (l) producing passports; and

• (m) delivering passports to applicants whose passport applications are complete or to their authorized delegates.

(2) The Minister may specify the circumstances in which the Minister of Employment and Social Development may or may not exercise a function referred to in subsection (1).