Nuclear Non-proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations

4 (1) A person may carry on any of the following activities without a licence to carry on that activity:

• (a) import a controlled nuclear substance referred to in Part B of the schedule;

• (b) import controlled nuclear equipment referred to in paragraph A.3 or Part B of the schedule;

• (c) import controlled nuclear information that relates to a controlled nuclear substance or controlled nuclear equipment referred to in paragraph A.3 or Part B of the schedule;

• (d) import a controlled nuclear substance, controlled nuclear equipment or controlled nuclear information for the purpose of placing it in transit;

• (e) export a controlled nuclear substance, controlled nuclear equipment or controlled nuclear information after it has been in transit;

• (e.1) import, in a quantity of 200 kg or less per shipment, a controlled nuclear substance referred to in paragraph A.1.3 of the schedule that is not for use in a nuclear reactor;

• (f) export a controlled nuclear substance referred to in paragraph A.1.4 of the schedule that is not for use in a nuclear reactor to any Participating Government of the Nuclear Suppliers Group;

• (g) import a controlled nuclear substance referred to in paragraph A.1.4 of the schedule that is not for use in a nuclear reactor;

• (h) import a controlled nuclear substance referred to in paragraph A.1.5 of the schedule that is contained in a self-luminous source or self-luminous device; or

• (i) export, to any Participating Government of the Nuclear Suppliers Group a controlled nuclear substance referred to in paragraph A.1.5 of the schedule that is contained in a self-luminous source or self-luminous device, if that source or device contains less than 1 480 GBq of tritium.

(2) For greater certainty, the exemptions established in subsection (1) relate only to the activities specified in that subsection and do not derogate from the licence requirement imposed by section 26 of the Act in relation to other activities.

(3) Every person who exports a controlled nuclear substance under paragraph (1)(f) or (i) must, by January 31, submit to the Commission a written report that includes the following information regarding every export of the controlled nuclear substance in the previous calendar year:

• (a) the exporter’s name, address and telephone number;

• (b) a description of the controlled nuclear substance, including the quantity exported and country of origin;

• (c) the date of export;

• (d) the name and address of each consignee; and

• (e) the intended end-use and end-use location of the controlled nuclear substance as stated by the final consignee.

(4) Paragraph (1)(i) applies only to exports that are intended for end-use in States that are signatories to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons that was signed by Canada at London and Washington on July 23, 1968 and at Moscow on July 29, 1968 and that came into force for Canada on March 5, 1970.