Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Regulations

Marginal note:Other revocation circumstances

• 28 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister must revoke a dealer’s licence in accordance with subsection 10(1) in the following circumstances:

  • (a) the licence was issued on the basis of false or misleading information or false or falsified documents submitted in or with the application;

  • (b) the licensed dealer has failed to comply with a provision of the Act or the regulations or a term or condition of the licence or of an import or export permit issued under these Regulations;

  • (c) the licensed dealer is no longer an eligible person under section 18; or

  • (d) it has been discovered that the individual in charge of the premises to which the licence applies, the qualified person in charge or, if applicable, the alternate qualified person in charge at those premises has been convicted, as an adult, in the previous 10 years, of

    • (i) in Canada, a designated drug offence, or

    • (ii) in a country other than Canada, an offence that, if committed in Canada, would have constituted a designated drug offence.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (2) Unless it is necessary to protect security, public health or safety, including preventing the targeted substance from being diverted to an illicit market or use, the Minister must not revoke a dealer’s licence in the circumstances described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) if

  • (a) the licensed dealer has no history of non-compliance with the Act and the regulations made or continued under it; and

  • (b) the licensed dealer has carried out, or signed an undertaking to carry out, corrective measures to ensure compliance with the Act and these Regulations.