Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Regulations

Marginal note:Authorized persons

• 3 (1) A person is authorized to possess a targeted substance set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 if the person has obtained the targeted substance in accordance with these Regulations, in the course of activities conducted in connection with the administration or enforcement of an Act or regulation, or from a person who is exempt under section 56 of the Act from the application of subsection 5(1) of the Act with respect to that targeted substance, and the person

  • (a) requires the targeted substance for their business or profession and is

    • (i) a licensed dealer,

    • (ii) a pharmacist, or

    • (iii) a practitioner who is registered and entitled to practise in the province in which they possess the targeted substance;

  • (b) is a practitioner who is registered and entitled to practise in a province other than the province in which they possess the targeted substance for emergency medical purposes only;

  • (c) is a hospital employee or a practitioner in a hospital;

  • (d) has obtained the targeted substance for their own use or the use of another person for whom, or an animal for which, they are responsible

    • (i) from a practitioner, or

    • (ii) in accordance with a prescription that was not issued or obtained in contravention of these Regulations;

  • (e) is employed as an inspector, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a police constable, a peace officer or a member of the technical or scientific staff of the Government of Canada, the government of a province or a university in Canada and their possession is in connection with that employment;

  • (f) is exempt under section 56 of the Act with respect to the possession of that targeted substance and their possession is for a purpose set out in the exemption;

  • (g) has imported the targeted substance in accordance with section 68 for their own use or the use of another person for whom, or an animal for which, they are responsible;

  • (h) is a person who, in accordance with a permit for transit or transhipment, is responsible for the targeted substance while it is in transit or in transhipment in Canada; or

  • (i) is the Minister.

• Marginal note:Agent or mandatary

  (2) A person is authorized to possess a targeted substance set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 if the person is acting as the agent or mandatary of any person who is authorized to possess it in accordance with any of paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) and (f) to (h).

• Marginal note:Agent or mandatary — person referred to in paragraph (1)(e)

  (3) A person is authorized to possess a targeted substance set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 if they

  • (a) are acting as the agent or mandatary of a person who they have reasonable grounds to believe is a person referred to in paragraph (1)(e); and

  • (b) possess the targeted substance for the purpose of assisting that person in the administration or enforcement of an Act or regulation.

• Marginal note:Export by individual

  (4) An individual may possess a targeted substance set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 for the purpose of exporting that substance in accordance with section 69.