Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Regulations

Marginal note:Refusal of permit

44 The Minister must refuse to issue an export permit if

• (a) with respect to the application for the permit, there exists a circumstance described in any of paragraphs 22(c) to (e) or (h), with any modifications that the circumstances require;

• (b) the applicant does not hold a dealer’s licence for the targeted substance to be exported or holds a dealer’s licence that will expire before the date of export;

• (c) the applicant has been notified in accordance with paragraph 10(1)(a) that one of the following applications submitted by the applicant with respect to the dealer’s licence under which the targeted substance would be exported is to be refused under section 22:

  • (i) an application made under section 20 for a dealer’s licence,

  • (ii) an application made under section 24 to renew a dealer’s licence, or

  • (iii) an application made under section 25 for the amendment of a dealer’s licence;

• (d) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the shipment for which the permit is requested would contravene a requirement of the laws of the country of final destination or any country of transit or transhipment; or

• (e) the shipment would not be in conformity with the import permit issued by a competent authority of the country of final destination.