Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Considerations

• 230 (1) The Minister may impose a stay on removal orders with respect to a country or a place if the circumstances in that country or place pose a generalized risk to the entire civilian population as a result of

  • (a) an armed conflict within the country or place;

  • (b) an environmental disaster resulting in a substantial temporary disruption of living conditions; or

  • (c) any situation that is temporary and generalized.

• Marginal note:Cancellation

  (2) The Minister may cancel the stay if the circumstances referred to in subsection (1) no longer pose a generalized risk to the entire civilian population.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (3) The stay does not apply to a person who

  • (a) is inadmissible under subsection 34(1) of the Act on security grounds;

  • (b) is inadmissible under subsection 35(1) of the Act on grounds of violating human or international rights;

  • (c) is inadmissible under subsection 36(1) of the Act on grounds of serious criminality or under subsection 36(2) of the Act on grounds of criminality;

  • (d) is inadmissible under subsection 37(1) of the Act on grounds of organized criminality;

  • (e) is a person referred to in section F of Article 1 of the Refugee Convention; or

  • (f) informs the Minister in writing that they consent to their removal to a country or place to which a stay of removal applies.