Passenger Information (Customs) Regulations
SOR/2003-219
Registration 2003-06-12
Passenger Information (Customs) Regulations
P.C. 2003-908 2003-06-12
Whereas the annexed Passenger Information (Customs) Regulations give effect to a public announcement made on October 4, 2002;
Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of National Revenue, pursuant to section 107.1Footnote a and paragraphs 164(1)(i)Footnote b and 167.1(b)Footnote c of the Customs ActFootnote d, hereby makes the annexed Passenger Information (Customs) Regulations.
Return to footnote aS.C. 2001, c. 25, s. 61
Return to footnote bS.C. 1992, c. 28, s. 30(1)
Return to footnote cS.C. 1992, c. 28, s. 31(1)
Return to footnote dR.S., c. 1 (2nd Supp.)
Marginal note:Interpretation
1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.
Act
Loi
Act means the Customs Act. (Loi)
commercial carrier
transporteur commercial
commercial carrier means the owner or operator of a commercial conveyance. (transporteur commercial)
commercial conveyance
moyen de transport commercial
commercial conveyance means any conveyance that is used for the commercial transportation of persons or goods by air, water or land. (moyen de transport commercial)
Minister's representative
représentant du ministre
Minister's representative means a person authorized by the Minister to obtain information referred to in section 3. (représentant du ministre)
reservation system
système de réservation
reservation system means any system, whether electronic or manual, that contains information relating to persons on board a commercial conveyance. (système de réservation)
- SOR/2013-182, s. 1(F)
Marginal note:Prescribed classes of persons
2 The following are the prescribed classes of persons for the purposes of section 107.1 of the Act:
(a) commercial carriers and charterers who undertake to carry persons or goods to Canada and the representatives of those carriers and charterers;
(b) travel agents; and
(c) owners and operators of a reservation system.
Marginal note:Prescribed information
3 The following is, for the purposes of section 107.1 of the Act, the prescribed information in respect of a person on board a commercial conveyance:
(a) their surname, first name and any middle names;
(b) their date of birth;
(c) their gender;
(d) their citizenship or nationality;
(e) the type of travel document that identifies them, the name of the country in which the travel document was issued and the number on the travel document;
(f) their reservation record locator number, if any, and, in the case of a person in charge of the commercial conveyance or any other crew member without a reservation record locator number, notification of their status as a crew member; and
(g) the information relating to the person in a reservation system.
Marginal note:Time and manner — information referred to in paragraphs 3(a) to (f)
4 (1) If the Minister requires a member of a prescribed class to provide prescribed information referred to in paragraphs 3(a) to (f), the member must provide the information in the form of a manifest to a Minister’s representative at the time of the departure of the commercial conveyance from the last place that persons board the conveyance before arriving in Canada.
Marginal note:Manner — information referred to in paragraphs 3(a) to (f)
(2) If the Minister requires a member of a prescribed class to provide access to prescribed information referred to in paragraphs 3(a) to (f), the member must provide a Minister’s representative with access to the information.
Marginal note:Manner — information referred to in paragraph 3(g)
(3) If the Minister requires a member of a prescribed class to provide, or provide access to, prescribed information referred to in paragraph 3(g), the member must provide the information to a Minister’s representative or provide a Minister’s representative with access to the member’s reservation system, as the case may be.
Marginal note:Manner — general
(4) If the Minister requires a member of a prescribed class to provide, or provide access to, prescribed information referred to in section 3, the member must provide the information or provide access to it, as the case may be, in electronic form or, if the member does not maintain the information in electronic form, in written form.
- SOR/2013-182, s. 2
Marginal note:Coming into force
5 These Regulations are deemed to have come into force on October 4, 2002.
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