Federal Halocarbon Regulations, 2003

30 (1) Subject to subsection (2), effective January 1, 2005, no person shall charge a fire-extinguishing system, other than a portable fire extinguisher or a fire-extinguishing system for use on an aircraft, a military vehicle or a military ship, with a halocarbon listed in any of items 1 to 9 of Schedule 1, unless authorized to do so by a permit issued under these Regulations.

(2) From January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009, an owner of a system referred to in subsection (1) may charge the system with a halocarbon listed in any of items 1 to 9 of Schedule 1 but no person shall operate that system later than one year after the day on which the system is charged, unless it no longer contains any halocarbon listed in any of those items.

(3) The owner of a system charged under subsection (2) shall provide written notice to the Minister within 14 days after the system is charged, which notice shall contain the information set out in column 3 of item 4 of Schedule 2.