Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations

Marginal note:Application for security clearance

• 90 (1) An application for a security clearance must include the following information and documentation, to be used only for the purposes of sections 91 and 92:

  • (a) the applicant’s usual given name used, other given names, surname, all other names used and details of any name changes;

  • (b) the applicant’s date of birth, gender, height, weight, and eye and hair colour;

  • (c) if the applicant was born in Canada, the number and province of issue of their birth certificate;

  • (d) if the applicant was born outside Canada, their place of birth, the port and date of entry into Canada, and, in the case of a naturalized Canadian or permanent resident, the number of the applicable certificate issued under the Citizenship Act or the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;

  • (e) either of the following documents:

    • (i) a copy of a valid piece of photo identification of the applicant issued by the government of Canada or of a province, or

    • (ii) a copy of the applicant’s passport that includes the passport number, country of issue, expiry date and the applicant’s photograph;

  • (f) the addresses of all locations at which the applicant resided during the five years preceding the application;

  • (g) an identification of the applicant’s activities during the five years preceding the application, including the names and addresses of the applicant’s employers and any post-secondary educational institutions attended;

  • (h) the dates, destination and purpose of any travel of more than 90 days outside Canada, excluding travel for government business, during the five years preceding the application;

  • (i) the information referred to in subsection (2) respecting

    • (i) the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, and

    • (ii) any former spouses or common-law partners with whom the relationship ended within the preceding five years;

  • (j) the applicant’s fingerprints, taken by a Canadian police force or by a private company that is accredited by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to submit fingerprints to it for the purpose of a criminal record check; and

  • (k) a statement signed and dated by the licensed producer or the applicant for a producer’s licence certifying that the applicant for the security clearance requires or will require a security clearance and specifying the reasons for that requirement.

• Marginal note:Spouse or common-law partner

  (2) The information required in respect of any of the persons referred to in paragraph (1)(i) is

  • (a) in the case of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, the following information:

    • (i) their gender, full given name, surname and, if applicable, maiden name,

    • (ii) their date and place of birth and, if applicable, date of death,

    • (iii) if born in Canada, the number and province of issue of their birth certificate,

    • (iv) if born outside Canada, their place of birth, their nationality and the port and date of entry into Canada, and

    • (v) their present address, if known; and

  • (b) in the case of former spouses and common-law partners with whom the relationship ended within the preceding five years, the information referred to in subparagraphs (a)(i), (ii) and (v).

• Marginal note:Signed by applicant

  (3) The application for a security clearance must be signed and dated by the applicant.

• Definition of common-law partner

  (4) In this section, common-law partner means any person who is cohabiting with the applicant in a relationship of a conjugal nature and has done so for a period of at least one year.