Royal Canadian Mounted Police Regulations, 2014 (SOR/2014-281)

Marginal note:Duties

• 14 (1) In addition to the duties set out in the Act, it is the duty of members who are peace officers to

  • (a) enforce all Acts of Parliament and regulations and render assistance to departments of the Government of Canada as the Minister directs;

  • (b) maintain law and order in Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, national parks and other areas that the Minister designates;

  • (c) maintain law and order in those provinces and municipalities with which the Minister has entered into an arrangement under section 20 of the Act and carry out the other duties that are specified in those arrangements;

  • (d) guard and protect any property of Her Majesty in right of Canada or under Her Majesty’s control or custody that the Minister designates;

  • (e) protect, inside or outside Canada, whether or not there is an imminent threat to their security,

    • (i) the Governor General,

    • (ii) the Prime Minister of Canada,

    • (iii) judges of the Supreme Court of Canada,

    • (iv) ministers of the Crown in right of Canada, and

    • (v) any other Canadian citizen or permanent resident, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, who is designated by the Minister for the period designated by the Minister;

  • (f) protect, inside Canada, whether or not there is an imminent threat to their security,

    • (i) any person who qualifies as an internationally protected person, as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code, and

    • (ii) any other foreign national who is designated by the Minister for the period designated by the Minister; and

  • (g) ensure, in accordance with any agreement between the Commissioner and the Clerk of the Privy Council, the security for the proper functioning of

    • (i) any meeting of the first ministers of the provinces and the Prime Minister of Canada that is convened by the Prime Minister of Canada, and

    • (ii) any meeting of Cabinet that is not held on Parliament Hill.

• Marginal note:Assessment by Force

  (2) The duties described in paragraphs (1)(e) and (f) are to be carried out in accordance with the Force’s assessment of the threat or risk to the security of the person.