Passenger Rail Transportation Security Regulations (SOR/2020-222)

Marginal note:Security Reporting

• 4 (1) A passenger company or host company must report to the Transport Canada Situation Centre, by any direct means of communication established and communicated by the Centre, any threat or other security concern that results or may result in an unlawful interference with passenger rail transportation. The report must be made as soon as feasible but no later than 24 hours after the occurrence of the threat or other security concern.

• Marginal note:Threats and other security concerns

  (2) Threats and other security concerns include

  • (a) any interference with the work of a train crew or service personnel;

  • (b) any bomb threats, either specific or non-specific;

  • (c) any report or discovery of a suspicious item;

  • (d) any suspicious activity observed on, inside or near railway equipment or railway works used by that company;

  • (e) the discovery, seizure or discharge of a weapon, explosive substance or incendiary device on, inside or near railway equipment or railway works used by that company;

  • (f) any sign of tampering with railway equipment or railway works;

  • (g) any information relating to the possible surveillance of railway equipment or railway works; and

  • (h) any suspicious person, circumstance or object that the passenger company or host company considers to be a threat or other security concern.

• Marginal note:Information to be provided

  (3) The information provided must include, to the extent known, the following:

  • (a) the passenger company’s or host company’s name and contact information, including its telephone number and email address;

  • (b) the name of the person who is making the report on behalf of the passenger company or host company and the person’s title and contact information, including their telephone number and email address;

  • (c) any information that identifies any train that is affected by the threat or other security concern, including its itinerary and line or route position;

  • (d) any information that identifies any railway equipment or railway works that is affected by the threat or other security concern;

  • (e) a description of the threat or other security concern, including the date and time that the passenger company or host company became aware of it;

  • (f) the names of the persons involved in the threat or other security concern, and any other information related to those persons, if the disclosure of those names and that information is permitted; and

  • (g) the source of any threat information or other security concern, if its disclosure is permitted.

• Marginal note:Follow-up information

  (4) The passenger company or host company must provide to the Transport Canada Situation Centre any information referred to in subsection (3) that was not previously reported, as soon as it becomes known.

• Marginal note:Avoidance of double reporting — other company

  (5) The passenger company or host company is not required to make a report under this section if the same threat or other security concern has been reported by another company under this section.

• Marginal note:Provision of information — passenger company

  (6) A passenger company that operates on a host company’s railway must, as soon as feasible, notify the host company if the passenger company becomes aware of a threat or other security concern that could impact the operations of the host company.

• Marginal note:Provision of information — host company

  (7) A host company must, as soon as feasible, notify a passenger company that operates on its railway if the host company becomes aware of a threat or other security concern that could impact the operations of the passenger company.