Customs Sufferance Warehouses Regulations

3 (1) For the purposes of section 24 of the Act and subject to subsection (3), the Minister may issue a licence to any person who makes an application for a licence in accordance with subsection (2) and gives the security required under section 4.

(2) An application for a licence must be submitted to the Minister in the prescribed form, together with a detailed plan of the proposed sufferance warehouse.

(2.1) The plan referred to in subsection (2) must indicate

• (a) whether the place proposed to be operated as a sufferance warehouse exists or is to be constructed;

• (b) the type of construction of the place, whether or not it already exists; and

• (c) the area, within the place, that is to be used for the storage of goods.

(3) The Minister shall not issue a licence to an applicant unless

• (a) the applicant is of good character;

• (b) [Repealed, SOR/95-177, s. 1]

• (c) the applicant has sufficient financial resources to enable him to provide the facilities, equipment, personnel and services required under sections 11 to 13 and to lease or purchase the proposed sufferance warehouse;

• (d) the volume and nature of business in the area in which the applicant proposes to operate a sufferance warehouse is such that a sufferance warehouse is needed to serve the importers in that area;

• (e) the site of the proposed sufferance warehouse is within a reasonable distance from major transportation routes and a customs office;

• (f) the proposed sufferance warehouse contains adequate space for the storage of imported goods;

• (g) the structure of the proposed sufferance warehouse will be suitable for the operation of a sufferance warehouse; and

• (h) the Agency is able to provide customs services with respect to the proposed sufferance warehouse.

(4) [Repealed, SOR/95-177, s. 1]