Customs Bonded Warehouses Regulations (SOR/96-46)

11 (1) Every licensee shall provide at the bonded warehouse in respect of which the licence was issued

• (a) such facilities, equipment and personnel as are sufficient to control access to the bonded warehouse premises and provide secure storage of the goods in it, including

  • (i) doors and other building components of sturdy construction,

  • (ii) secure locks on doors and windows,

  • (iii) signs that indicate the security requirements applicable to the premises, and

  • (iv) where the bonded warehouse will be used for the storage of designated goods, such additional facilities and equipment as may be required to ensure the secure storage of those goods;

• (b) adequate space for the examination of goods by officers;

• (c) the personnel and equipment necessary to ensure that the goods to be examined by an officer are made available to the officer for examination; and

• (d) the personnel necessary to furnish information, for audit purposes, to an officer with respect to the bonded warehouse operations and inventory system.

(2) Where a bonded warehouse forms only part of a building, the licensee shall, if so requested by the chief officer of customs, keep the bonded warehouse separate from the remainder of the building by a partition or other structure.