Customs Sufferance Warehouses Regulations

4 (1) An applicant shall, before a licence is issued to the applicant, give security in an amount determined by the Minister.

(2) The Minister may at any time require a licensee to increase the amount of security given under subsection (1) to an amount sufficient to ensure the payment of any duties payable in respect of goods stored in the sufferance warehouse.

(3) The security given under subsection (1) shall be deposited with the chief officer of customs and shall be in the form of

• (a) cash;

• (b) a certified cheque;

• (c) a transferable bond issued by the Government of Canada; or

• (d) a bond issued by

  • (i) a company that is licensed or otherwise authorized under the laws of Canada or of a province to carry on the fidelity or surety class of insurance business and that is recommended to the Treasury Board by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions as a company whose bonds may be accepted by the Government of Canada,

  • (ii) a member of the Canadian Payments Association referred to in section 4 of the Canadian Payments Association Act,

  • (iii) a corporation that accepts deposits insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Régie de l’assurance-dépôts du Québec to the maximum amounts permitted by the statutes under which those institutions were established,

  • (iv) a credit union as defined in subsection 137(6) of the Income Tax Act, or

  • (v) a corporation that accepts deposits from the public, if repayment of the deposits is guaranteed by Her Majesty in right of a province.