Online Undertakings Registration Regulations: SOR/2023-203
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 157, Number 21
Registration
SOR/2023-203 September 29, 2023
BROADCASTING ACT
Whereas, under subsection 10(3)footnote a of the Broadcasting Act footnote b, a copy of the proposed Online Undertakings Registration Regulations, substantially in the annexed form, was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on May 20, 2023, and a reasonable opportunity was given to persons carrying on broadcasting undertakings and other interested persons to make representations to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission with respect to the proposed Regulations;
Therefore, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission makes the annexed Online Undertakings Registration Regulations under subsection 10(1)footnote c of the Broadcasting Act footnote b.
Gatineau, September 27, 2023
Claude Doucet
Secretary General
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Online Undertakings Registration Regulations
Interpretation
Definition of operator
1 In these Regulations, operator means a person who carries on an online undertaking to which the Broadcasting Act applies.
Registration
Registration return
2 An operator must register their online undertaking by submitting to the Commission, within 30 days after the day on which they begin to carry on the undertaking, a registration return that contains the following information:
- (a) the online undertaking’s name;
- (b) the operator’s name, mailing address, phone number and email address;
- (c) if different than the contact information filed under paragraph (b), contact information for a contact person for the operator, such as their name, title, mailing address, phone number and email address;
- (d) the place where the operator is incorporated or otherwise formed, if any, and the location of their head office; and
- (e) the broadcasting services offered by the online undertaking.
Request for additional information
3 (1) If it appears to the Commission that a registration return is incorrect or incomplete, the Commission may request that the operator submit any information that is necessary to correct or complete the registration return.
Submission of additional information
(2) The operator must submit the requested information to the Commission as soon as feasible.
Updates to registration return
4 An operator must notify the Commission of any change to information previously submitted by submitting the updated information within 30 days after the day on which the change occurs.
Request for deregistration
5 (1) An operator must submit a request to deregister their online undertaking within 30 days after the day on which they cease to carry on the undertaking.
Deregistration
(2) An online undertaking may be deregistered if, after an attempt to contact the operator using the information on file, the Commission is unable to verify that the operator continues to carry on the undertaking.
Electronic submission
6 All information that is submitted under these Regulations must be submitted electronically in the format specified by the Commission.
Transitional Provision
Registration deadline — existing undertaking
7 If an operator began carrying on an online undertaking before the day on which these Regulations come into force, the operator must register the undertaking by submitting to the Commission, within 60 days after that day, a registration return that contains the information referred to in section 2.
Coming into Force
Registration
8 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
The Online Undertakings Registration Regulations give effect to the determination of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to make regulations, pursuant to subsection 10(1) of the Broadcasting Act, respecting the registration of broadcasting undertakings with the Commission. The Regulations require persons who carry on an online undertaking to which the Broadcasting Act applies to register their online undertaking with the Commission. The Regulations also require that the information submitted upon registration be kept up to date and that a request to deregister the online undertaking be made within 30 days after the day on which the online undertaking ceases to be carried on.