Regulations Amending the Preclearance in Canada Regulations (Miscellaneous Program): SOR/2024-261
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 158, Number 26
Registration
SOR/2024-261 December 9, 2024
PRECLEARANCE ACT, 2016
P.C. 2024-1300 December 9, 2024
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Preclearance in Canada Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) under paragraphs 43(1)(d) and (e) of the Preclearance Act, 2016 footnote a.
Regulations Amending the Preclearance in Canada Regulations (Miscellaneous Program)
Amendments
1 Paragraph 2(1)(c) of the French version of the Preclearance in Canada Regulations footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
- c) la personne chargée de l’exercice ou du contrôle d’application des règles de droit canadien qui doit entrer dans la zone de précontrôle à ces fins;
2 (1) The portion of subsection 7(1) of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Transfer of certain seized goods
7 (1) A preclearance officer must, as soon as feasible after seizing any of the following goods under subsection 34(1) or (3) of the Act, transfer them for disposal to a peace officer or a person who is authorized to enforce a relevant Act of Parliament:
(2) Paragraph 7(2)(c) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
- (c) that the goods will be transferred for disposal as soon as feasible to a person who is authorized to administer or enforce a relevant Act of Parliament.
3 Section 9 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
Transfer of detained goods
9 A preclearance officer must, as soon as feasible after detaining, under subsection 34(2) of the Act, any of the goods described in paragraphs 7(1)(a) to (c) of these Regulations, transfer the goods to a peace officer or a person who is authorized to enforce a relevant Act of Parliament.
Coming into Force
4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.
N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2024-260, Order Amending the Schedule to the Preclearance Act, 2016 (Miscellaneous Program).