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Acts and Regulations > Regulatory Initiatives
REGULATIONS AMENDING THE PLANT PROTECTION REGULATIONS
Amendment | Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, pursuant to section 47a of the Plant Protection Act,b hereby makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Plant
Protection Regulations.
a S.C. 1993, c. 34,
s. 103
b S.C. 1990, c.
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Amendments
| 1. Section 10 of the Plant Protection
Regulations1 is amended by adding the
following after subsection (2): |
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(3) The hard copy of a document referred to in subsection (2) is not
required if the document is sent in electronic form directly from the
phytosanitary certification authorities of a foreign country to the Minister or
an inspector in accordance with an agreement between the Minister and those
authorities to furnish documents directly to the Minister in electronic
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| 2. Subsection 29(1) of the Regulations is
replaced by the following: |
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29. (1) Subject to subsections (1.1) to (5) and the
conditions set out in sections 38 to 44, no person shall import into Canada any
thing that is a pest, is or could be infested or constitutes or could
constitute a biological obstacle to the control of a pest, unless the person
has obtained and furnished to an inspector a valid permit number and, as
applicable, a foreign Phytosanitary Certificate or a foreign Phytosanitary
Certificate for Re-export.
(1.1) The person may obtain and furnish to an inspector the number of the
applicable certificate referred to in subsection (1) instead of the certificate
if doing so is in accordance with an agreement between the Minister and the
phytosanitary certification authorities of a foreign country to furnish
documents directly to the Minister in electronic form.
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| 3. Paragraphs 34(5)(b) and (c) of the
Regulations are replaced by the following: |
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(b) the phytosanitary certification authorities in the country or
place of origin or reshipment have identified to the Minister the cause or
source of the infestation that is the subject-matter of the contravention; and
(c) the foreign exporter or the phytosanitary certification
authorities referred to in paragraph (b) have given a written
undertaking to comply with the provisions of the Act and all regulations and
orders made under it.
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Coming into Force
4. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are
registered.
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1 SOR/95-212
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