C-42 1 39 55-56 Elizabeth II 2006-2007

An Act to amend the Quarantine Act

Quarantine Act,

An Act to amend the

Quarantine 2007 6 22 27 2007 90397

SUMMARY

This enactment amends the obligations set out in

section 34 of the Quarantine Act that apply to the operators of certain conveyances arriving in or departing from Canada.

2005, c. 20

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

Section 34 of the Quarantine Act is replaced by the following:

Application

(1) This

section applies to the operator of any of the following conveyances:

(

a) a conveyance that is used in the business of carrying persons or cargo; and

(

b) a prescribed conveyance.

Operator to inform quarantine officer before arrival

(2) As soon as possible before a conveyance arrives at its destination in Canada, the operator shall inform a quarantine officer or cause a quarantine officer to be informed of any reasonable grounds to suspect that

(

a) any person, cargo or other thing on board the conveyance could cause the spreading of a communicable disease listed in the schedule;

(

b) a person on board the conveyance has died; or

(

c) any prescribed circumstances exist.

Operator to inform quarantine officer before departure

(3) As soon as possible before a conveyance departs from Canada through a departure point, the operator shall inform a quarantine officer or cause a quarantine officer to be informed of any circumstance referred to in paragraphs (2)(

a) to (

c) that exists.

Exception

(4) No operator contravenes subsection (2) if it is not reasonably possible for the operator to inform a quarantine officer or cause a quarantine officer to be informed before the conveyance’s arrival at its destination in Canada, as long as the operator does so on the conveyance’s arrival at that destination.

Section 63 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Ministerial regulations

The Minister may make regulations amending the

schedule by adding, deleting or amending the name of any communicable disease.

Section 71 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Contravention

Every person who contravenes subsection 6 (2), 8 (1) or 34 (2) or (3),

section 36 or 38 , subsection 42 (1),

section 45 or 50 , subsection 54 (3),

section 58 or 59 or subsection 73 (2) or the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $750,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

The

schedule to the Act is amended by replacing the

section references after the heading “SCHEDULE” with the following:

(Section 2 , subsections 15 (2) and 34 (2) and sections 45 and 63 )

Coming into force

Despite

section 84 of the Quarantine Act ,

section 34 of that Act, as enacted by

section 1 of this Act, comes into force on the day on which this Act receives royal assent.