Aeronautics Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. A-2)

Marginal note:Civil air navigation services

• 4.41 (1) No order or regulation may be made under this Part that has the effect of imposing charges for civil air navigation services.

• Marginal note:Minister of National Defence

  (2) No order or regulation may be made under this Part that has the effect of imposing charges for air navigation services provided by or on behalf of the Minister of National Defence if

  • (a) the charges are for services referred to in subsection 10(1) of the Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act; or

  • (b) the charges are for services that are similar to services that the ANS Corporation provides and charges for in respect of Canadian airspace or any other airspace in respect of which Canada has responsibility for the provision of air traffic control services.

Marginal note:Seizure and detention for charges

• 4.5 (1) Where the amount of any charge and interest thereon due by a person that has been imposed under section 4.4 has not been paid, the Minister may, in addition to any other remedy available for the collection of the amount and whether or not a judgment for the collection of the amount has been obtained, on application to the superior court of the province in which any aircraft owned or operated by the person is situated, obtain an order of the court, issued on such terms as the court deems necessary, authorizing the Minister to seize and detain the aircraft.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) Where the amount of any charge and interest thereon due by a person that has been imposed under section 4.4 has not been paid and the Minister has reason to believe that the person is about to leave Canada or take from Canada any aircraft owned or operated by the person, the Minister may, in addition to any other remedy available for the collection of the amount and whether or not a judgment for the collection of the amount has been obtained, on ex parte application to the superior court of the province in which any aircraft owned or operated by the person is situated, obtain an order of the court, issued on such terms as the court deems necessary, authorizing the Minister to seize and detain the aircraft.

• Marginal note:Release on payment

  (3) Subject to subsection (4), except where otherwise directed by an order of a court, the Minister is not required to release from detention an aircraft seized under subsection (1) or (2) unless the amount in respect of which the seizure was made is paid.

• Marginal note:Release on security

  (4) The Minister shall release from detention an aircraft seized under subsection (1) or (2) if a bond or other security in a form satisfactory to the Minister for the amount in respect of which the aircraft was seized is deposited with the Minister.

Marginal note:Exempt aircraft

• 4.6 (1) Any aircraft of a person referred to in subsection 4.5(1) or (2) that would be exempt from seizure under a writ of execution issued out of the superior court of the province in which the aircraft is situated, is exempt from seizure and detention under that subsection.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) The Governor in Council may by regulation exempt any aircraft from seizure and detention under section 4.5.

Aviation Security

Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

4.7 The following definitions apply in sections 4.71 to 4.85.

goods

bien

goods means anything that may be taken or placed on board an aircraft, or that may be brought into an aerodrome or other aviation facility, including personal belongings, baggage, cargo and conveyances. (bien)

screening

contrôle

screening means a screening, including a search, carried out in the manner and under the circumstances prescribed in aviation security regulations, security measures, emergency directions or interim orders. (contrôle)

Aviation Security Regulations

Marginal note:Aviation security regulations

• 4.71 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting aviation security.

• Marginal note:Contents of regulations

  (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made under that subsection

  • (a) respecting the safety of the public, passengers, crew members, aircraft and aerodromes and other aviation facilities;

  • (b) respecting restricted areas in aircraft or at aerodromes or other aviation facilities, including regulations respecting their identification, access to them and their administration or management;

  • (c) respecting the screening of persons entering or inside an aircraft or an aerodrome or other aviation facility;

  • (d) respecting the screening of goods that are intended to be taken or placed on board an aircraft or brought into an aerodrome or other aviation facility, or that are inside an aircraft or an aerodrome or other aviation facility, including regulations authorizing the use of force to gain access to goods being screened;

  • (e) respecting the seizure or detention of goods in the course of screenings, including regulations respecting the destruction of seized or detained goods;

  • (f) respecting the prevention of unlawful interference with civil aviation and the action that is to be taken if that interference occurs or is likely to occur;

  • (g) requiring any person or any class of persons to have a security clearance as a condition to conducting any activity specified in the regulations or to being

    • (i) the holder of a Canadian aviation document,

    • (ii) a crew member, or

    • (iii) the holder of a restricted area pass, within the meaning of section 1 of the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations;

  • (h) respecting the making of applications for security clearances and the information to be provided by applicants;

  • (i) specifying Canadian aviation documents for the purpose of paragraph 3(3)(c);

  • (j) establishing security requirements for the design or construction of aircraft and aerodromes and other aviation facilities;

  • (k) requiring security management systems to be established by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority and by air carriers and operators of aerodromes and other aviation facilities, including regulations respecting the content or requirements of those systems;

  • (l) establishing security requirements for equipment, systems and processes used in aircraft and aerodromes and other aviation facilities;

  • (m) respecting the qualifications, training and standards of performance of classes of persons having responsibilities for security requirements;

  • (n) respecting the testing of the effectiveness of equipment, systems and processes used in aircraft and aerodromes and other aviation facilities; and

  • (o) respecting the provision to the Minister of aviation security related information specified in the regulations.

Security Measures

Marginal note:Minister may make security measures

• 4.72 (1) The Minister may make measures respecting aviation security.

• Marginal note:Restriction

  (2) The Minister may only make a security measure in relation to a particular matter if

  • (a) an aviation security regulation could be made in relation to that matter; and

  • (b) aviation security, the security of any aircraft or aerodrome or other aviation facility or the safety of the public, passengers or crew members would be compromised if the particular matter that is to be the subject of the security measure were set out in a regulation and the regulation became public.

• Marginal note:Suspension of s. 4.79(1) and repeal of security measure

  (3) If the Minister is of the opinion that aviation security, the security of any aircraft or aerodrome or other aviation facility or the safety of the public, passengers or crew members would no longer be compromised if the particular matter that is the subject of a security measure made under subsection (1) became public, the Minister must

  • (a) within 23 days after forming the opinion, publish in the Canada Gazette a notice that sets out the substance of the security measure and that states that subsection 4.79(1) no longer applies in respect of the security measure; and

  • (b) repeal the security measure before the earlier of

    • (i) the day that is one year after the notice is published, and

    • (ii) the day an aviation security regulation is made in respect of the matter dealt with by the security measure.

• Marginal note:Effect of notice

  (4) If a notice is published under paragraph (3)(a), subsection 4.79(1) ceases to apply in respect of the security measure as of the day the notice is published.

• Marginal note:Consultation

  (5) Before making a security measure, the Minister must consult with any person or organization that the Minister considers appropriate in the circumstances.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (6) Subsection (5) does not apply if, in the opinion of the Minister, the security measure is immediately required for aviation security, the security of any aircraft or aerodrome or other aviation facility or the safety of the public, passengers or crew members.

• Marginal note:Minister may carry out security measure

  (7) The Minister may carry out the requirements of a security measure whenever the Minister considers it necessary to do so.