Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992

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• 1Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992.

• 2Definitions

  In this Act,

• 2[p2]Repealed

  accidental release[Repealed, 2009, c. 9, s. 1]

• 2[p3]

  compliance mark means a symbol, device, sign, label, placard, letter, word, number or abbreviation, or any combination of those things, that is to be displayed on a means of containment used or intended to be used in importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting dangerous goods to indicate compliance with a safety standard that applies under the regulations; (indication de conformité)

• 2[p4]

  dangerous goods means a product, substance or organism included by its nature or by the regulations in any of the classes listed in the schedule; (marchandises dangereuses)

• 2[p5]

  dangerous goods mark means a symbol, device, sign, label, placard, letter, word, number or abbreviation, or any combination of those things, that is to be displayed to indicate the presence or nature of danger on dangerous goods, or on a means of containment or means of transport used in importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting dangerous goods; (indication de marchandises dangereuses)

• 2[p6]

  handling means loading, unloading, packing or unpacking dangerous goods in a means of containment for the purposes of, in the course of or following transportation and includes storing them in the course of transportation; (manutention)

• 2[p7]Repealed

  import[Repealed, 2009, c. 9, s. 1]

• 2[p8]

  inspector means a person designated as an inspector under subsection 10(1); (inspecteur)

• 2[p9]

  means of containment means a container or packaging, or any part of a means of transport that is or can be used to contain goods; (contenant)

• 2[p10]

  means of transport means a road or railway vehicle, aircraft, vessel, pipeline or any other contrivance that is or can be used to transport persons or goods; (moyen de transport)

• 2[p11]

  Minister means the Minister of Transport; (ministre)

• 2[p12]

  organization has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code; (organisation)

• 2[p13]

  person means an individual or an organization; (personne)

• 2[p14]

  prescribed means prescribed by regulations of the Governor in Council; (Version anglaise seulement)

• 2[p15]

  public safety means the safety of human life and health and of property and the environment; (sécurité publique)

• 2[p16]

  release means, in relation to dangerous goods,

• 2[p16](a)

  a discharge, emission, explosion, outgassing or other escape of dangerous goods, or any component or compound evolving from dangerous goods, from a means of containment being used to handle or transport the dangerous goods, or

• 2[p16](b)

  an emission, from a means of containment being used to handle or transport dangerous goods, of ionizing radiation that exceeds a level or limit established under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act; (rejet)

• 2[p19]

  safety mark means a dangerous goods mark or a compliance mark; (indication de sécurité)

• 2[p20]

  safety requirement means

• 2[p20](a)

  a requirement for persons engaged in importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting dangerous goods,

• 2[p20](b)

  a requirement for persons engaged in designing, manufacturing, repairing, testing or equipping a means of containment used or intended to be used in importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting dangerous goods, or

• 2[p20](c)

  a requirement for reporting by persons referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) or a requirement for their training or registration; (règle de sécurité)

• 2[p24]Repealed

  safety requirements[Repealed, 2009, c. 9, s. 1]

• 2[p25]

  safety standard means a standard for a means of containment used or intended to be used in importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting dangerous goods, including standards for the means of containment’s design, manufacture, repair, testing, equipping, functioning, use or performance; (norme de sécurité)

• 2[p26]Repealed

  safety standards[Repealed, 2009, c. 9, s. 1]

• 2[p27]

  security requirement means a requirement for persons engaged in importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting dangerous goods established under regulations made under section 27.1; (règle de sûreté)

• 2[p28]Repealed

  ship[Repealed, 2009, c. 9, s. 1]

• 2[p29]

  shipping record means a record that relates to dangerous goods being imported, offered for transport, handled or transported and that describes or contains information relating to the goods, and includes electronic records of information; (registre d’expédition)

• 2[p30]

  standardized means of containment means a means of containment to which a safety standard applies under the regulations; (contenant normalisé)

• 2[p31]

  vessel has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. (bâtiment)

• 2.1Interpretation

  For the purposes of this Act, a person who is named in a shipping record accompanying dangerous goods or a means of containment on entry into Canada as the person in Canada to whom the dangerous goods or the means of containment is to be delivered is deemed to be importing the dangerous goods or means of containment.

• 3Binding on Her Majesty
• 3(1)

  This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.

• 3(2)Application

  In addition to its application in Canada, this Act applies to vessels and aircraft outside Canada that are registered in Canada.

• 3(3)Exceptions — regulations and certificates

  This Act does not apply to the extent that its application is excluded by a regulation made under paragraph 27(1)(e) or by a certificate issued under section 31.

• 3(4)Other exceptions

  This Act does not apply in relation to

• 3(4)(a)

  any activity or thing under the sole direction or control of the Minister of National Defence, including in circumstances in which the regulations provide that it is under that Minister’s sole direction or control;

• 3(4)(b)

  commodities transported by a pipeline governed by the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act or the law of a province; or

• 3(4)(c)

  dangerous goods confined only by the permanent structure of a vessel.

• 4Agreement with provinces
• 4(1)

  The Minister may

• 4(1)(a)

  with the approval of the Governor in Council, enter into an agreement with one or more provincial governments with respect to the administration of this Act; and

• 4(1)(b)

  subject to such terms and conditions as the Governor in Council may specify in the approval, agree to amendments to the agreement.

• 4(2)Publication

  The Minister shall make the agreement public.

• 5General prohibition

  No person shall import, offer for transport, handle or transport any dangerous goods unless

• 5(a)

  the person complies with all safety requirements and security requirements that apply under the regulations;

• 5(b)

  the goods are accompanied by all documents that are required under the regulations;

• 5(c)

  a means of containment is used for the goods that is required or permitted under the regulations; and

• 5(d)

  the means of containment and means of transport comply with all safety standards that apply under the regulations and display all applicable safety marks in accordance with the regulations.

• 5.1Prohibition — means of containment

  No person shall design, manufacture, repair, test or equip a means of containment used or intended to be used in importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting dangerous goods unless the person complies with all safety requirements that apply under the regulations.

• 6Prohibition — compliance mark

  No person shall affix or display on a means of containment a compliance mark that is required or permitted under the regulations — or another mark that is likely to be mistaken for such a mark — in respect of the manufacture, repair or testing of the means of containment, unless the manufacture, repair or testing was done in compliance with all safety requirements and safety standards applicable to that compliance mark.

• 6.1Prohibition — dangerous goods mark

  No person shall affix or display on dangerous goods, a means of containment or a means of transport a dangerous goods mark that is required or permitted under the regulations — or another mark that is likely to be mistaken for such a mark — if the mark is misleading as to the presence of danger or the nature of any danger.

• 7Emergency response assistance plan
• 7(1)

  No person shall import, offer for transport, handle or transport dangerous goods in a quantity or concentration that is specified by regulation — or that is within a range of quantities or concentrations that is specified by regulation — unless the person has an emergency response assistance plan that is approved under this section before

• 7(1)(a)

  importing the dangerous goods;

• 7(1)(b)

  offering the dangerous goods for transport; or

• 7(1)(c)

  handling or transporting the dangerous goods, in the case where no other person is required to have an emergency response assistance plan under paragraph (a) or (b) in respect of that handling or transporting.

• 7(2)Contents

  The plan shall outline what is to be done to respond to an actual or anticipated release of the dangerous goods in the course of their handling or transporting that endangers, or could endanger, public safety.

• 7(3)Approval

  The Minister may approve the plan for a specified period, if the Minister believes on reasonable grounds that it can be implemented and will be effective in responding to such a release.

• 7(4)Interim approval

  The Minister may grant an interim approval of the plan for a specified period before finishing the investigation of the matters to be considered under subsection (3) if the Minister has no reason to suspect that the plan cannot be implemented or will be ineffective in responding to such a release.

• 7(5)Revocation of approval

  The Minister may revoke an approval of an emergency response assistance plan if

• 7(5)(a)

  in the case of an interim approval, the Minister subsequently believes on reasonable grounds that the plan cannot be implemented or will be ineffective in responding to such a release;

• 7(5)(b)

  the Minister believes on reasonable grounds that the plan can no longer be implemented or will no longer be effective in responding to such a release;

• 7(5)(c)

  the Minister has requested changes to the plan that the Minister believes on reasonable grounds are needed to make it effective in responding to such a release and the changes have not been made within a reasonable time or have been refused;

• 7(5)(d)

  the Minister believes on reasonable grounds that there has been a release of dangerous goods to which the plan applies — or that such a release has been anticipated — and that the plan was not used to respond to the actual or anticipated release; or

• 7(5)(e)

  a direction made in respect of the plan under paragraph 7.1(a) has not been complied with.

• 7.1Direction and permission

  The Minister may, if the Minister believes that doing so is necessary for the protection of public safety,

• 7.1(a)

  direct a person with an approved emergency response assistance plan to implement the plan, within a reasonable time as specified in the direction, in order to respond to an actual or anticipated release of dangerous goods to which the plan applies; or

• 7.1(b)

  authorize a person with an approved emergency response assistance plan to implement the plan in order to respond to an actual or anticipated release of dangerous goods if the Minister does not know the identity of any person required under subsection 7(1) to have an emergency response assistance plan in respect of the release.

• 7.2Compensation
• 7.2(1)

  The Minister shall compensate, in accordance with the regulations, any person who is authorized to implement an approved emergency response assistance plan under paragraph 7.1(b) for expenses authorized to be compensated under the regulations that are incurred by that person as a result of implementing the plan.

• 7.2(2)Payment out of C.R.F.

  The compensation shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

• 7.3Security plan
• 7.3(1)

  No prescribed person shall import, offer for transport, handle or transport dangerous goods in a quantity or concentration that is specified by regulation — or that is within a range of quantities or concentrations that is specified by regulation — before the person has undergone security training in accordance with the regulations, has a security plan that meets the requirements of subsection (2) and has implemented the plan in accordance with the regulations.

• 7.3(2)Contents

  The plan shall, in accordance with the regulations, set out measures to prevent the dangerous goods from being stolen or otherwise unlawfully interfered with in the course of the importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting.

• 8Improper means of containment

  No person shall sell, offer for sale, deliver, distribute, import or use a standardized means of containment unless it displays all applicable safety marks in accordance with the regulations.

• 9Supply records
• 9(1)

  A manufacturer or importer of standardized means of containment shall keep records of the persons to whom the manufacturer or importer supplies the means of containment.

• 9(2)Notice of defective construction or recall

  If the Minister believes on reasonable grounds that any standardized means of containment is unsafe as supplied by the manufacturer or as imported for handling or transporting dangerous goods, the Minister may direct the manufacturer or importer to issue a notice of defective construction or recall to the person to whom it was supplied.

• 9(3)Notice of defective repair or defective testing

  The Minister may direct a person who repaired or tested a standardized means of containment to issue a notice of defective repair or defective testing, as the case may be, to the person for whom it was repaired or tested, or to publish the notice in a manner such that the notice is likely to come to that person’s attention, if the Minister believes on reasonable grounds that the person who repaired or tested the standardized means of containment

• 9(3)(a)

  failed to comply with an applicable safety requirement or safety standard; and

• 9(3)(b)

  affixed to the standardized means of containment — or did not remove from it — the safety mark that indicates that the safety requirement or safety standard had been complied with.

• 10Designation of inspectors
• 10(1)

  The Minister may designate persons or classes of persons whom the Minister considers qualified to act as inspectors for any of the purposes of this Act, and may revoke such a designation.

• 10(2)Certificate of designation

  The Minister shall give every inspector a certificate of designation showing the matters in respect of which the inspector is designated, including the purposes, classes of dangerous goods, means of containment, means of transport and places for which the inspector is designated.

• 10(3)Certificate to be shown

  On entering any place or inspecting anything, an inspector shall show the certificate to the person in charge of the place or thing if the person requests proof of the inspector’s designation.

• 11Repealed

  [Repealed, 2009, c. 9, s. 11]

• 12Repealed

  [Repealed, 2009, c. 9, s. 11]

• 13Obstruction of inspectors
• 13(1)

  When an inspector is exercising powers or carrying out duties and functions under this Act, no person shall

• 13(1)(a)

  fail to comply with any reasonable request of the inspector;

• 13(1)(b)

  knowingly make any false or misleading statement either orally or in writing to the inspector;

• 13(1)(c)

  except with the authority of the inspector, remove, alter or interfere in any way with anything detained or removed by or under the direction of the inspector; or

• 13(1)(d)

  otherwise obstruct or hinder the inspector.

• 13(2)Obstruction of qualified person

  When a qualified person is exercising powers under subsection 15(3), no person shall

• 13(2)(a)

  fail to comply with any reasonable request of the qualified person;

• 13(2)(b)

  knowingly make any false or misleading statement either orally or in writing to the qualified person; or

• 13(2)(c)

  otherwise obstruct or hinder the qualified person.

• 14Financial responsibility
• 14(1)

  No person shall import, offer for transport, handle or transport dangerous goods, or manufacture or import standardized means of containment, unless the person is financially responsible in accordance with the regulations.

• 14(2)Proof of financial responsibility

  A person who carries on any of those activities shall provide to an inspector on request the proof that is required under the regulations of financial responsibility.

• 14(3)Limitation

  This section does not apply to Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province or to the entities named in Schedules II and III to the Financial Administration Act.

• 15Powers of inspector
• 15(1)

  For the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act, an inspector may, subject to section 16 but at any reasonable time, stop any means of transport for which the inspector is designated and enter and inspect any place, or any such means of transport, if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that in or on the place or means of transport there are

• 15(1)(a)

  dangerous goods being offered for transport, handled or transported;

• 15(1)(b)

  means of containment being manufactured, repaired or tested on which a compliance mark is displayed or will be affixed;

• 15(1)(c)

  standardized means of containment;

• 15(1)(d)

  books, shipping records, emergency response assistance plans, security plans or other documents that contain any information relevant to the purposes of this Act; or

• 15(1)(e)

  computer systems, data processing systems or any other electronic devices or media that contain information relevant to the purposes of this Act, or that have such information available to them.

• 15(2)Powers of inspector

  In the course of carrying out an inspection under subsection (1), an inspector may

• 15(2)(a)

  open and inspect, or request the opening and inspection of, any means of containment for which the inspector is designated, including any closures, valves, safety release devices or other appurtenances that are essential to the use of the means of containment to contain dangerous goods, if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that it is being used to handle or transport dangerous goods or to contain dangerous goods offered for transport;

• 15(2)(b)

  open and inspect, or request the opening and inspection of, any means of containment described in paragraph (1)(b) or (c), including any closures, valves, safety release devices or other appurtenances that are essential to the use of the means of containment to contain dangerous goods;

• 15(2)(c)

  for the purpose of analysis, take, or request the taking of, a reasonable quantity of anything the inspector believes on reasonable grounds to be dangerous goods;

• 15(2)(d)

  examine, or request the examining of, information described in paragraph (1)(d) or (e) that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds is relevant to the purposes of this Act and make, or request the making of, copies of any of it; and

• 15(2)(e)

  ask questions of any person for the purposes of this Act.

• 15(3)Authorized person

  An inspector may, in accordance with the regulations, authorize any qualified person to enter any place or means of transport that the inspector may enter under subsection (1) and to exercise any of the powers set out in subsection (2).

• 16Warrant required to enter dwelling-place
• 16(1)

  An inspector may not enter a dwelling-place except with the consent of the occupant or under the authority of a warrant.

• 16(2)Authority to issue warrant

  Where on ex parte application a justice, as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code, is satisfied by information on oath that the justice may at any time sign and issue a warrant authorizing the inspector named in the warrant to enter the dwelling-place subject to any conditions that may be specified in the warrant.

• 16(2)(a)

  the conditions for entry described in section 15 exist in relation to a dwelling-place,

• 16(2)(b)

  entry is necessary for the purposes of this Act, and

• 16(2)(c)

  entry has been refused or there are reasonable grounds for believing that entry will be refused,

• 16(3)Use of force

  The inspector who executes the warrant shall not use force unless the inspector is accompanied by a peace officer and the use of force has been specifically authorized in the warrant.

• 16.1Certificate of inspection
• 16.1(1)

  If an inspector or a person authorized under subsection 15(3) opens anything, or requests that anything be opened, for inspection or for the taking of a reasonable quantity of anything that is sealed or closed up, the inspector shall provide the person who has the charge, management or control of the thing that was opened with a certificate in prescribed form as proof that it was opened for that purpose.

• 16.1(2)Effect of inspector’s certificate

  The person to whom, or for whose benefit, the certificate is provided is not liable, either civilly or criminally, in respect of any act or omission of the inspector or authorized person in the course of the inspection of the thing or the taking of the reasonable quantity from it, but is not otherwise exempt from compliance with this Act and the regulations.

• 17Remedying non-compliance — dangerous goods
• 17(1)

  An inspector may remove to an appropriate place any dangerous goods, the means of containment being used to handle or transport them or a standardized means of containment, or direct a person to do so, and may detain the thing removed until satisfied that the activity will be done in compliance with this Act, if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that any of the following activities is being carried out in a way that does not comply with this Act:

• 17(1)(a)

  importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting dangerous goods; or

• 17(1)(b)

  selling, offering for sale, delivering, distributing, importing or using a standardized means of containment.

• 17(2)Other measures

  The inspector may also take any other measures necessary to remedy the non-compliance or direct a person to take the necessary measures.

• 17(3)Direction not to bring into Canada

  If the dangerous goods or means of containment originates from outside Canada and the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that measures to remedy the non-compliance are not possible or desirable, the inspector may direct that the goods or means of containment not be brought into Canada or that they be returned to their place of origin.

• 17(4)Persons liable to direction

  A direction may be issued under this section only to a person who, at the time of the non-compliance or at any time afterward, owns, imports or has the charge, management or control of the dangerous goods or means of containment.

• 18Duty to report
• 18(1)

  Any person who has the charge, management or control of a means of containment shall report to every person prescribed for the purposes of this subsection any actual or anticipated release of dangerous goods that is or could be in excess of a quantity or concentration specified by regulation from the means of containment if the release endangers, or could endanger, public safety.

• 18(2)Duty to take reasonable emergency measures

  Every person required to make a report shall, as soon as possible in the circumstances, take all reasonable emergency measures to reduce or eliminate any danger to public safety that results or may reasonably be expected to result from the release.

• 18(3)Loss or theft

  If dangerous goods in excess of a quantity or concentration that is specified by regulation are lost or stolen during their handling or transporting, any person who had the charge, management or control of the goods immediately before the loss or theft shall report it to every person prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.

• 19Grounds for intervention
• 19(1)

  If an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that doing so is necessary to prevent an anticipated release of dangerous goods that could endanger public safety, or to reduce any danger to public safety that results or could result from an actual release of dangerous goods, the inspector may do any of the following:

• 19(1)(a)

  remove the dangerous goods, or a means of containment being used to handle or transport the dangerous goods, to an appropriate place, or direct a person to remove the dangerous goods or the means of containment to such a place;

• 19(1)(b)

  direct a person to do anything else to prevent the release or reduce any resulting danger to public safety, or to refrain from doing anything that might impede the prevention of the release or the reduction of the danger; and

• 19(1)(c)

  exercise any power set out in section 15.

• 19(2)Persons liable to direction

  Such a direction may be issued only to any person

• 19(2)(a)

  who, when the release occurs or is anticipated or at any time afterward, owns, imports or has the charge, management or control of the dangerous goods or means of containment;

• 19(2)(b)

  who is required under section 7 to have an emergency response assistance plan that applies to the actual or anticipated release;

• 19(2)(c)

  who is responding to the actual or anticipated release in accordance with an emergency response assistance plan approved under section 7; or

• 19(2)(d)

  who causes or contributes to the occurrence of the actual or anticipated release.

• 20Personal liability

  The following persons are not personally liable, either civilly or criminally, in respect of any act or omission done in good faith and without negligence:

• 20(a)

  any person who responds to an actual or anticipated release using an emergency response assistance plan that applies to the release, acts in accordance with the plan and informs the Canadian Transport Emergency Centre of the Department of Transport of their response to the release;

• 20(b)

  any person who is directed or required under paragraph 7.1(a), section 17, subsection 18(2) or paragraph 19(1)(a) or (b) to do or refrain from doing anything and acts in accordance with the direction or requirement; and

• 20(c)

  any person who acts in accordance with an authorization given under paragraph 7.1(b).

• 21Minister may order inquiry
• 21(1)

  If a release of dangerous goods from a means of containment being used to handle or transport dangerous goods has resulted in death or injury to any person or damage to any property or the environment, the Minister may direct a public inquiry to be made, subject to the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act, and may authorize any person or persons that the Minister considers qualified to conduct the inquiry.

• 21(2)Powers of persons conducting inquiries

  For the purposes of the inquiry, any person authorized by the Minister has all the powers of a person appointed as a commissioner under Part I of the Inquiries Act.

• 21(3)Compatible procedures and practices

  The person or persons authorized to conduct the inquiry shall ensure that, as far as practicable, the procedures and practices for the inquiry are compatible with any investigation procedures and practices followed by any appropriate provincial authorities, and may consult with those authorities concerning compatible procedures and practices.

• 21(4)Report

  As soon as possible after the inquiry is concluded, the person or persons authorized to conduct the inquiry shall submit a report with recommendations to the Minister, together with all the evidence and other material that was before the inquiry.

• 21(5)Publication

  The Minister shall publish the report within thirty days after receiving it.

• 21(6)Copies of report

  The Minister may supply copies of the report in any manner and on any terms that the Minister considers proper.

• 22Recovery of reasonable costs and expenses by Her Majesty
• 22(1)

  Her Majesty in right of Canada may recover the costs and expenses reasonably incurred while taking any measures under section 17 or 19.

• 22(2)Persons liable

  The costs and expenses may be recovered jointly and severally from any persons who, through their fault or negligence or that of others for whom they are by law responsible, caused or contributed to the circumstances necessitating the measures.

• 22(3)Presumption

  For the purposes of proceedings under this section, a defendant engaged in an activity in relation to which this Act applies shall be presumed to have been at fault or negligent unless it is established, on a balance of probabilities, that the defendant and any others for whom the defendant is by law responsible took all reasonable measures to comply with this Act and the regulations.

• 22(4)Procedure

  All claims under this section may be sued for and recovered by Her Majesty in right of Canada with costs in proceedings brought or taken for the claims in the name of Her Majesty in right of Canada in any court of competent jurisdiction.

• 22(5)Recourse or indemnity

  This section does not limit or restrict any right of recourse or indemnity that any person who is liable under subsection (1) may have against any other person.

• 22(6)Civil remedies

  No civil remedy for any act or omission is suspended or affected by reason only that the act or omission is an offence under this Act or gives rise to liability under this section.

• 22(7)Operator’s liability under Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act

  Nothing in this section relieves an operator, as defined in section 2 of the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act, from any duty or liability imposed on them under that Act.

• 22(8)Limitation period

  Proceedings in respect of a claim under this section may be instituted no later than two years after the day the events in respect of which the proceedings are instituted occurred or became evident.

• 23Notice for disclosure of information
• 23(1)

  The Minister may, by registered mail, send a written notice to any manufacturer, producer, distributor or importer of any product, substance or organism requesting the disclosure of information relating to its formula, composition or chemical ingredients and any similar information that the Minister considers necessary for the administration or enforcement of this Act.

• 23(2)Disclosure

  A person who receives a notice shall disclose the requested information to the Minister within the time and in the manner specified in the notice.

• 24Privileged information
• 24(1)

  The following information is privileged:

• 24(1)(a)

  information disclosed under section 23 and information of a similar nature obtained by an inspector under section 15;

• 24(1)(b)

  information in a record of a communication between any person and the Canadian Transport Emergency Centre of the Department of Transport relating to an actual or anticipated release of dangerous goods; and

• 24(1)(c)

  information relating to security that is obtained under paragraph 15(2)(d).

• 24(2)Exceptions

  Information is not privileged to the extent that it

• 24(2)(a)

  relates only to the dangerous properties of a product, substance or organism without revealing its formula, composition or chemical ingredients; or

• 24(2)(b)

  is required to be disclosed or communicated for the purposes of an emergency involving public safety.

• 24(3)Evidence in legal proceedings

  Despite any other Act or law, no person shall be required, in connection with any legal proceedings, to produce any statement or other record containing privileged information or to give evidence relating to it unless the proceedings relate to the administration or enforcement of this Act.

• 24(4)Disclosure

  No person shall knowingly communicate privileged information or allow it to be communicated to any person, or allow any other person to have access to the information, except

• 24(4)(a)

  with the written consent of the person from whom the information was obtained under section 15 or who disclosed the information under section 23 or in a record of a communication referred to in paragraph (1)(b);

• 24(4)(b)

  for the purposes of the administration or enforcement of this Act, in the case of information obtained under section 15 or disclosed under section 23; or

• 24(4)(c)

  to an inspector for the purposes of emergency response analysis or training of inspectors, in the case of information obtained in a record of a communication referred to in paragraph (1)(b).

• 25Technical research and publication

  The Minister may

• 25(a)

  conduct, alone or in cooperation with any government, agency, body or person, whether Canadian or not, programs of technical research and investigation into the development and improvement of safety marks, safety requirements, safety standards and regulations under this Act and coordinate the programs with similar programs undertaken in Canada; and

• 25(b)

  have information relating to the programs or their results published and distributed in a form and manner that are most useful to the public, the Government of Canada and the governments of the provinces.

• 26Advisory councils
• 26(1)

  The Minister may, by order,

• 26(1)(a)

  establish one or more advisory councils to advise the Minister on matters concerning existing or proposed safety marks, safety requirements and safety standards or on any other matters specified in the order;

• 26(1)(b)

  specify the period or periods during which the councils are to serve; and

• 26(1)(c)

  provide for any matters relating to the councils or their members as the Minister considers necessary.

• 26(2)Membership

  The Minister may determine the membership of any advisory council after any consultation that the Minister considers appropriate with the representatives of the transportation and related industries, the governments of the provinces, other interested persons and bodies and the public.

• 27Regulations
• 27(1)

  The Governor in Council may make regulations generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act, including regulations

• 27(1)(a)

  prescribing products, substances and organisms to be included in the classes listed in the schedule;

• 27(1)(b)

  establishing divisions, subdivisions and groups of dangerous goods and of the classes of dangerous goods;

• 27(1)(c)

  specifying, for each product, substance and organism prescribed under paragraph (a), the class, division, subdivision or group into which it falls;

• 27(1)(d)

  determining or providing the manner of determining the class, division, subdivision or group into which dangerous goods not prescribed under paragraph (a) fall;