Bill S-227 explained in plain English
An Act to amend the Customs Act (reporting requirements)
Federal Parliament bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
At a glance
Official Parliament of Canada snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. MP vote breakdowns appear when the House of Commons publishes a recorded division export for that bill. Senate and House stage details include official debate/sitting links when LEGISinfo publishes them.
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Bill S-227 proposed to amend the Customs Act to modify reporting requirements for recreational boaters entering or leaving Canada from another country.
Bill S-227, titled the Recreational Boating Reporting Requirements Modernization Act, proposed to amend the Customs Act. The main goal was to change the reporting requirements for individuals re-entering Canada on a marine pleasure craft. It aimed to exempt certain boaters from having to report to a customs officer if they were returning directly from another country's waters without disembarking, anchoring, mooring, making contact with another conveyance, or importing goods. Similar exemptions were proposed for those leaving Canada on a marine pleasure craft, provided they did not disembark, anchor, moor, make contact with another conveyance, or export goods while in Canadian waters before returning to another country. The bill also included a provision for the Governor in Council to define the term "make contact with a conveyance".
- Adds a definition for "marine pleasure craft" to the Customs Act.
- Creates exceptions to certain reporting requirements under the Customs Act for individuals re-entering Canadian waters on a marine pleasure craft directly from another country's waters, under specific conditions.
- Creates exceptions to certain reporting requirements under the Customs Act for individuals leaving Canadian waters on a marine pleasure craft to go to another country, under specific conditions.
- Grants the Governor in Council the authority to make regulations defining the term "make contact with a conveyance" as it applies to these new exceptions.
- Individuals who re-enter or leave Canadian waters on a marine pleasure craft.
- The Governor in Council (regarding regulation-making authority).
- Individuals on marine pleasure craft may be exempt from reporting requirements if they meet specific conditions related to their travel between Canada and another country.
- Customs officers retain the authority to require individuals to present themselves, overriding the exemptions.
- The bill does not specify commencement dates, indicating it would come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council if it had become law.
- The bill does not come into force as it was not proceeded with.
- The precise definition of "make contact with a conveyance" would be established through future regulations if the bill had become law.
Adds a definition for "marine pleasure craft".
Source: Clause 2
Introduces new subsections (5.1) and (5.2) to exempt certain persons travelling on a marine pleasure craft from reporting requirements under specific conditions when entering or leaving Canadian waters.
Source: Clause 3
Grants the Governor in Council the authority to create regulations defining the term "make contact with a conveyance" for the purposes of new reporting exceptions.
Source: Clause 3, subsection (5.3)
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Official textParliamentary Process
We don't have a plain-language summary for First reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
On June 22, 2016, the Senate heard tributes, statements, tabled reports, and introduced Bill S-227 for first reading, alongside debating and passing other legislation, before adjourning for the summer.
This artifact details the Senate's proceedings on June 22, 2016. It includes tributes to departing pages, statements on various topics like the Delmore "Buddy" Daye Learning Institute and climate change, and routine proceedings where reports were tabled and bills were introduced. Notably, Bill S-227, an Act to amend the Customs Act (reporting requirements), received first reading. The Senate also engaged in Question Period on diverse subjects and debated and voted on several other bills, including Bill C-15 (Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1) and Bill C-10 (An Act to amend the Air Canada Public Participation Act). The sitting concluded with Royal Assent being granted to several bills and the Senate adjourning until September 27, 2016.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Second reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Third reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for First reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Second reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Consideration in committee yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Report stage yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Third reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
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Vote Summary
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