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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

Jurisdiction
Federal Parliament
Legislature / Parliament
Parliament of Canada
Session
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill S-227
Full title
An Act to amend the Customs Act (reporting requirements)
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Bill not proceeded with
Last updated
Nov 17, 2016

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.

Chamber
Parliament of Canada
Current Stage
Bill not proceeded with
Latest Activity
Nov 17, 2016
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

Bill S-227 proposed to amend the Customs Act to modify reporting requirements for recreational boaters entering or leaving Canada from another country.

What It Means

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".

What This Bill Does
  • 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.
Who Is Affected
  • Individuals who re-enter or leave Canadian waters on a marine pleasure craft.
  • The Governor in Council (regarding regulation-making authority).
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • 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.
Important Dates
  • 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.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • 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.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act
amends

Adds a definition for "marine pleasure craft".

Source: Clause 2

Section 11 of the Customs Act
amends

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

Customs Act
amends

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)

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Parliamentary Process

Step 1
First reading
Jun 22, 2016
Completed

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Introduction and first reading, Jun 22, 2016
End of stage activity, Jun 22, 2016
Chamber sittings
Introduction and first reading - Jun 22, 2016

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.

Step 2
Second reading
Date not listed
No activity

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Step 3
Third reading
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Step 1
First reading
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Step 2
Second reading
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Step 3
Consideration in committee
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Step 4
Report stage
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Step 5
Third reading
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Vote Summary

No published recorded division

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Sponsor
Bob Runciman
Senator | Details not listed in current Senate roster
Jurisdiction
Federal Parliament

No published representative vote breakdown

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Official sources

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