Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Regulations (SOR/2000-217)

Marginal note:Other revocation circumstances

• 28. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister must revoke a dealer’s licence in accordance with subsection 10(1) in the following circumstances:

  • (a) the licence was issued on the basis of false or misleading information or false or falsified documents submitted in or with the application;

  • (b) the licensed dealer has failed to comply with a provision of the Act or the regulations or a term or condition of the licence or of an import or export permit issued under these Regulations;

  • (c) the licensed dealer is no longer an eligible person under section 18; or

  • (d) it has been discovered that the individual in charge of the premises to which the licence applies, the qualified person in charge or, if applicable, the alternate qualified person in charge at those premises has been convicted, as an adult, in the previous 10 years, of

    • (i) in Canada, a designated drug offence, or

    • (ii) in a country other than Canada, an offence that, if committed in Canada, would have constituted a designated drug offence.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (2) Unless it is necessary to protect security, public health or safety, including preventing the targeted substance from being diverted to an illicit market or use, the Minister must not revoke a dealer’s licence in the circumstances described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) if

  • (a) the licensed dealer has no history of non-compliance with the Act and the regulations made or continued under it; and

  • (b) the licensed dealer has carried out, or signed an undertaking to carry out, corrective measures to ensure compliance with the Act and these Regulations.

Marginal note:Suspension

29. The Minister must suspend a dealer’s licence without prior notice if the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that it is necessary to do so to protect security, public health or safety, including preventing the targeted substance from being diverted to an illicit market or use.

Marginal note:Identification

30. A licensed dealer must include its name, as set out in its dealer’s licence, on all the means by which it identifies itself in relation to the targeted substance, including advertising, product labels, orders, shipping documents and invoices.

Marginal note:Safekeeping during transportation

31. A licensed dealer must, when transporting an imported targeted substance between the port of entry and the premises set out in its licence, or when sending, delivering or transporting any targeted substance, including to a port of exit, take any steps that are necessary to ensure its safekeeping during transportation.