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

Marginal note:Required information and documents

• 42. (1) To apply for a permit to export a targeted substance, a licensed dealer must submit the following information to the Minister:

  • (a) their name, address and licence number;

  • (b) with respect to the targeted substance to be exported,

    • (i) its specified name,

    • (ii) if it is a salt, the name of the salt,

    • (iii) if applicable, its brand name,

    • (iv) the quantity to be exported,

    • (v) in the case of a raw material, its purity, and

    • (vi) if applicable, its anhydrous content;

  • (c) the name and address of the importer in the country of final destination;

  • (d) the port of exit and, if applicable, any country of transit or transhipment;

  • (e) the address of the customs office, sufferance warehouse or bonded warehouse at which the shipment is to be presented for export;

  • (f) each mode of transportation used; and

  • (g) a statement that, to the best of their knowledge, the shipment does not contravene any requirement of the laws of the country of final destination or any country of transit or transhipment.

• Marginal note:Accompanying document

  (2) An application for an export permit for a targeted substance must be accompanied by a copy of the import permit issued by a competent authority in the country of final destination that sets out the name and the address of the premises of the importer in the country of final destination.

• Marginal note:Statement by signatory

  (3) An application for an export permit must

  • (a) be signed by the qualified person in charge or the alternate qualified person in charge at the premises from which the targeted substance will be sent to the port of exit; and

  • (b) indicate that all information submitted in support of the application is correct and complete to the best of the signatory’s knowledge.

Marginal note:Content of permit

• 43. (1) Subject to section 44, the Minister must, after examining the information and documents required under sections 11 and 42, issue an export permit to the licensed dealer that sets out the following particulars:

  • (a) the permit number;

  • (b) the information set out in paragraphs 42(1)(a) to (f);

  • (c) the date of issuance;

  • (d) the date of expiry, which shall be the earliest of

    • (i) 180 days after the permit is issued,

    • (ii) December 31 of the year in which the permit is issued, and

    • (iii) the expiry date of the import permit issued by a competent authority in the country of final destination; and

  • (e) any conditions that are necessary to

    • (i) comply with an international obligation, or

    • (ii) reduce the potential security, public health or safety hazard, including the risk of the targeted substance being diverted to an illicit market or use.

• Marginal note:Duration of permit

  (2) An export permit is valid until the earliest of:

  • (a) the expiry date set out in the permit;

  • (b) the expiry of the dealer’s licence that pertains to the permit;

  • (c) the suspension or revocation under section 27, 28 or 29 of the dealer’s licence that pertains to the permit;

  • (d) the suspension or revocation of the permit under section 47; and

  • (e) the expiry, suspension or revocation of the import permit that applies to the targeted substance to be exported and that is issued by a competent authority in the country of final destination.