Canadian Aviation Security Regulations, 2012 (SOR/2011-318)

Marginal note:Refusal of entry

• 8.5 (1) A screening authority must not allow a person referred to in subsection 8.1(1) who appears to be 18 years of age or older to pass beyond a passenger screening checkpoint into a sterile area if

  • (a) the person presents a piece of photo identification and does not resemble the photograph;

  • (b) the person does not appear to be the age indicated by the date of birth on the identification they present;

  • (c) the person does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification they present;

  • (d) the person presents more than one form of identification and there is a major discrepancy between those forms of identification; or

  • (e) there is a major discrepancy between the name on the identification presented by the person and the name on their access document.

• Marginal note:Medical exceptions

  (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in respect of a person referred to in subsection 8.1(1) if

  • (a) the person’s appearance changed for medical reasons after the photograph was taken and the person presents the screening authority with a document signed by a health care professional and attesting to that fact; or

  • (b) the person’s face is bandaged for medical reasons and the person presents the screening authority with a document signed by a health care professional and attesting to that fact.

Marginal note:Application

9. Sections 10 to 13 apply in respect of aerodromes listed in the schedule to the CATSA Aerodrome Designation Regulations.

Marginal note:Prohibited items

• 10. (1) If an aviation security regulation, a security measure, an emergency direction or an interim order requires a person to be screened, a screening authority must not permit the person to pass beyond a screening checkpoint into a sterile area unless the screening authority ensures that the person is not in possession or control of any goods that

  • (a) are listed or described in the general list of prohibited items; or

  • (b) pose an immediate threat to aviation security.

• Marginal note:Specific list

  (2) If the sterile area is for passengers for a flight or class of flight that is listed in the specific list of prohibited items, the screening authority must not permit the person to pass beyond a screening checkpoint into the area unless the screening authority also ensures that the person is not in possession or control of any goods that are listed or described in that list for that flight or class of flight.

Marginal note:Weapons, explosive substances and incendiary devices

11. A screening authority may permit a person in possession or control of a weapon, an explosive substance or an incendiary device to pass beyond a screening checkpoint into a sterile area if the person is carrying or has access to the weapon, explosive substance or incendiary device in accordance with these Regulations, a security measure, an emergency direction or an interim order.