Quarantine Act

Marginal note:Application

• 34 (1) This section applies to the operator of any of the following conveyances:

  • (a) a conveyance that is used in the business of carrying persons or cargo; and

  • (b) a prescribed conveyance.

• Marginal note:Operator to inform quarantine officer before arrival

  (2) As soon as possible before a conveyance arrives at its destination in Canada, the operator shall inform a quarantine officer or cause a quarantine officer to be informed of any reasonable grounds to suspect that

  • (a) any person, cargo or other thing on board the conveyance could cause the spreading of a communicable disease listed in the schedule;

  • (b) a person on board the conveyance has died; or

  • (c) any prescribed circumstances exist.

• Marginal note:Operator to inform quarantine officer before departure

  (3) As soon as possible before a conveyance departs from Canada through a departure point, the operator shall inform a quarantine officer or cause a quarantine officer to be informed of any circumstance referred to in paragraphs (2)(a) to (c) that exists.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (4) No operator contravenes subsection (2) if it is not reasonably possible for the operator to inform a quarantine officer or cause a quarantine officer to be informed before the conveyance’s arrival at its destination in Canada, as long as the operator does so on the conveyance’s arrival at that destination.