Human Pathogens and Toxins Act

Marginal note:Defence

69 If a provision of a regulation incorporates a document by reference, then no person may be convicted of an offence, or subjected to a penalty, for the contravention of the provision unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention,

• (a) the document was reasonably accessible to the person;

• (b) reasonable steps had been taken to ensure that the document was accessible to persons likely to be affected by the regulation; or

• (c) the document had been published in the Canada Gazette.