Controlled Goods Regulations

15 (1) The designated official or the Minister, as the case may be, shall, for the purpose of determining the honesty, reliability and trustworthiness of a person and the extent to which the person poses a risk of transferring a controlled good to a person who is not registered or exempt from registration, conduct a security assessment that takes into account the following:

• (a) personal references;

• (b) criminal history;

• (c) in the case of an individual, their places of residence, and their employment and educational histories; and

• (d) in the case of a corporation or other business, its ownership.

(2) A person who is the subject of a security assessment shall provide to the designated official or the Minister, as the case may be, the individual's date of birth and evidence of the information referred to in subsection (1) in respect of the five- year period immediately before the date of the person's consent to the assessment.

(3) A person who is the subject of a security assessment shall provide to the designated official or the Minister, as the case may be, without delay, information regarding any change concerning ownership of the business or in criminal history.

(4) A designated official shall reconduct a security assessment after receiving information referred to in subsection (3).

(5) The evidence referred to in subsection (2) provided by the person shall be capable of being verified by the Minister or the designated official.

(6) The Minister may take into consideration other information provided by a person or another Minister if the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the information is necessary to determine the extent of the risk referred to in subsection (1).

(7) The Minister or the designated official, as the case may be, may, if there are reasonable grounds for doing so, reconduct a security assessment for the purpose of determining the extent of the risk referred to in subsection (1).