Protection of Passenger Information Regulations

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

Act

Act means the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (Loi)

advance passenger information

advance passenger information[Repealed, SOR/2016-38, s. 1]

Agency

Agency means the Canada Border Services Agency. (Agence)

commercial vehicle

commercial vehicle has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. (véhicule commercial)

day of departure

day of departure means

• (a) in the case of a commercial vehicle that carries persons or goods by air, the day of take-off from the last point of embarkation of persons before the vehicle arrives in Canada; and

• (b) in the case of a commercial vehicle that carries persons or goods by water or land, the day of departure from the last point of embarkation of persons before the vehicle arrives in Canada. (jour du départ)

enforcement database

enforcement database[Repealed, SOR/2016-38, s. 1]

intelligence official

intelligence official[Repealed, SOR/2016-38, s. 1]

passenger name record information

passenger name record information means the information that is referred to in paragraph 269(1)(e) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations and is provided to the Agency. (renseignements sur le dossier passager)

PAXIS system

PAXIS system[Repealed, SOR/2016-38, s. 1]

serious transnational crime

serious transnational crime means an act or omission that constitutes an offence punishable in Canada by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least four years and that is committed

• (a) in more than one country;

• (b) in only one country but a substantial part of its preparation, planning, direction or control takes place in another country;

• (c) in only one country but an organized criminal group that engages in criminal activities in more than one country is implicated in the act or omission;

• (d) in only one country but has substantial effects in another country; or

• (e) in a country other than Canada but the offender intends to travel to or transit through Canada. (crime transnational grave)

terrorism offence

terrorism offence means

• (a) an act or omission that is committed for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause with the intention of intimidating the public with regard to its security, including its economic security, or with the intention of compelling a person, government or domestic or international organization to do or refrain from doing any act, and that is committed with the intention to

  • (i) cause death or serious bodily harm,

  • (ii) endanger a person’s life,

  • (iii) cause a serious risk to the health or safety of the public,

  • (iv) cause substantial property damage that is likely to result in the harm referred to in any of subparagraphs (i) to (iii), or

  • (v) cause serious interference with or serious disruption of an essential service, facility or system other than as a result of lawful or unlawful advocacy, protest, dissent or stoppage of work, such as a strike, that is not intended to result in the harm referred to in any of subparagraphs (i) to (iii);

• (b) an act or omission referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition terrorist activity in subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code;

• (c) knowingly participating in or contributing to an activity for the purpose of enhancing a terrorist group’s ability to facilitate or commit an act or omission referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) or instructing a person, group or organization to carry out an activity for that purpose;

• (d) an indictable offence if the act or omission that constitutes the offence is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a terrorist group;

• (e) any of the following, if they are carried out for the purpose of committing an act or omission referred to in paragraph (a) or (b):

  • (i) collecting, using or possessing property,

  • (ii) providing or making available property or a financial or related service, or

  • (iii) inviting a person, group or organization to provide property or a financial or related service;

• (f) attempting or threatening to commit an act or omission referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

• (g) conspiring to commit, or facilitating, instructing or counselling the commission of, an act or omission referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

• (h) being an accessory after the fact to an act or omission referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or

• (i) harbouring or concealing for the purpose of enabling a terrorist group to facilitate or commit an act or omission referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). (infraction de terrorisme)

terrorist group

terrorist group has the same meaning as in subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code. (groupe terroriste)

time of departure

time of departure means

• (a) in the case of a commercial vehicle that carries persons or goods by air, the time of take-off from the last point of embarkation of persons before the vehicle arrives in Canada; and

• (b) in the case of a commercial vehicle that carries persons or goods by water or land, the time of departure from the last point of embarkation of persons before the vehicle arrives in Canada. (moment du départ)