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    Enabling Statute: Quarantine Act [Repealed, 2005, c. 20, s. 82]

    Quarantine Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1368)

    Regulation current to September 8th, 2009

    Attention: See coming into force provision and notes, where applicable.

    Table Of Contents    

    Quarantine Regulations

    C.R.C., c. 1368

    QUARANTINE ACT

    Quarantine Regulations

    Regulations Made Pursuant to the Quarantine Act

    SHORT TITLE

    1. These Regulations may be cited as the Quarantine Regulations.

    2. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    3. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    4. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    5. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    6. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    7. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    7.1 [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    8. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    9. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    10. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    11. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 1]

    MARITIME TRAFFIC
    12. (1) Where, in the course of a voyage of a vessel to one of the ports referred to in subsection (3),

    (a) a member of the crew or a passenger on board the vessel has

    (i) died,

    (ii) had a temperature of 38°C (100°F) or greater that persisted for two days or more or was
    accompanied or followed by a rash, jaundice or glandular swelling, or

    (iii) suffered from diarrhea severe enough to interfere with that person's work or normal activity,

    (b) the person in charge of the vessel is, during the period

    (i) of four weeks preceding the estimated time of arrival of the vessel, or

    (ii) since the person last submitted a declaration of health,

    whichever is the lesser, aware of any instance of illness among the crew or passengers that he
    suspects is of an infectious nature and may lead to the spread of disease,

    (c) the vessel has,

    (i) within 14 days of its estimated time of arrival in Canada, been in a country that, in the opinion of
    a quarantine officer, is infected or suspected of being infected with smallpox, or

    (ii) within 60 days of its estimated time of arrival in Canada been in a country that, in the opinion of
    a quarantine officer, is infected or suspected of being infected with the plague, or

    (d) a certificate establishing that the vessel has been de-ratted or exempted from de-ratting
    procedures has expired or is about to expire

    the person in charge of the vessel shall, by radio at least 24 hours prior to the vessel's estimated
    time of arrival at its port of destination and between the hours of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 5
    o'clock in the afternoon, notify the quarantine officer at the quarantine station designated in
    subsection (3) for that port of the occurrence and provide him with the information described in
    subsection (2).

    (2) The information to be provided to the quarantine officer pursuant to subsection (1) is

    (a) the name and nationality of the vessel;

    (b) the ports called at during the voyage of the vessel;

    (c) the nature of the cargo on board the vessel;

    (d) the number of persons comprising the crew of the vessel;

    (e) the number of passengers on board the vessel;

    (f) the port of destination of the vessel and the name of the vessel's owner or, if the owner is not in
    Canada, the name of the vessel's agent in Canada;

    (g) the condition of all persons on board the vessel and details of any death or illness occurring
    during the voyage;

    (h) whether the body of any person is being carried on the vessel;

    (i) the estimated time of arrival of the vessel at the port of destination;

    (j) the number of persons on board the vessel who are not in possession of valid evidence of
    immunization to smallpox; and

    (k) the date and place of issuance of any de-ratting certificate or de-ratting exemption certificate
    applicable to the vessel.

    (3) For the purpose of subsection (1), the quarantine station for vessels bound for

    (a) a port in the Province of Nova Scotia or a port in the Province of Prince Edward Island, is
    Quarantine Station, Halifax, Nova Scotia;

    (b) a port in the Province of New Brunswick, is Quarantine Station, Saint John, New Brunswick;

    (c) a port in the Province of Newfoundland, is Quarantine Station, St. John's, Newfoundland;

    (d) a port in the Province of Quebec or any Canadian port via the St. Lawrence River, is Quarantine
    Station, Montreal, Quebec;

    (e) a port in the Province of British Columbia, is Quarantine Station, Vancouver, British Columbia;
    and

    (f) a port on Hudson Bay, is Quarantine Station, Churchill, Manitoba.

    SOR/78-406, s. 3; SOR/2006-332, s. 2.

    13. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3]

    14. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3]

    15. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3]

    16. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3]

    17. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3]

    18. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 3]

    AIR TRAFFIC

    19. (1) Where a person in charge of any aircraft arriving in Canada from a place outside Canada
    wishes to land at any of the airports listed in subsection (2),
    (a) he shall, prior to arrival, except in the case of emergency or other circumstances in which it is
    impossible to communicate with the airport send by radio to the quarantine officer at such airport
    information concerning

    (i) any illness among the persons on board the aircraft, other than air sickness, or resulting from any
    accident that might have occurred during the flight, with details of such illness including the
    existence of fever, skin rash, headache, backache, jaundice, diarrhea, vomiting, chills or abnormal
    behaviour, or

    (ii) the death of any person on board the aircraft during the flight; and

    (b) he may, where no illness described in subparagraph (a) (i) has become apparent and no death
    has occurred during the flight, send by radio to the quarantine officer at such airport a message that
    all on board appear to be healthy.

    (2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of the following airports:

    (a) Gander International;

    (b) Goose Bay;

    (c) St. John's International;

    (d) Halifax International;

    (e) Sydney; ;

    (f) Montreal International (Dorval);

    (g) Montreal International (Mirabel);

    (h) Quebec, Jean Lesage International;

    (i) Hamilton;

    (j) Toronto, Lester B. Pearson International;

    (k) Ottawa, Macdonald-Cartier International;

    (l) Windsor;

    (m) London;

    (n) Winnipeg International;

    (o) Saskatoon, John G. Diefenbaker International;

    (p) Regina;

    (q) Edmonton International;


    (r) Calgary International;

    (s) Vancouver International;

    (t) Victoria International; and

    (u) Kelowna.

    SOR/2003-227, s. 4.

    20. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    21. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    22. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    23. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    24. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    25. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    26. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    27. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    28. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    29. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    30. [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 4]

    SCHEDULE I

    [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 5]

    SCHEDULE II

    [Repealed, SOR/2006-332, s. 5]

    Last updated: 2009-09-21 Important Notices

    Last updated: 2009-09-21 Important Notices

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