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17
Site Registration Requirements
Definition
17.1
In this Part, site means a permanent location where dangerous goods are imported, offered for transport, handled or transported and are in the direct possession of a person conducting these activities, but does not include a location where dangerous goods are used only in the scope of a person’s work or as raw materials in products that they manufacture.
Application
17.2
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), this Part applies to a person who imports, offers for transport, handles or transports dangerous goods at a site located in Canada that they own or operate.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to
(a)
a person who imports, offers for transport, handles or transports dangerous goods originating from outside Canada and passing through Canada to a destination outside Canada without any handling being done in Canada;
(b)
a person conducting cross-border movements who does not have a headquarters in Canada or who does not operate a site in Canada where importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting activities take place;
(c)
a person who offers for transport, handles or transports dangerous goods at a site that are in quantities necessary for a federal, provincial or municipal officer to carry out their duties with respect to the enforcement of federal, provincial or municipal law; or
(d)
a person operating one or more oil wells.
Registration
17.3
(1)
A person must not import, offer for transport, handle or transport dangerous goods at a site that they own or operate in Canada unless they are registered in the registration database relating to dangerous goods on the Department of Transport website in accordance with subsection (2) and comply with sections 17.4 and 17.5 .
(2)
A person registers in the database by providing the following information:
(a)
the business number assigned to them by the Canada Revenue Agency, if any;
(b)
their name and the address of their headquarters;
(c)
the phone numbers and email addresses of both a contact person and their replacement when absent;
(d)
the addresses of all sites where dangerous goods are imported, offered for transport, handled or transported;
(e)
the mode of transport of dangerous goods used at each site;
(f)
for each site, the classes and divisions of dangerous goods that were imported, offered for transport, handled or transported within the previous fiscal year, if any; and
(g)
for each site, the importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting activities that were undertaken in the previous fiscal year, if any.
17.3.1
[Repealed, SOR/2023-206, s. 14]
Renewal
17.4
A person must renew their registration annually within 30 days of the anniversary date of their initial registration by validating or, if applicable, updating the information referred to in subsection 17.3 (2) in the registration database relating to dangerous goods on the Department of Transport website.
Changes to Information
17.5
A person must update the information in the registration database relating to dangerous goods on the Department of Transport website within 60 days after the day on which any change occurs to the information that they provided under paragraphs 17.3 (2)(a) to (e) on their initial registration or annual renewal.