Designations of Officers and Delegations of Authority by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
Pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection ActFootnote 1,
1. I hereby designate the person holding the position of President, Executive Vice-President, Vice-President or Associate Vice-President of the Canada Border Services Agency - or a person authorized to exercise the powers or perform the duties of one of those positions - as an officer authorized to exercise the powers or perform the duties that are described in column 3 for an Item listed in column 1 of the attached Schedule in relation to any provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection RegulationsFootnote 2 set out in column 2 of the same item.
2. I hereby designate any person holding a position listed in column 4 of an item in the attached Schedule - or a person authorized to exercise the powers or perform the duties of that position - as an officer authorized to exercise the powers or perform the duties that are described in column 3 of the same item in relation to any provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations set out in column 2 of the same item.
3. I hereby designate the person who has the direct supervisory responsibility of an officer designated under paragraph 2 above, in respect of the position held by that officer, as an officer authorized to exercise the powers or perform the duties that are described in column 3 of the item in the attached Schedule, for which the original officer had been designated, in relation to any provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations set out in column 2 of the same item.
Pursuant to subsection 6(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act,
4. I hereby authorize the person holding the position of President, Executive Vice-President, Vice-President or Associate Vice-President of the Canada Border Services Agency - or a person authorized to exercise the powers or perform the duties of one of those positions - to do anything that may be done by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness which is described in column 3 of an item in the attached Schedule in relation to any provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations set out in column 2 of the same item.
5. I hereby authorize any person holding a position listed in column 4 of an item in the attached Schedule - or a person authorized to exercise the powers or perform the duties of that position - to do anything that may be done by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness which is described in column 3 of the same item in relation to any provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations set out in column 2 of the same item.
6. I hereby authorize the person who has the direct supervisory responsibility of a person authorized under paragraph 5 above, in respect of the position held by that person, to do anything that may be done by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness which is described in column 3 of the item in the attached Schedule, for which that original person had been authorized, in relation to any provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations set out in column 2 of the same item.
This authorization replaces previous delegations and designations instruments, and comes into force on the day on which it is signed.
8th day of May, 2023.
The Hon. Marco E. L. Mendicino, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Legend
The following definitions apply throughout this Document:
Supervisor, Inland Enforcement: includes an officer occupying any of the following positions:
- Supervisor, Intelligence and Enforcement
- Inland Enforcement Supervisor
Director, Enforcement and Intelligence: includes an officer occupying any of the following positions:
- Director, Intelligence and Enforcement
- Director, Immigration Enforcement
- Director, Intelligence and Criminal Investigations
Assistant Director, Enforcement and Intelligence: includes an officer occupying any of the following positions:
- Assistant Director, Intelligence and Enforcement
- Assistant Director, Immigration Admissibility/Detention Hearings and Appeals
- Assistant Director, Immigration Investigations
- Assistant Director, Detentions and Operational Support
- Assistant Director, Hearings
- Assistant Director, Inland Enforcement
- Assistant Director, Intelligence
- Assistant Director, Refugee and Security Hearings and Appeals
- Assistant Director, Removals
- Assistant Director, Criminal Investigations Section
- Assistant Director, Intelligence and Operational Support Unit
- Assistant Director, Inland Enforcement and Data Integrity
- Assistant Director, Investigations and Corporate Services
- Assistant Director, Hearings and Guard Services
Manager, Enforcement and Intelligence Operations: includes an officer occupying any of the following positions:
- Manager, Intelligence and Enforcement
- Manager, Inland Enforcement
- Manager, Intelligence
- Manager, Hearings
- Manager, Immigration Admissibility/Detention Hearings and Appeals
- Manager, Immigration Investigations
- Manager, Refugee and Security Hearings and Appeals
- Manager, Criminal Investigations
- Manager, Detentions and Operational Support
- Manager, Removals
- Manager Intake and Analysis Unit
- Manager, St.Clair Integrated Unit
- Manager, Hearings and Detention
- Manager, Investigation and Removals
- Manager, Operational Support and Integrated Services Team (OSIST)
Regional Program Officer: includes an officer occupying any of the following positions:
- Community Liaison Officer
Schedule
Ministerial instructions
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
201. |
A15(4) |
Delegated authority - Give instructions in the conduct of an examination carried out by an officer. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
Examination on entry
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
202. |
A15(1), A15(4), A19, A21, A22, A23, A47, R39, R40, R41, R42 |
Designated authority - Proceed with an examination if a person makes an application; determine whether a foreign national could become a temporary or a permanent resident or make a claim for refugee protection; allow a Canadian citizen, registered Indian, or permanent resident to enter Canada; direct a person to leave Canada or to return to the United States; allow the withdrawal of an application to enter Canada or refuse entry to a person who does not satisfy the requirements of the Act; authorize a person to enter Canada for further examination or an admissibility hearing. |
CBSA: Domestic RegionsFootnote 3
RCMPFootnote 4 IRCCFootnote 5: Domestic RegionsFootnote 6 and CPRFootnote 7 (Only in the context of port of entry examinations furthered inland)
|
203. |
A15(3) |
Designated authority - Board and inspect any means of transportation bringing persons to Canada; examine any person carried by that means of transportation and any record or document respecting that person; seize and remove the record or document; hold the means of transportation until the inspection and the examination are completed. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
RCMPFootnote 4 |
204. |
A139(1) |
Designated authority - Search any person seeking to enter Canada, luggage, personal effects, and the means of transportation that conveyed the person to Canada. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
RCMPFootnote 4 |
205. |
A139(2) |
Designated authority - Authorize any suitable person of the same sex to perform a search of a person pursuant to subsection 139(1) of the Act. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
RCMPFootnote 4 |
Request documents / Evidence
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
206. |
A16(1), 16(1.1) and A16(2)(a) |
Designated authority - Determine what evidence and documents are necessary for the completion of an examination; request evidence and documents from a foreign national being examined including photographic and fingerprint evidence. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
National Headquarters
RCMPFootnote 4 IRCC: National Headquarters
International Region
Domestic Regions and CPR
International Network
LESFootnote 9
|
207. |
A16(2)(b), R29 and R30 |
Designated authority - Request a medical examination. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
RCMPFootnote 4 IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
|
208. |
A16(3) |
Designated authority - Require or obtain from a foreign national or a permanent resident who is arrested, detained or subject to a removal order, any evidence - photographic, fingerprint or otherwise - that may be used to establish their identity or compliance with the Act. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International
RCMPFootnote 4 |
Inadmissibilities - A34, A35, and A37
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
209. |
A44(1) |
Designated authority - Form an opinion that a permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of subsections 34(1), 35(1), or 37(1) of the Act; may prepare an inadmissibility report. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
210. |
A44(2) |
Delegated authority – Form an opinion that a report regarding a permanent resident or a foreign national for inadmissibility under subsections 34(1), 37(1) or paragraphs 35(1)(a), 35(1)(b), 35(1)(c) of the Act is well founded; refer the report to the Immigration Division for an admissibility hearing. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
210.1 |
A44(2) |
Delegated authority, form an opinion that a report regarding a foreign national for inadmissibility under subsections 35(1)(d), 35(1)(e) of the Act is well founded; make the prescribed removal order under section 228 of the Regulations. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
211. |
A34(1), A35(1), A37(1) and A44(3) |
Designated authority – Impose any conditions considered necessary on a permanent resident inadmissible on grounds of subsections 34(1), 35(1), or 37(1) of the Act, who is subject to a report, an admissibility hearing or a removal order, including payment of a deposit or the posting of a guarantee for compliance with the conditions. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
211.1 |
A34(1), A44(3), A44(4) and R250.1 Transitional |
Designates authority – Impose the prescribed conditions on a permanent resident if a report on inadmissibility on grounds of subsection 34(1) is referred to the Immigration Division and the permanent resident who is the subject of the report is not detained; impose the prescribed transitional cases as per the criteria of subsections 30(1) FRFCA. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
212. |
A34(1), A35(1), A37(1) and A44(3) |
Designated authority - Impose any conditions considered necessary on a foreign national inadmissible on grounds of subsections 34(1), 35(1), or 37(1) of the Act, who is subject to a report, an admissibility hearing or a removal order, including payment of a deposit or the posting of a guarantee for compliance with the conditions. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
212.1 |
A34(1), A44(3), A44(4) and R250.1 Transitional |
Designated authority - Impose the prescribed conditions on a foreign national if a report on inadmissibility on grounds of subsection 34(1) is referred to the Immigration Division and the foreign national who is the subject of the report is not detained; impose the prescribed conditions for transitional cases as per the criteria of subsection 30(1) FRFCA. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
Inadmissibilities - A36, A38, A39, A40, A41, and A42
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
213. |
A44(1), R3(1)(b)(ii) |
Designated authority - Form an opinion that a permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on grounds other than subsections 34(1), 35(1), or 37(1) of the Act; may prepare an inadmissibility report. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
|
214. |
A44(2), R228 |
Delegated authority – Form an opinion that a report regarding a permanent resident for inadmissibilities under sections other than subsections 34(1), 35(1), or 37(1) of the Act is well founded; refer the report to the Immigration Division; make the prescribed removal order under section 228 of the Regulations. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
National Headquarters
|
215. |
A44(3) |
Designated authority – Impose any conditions considered necessary on a permanent resident who is subject to a report, an admissibility hearing or a removal order, including payment of a deposit or the posting of a guarantee for compliance with the conditions. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
|
216. |
A44(2), R228 |
Delegated authority - Form an opinion that a report regarding a foreign national for inadmissibilities under sections other than 34(1), 35(1), or 37(1) of the Act is well founded; refer the report to the Immigration Division; make the prescribed removal order under section 228 of the Regulations. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
National Headquarters
|
217. |
A44(3) |
Designated authority - Impose any conditions considered necessary on a foreign national who is subject to a report, an admissibility hearing or a removal order, including payment of a deposit or the posting of a guarantee for compliance with the conditions. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
|
218. |
R228(4)(b) |
Delegated authority – Form an opinion that a foreign national is unable to appreciate the nature of the proceedings. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
|
Stays and enforcement of removal orders
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
219. |
R230(1)(c) and R230(2) |
Delegated authority – Impose a stay with respect to a country or a place if the circumstances pose a generalized risk to the entire civilian population as a result of any situation that is temporary and generalized; cancel the stay if the circumstances referred to in R230(1)(c) no longer pose a generalized risk to the entire civilian population. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
220. |
A50(e) |
Delegated authority - Stay a removal order and determine its duration except with respect to interim measures requests and decisions made by International Human Rights Treaty Bodies. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
221. |
R238 |
Designated authority - Make a determination that a foreign national who wants to voluntarily comply with a removal order meets the criteria set out in R238(1)(a) and (b); approve or refuse the choice of destination submitted by the foreign national who wants to voluntarily comply with a removal order. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
222. |
A48 and R239 |
Delegated authority - Enforce a removal order. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
223. |
R240(1)(a) |
Designated authority - Verify the departure from Canada at a port of entry. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
224. |
A48 and R240(2) |
Designated authority - Enforce the removal order outside Canada. |
CBSA: International Network
IRCC: International Network
LES
GACFootnote 10:
|
224.1 |
R240(3) |
Designated authority – Confirm a foreign national has departed from Canada; enforce a removal order in Canada against that foreign national. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
225. |
R241(2) and R241(3) |
Delegated authority – Select any country that will authorize the foreign national to enter, remove the foreign national to that country. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
Arrest / Detention
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
226. |
A55(1) |
Designated authority – Issue a warrant for the arrest and detention of a permanent resident who the officer has reasonable grounds to believe is inadmissible and is a danger to the public or in unlikely to appear for examination, for an admissibility hearing, for removal from Canada or at a proceeding that could lead to the making of a removal order by the Minister under subsection 44(2). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
227. |
A55(1) |
Designated authority – Issue a warrant for the arrest and detention of a foreign national who the officer has reasonable grounds to believe is inadmissible and is a danger to the public or in unlikely to appear for examination, for an admissibility hearing, for removal from Canada or at a proceeding that could lead to the making of a removal order by the Minister under subsection 44(2). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
228. |
A55(2) |
Designated authority - Arrest and detain - without a warrant - a foreign national, other than a protected person: who the officer has reasonable grounds to believe is inadmissible and is a danger to the public or is unlikely to appear for examination, an admissibility hearing, removal from Canada, or at a proceeding that could lead to the making of a removal order by the Minister under subsection 44(2); or, if the officer is not satisfied of the identity of the foreign national in the course of any procedure under the Act. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
RCMPFootnote 4 |
229. |
A55(3) |
Designated authority - Detain a foreign national or a permanent resident on entry into Canada. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
RCMPFootnote 4 |
230. |
A55(3.1)(a) |
Designated authority - Detain, on their entry into Canada, a foreign national who is a designated foreign national pursuant to subsection 20.1(1). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
231. |
A55(3.1)(b) |
Designated authority - Arrest and detain without a warrant a foreign national who, after their entry into Canada, becomes a designated foreign national pursuant to subsection 20.1(1). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
232. |
A55(3.1)(b) |
Designated authority – Issue a warrant for the arrest and detention of a foreign national who, after their entry into Canada, becomes a designated foreign national pursuant to subsection 20.1(1). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
233. |
A55(4) |
Designated authority - Give notice to the Immigration Division that a person has been taken into detention. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
RCMPFootnote 4 |
234. |
A56(1) |
Designated authority - Order the release from detention of a permanent resident or a foreign national before the first detention review of the Immigration Division; impose conditions including payment of a deposit or the posting of a guarantee for the compliance with the conditions. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
234.1 |
A34(1), A56(1), A56(3) and R250.1 |
Designated authority - Impose the prescribed conditions on a permanent resident or a foreign national, who is the subject of either a report on inadmissibility on grounds of subsection 34(1) that is referred to the Immigration Division or a removal order for inadmissibility on grounds of subsection 34(1), if their release from detention is ordered pursuant to subsection 56(1). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
235. |
A57(3) |
Designated authority - Bring a permanent resident or a foreign national before the Immigration Division for a detention review. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
236. |
A57.1(3) |
Designated authority - Bring a designated foreign national before the Immigration Division for a detention review. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
237. |
A58(1)(c) |
Delegated authority - Inquire into a reasonable suspicion that the permanent resident or the foreign national detained is inadmissible on grounds of security, or for violating human or international rights, serious criminality, criminality or organized criminality. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
238. |
A58(1)(d) |
Delegated authority – Form an opinion whether the identity of the foreign national – other that a designated foreign national who was 16 years of age or older on the day of the arrival that is the subject of the designation in question – may be established. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
239. |
A58(1)(e) |
Delegated authority – Form the opinion that the identity of the foreign national who is a designated foreign national and who was 16 years of age or older on the day of the arrival that is subject of the designation in questions has not been established. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
239.1 |
Transitional |
Delegated authority - For transitional cases, make an application to the Immigration Division to vary a release order that was made under section 58 of the Act to include the prescribed conditions as per subsection 31(1) FRFCA. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
240. |
A58.1(1) |
Delegated authority - Receive a request for release from detention from a designated foreign national; form an opinion as to whether exceptional circumstances exist that warrant the release; order the designated foreign national released from detention. |
CBSA: This authority will be delegated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on a case-by-case basis each time a designation is made under section 20.1 of IRPA. The authority will be delegated by a separate instrument of delegation that is valid only for the associated section 20.1 designation. |
241. |
A58.1(2) |
Delegated authority - On their own initiative, form an opinion that the reasons for the detention of a designated foreign national no longer exist; release the designated foreign national from detention. |
CBSA: This authority will be delegated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on a case-by-case basis each time a designation is made under section 20.1 of IRPA. The authority will be delegated by a separate instrument of delegation that is valid only for the associated section 20.1 designation. |
242. |
A58.1(3) |
Delegated authority - If the release of a designated foreign national is ordered pursuant to A58.1(1) or A58.1(2), impose any conditions, including the payment of a deposit or the posting of a guarantee for compliance with the conditions, considered necessary. |
CBSA: This authority will be delegated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on a case-by-case basis each time a designation is made under section 20.1 of IRPA. The authority will be delegated by a separate instrument of delegation that is valid only for the associated section 20.1 designation. |
242.1 |
A34(1), A58.1(3), A58.1(4) and R250.1 |
Delegated authority – Impose the prescribed conditions if the release of a designated foreign national, who is the subject of either a report on inadmissibility on grounds of subsection 34(1) that is referred to the Immigration Division or a removal order for inadmissibility on grounds of subsection 34(1), is ordered by the Minister pursuant to subsection 58.1(3). |
CBSA: This authority will be delegated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on a case-by-case basis each time a designation is made under section 20.1 of IRPA. The authority will be delegated by a separate instrument of delegation that is valid only for the associated section 20.1 designation. |
243. |
A59 |
Designated authority - Receive a permanent resident or a foreign national who is detained under another Act of Parliament at the end of their period of detention. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
244. |
A82.4 |
Delegated authority - Order that a person who is detained under any of sections A82 to A82.2, be released from detention to permit their departure from Canada. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
245. |
A142 |
Designated authority - Direct a peace officer or person in charge of an immigrant station to execute a warrant or written order issued under the Act for the arrest, detention, or removal from Canada of any permanent resident of foreign national. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
Seizure
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
246. |
A140(1) |
Designated authority - Seize and hold a means of transportation. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
247. |
A140(1) |
Designated authority - Seize and hold a document or other thing that is not a means of transportation. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
International Network
LES
GAC:
|
248. |
R253(1) |
Designated authority – Provide written notice, including grounds for the seizure to the person from whom a thing was seized under subsection 140(1). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
International Network
LES
GAC:
|
248.1 |
R253(2) |
Designated authority – Identify the lawful owner of a thing seized under subsection 140(1); give written notice, including grounds for the seizure. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
International Network
LES
GAC:
|
249. |
A140 |
Designated authority – Return of the thing seized (means of transportation). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
250. |
A140 |
Designated authority – Return of the thing seized (other than a means of transportation). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
International Network
LES
GAC:
|
250.1 |
A140 |
Designation – Provide to the applicant written notice and the reasons for the decision on the application for return made under section 254 or 255. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
International Network
LES
GAC:
|
251. |
A140 |
Designated authority – Sell or destroy the thing seized other than a document (means of transportation). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
251.1 |
A140 |
Designated authority – Sell or destroy the thing seized other than a document (other than a means of transportation). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
International Network
LES
GAC:
|
251.2 |
A140 |
Designated authority – Return a document to the authority that issued it or dispose of it. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
International Network
LES
GAC:
|
Transporters
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
252. |
A148(1)(a) |
Designated authority - Direct a person who owns or operates a vehicle or a transportation facility, and an agent for such a person, not to carry a specified person to Canada. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
National Headquarters
IRCC: Domestic Regions and CPR
International Network
GAC:
|
253. |
A148(1)(f) |
Designated authority - Direct a person who owns or operates a vehicle or a transportation facility, or an agent for such a person, to carry a specified person from Canada. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
254. |
A148, R261(1) |
Designated authority - Inform a transporter that the obligation to hold a person, as per paragraph 148(1)(b) of the Act, has been met. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
255. |
R262, R264, R266, R267, R268(1) see item 203 |
Designated authority - Request that a transporter:
|
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
256. |
R269(1) and R269(2) |
Designated authority - Request that a commercial transporter provide, in writing, the advanced information on each passenger that it carries to Canada and the reservation information on each passenger to be carried to Canada. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
National Headquarters
|
257. |
R276(1)(a) and R276(4) |
Designated authority - Notify a transporter that it is or might be required to carry from Canada a foreign national; accept or refuse the proposed arrangements; give written notice to the transporter of the decision; cause the foreign national to be carried from Canada at the expense of the transporter. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
258. |
R276(1)(b) |
Designated authority – Determine whether a foreign national to be carried from Canada by a transporter must be escorted. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
259. |
R279(1) and (2) |
Delegated authority - Assess an administration fee against a commercial transporter. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
260. |
R280(2) |
Delegated authority - Enter into a memorandum of understanding with a commercial transporter. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
261. |
R282(2), R283(2) and R283(4) |
Delegated authority - Consider a written submission from the transporter regarding an assessment of administrative fees; give written notice of the decision to the transporter; determine the amount of security required of a commercial transporter; determine that security is no longer required. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
262. |
R283(1) |
Delegated authority - Require a commercial transporter to provide security for compliance with its obligations under the Act pursuant to paragraphs 148(1)(a) to (g). |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
263. |
A148(2) |
Delegated authority - Determine whether a person who owns or operates a vehicle or a transportation facility, or an agent of such a person, has failed to comply with an obligation under the Act. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
264. |
A148(2) |
Delegated authority - Seize, detain or forfeit to Her Majesty in Right of Canada all or part of any security provided by the person who owns or operates a vehicle or a transportation facility, or an agent of such a person. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
265. |
A148(2) |
Delegated authority - Seize or forfeit to Her Majesty in Right of Canada, any vehicle or other prescribed goods owned or operated by the person who owns or operates a vehicle or a transportation facility, or an agent of such a person. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
266. |
A148(2) |
Delegated authority - Detain any vehicle or other prescribed goods owned or operated by the person who owns or operates a vehicle or a transportation facility, or an agent of such a person. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
267. |
A148(2) and R286(1) |
Designated authority - Make reasonable efforts to identify the lawful owner of the thing seized under subsection 148(2) and give notice of the seizure to that person. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
268. |
R286(2)(a)(i) |
Delegated authority - Determine the value of the object seized under subsection 148(2) of the Act. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
269. |
A148(2) and R286(2)(a) |
Delegated authority - Dispose of an object seized under subsection 148(2) of the Act by returning it to the transporter. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
270. |
R287(1) |
Designated authority - Notify the transporter that the seized object will be sold. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
271. |
R287 |
Delegated authority - Dispose of an object seized under subsection 148(2) of the Act by selling it. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
Hearings, appeals, and judicial reviews
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
272. |
A63(5) |
Delegated authority - Appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division against any decision of the Immigration Division in an admissibility hearing. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
IRCC: National Headquarters
|
273. |
A86 |
Delegated authority - Make an application for non-disclosure of information during an admissibility hearing, a detention review or an appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division under section 63(2), (3) and (5) of the Act. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
274. |
A109(1) |
Delegated authority - Make an application to the Refugee Protection Division to vacate a decision to allow a claim for refugee protection. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
275. |
A169(e) |
Delegated authority - Request reasons, on the behalf the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, for a decision of a division of the Immigration and Refugee Board. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
|
276. |
A170(f) |
Delegated authority - Notify the Refugee Protection Division of the intention to intervene. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
IRCC: Domestic Regions
|
Miscellaneous
Item | Act / Regulations reference section |
Description of power or duties | Delegates / Designated officials |
---|---|---|---|
277. |
A138(1) |
Designated authority - Authorize an officer to exercise the authority and powers of a peace officer to enforce the Act. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
278. |
A138(2) |
Designated authority - In cases of emergency, employ a person to assist in carrying out duties under the responsibility of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness under this Act for no more than 48 hours. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
International Network
National Headquarters
|
279. |
A138(2) |
Delegated authority – Approve continuation of employment of an assistant to carry out duties under the responsibility of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness under this Act beyond 48 hours. |
CBSA: Domestic Regions
National Headquarters
|
280. |
A146(1), A147(1) and A147(2) |
Delegated authority - Certify an amount or part of an amount payable under this Act as debts due to Her Majesty; order payment to the Receiver General, by a person who is or is about to become liable to make a payment to another person who is liable to make a payment under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for an activity carried out under the authority of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. |
CBSA: National Headquarters
|
Related links
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- Government-Wide Forward Regulatory Plans
- Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Management
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- Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council
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