D19-6-1, Administration of the Explosives Act
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) assists Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) with the administration of the Explosives Act and Explosives Regulations, 2013. This memorandum outlines the provisions concerning the importation, exportation and in transit movement of explosives and is based on the current Explosives Act and Explosives Regulations, 2013.
The Explosives Act is an Act respecting the manufacture, testing, acquisition, possession, sale, storage, transportation, importation, exportation and in transit shipments of explosives and the use of fireworks. The Act gives authority to the Governor in Council to make regulations generally for carrying the purposes or provisions of this Act into effect, such as prescribing any thing that is to be included or not to be included in the definition “explosive”, exempting any explosive from the application of this Act or the regulations or any provision of this Act or the regulations, and regulating the importation, exportation and shipments in transit of explosives.
In Brief
1. Changes to this memorandum have been made to accurately reflect the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) role in assisting the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to administer the Explosives Act and Regulations at the border.
2. The following changes were made:
- (a) Legislative information has been updated to reflect the Canada Border Services Agency Act.
- (b) Legislative information has been updated to reflect the Explosives Act and the Explosive Regulations, 2013.
- (c) Changes have been made to the list of goods under personal exemptions that can be imported, exported and shipped in transit, without an Explosives Permit.
- (d) Information has been amended on the procedures to be followed when an importation, exportation and in transit shipments of explosives arrives at the border with an invalid permit or without a permit.
- (e) Explosives Import Permits will be transitioning to new forms. Samples of the forms are in Appendix J.
- (f) The title of Appendix H, Natural Resources Canada: Regional Inspectors of Explosives has been changed to Natural Resources Canada: Contact Information, as well as the information contained in the appendix has been updated.
- (g) The information in Appendix I, Canadian Police Explosives Disposal Units, has been updated.
- (h) Information on export and in transit requirements has been added to reflect the addition of Explosives Export Permits and Explosives in Transit Permits coming into effect on February 1, 2015. Samples of explosives export and in transit permits have been added to the appendices.
This memorandum is available in its entirety on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d19/d19-6-1-eng.html