Bill C-27
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS |
AN ACT RESPECTING AIRPORT AUTHORITIES AND OTHER AIRPORT OPERATORS AND AMENDING OTHER ACTS |
SHORT TITLE |
| 1. Short title
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INTERPRETATION |
| 2. Definitions
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APPLICATION OF ACT |
| 3. Binding on Her Majesty
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| 4. Military airports
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| 5. Amendment of Schedule 1
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| 6. Inconsistency between leases and Act
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NATIONAL AIRPORTS POLICY |
| 7. Declaration
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PART 1 |
ROLES, POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS |
Minister's Role and Powers |
| 8. Role of Minister
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| 9. Audit
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| 10. Delegation in writing
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| 11. Non-derogation
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| 12. Ministerial directions not statutory instruments
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| 13. Review of Act
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Emergency Orders |
| 14. Power to remedy extraordinary disruptions
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Role of Airport Operators |
| 15. Role
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Obligations of Airport Operators |
| General
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| 16. Provision of information to Minister
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| 17. Canada's international obligations
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| 18. Airports serving international traffic
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| 19. Foreign dignitaries
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| 20. Airport access for state aircraft
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| 21. Information about fees
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| 22. Emergency preparedness
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| 23. Protection of confidential information
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| Equitable Access to Airport Facilities
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| 24. Equitable access
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| 25. Declaration on equitable access
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| 26. Ministerial directions
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| Slots
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| 27. Ownership of slots
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| 28. Designation of airports requiring slot allocation
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| 29. Slot coordinator
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| 30. Allocation, renewal or withdrawal of slots
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| 31. Providing information about slots
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| 32. Ministerial directions
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| 33. Trade in slots prohibited
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| 34. Regulations
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PART 2 |
CONTINUANCE AND INCORPORATION OF AIRPORT AUTHORITIES |
Continuance |
| 35. Continuance of federal corporations
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| 36. New authority
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| 37. Rights preserved
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| 38. Filing of by-laws by corporations in Part 1 of Schedule 1
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| 39. By-laws - transitional provisions
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| 40. Statutory Instruments Act
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Head Office |
| 41. Location
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Dissolution |
| 42. Dissolution
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| 43. Order on dissolution
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Powers and Capacity |
| 44. Purpose of airport authority
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| 45. Not agent of Her Majesty
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| 46. Legal capacity
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| 47. Without share capital and not for profit
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| 48. Authorized investments
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| 49. Authority of directors, officers, etc.
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Activities of Airport Authorities |
| 50. Airport undertaking
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| 51. Essential activities
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| 52. Complementary activities
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Investments in Other Corporations |
| 53. Ownership interest
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| 54. Ownership interest in certain corporations
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| 55. Application
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| 56. Requirements for subsidiaries
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| 57. Maximum financial exposure
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| 58. Statement to Minister
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PART 3 |
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
Application |
| 59. Application
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Board |
| General
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| 60. Composition of the board
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| 61. Term of office
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| Nomination, Appointment and Removal of Directors
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| 62. By-laws
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| 63. Appointments
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| 64. Skills, knowledge and experience
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| 65. Providing information in case of vacancy
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| 66. Information session
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| 67. Removal by selecting body
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| 68. Resolution requiring revocation
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| 69. Resignation
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| Directors
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| 70. Ineligibility by reason of activities
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| 71. Duty of care
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| 72. Independent advice
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| 73. Indemnification
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| 74. Further directors' liabilities
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| Duties of the Board
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| 75. General duty
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| Chairperson
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| 76. Election of chairperson
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| Meetings of the Board
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| 77. Minutes
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| 78. Frequency of meetings
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| 79. Quorum
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| 80. Chief executive officer
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| 81. Participation by telephone, etc.
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| 82. Resolution in lieu of meeting
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| Dissent
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| 83. Dissent
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| Special Meetings
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| 84. Power to request special meetings
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| Committees of the Board
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| 85. Committees of the board
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| Governance Committee
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| 86. Governance committee
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| Audit Committee
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| 87. Audit committee
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| 88. Powers, duties and functions
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| 89. Holding of meetings
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Auditor |
| 90. Appointment
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Conflict of Interest Rules |
| 91. Adoption
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| 92. Conflict of interest rules
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| 93. Disclosure of interest
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| 94. Gifts
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| 95. Declaration while in office
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Bid Solicitation |
| 96. Contracts over $100,000
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Consultation |
| Meetings with Air Carriers
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| 97. Air carriers
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| Meetings with the Community
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| 98. Consultative mechanisms
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| 99. Purpose of forum
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PART 4 |
OBLIGATIONS OF AIRPORT AUTHORITIES |
Application |
| 100. Application
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Airport Name |
| 101. Change of airport name
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Land Use |
| 102. Compliance with land use plan
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| 103. Contents of plan
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| 104. Proposal to amend land use plan
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| 105. Land use in the vicinity of the airport
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Airport Master Plan |
| 106. Master plan
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| 107. Review of master plan by Minister
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Environment |
| 108. Environmental management plan
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| 109. Compliance with environmental guidelines
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| 110. Notice of spill or release of hazardous material
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| 111. Regulations
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Construction and Fire Prevention Standards |
| 112. Construction standards
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| 113. Fire prevention and suppression standards
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Acquiring Land |
| 114. Acquiring interest in land or right relating to an immovable
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| 115. Expropriation
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Other Obligations |
| 116. Canadian flags and signs
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| 117. Application of Official Languages Act
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| 118. Expiry of lease
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PART 5 |
DISCLOSURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
Application |
| 119. Application
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| 120. Operator's duty to prepare
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| 121. Territorial airport operators
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| 122. Annual meeting
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Business Plan |
| 123. Adoption of business plan
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Financial Statements |
| 124. Duty to prepare statements
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| 125. Required approval
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Auditor's Report |
| 126. Auditor's report
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| 127. Supplementary reports
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| 128. Right to information
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Annual Report |
| 129. Annual report
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| 130. Regulations
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Annual Meeting |
| 131. Annual meeting
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| 132. Attendance
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Annual Meeting with Selecting Bodies |
| 133. Meeting with directors
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Public Access to Documents |
| 134. Examination and provision of records, reports, etc.
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Survey |
| 135. Survey required
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Performance Indicators |
| 136. Establishment
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| 137. Regulations
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Performance Reviews |
| 138. Performance review
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| 139. Content
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| 140. Response
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| 141. Meeting
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PART 6 |
AIRPORT FEES |
Application |
| 142. Application
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Imposition of Fees |
| 143. Conditions for imposition of fees
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Charging Principles |
| 144. Charging principles
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Establishment and Revision of Methodology for Determining Fees |
| 145. Methodology
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| 146. Notice
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| 147. Announcement of methodology
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Establishment and Revision of Fees |
| 148. Notice
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| 149. Announcement of fee
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Procedure for Notices and Announcements |
| 150. Notices and announcements
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Consultations and Representations |
| 151. Information
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Effective Date of Fees |
| 152. Aeronautical fee in effect
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Appeals |
| 153. Grounds of appeal
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| 154. Aeronautical fees
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| 155. Filing of appeal
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| 156. Limitation
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| 157. Time limit
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| 158. Effect of appeal of aeronautical fee
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| 159. Order - aeronautical fees in certain cases
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| 160. Joining of appeals
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| 161. Time limit for deciding appeal
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| 162. Notification of decision
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| 163. Decision final
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| 164. Canada Transportation Act
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Additional Provisions - Passenger Fees |
| 165. Use of revenues
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| 166. Short-term funding
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| 167. Extension of fee
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| 168. Cessation of fee
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| 169. Exception
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| 170. Suspension - construction not started for two years
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Bringing Existing Fees into Compliance |
| 171. Obligation of airport operators
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| 172. Announcement
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| 173. Information
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| 174. Appeal
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| 175. Deeming provision
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Additional Provisions - Existing Passenger Fees |
| 176. Designation of use of existing passenger fees
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| 177. Application
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| 178. Exception
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| 179. Suspension of designated program
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| 180. Expansion of a designated program
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Seizure and Detention of Aircraft |
| 181. Seizure and detention
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| 182. Exempt aircraft
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PART 7 |
COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT |
Inspection |
| 183. Designation of inspectors
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| 184. Powers of inspection
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| 185. Designation document to be produced
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| 186. Duty to assist
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Offences and Punishment |
| 187. False information, etc.
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| 188. Obstruction of inspector
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| 189. Offences with respect to reports
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| 190. Offence
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| 191. Contravention of Act or regulations
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| 192. Daily penalty
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| 193. Officers, etc., of airport operator
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Administrative Monetary Penalties |
| Violations
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| 194. Regulations
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| 195. Criteria for penalty
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| Proceedings
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| 196. How act or omission may be proceeded with
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| 197. Commission of violation
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| Determination of Responsibility and Penalty
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| 198. Payment of penalty
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| 199. Failure to pay or to file request for review
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| 200. Request for review
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| 201. Notice of determination and right of appeal
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| Appeal
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| 202. Right of appeal
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| Rules about Violations
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| 203. Violations not offences
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| 204. Due diligence available
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| 205. Publication
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| Enforcement
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| 206. Debts to Her Majesty
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| 207. Certificate of default
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General Provisions |
| 208. Evidence
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| 209. Time limit
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| 210. Restraining or compliance order
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PART 8 |
RELATED AND COORDINATING AMENDMENTS AND COMING INTO FORCE |
Related Amendments |
| 211-212. Airport Transfer (Miscellaneous Matters) Act
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| 213. Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act
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Coordinating Amendment |
| 214. Bill C-26
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Coming into Force |
| 215. Coming into force
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| SCHEDULE 1
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| SCHEDULE 2
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