Bill C-42
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C-42
Third Session, Fortieth Parliament,
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-42
An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act
Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on December 8, 2010
MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Aeronautics Act so that the operator of an aircraft that is due to fly over the United States in the course of an international flight may provide information to a competent authority of that country.
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3rd Session, 40th Parliament,
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
house of commons of canada
BILL C-42
An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Aviation Security Act.
R.S., c. A-2
AERONAUTICS ACT
2004, c. 15, s. 6
2. (1) Subsection 4.83(1) of the Aeronautics Act is replaced by the following:
Foreign states requiring information
4.83 (1) Despite section 5 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, to the extent that that section relates to obligations set out in Schedule 1 to that Act relating to the disclosure of information, and despite subsection 7(3) of that Act, an operator of an aircraft departing from Canada that is due to land in a foreign state or fly over the United States and land outside Canada or of a Canadian aircraft departing from any place outside Canada that is due to land in a foreign state or fly over the United States may, in accordance with the regulations, provide to a competent authority in that foreign state any information that is in the operator’s control relating to persons on board or expected to be on board the aircraft and that is required by the laws of the foreign state.
Notice
(1.1) The operator of an aircraft that is due to fly over, but not land in, the United States must notify all persons who are on board or expected to be on board the aircraft that information relating to them may be provided to a competent authority in the United States in accordance with subsection (1).
(2) Section 4.83 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):
Review and report
(4) Within two years after this subsection comes into force and every five years thereafter, the committee of the House of Commons responsible for transport matters shall:
(a) commence a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act; and
(b) within three months after the review is completed, submit a report to the House of Commons setting out its findings.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons