Proposed amendments to the Canadian Transportation Agency Designated Provisions Regulations

What is being amended?

There are 22 provisions of the Canada Transportation Act (Act) to be designated under the Canadian Transportation Agency Designated Provisions Regulations (DPR). The DPR consists of a list of sections of the Act or the regulations that may be enforced by way of administrative monetary penalties (AMP). These amendments will update the list to ensure the Canadian Transportation Agency can use AMPs to address non-compliance with certain legislative requirements. The DPR themselves do not create new regulatory requirements or obligations; these requirements already exist in the Act, regulations or orders.

Provisions to be designated under the DPR

1. Items relating to air transportation
Subject Provision, requirement or condition
Licence for domestic air service Section 65
Licence for non-scheduled international air service Subsection 84(2)
Air carrier obligations Subsections 85.01(1) and (2)
Air travel complaints resolution process
  • Subsection 85.05(2)
  • Subsection 85.07(1)
  • Subsection 85.07(3)
  • Subsection 85.09(1)
Air complaints cost recovery Subsection 85.16(2)
2. Items relating to rail transportation
Subject Provision, requirement or condition
Rail lines and crossings
  • Subsection 99(2)
  • Subsection 101(2)
  • Subsection 101(3)
  • Section 102
  • Section 103
Interswitching in Prairie Provinces
  • Subsection 127(2.1)
  • Subsection 127(5)
Transferring and Discontinuing the Operation of Railway Lines Subsection 146(1.1)
Arbitration: Rail Shippers and Carriers Paragraph 165(6)(a)
3. Items relating to Agency decisions, orders and processes
Subject Provision, requirement or condition
Powers of the Agency
  • Subsection 25.1(3)
  • Section 26
  • Subsection 36.1(4)
  • Subsection 36.1(7)
General Enforcement Subsection 178.1(6)

Proposed removal of the following items from the DPR

Provision, requirement or condition Reason for removal
Canada Transportation Act
Section 67.1 (includes paragraphs a, b, and c)		 Pursuant to the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No.1, Section 67.1 of the Canada Transportation Act was repealed, with a coming into force date of September 30, 2023
Personnel Training for the Assistance of Persons with Disabilities Regulations
Sections 4-9, 11		 Contravention of these provisions are now designated as violations directly by virtue of subsection 177(3) of Canada Transportation Act

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Date
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
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