TOBACCO ACTTobacco (Seizure and Restoration) RegulationsP.C.1999-198 19992
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Whereas, pursuant to section 42.1 of the Tobacco Acta, the Minister of Health laid a copy of the proposed Tobacco (Seizure and Restoration) Regulations, in the annexed form, before the House of Commons on June 3, 1998 and the House of Commons did not concur in any report from a committee respecting the proposed regulations within the following thirty sitting days;Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to section 42 of the Tobacco Acta, hereby makes the annexed Tobacco (Seizure and Restoration) Regulations.S.C. 1997, c. 13InterpretationIn these Regulations, Act means the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act.2018, c. 9, s. 77SeizureWhen an inspector seizes a tobacco product or other thing pursuant to subsection 39(1) of the Act, the inspector shall provide its owner or the person in charge of the place from which it was seized with a copy of these Regulations and of section 40 of the Act.Application for RestorationService of NoticeA notice referred to in subsection 40(1) of the Act shall be served by registered mail on the Minister at least 15 clear days before the day on which the application for an order of restoration is to be made to the provincial court judge.SOR/2016-104, s. 1Contents of NoticeA notice referred to in subsection 40(1) of the Act must specifythe provincial court judge to whom the application for an order of restoration is to be made;the time when and the place where the application is to be heard;the tobacco product or other thing seized in respect of which the application is to be made; andthe evidence on which the applicant intends to rely to establish that the applicant is entitled to possession of the product or other thing seized in respect of which the application is to be made.Coming into ForceThese Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.