Nuclear Security Regulations

27 (1) Every licensee shall post, at the entrance to each protected area and inner area, a sign that is visible to any person who is about to enter the area, stating that the licensee may not permit persons to

• (a) enter the area unless they allow a nuclear security officer to search them and everything in their possession, including any land vehicle, for weapons and explosive substances; and

• (b) leave the area unless they allow a nuclear security officer to search them and everything in their possession, including any land vehicle, for Category I, II or III nuclear material.

(2) Subject to section 27.1, no licensee shall permit any person to enter or leave a protected area or an inner area unless

• (a) on entering the area, the person and everything in their possession, including any land vehicle, has been searched for weapons and explosive substances and, in the case of a land vehicle, for unauthorized persons, by a nuclear security officer, who is physically present using appropriate detection and screening devices; and

• (b) on leaving the area, the person and everything in their possession, including any land vehicle, has been searched for Category I, II or III nuclear material by a nuclear security officer using devices capable of detecting that material.

(3) [Repealed, SOR/2006-191, s. 24]

(4) No licensee who has a reasonable suspicion that a person who is in a protected area or an inner area has in their possession weapons or explosive substances that are not under the control of a nuclear security officer or a member of an on-site nuclear response force or an off-site response force or has in their possession Category I, II or III nuclear material without the authorization of the licensee shall permit the person to remain in either area without the person and everything in their possession, including any land vehicle, being searched by a nuclear security officer for the weapons, explosive substances or nuclear material.

(5) A search of a person conducted under this section shall be

• (a) a non-intrusive search carried out by means of a hand-held scanner, a walk-through scanner or any similar device; and

• (b) if a nuclear security officer determines that it is necessary in order to maintain security, a frisk search carried out by a person of the same sex as the person being searched and extending from head to foot, down the front and rear of the body, around the legs and inside clothing folds, pockets and footwear.

(6) [Repealed, SOR/2006-191, s. 24]