§12.1 General requirements

12.1 (1) A person who handles, offers for transport or transports dangerous goods by aircraft between Canada and another country must do so in accordance with the ICAO Technical Instructions and the following provisions of these Regulations:

(a) in Part 1 (Coming into Force, Repeal, Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases),

(i) section 1.7, Safety requirements, documents, safety marks,

(ii) paragraphs 1.8(a) and (b), Prohibition: explosives,

(iii) [Repealed, SOR/2017-137]

(iv) [Repealed, SOR/2023-155, s. 46]

(v) [Repealed, SOR/2023-155, s. 46]

(vi) [Repealed, SOR/2002-306]

(vii) section 1.20, National Defence, and

(viii) section 1.43, Class 7, Radioactive Materials;

(b) in Part 2 (Classification),

(i) section 2.2, Responsibility for classification,

(ii) section 2.36, Infectious substances,

(iii) section 2.37, General, Class 7, Radioactive Materials, and

(iv) subparagraphs 2.43(b)(iv) and (v), concerning classifying in Class 9 dangerous goods that are environmentally hazardous substances;

(c) in Part 3 (Documentation),

(i) section 3.1, Consignor responsibilities,

(ii) subsections 3.2(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6), Carrier responsibilities,

(iii) subsection 3.4(1), Legibility and language,

(iv) paragraph 3.5(1)(f) and subsection 3.5(2), concerning a 24-hour number on a shipping document,

(v) subsections 3.6(1) and (2), which require the ERAP reference number and telephone number on a shipping document, and

(vi) section 3.11, Keeping shipping document information;

(d) in Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Safety Marks),

(i) section 4.2, Misleading dangerous goods safety marks,

(ii) section 4.4, Consignor responsibilities,

(iii) subsection 4.5(1), Carrier responsibilities,

(iv) subsection 4.7(1), Labels and placards: size and orientation, and

(v) section 4.9, Removal of dangerous goods safety marks;

(e) in Part 5 (Means of Containment),

(i) section 5.2, Requirements for a standardized means of containment to be in standard,

(ii) section 5.3, Certification safety marks on a means of containment,

(iii) section 5.6, UN standardized means of containment, and

(iv) section 5.10, Means of containment for Class 2, Gases;

(f) Part 6 (Training);

(g) Part 7 (Emergency Response Assistance Plan);

(h) Part 8 (Reporting Requirements);

(i) Part 13 (Protective Direction); and

(j) Part 14 (Permit for Equivalent Level of Safety).

(2) A person who handles, offers for transport or transports dangerous goods by aircraft within Canada must do so in accordance with the ICAO Technical Instructions and the provisions of these Regulations referred to in subsection (1).

(3) Despite subsection (2), a person may handle, offer for transport or transport dangerous goods by aircraft within Canada in accordance with the requirements of sections 12.4 to 12.17.

SOR/2002-306, s. 39; SOR/2008-34, s. 93; SOR/2016-95, s. 41; SOR/2017-137, s. 59; SOR/2019-101, s. 22; SOR/2023-155, s. 46