T-16, r. 0.1 - Regulation respecting security screening exemption cards for courts of justice

Updated to 1 September 2012

This document has official status.

chapter T-16, r. 0.1

Regulation respecting security screening exemption cards for courts of justice

Courts of Justice Act

(chapter T-16, s. 282.0.10).

1. A security screening exemption card may be issued to gain access to a building or part of the building occupied or used by the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court and the Court of Québec, in which security screening measures are in effect, to persons who are not exempt by Part VII.1 of the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16) and are part of the following categories:

(1)  persons who have their place of work in the building or part of the building covered by the security screening;

(2)  journalists, camera operators and press photographers who, to carry on their activities, are mainly assigned to the building or part of the building and who prove their status and assignment.

M.O. 0075-2011, s. 1.

2. Members of a body of the Administration who prove their status may obtain a card to carry on their activities.

A body of the Administration is a body a majority of the members of which are appointed by the Government or by a Minister and whose personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1).

M.O. 0075-2011, s. 2.

3. To be issued an exemption card, a person must make an application to the Minister of Public Security or the Minister’s delegate.

The card includes the name, quality and photograph of its holder. The photograph is to be renewed at least once every 5 years.

The card remains the property of the Minister of Public Security.

M.O. 0075-2011, s. 3.

4. The card may only be used by its holder and gives access to the building or part of the building without being screened.

At every passage, the card holder must present the card to the security screening officers or, as the case may be, to the identity scanner installed for that purpose.

M.O. 0075-2011, s. 4.

5. In the event of a stolen or lost card, the card holder must so notify the Minister of Public Security or the Minister’s delegate as soon as possible so that the card may be deactivated.

M.O. 0075-2011, s. 5.

6. A card holder must return the card to the Minister of Public Security or the Minister’s delegate as soon as the person is no longer part of the categories of persons determined in this Regulation.

The card must also be returned when the card holder is so required by the Minister of Public Security or the Minister’s delegate.

M.O. 0075-2011, s. 6.

7. (Omitted).

M.O. 0075-2011, s. 7.

REFERENCES

M.O. 0075-2011, 2011 G.O. 2, 3045