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Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

s. 150 Regulations

  • PART 3: Enforcement

Last verified: June 2026 Β· Source: justice.gc.ca

The law says

IRPA s. 150
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150 The regulations may provide for any matter relating to the purposes of sections 148 and 149, may define, for the purposes of this Act, terms used in those sections and may include provisions respecting

  • (a)the requirements and procedures applicable to a person who owns or operates a vehicle or a transportation facility;
  • (b)the costs and fees for which a person who owns or operates a vehicle or a transportation facility is liable;
  • (c)the procedures to be followed when a vehicle or other security is detained, seized, forfeited to Her Majesty in right of Canada or returned; and
  • (d)the procedures by which a person may make claim that their interest in a vehicle or other good is not affected by it being detained, seized or forfeited to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

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Sections numbered under s. 150

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IRPA s. 150.1

Regulations

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What that means

The regulations set how data gathered under this law is collected, kept, used, shared and destroyed. That includes Social Insurance Numbers. The regulations also allow sharing for national security, the defence of Canada and international agreements. Facts about a paid representative's professional conduct can go to the body that regulates them.

The law says

(1)The regulations may provide for any matter relating to

  • (a)the collection, retention, use, disclosure and disposal of information, including a Social Insurance Number, for the purposes of this Act or for the purposes of program legislation as defined in section 2 of the Canada Border Services Agency Act;
  • (b)the disclosure of information for the purposes of national security, the defence of Canada or the conduct of international affairs, including the implementation of an agreement or arrangement entered into under section 5 or 5.1 of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act or section 13 of the Canada Border Services Agency Act;
  • (c)the disclosure of information relating to the professional or ethical conduct of a person referred to in any of paragraphs 91(2)(a) to (c) in connection with a proceeding β€” other than a proceeding before a superior court β€” or application under this Act to a body that is responsible for governing or investigating that conduct or to a person who is responsible for investigating that conduct, for the purposes of ensuring that persons referred to in those paragraphs offer and provide professional and ethical representation and advice to persons in connection with such proceedings and applications;
  • (d)the retention, use, disclosure and disposal by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police of biometric information and any related personal information that is collected under this Act and provided to it for the enforcement of any law of Canada or a province;
  • (e)the disclosure of information for the purposes of cooperation between the Government of Canada and the government of a province; and
  • (f)the disclosure, for the purposes of cooperation, of information collected for the purposes of this Act to federal departments and agencies, including personal information disclosed under a written agreement or arrangement that includes the elements of personal information that may be disclosed, the purpose of disclosure, any limits on secondary use and subsequent transfer of personal information and any other relevant details.

Conditions

(2)Regulations made under subsection (1) may include conditions under which the collection, retention, use, disposal and disclosure may be made.

Guides on this part of the Act

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