Body armour
3 Subject to section 4, no individual shall possess body armour
without a valid permit issued under this Act.
Exemptions
4 Subject to the regulations, the following individuals or classes
of individuals are exempt from the requirement to hold a permit
issued under this Act:
(a) members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
members of a police service as defined in the Police Act,
and peace officers while acting within the scope of their
authority and in the course of their employment or
designation;
(b) an ambulance attendant under the Emergency Health
Services Act while the ambulance attendant is acting
within the scope of the ambulance attendant’s authority
and in the course of the ambulance attendant’s
employment or designation;
(c) an individual designated as an inspector under section 98
of the Gaming and Liquor Act while the inspector is
acting within the scope of the inspector’s employment;
(d) an individual who is a security services licensee or an
investigator licensee under the Security Services and
Investigators Act while the licensee is acting within the
scope of the licensee’s authority and in the course of the
licensee’s employment or designation;
(e) a wildlife officer under the Wildlife Act while the wildlife
officer is acting within the scope of the wildlife officer’s
authority and in the course of the wildlife officer’s
employment or designation;
(f) an individual who has been issued a valid licence under
the Firearms Act (Canada);
(g) a firefighter while the firefighter is acting in the course of
the firefighter’s employment;
(h) a business owner, or an employee of a business, who in
the ordinary course of that business or employment
purchases, sells, transports or otherwise deals with body
armour;
(i) an individual who has been authorized to use or permitted
to wear body armour under the authority of an enactment;
(j) an individual designated or described in the regulations
for the purposes of this section.
