CanadaAccessible Transportation Planning and Reporting Regulations, accessibility plans, feedback processes and progress reports of transportation entities
Accessible Transportation Planning and Reporting Regulations, SOR/2021-243
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
As of .
What it requires
- If you are a regulated entity required to comply with any provision of regulations made under subsection 170(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, in Class 2 (a regulated entity described in paragraph 7(1)(e) or (f) of the Act with an average of 100 or more employees) your first accessibility plan was due before the expiry of one year after , and in Class 3 (an average of 10 or more but fewer than 100 employees) after ; Class 1, a regulated entity referred to in paragraphs 7(1)(a) to (c) of the Act, had (ss. 2(1) and 3(1) with s. 60(1) of the Act).
- Publish an updated plan no later than the third anniversary of the day the preceding plan was required to have been published (s. 3(3)).
- Publish each plan, feedback process description and progress report on the main digital platform you own, operate or control and use to communicate information to the public, on the homepage or home screen or by a hyperlink from it, in clear, simple and concise language and in a format that meets the requirements of Level AA conformance of the WCAG, as amended from time to time (ss. 1(1), 5(1), 9(1) and 13(1)).
- If you do not use a digital platform to communicate information to the public, publish a print copy of the plan, feedback process description and progress report in a conspicuous location in the main reception area of each publicly accessible business location (ss. 5(2), 9(2) and 13(2)).
- Notify the Canadian Transportation Agency electronically within 48 hours after publishing each version of a plan, feedback process description or progress report (ss. 6, 11 and 15).
- On request, make the plan, feedback process description or progress report available in print, large print, braille, audio format or an electronic format compatible with adaptive technology, within 45 days for braille or audio and otherwise within 15 days (Class 1 and Class 2) or 20 days (Class 3) (ss. 7, 10 and 16).
- Allow feedback by any means by which you communicate with the public, allow it to be anonymous, acknowledge receipt of feedback other than anonymous feedback in the same manner it was received, and designate and publicly identify a person or position to receive it (s. 8).
- Publish the description of your feedback process on the same day that you publish your accessibility plan (s. 9(3)).
- Publish a progress report by June 1 in each calendar year in which no plan is due (Class 2 and Class 3), or no later than the anniversary of your fixed day (Class 1) (s. 14).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
If you get it wrong
Penalty structure
Section 177 (3) of the Canada Transportation Act sets $250,000 as the maximum amount payable for each violation of subsections 60(1) to (4) and (7), 61(1) to (3) and 62(1) to (3) and (6) of the Accessible Canada Act.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- CAD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 250,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Canadian Transportation Agency, which designates the enforcement officers who issue notices of violation
What it reaches
Instrument type
a regulation made under an act
Obligation class
Reporting, Disclosure
Applicability criteria
- As of
- Combinator
- Any of
- Criteria
- every regulated entity referred to in any of paragraphs 7(1)(a) to (c) of the Act that is required to comply with any provision of regulations made under subsection 170(1) of the Canada Transportation Act
- every regulated entity referred to in paragraph 7(1)(e) or (f) of the Act that is required to comply with any provision of regulations made under subsection 170(1) of the Canada Transportation Act and whose average number of employees in the current calendar year is 100 or more
- every regulated entity referred to in paragraph 7(1)(e) or (f) of the Act that is required to comply with any provision of regulations made under subsection 170(1) of the Canada Transportation Act and whose average number of employees in the current calendar year is 10 or more but fewer than 100
What this law does
Section 3 fixes the day from which the year to publish an initial accessibility plan runs for each class of regulated transport entity. Section 5 requires a regulated transport entity to publish its plan in a format that meets the requirements of Level AA conformance that are set out in the WCAG. The Regulations define the WCAG as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines published by the World Wide Web Consortium, as amended from time to time.
Section 6 requires the entity to notify the Canadian Transportation Agency of each publication of its plan within 48 hours. Section 9 requires the description of the feedback process to be published in a format that meets the requirements of Level AA conformance that are set out in the WCAG. Section 14 requires a Class 2 or Class 3 regulated transport entity to publish a progress report by June 1 in each calendar year in which it is not required to publish an accessibility plan.
Section 177 of the Canada Transportation Act makes a contravention of subsections 60(1) to (4) and (7), 61(1) to (3) and 62(1) to (3) and (6) of the Accessible Canada Act a violation with a maximum amount payable of $250,000 for each violation. The Regulations came into force on the day on which they were registered.
Section 179 of the Canada Transportation Act treats a violation that is committed or continued on more than one day as a separate violation for each day on which it is committed or continued.
When LexLint raises it
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