Administrative Burden Baseline

In its Red Tape Reduction Action Plan, the Government committed to build on the efforts of the Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative by requiring departments, through the Administrative Burden Baseline, to provide a count of the requirements in federal regulations that impose an administrative burden on business.

All federal regulations that are administered by Public Safety Canada that have requirements that impose administrative burden on business are identified below. The total 2014 count is 229.

Title of the regulation SOR Number 2014 Count
Conditions of Transferring Firearms and Other Weapons Regulations 98-202 26
Firearms Registration Certificates Regulations 98-201 10
Shooting Clubs and Shooting Ranges Regulations 98-212 77
Special Authority to Possess Regulations 98-208 20
Storage, Display and Transportation of Firearms and Other Weapons by Business Regulations 98-210 2
Firearms Licences Regulations 98-199 94
Total count 229

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