Obligation to file registration notice — other calls

(1) If, during an election period, a person or group uses their internal services to make calls by means of an automatic dialing-announcing device for any  purpose relating to the election, including a purpose referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of the definition voter contact calling services in section 348.01, the official representative of the person or group — or the person themselves, if the person is an unregistered third party who is an individual — shall file a registration notice with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

Time for filing and contents

(2) The registration notice shall be filed not later than 48 hours after the first call is made and shall set out

(a) the name of the person or group;

(b) the name, address and telephone number of the official representative or individual; and

(c) a statement that the person or group is making calls by means of an automatic dialing-announcing device.

Obligation to provide copy of identification document

(3) The official representative or individual shall, at the time of filing the registration notice, provide the Commission with their name, address and telephone number and a copy of a piece of identification authorized by the Commission that contains their name.

Deeming

(4) Except for the purposes of section 348.12, a registration notice is deemed not to have been filed if the information and the copy of the piece of identification are not provided at the time the registration notice is filed.

2014, c. 12, s. 76.