Short Title
This Order may be cited as the Inspection of Defence Materiel Order.
Interpretation
In this Order,
Department means the Department of National Defence; (ministère)
Minister means the Minister of National Defence. (ministre)
Authorization
Subject to section 4, the Minister is authorized to provide for the inspection of defence materiel being produced by Canadian industry in Canada on behalf of allied, foreign and Commonwealth governments.
Terms and Conditions
The authority granted to the Minister under section 3 is subject to the following terms and conditions:
the inspection resources of the Department shall be provided without charge if reciprocal no-charge arrangements have been entered into between Canada and the country concerned;
the facilities of inspection services shall be provided under the following circumstances:
without charge in those cases where no reciprocal no-charge arrangement exists and the inspection services can be provided without additional cost to the Crown and within the existing inspection resources of inspection services of the Department,
when no reciprocal no-charge arrangement exists and the inspection services cannot be provided without additional significant cost to the Crown, such additional costs incurred in the carrying out of the inspection shall be recovered for the Department by the Department of Supply and Services from the foreign government concerned;
the facilities of the Canadian Forces be provided, subject to Treasury Board approval, under the following circumstances:
without charge in those cases where no reciprocal no-charge arrangement exists and the inspection services can be provided without additional cost to the Crown and within the existing inspection resources of the Canadian Forces,
when no reciprocal no-charge arrangement exists and the inspection services cannot be provided without additional significant cost to the Crown, such additional costs incurred in the carrying out of the inspection shall be recovered for the Department by the Department of Supply and Services from the foreign government concerned; and
no liability is assumed by the Crown in respect of or resulting from any such inspection.