Accessible Canada Act — A-0.6 60
Initial accessibility plan 60 (1) A regulated entity that is required to comply with any provision of regulations made under subsection 170(1) of the Canada Transportation Act must, before the expiry of one year after the day fixed or determined by regulations made under subsection 63 (1) that apply to that regulated entity, prepare and publish, in accordance with this Act and regulations made under subsection 63 (1), an accessibility plan respecting (a) its policies, programs, practices and services in relation to the identification and removal of barriers, and the prevention of new barriers, in (i) the areas referred to in paragraphs 5(c) and (d) to (f), (ii) the built environment, to the extent that the built environment is a passenger aircraft, passenger train, passenger bus, passenger vessel, aerodrome passenger terminal, railway passenger station, bus passenger station or marine passenger terminal, and (iii) the area referred to in paragraph 5(c.1) as it relates to the areas referred to in paragraphs 5(c) and (d) to (f) and to the built environment referred to in subparagraph (ii); and (b) the provisions of regulations made under subsection 170(1) of the Canada Transportation Act that apply to it. Updated accessibility plan (2) The regulated entity must prepare and publish, in accordance with this Act and regulations made under subsection 63 (1), an updated version of its accessibility plan no later than the third anniversary of the day on which the plan was last published or before the expiry of the applicable period prescribed by regulations made under that subsection. Notice to Agency (3) The regulated entity must notify the Canadian Transportation Agency, within the time and in the manner prescribed in regulations made under subsection 63 (1), of the publication of every version of its accessibility plan. Duty to consult (4) The regulated entity must consult persons with disabilities in the preparation of its accessibility plan and every updated version of its accessibility plan. Manner of consultation (5) The accessibility plan must set out the manner in which the regulated entity consulted persons with disabilities in the preparation of the plan. Applicable requirements (6) The accessibility plan need not address a requirement that applies to the regulated entity and that is set out in regulations made under subsection 170(1) of the Canada Transportation Act unless the requirement has been in force at least three months before the day on which the accessibility plan must be published. Duty to make plan available on request (7) If a person makes a request in accordance with subsection (8), the regulated entity must, within the time prescribed by regulations made under subsection 63 (1), make its accessibility plan available to the person in the format prescribed by regulations made under that subsection that is indicated in the request. Conditions (8) The request must be made in the form and manner prescribed by regulations made under subsection 63 (1) and must indicate the format prescribed by regulations made under that subsection in which the accessibility plan is to be made available to the person making the request. Principles (9) The regulated entity must take into account the principles set out in section 6 when it prepares an accessibility plan or an updated version of its accessibility plan.