A Notice of Penalty Assessment is the document in which the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) issues an assessment of an Administrative Monetary Penalty (“AMP”) against an importer. An AMP is a monetary penalty of a civil nature (rather than criminal) imposed by the CBSA for a contravention of an Act, regulation or by-law. The
Truckers (highway commercial carriers) can appeal the imposition of administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) imposed by the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) for failure to meet advance commercial information (ACI) reporting requirements. The appeals are filed with the CBSA, Recourse Directorate. We spoke to a source at the Recourse Direcotrate this week who informed us that