(1) A reporting issuer must file a separate annual certificate in the wording prescribed by the required form
(a) for each individual who, at the time of filing the annual certificate, is a certifying officer; and
(b) signed by the certifying officer.
(2) A reporting issuer must file a certificate required under subsection (1) on the later of the dates on which it files the following:
(a) its AIF if it is required to file an AIF under NI 51-102; or
(b) its annual financial statements and annual MD&A.
(3) If a venture issuer voluntarily files an AIF for a financial year after it has filed its annual financial statements, annual MD&A and annual certificates for the financial year, the venture issuer must file on the same date that it files its AIF a separate annual certificate in the wording prescribed by the required form
(a) for each individual who, at the time of filing the annual certificate, is a certifying officer; and
(b) signed by the certifying officer.
(4) A reporting issuer must file a certificate required under subsection (1) or (3) separately from the documents to which the certificate relates.