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Public Service Modernization Act

Public Service Modernization Act

In forceThis text since 1 Jan 2014law://ca/sc/2003/22@2026-11-10

Version in force onWhereCanada

Contents

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen…
1 Short title
Part 1 Public Service Labour Relations Act
Part 2 Amendments to the Financial Administration Act
Part 3 Public Service Employment Act
Part 4 Amendments to the Canadian Centre for Management Development Act
Part 5 Transitional
Part 6 Consequential Amendments
Part 7 Coordinating Amendments
Part 8 Repeals
Part 9 Coming into Force
Schedule 1 [Amendment]
Schedule 2 (Section 13)
Related provisions

Contents

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen…
1 Short title
Part 1 Public Service Labour Relations Act
Part 2 Amendments to the Financial Administration Act
Part 3 Public Service Employment Act
Part 4 Amendments to the Canadian Centre for Management Development Act
Part 5 Transitional
Part 6 Consequential Amendments
Part 7 Coordinating Amendments
Part 8 Repeals
Part 9 Coming into Force
Schedule 1 [Amendment]
Schedule 2 (Section 13)
Related provisions

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1Short title#

This Act may be cited as the Public Service Modernization Act.

Part 1 · Public Service Labour Relations Act

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The Public Service Labour Relations Act is enacted as follows:

Part 2 · Amendments to the Financial Administration Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Part 3 · Public Service Employment Act

Division 1 — Enactment of Act

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The Public Service Employment Act is enacted as follows:

13Schedule to the Public Service Employment Act#

The schedule to the Public Service Employment Act enacted by section 12 of this Act is set out in Schedule 2 to this Act.

Division 2 — Amendments to the Public Service Employment Act

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[Amendment]

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[Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3] (repealed)

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[Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3] (repealed)

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[Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3] (repealed)

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[Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3] (repealed)

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[Amendment]

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[Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3] (repealed)

Part 4 · Amendments to the Canadian Centre for Management Development Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Part 5 · Transitional

Division 1 — Transitional Provisions Arising from the Enactment of the Public Service Labour Relations Act in Part 1

Interpretation

36 #

[Transitional provision]

Public Service Staff Relations Board

37 #

[Transitional provision]

38 #

[Transitional provision]

39 #

[Transitional provision]

40 #

[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

Bargaining Agents and Bargaining Units

48 #

[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

Managerial or Confidential Position

50 #

[Transitional provision]

Choice of Process for Dispute Resolution

51 #

[Transitional provision]

Collective Agreements and Arbitral Awards

52 #

[Transitional provision]

53 #

[Transitional provision]

Conciliators and Fact Finders

54 #

[Transitional provision]

55 #

[Transitional provision]

Alternate Dispute Resolution Process

56 #

[Transitional provision]

Arbitration

57 #

[Transitional provision]

Designations, Conciliation and Prohibitions

58 #

[Transitional provision]

Complaints

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

Grievances

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

Division 2 — Transitional Provision Arising from the Amendments to the Financial Administration Act in Part 2

67 #

[Transitional provision]

Division 3 — Transitional Provisions Arising from Part 3

68 #

[Transitional provision]

Subdivision A — Transitional Provisions Arising from the Enactment of the Public Service Employment Act in Division 1 of Part 3

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

Subdivision B — Transitional Provisions Arising from the Amendments to the Public Service Employment Act in Division 2 of Part 3

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[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

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[Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3] (repealed)

Division 4 — Transitional Provisions Arising from the Amendments to the Canadian Centre for Management Development Act in Part 4

85 #

[Transitional provision]

86 #

[Transitional provision]

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[Transitional provision]

Part 6 · Consequential Amendments

Division 1 — Consequential Amendments Arising from the Enactment of the Public Service Labour Relations Act in Part 1 and the Amendments to the Financial Administration Act in Part 2

Access to Information Act

88 #

[Amendment]

Aeronautics Act

89 #

[Amendment]

Auditor General Act

90 #

[Amendment]

91 #

[Amendment]

92 #

[Amendment]

Bank of Canada Act

93 #

[Amendment]

94 #

[Amendment]

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Act

95 #

[Amendment]

96 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canada Elections Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canada Evidence Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canada Grain Act

106 #

[Amendment]

Canada Labour Code

107 #

[Amendment]

108 #

[Amendment]

109 #

[Amendments]

110 #

[Amendment]

111 #

[Amendment]

112 #

[Amendment]

Canada Marine Act

113 #

[Amendment]

114 #

[Amendment]

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act

115 #

[Amendment]

116 #

[Amendment]

Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act

117 #

[Amendment]

118 #

[Amendments]

119 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

122 #

[Amendment]

123 #

[Amendments]

124 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act

127 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canada Pension Plan

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[Amendment]

130 #

[Amendment]

Canada Petroleum Resources Act

131 #

[Amendment]

Canada School of Public Service Act

132 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

133 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Commercial Corporation Act

134 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act

135 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Forces Superannuation Act

136 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Human Rights Act

137 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Act

138 #

[Amendment]

139 #

[Amendment]

140 #

[Amendment]

141 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Payments Act

142 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act

143 #

[Amendments]

144 #

[Amendment]

145 #

[Amendment]

146 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Space Agency Act

147 #

[Amendment]

Children’s Special Allowances Act

148 #

[Amendment]

Citizenship Act

149 #

[Amendment]

Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act

150 #

[Amendment]

151 #

[Amendment]

Cooperative Energy Act

152 #

[Amendment]

153 #

[Amendment]

Copyright Act

154 #

[Amendment]

Corrections and Conditional Release Act

155 #

[Amendment]

Courts Administration Service Act

156 #

[Amendment]

157 #

[Amendment]

Defence Production Act

158 #

[Amendment]

159 #

[Amendment]

Department of Human Resources Development Act

160 #

[Amendment]

Department of Veterans Affairs Act

161 #

[Amendment]

Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act

162 #

[Amendment]

Employment Equity Act

163 #

[Amendment]

164 #

[Amendment]

165 #

[Amendment]

Farm Products Agencies Act

166 #

[Amendment]

Federal Court Act

167 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

168 #

[Amendment]

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Hazardous Materials Information Review Act

171 #

[Amendment]

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

172 #

[Amendment]

173 #

[Amendment]

Inquiries Act

174 #

[Amendment]

National Film Act

175 #

[Amendment]

Non-smokers’ Health Act

176 #

[Amendment]

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act

177 #

[Amendment]

Old Age Security Act

178 #

[Amendment]

179 #

[Amendment]

Parks Canada Agency Act

180 #

[Amendment]

181 #

[Amendment]

Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act

182 #

[Amendments]

183 #

[Amendment]

184 #

[Amendment]

185 #

[Amendment]

186 #

[Amendment]

187 #

[Amendments]

Pension Act

188 #

[Amendment]

Privacy Act

189 #

[Amendment]

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

190 #

[Amendment]

191 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Employment Act

192 #

[Amendment]

193 #

[Amendments]

194 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Public Service Superannuation Act

209 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

211 #

[Amendments]

212 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

214 #

[Amendment]

Publication of Statutes Act

215 #

[Amendment]

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

216 #

[Amendment]

217 #

[Amendment]

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act

218 #

[Amendment]

Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act

219 #

[Amendment]

Status of the Artist Act

220 #

[Amendment]

221 #

[Amendment]

War Veterans Allowance Act

222 #

[Amendment]

Terminology Changes

223 #

[Amendments]

224 #

[Amendments]

225 #

[Amendments]

226 #

The amendments made by this Part to replace the expressions “public service of Canada” and “Public Service” by the expressions “federal public administration” and “public service”, respectively, are to be considered as terminology changes only and are not to be held to operate as new law.

Division 2 — Consequential Amendments Arising from Part 3

Subdivision A — Consequential Amendments Arising from the Enactment of the Public Service Employment Act in Division 1 of Part 3

Auditor General Act

227 #

[Amendment]

228 #

[Amendment]

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Act

229 #

[Amendment]

230 #

[Amendment]

Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act

231 #

[Amendment]

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

232 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Act

233 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act

234 #

[Amendment]

Canadian Space Agency Act

235 #

[Amendment]

Employment Equity Act

236 #

[Amendment]

237 #

[Amendment]

238 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

239 #

[Amendment]

National Film Act

240 #

[Amendment]

Parks Canada Agency Act

241 #

[Amendment]

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

242 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Labour Relations Act

243 #

[Amendment]

Referendum Act

244 #

[Amendment]

Veterans Benefit Act

245 #

[Amendment]

Subdivision B — Consequential Amendments Arising from the Amendments to the Public Service Employment Act in Division 2 of Part 3

Access to Information Act

246 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

247 #

[Amendment]

Privacy Act

248 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Staff Relations Act

249 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Superannuation Act

250 #

[Amendment]

Division 3 — Consequential Amendments Arising from the Amendments to the Canadian Centre for Management Development Act in Part 4

Access to Information Act

251 #

[Amendment]

252 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

253 #

[Amendment]

254 #

[Amendment]

Privacy Act

255 #

[Amendment]

256 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Staff Relations Act

257 #

[Amendment]

258 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Superannuation Act

259 #

[Amendment]

260 #

[Amendment]

Revolving Funds Act

261 #

[Amendment]

Part 7 · Coordinating Amendments

Public Service Modernization Act

262 #

[Amendment]

263 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

264 #

[Amendment]

265 #

[Amendment]

266 #

[Amendment]

267 #

[Amendment]

268 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Employment Act

269 #

[Amendment]

270 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Employment Act

271 #

[Amendment]

272 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Labour Relations Act

273 #

[Amendment]

274 #

[Amendment]

275 #

[Amendment]

Yukon Act

276 #

[Amendment]

Bill C-2

277 #

[Amendment]

Bill C-6

278 #

[Amendment]

Bill C-12

279 #

[Amendment]

Bill C-13

280 #

[Amendment]

Bill C-17

281 #

[Amendment]

Bill C-18

282 #

[Amendment]

Bill C-19

283 #

[Amendment]

Part 8 · Repeals

284 #

[Repeal]

285 #

[Repeal]

Part 9 · Coming into Force

*286Coming into force#

(1)Subject to subsection (2), the provisions of this Act, other than sections 1 and 262 to 285, or the provisions of any Act enacted by this Act, come into force on a day or days fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

(2)Part 2 of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, as enacted by section 2 of this Act, or any provision of that Part, comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, made on the recommendation of the Minister, within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of that Act, after consultation with the Chairperson of the Public Service Labour Relations Board appointed under section 12 of that Act.

Schedule 1

[Amendment]

Schedule 2 · (Section 13)

Related provisions

— 2017, c. 9, s. 55(2)Unless the context requires otherwise, every reference to the Public Service Labour Relations Act in any provision of an Act of Parliament other than a provision referred to in subsection (1) is to be read as a reference to the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act.

Federal laws of Canada reproduced under the Reproduction of Federal Law Order (SI/97-5); not the official version. Source: Justice Laws Website.

Key facts

Type: Act · S.C. 2003, c. 22
Enacted: 7 Nov 2003
Last amended: 1 Jan 2014
Text current to: 22 Jun 2019
Official: Justice Laws Website

History · 7 versions

1 Jan 2014Reading
31 Dec 2005
1 Apr 2005
1 Dec 2004
1 Apr 2004
20 Nov 2003
7 Nov 2003

What changed on 1 Jan 2014

Connections

Cited by 7: Public Service Official Languages Exclusion Approval Order; Definition of Promotion Regulations; Regulations Establishing Periods of Probation and Periods of Notice of Termination of Employment During Probation; Political Activities Regulations; Public Service Employment Regulations2 provisions; Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Regulations2 provisions; Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act Separate Agency Designation Order
Cites 2: Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act; Public Service Employment Act