Contents
- Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen…
- Short Title
- Part 1 Conflicts of Interest, Election Financing, Lobbying and Ministers’ Staff
- Part 2 Supporting Parliament
- Part 3 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Administrative Transparency and Disclosure of Wrongdoing
- Part 4 Administrative Oversight and Accountability
- Part 5 Procurement and Contracting
- [Amendment]
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Short Title
1Short title#
This Act may be cited as the Federal Accountability Act.
Part 1 · Conflicts of Interest, Election Financing, Lobbying and Ministers’ Staff
Conflict of Interest Act
Enactment of Act
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The Conflict of Interest Act is enacted as follows:
Transitional Provisions
3Positions#
(1)An employee who occupies a position in the office of the Ethics Commissioner immediately before the day on which section 81 of the Parliament of Canada Act, as enacted by section 28 of this Act, comes into force continues in that position, except that from that day the employee occupies that position in the office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.
(2)Any amount appropriated, for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force, by an appropriation Act based on the Estimates for that year for defraying the charges and expenses of the office of the Ethics Commissioner that, on the day on which this section comes into force, is unexpended is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.
(3)Every reference to the Ethics Commissioner in any deed, contract, agreement, instrument or other document executed by that person is to be read as a reference to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, unless the context otherwise requires.
(4)Any action, suit or other legal or administrative proceeding to which the Ethics Commissioner is a party that is pending on the coming into force of this section may be continued by or against the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner in a similar manner and to the same extent as it would have been continued by or against the Ethics Commissioner.
(5)All information that, on the day on which this section comes into force, is in the possession or control of the Ethics Commissioner relating to the exercise of his or her powers, duties and functions under the Parliament of Canada Act is, as of that day, under the control of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.
(6)The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner has, with respect to persons subject to and obligations established by The Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders, as issued from time to time, the same powers, duties and functions that the Ethics Counsellor or Ethics Commissioner had in relation to those persons and obligations. In addition, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner has all the powers, duties and functions of the Commissioner under the Conflict of Interest Act in relation to those persons and obligations.
(7)Subsection (6) does not apply to any person or obligation in respect of which the Ethics Counsellor or Ethics Commissioner had reached a final decision.
(8)A member of the Senate or House of Commons may, with respect to persons subject to and obligations established by The Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders, as issued from time to time, make a request to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner in accordance with section 44 of the Conflict of Interest Act.
3.1Reference to Act#
(1)In this section, the other Act means, before the day on which section 66 of this Act comes into force, the Lobbyists Registration Act and, from that day, the Lobbying Act.
(2)If, on the day on which section 27 of this Act comes into force, section 10.11 of the other Act, as enacted by section 75 of this Act, is not yet in force, persons who would otherwise be bound by section 29 of the Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders by virtue of their office and who cease to hold that office on or after that day but before the day on which that section 10.11 comes into force, are subject to the obligations established by section 29 of that Code, despite the coming into force of section 27 of this Act.
(3)The registrar referred to in section 8 of the other Act has, with respect to the persons and obligations referred to in subsection (2), the same powers, duties and functions that the Ethics Commissioner would have in relation to those persons and obligations if section 27 of this Act were not in force.
Consequential Amendments
Canada Post Corporation Act
Federal Courts Act
Financial Administration Act
First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act
Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act
Government Employees Compensation Act
Non-smokers’ Health Act
Official Languages Act
Parliament of Canada Act
Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act
Public Service Superannuation Act
Radiocommunication Act
Coordinating Amendments
Canada Elections Act
Amendments to Act
Transitional Provisions
Consequential Amendments
Income Tax Act
Lobbyists Registration Act
Amendments to Act
Terminology
Transitional Provisions
Consequential Amendments
Access to Information Act
Financial Administration Act
Official Languages Act
Privacy Act
Parliament of Canada Act
Public Service Employment Act
Amendments to Act
Transitional Provision
Coming into Force
108Order in council#
*(1)The provisions of the Conflict of Interest Act, as enacted by section 2 of this Act, sections 3 to 34 of this Act and any provisions enacted or repeals effected by those sections come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
(2)Notwithstanding subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan, the provisions of the Conflict of Interest Act, as enacted by section 2 of this Act, come into force as provided under subsection (1) but do not apply in respect of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board unless the lieutenant governor in council of each of at least two thirds of the included provinces, within the meaning of subsection 114(1) of the Canada Pension Plan, having in the aggregate not less than two thirds of the population of all of the included provinces, has signified the consent of that province to those provisions.
*(3)Sections 39 and 40, subsections 44(1) and (2) and sections 56 and 58 come into force six months after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
(4)Sections 41 to 43, subsections 44(3) and (4) and sections 45 to 55, 57 and 60 to 64 come into force or are deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2007.
(4.1)Sections 63 and 64 come into force or are deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2007, but do not apply in respect of monetary contributions made before that day.
*(5)Sections 65 to 82, 84 to 88 and 89 to 98 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
*(6)Section 99 of this Act comes into force on the day on which section 81 of the Parliament of Canada Act, as enacted by section 28 of this Act, comes into force.
Part 2 · Supporting Parliament
Access to Information Act
Auditor General Act
Official Languages Act
Parliament of Canada Act
Amendments to Act
Coordinating Amendments
Privacy Act
Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act
Transitional Provision
Part 3 · Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Administrative Transparency and Disclosure of Wrongdoing
Director of Public Prosecutions Act
Enactment of Act
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The Director of Public Prosecutions Act is enacted as follows:
Transitional Provisions
Consequential Amendments
Access to Information Act
Canada Elections Act
Department of Justice Act
Financial Administration Act
Privacy Act
Access to Information Act
Amendments to Act
Consequential Amendment
Canadian Wheat Board Act
Canada Elections Act
Amendments to Act
Transitional Provisions
Export Development Act
Library and Archives of Canada Act
Privacy Act
Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act
Amendments to Act
Coordinating Amendment
Salaries Act
Coming into Force
228Order in council#
*(1)Sections 3.01 and 3.1 of the Access to Information Act, as enacted by section 142 of this Act, and section 3.01 of the Privacy Act, as enacted by section 182 of this Act, as well as subsection 141(2), sections 143 to 149, 154 and 157 to 160, subsection 163(1), sections 164 to 179, subsection 181(2) and sections 183, 184 and 186 to 193 of this Act and any provisions enacted by those provisions come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
(2)Despite subsection (1), the definition government institution in section 3 of the Access to Information Act, as enacted by subsection 141(2) of this Act, and the definition government institution in section 3 of the Privacy Act, as enacted by subsection 181(2) of this Act, do not apply in respect of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board unless the lieutenant governor in council of each of at least two thirds of the included provinces, within the meaning of subsection 114(1) of the Canada Pension Plan, having in the aggregate not less than two thirds of the population of all of the included provinces, has signified the consent of that province to the application of those definitions to the Board.
Part 4 · Administrative Oversight and Accountability
Business Development Bank of Canada Act
Canada Council for the Arts Act
Canada Mortgage And Housing Corporation Act
Canada Post Corporation Act
Canada Revenue Agency Act
Canadian Commercial Corporation Act
Canadian Dairy Commission Act
Amendments to Act
Transitional Provision
Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act
Canadian Tourism Commission Act
Cape Breton Development Corporation Act
Criminal Code
Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation Act
Amendments to Act
Transitional Provision
Export Development Act
Farm Credit Canada Act
Financial Administration Act
Amendments to Act
Coordinating Amendments
Freshwater Fish Marketing Act
Museums Act
National Arts Centre Act
National Capital Act
Pilotage Act
Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act
Royal Canadian Mint Act
Standards Council of Canada Act
Coming into Force
300Order in council#
*(1)Subject to subsection (2), sections 239 to 242, 244, 246 to 253 and 261, subsections 262(1) and (3) and sections 263 to 266, 269, 283 to 289 and 295 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
*(2)Subsection 262(2) comes into force, in accordance with subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan, on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Part 5 · Procurement and Contracting
Auditor General Act
Department of Public Works and Government Services Act
Financial Administration Act
Amendments to Act
Coordinating Amendment
Coming into Force
314Order in council#
*(1)Sections 306 and 307 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
(2)Notwithstanding subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan, section 312 comes into force on the day on which this Act is assented to, but that section does not apply in respect of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board unless the lieutenant governor in council of each of at least two thirds of the included provinces, within the meaning of subsection 114(1) of that Act, having in the aggregate not less than two thirds of the population of all of the included provinces, has signified the consent of that province to the amendment made by that section.
[Amendment]
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