Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act

Contents

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 Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act.

Part 1 · Amendments to the Income Tax Act, a Related Act and the Income Tax Regulations

Part 2 · Measures Relating to Sales and Excise Taxes

Part 3 · Responsible Resource Development

Division 1 — Environmental Assessment

Enactment of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012

52Enactment#

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, whose Schedules 1 to 3 are set out in the schedule to this Act, is enacted as follows:

Related Amendments to the Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Act

*67Order in council#

Sections 52 to 63 and 66 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 2 — National Energy Board Act

115Order in council#

*(1)Sections 68 to 85, 89, 90, 92 to 97 and 99 to 114 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

*(2)Sections 86 to 88, 91 and 98 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 3 — Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act

*121Order in council#

Sections 116 to 119 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 4 — Nuclear Safety and Control Act

*131Order in council#

Sections 122, 129 and 130 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

*156Order in council#

Section 132, subsections 133(1), (3) and (4), sections 135 to 138, subsection 139(2), sections 140 and 141, subsections 142(2) to (4), 144(2) to (6), 145(2) to (4) and 147(1) to (5), (7), (9) and (10), section 148, subsections 149(2) and (5) and sections 152 and 153 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 6 — Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Amendments to the Act

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendments]

Coming into Force

*162Order in council#

Sections 157 and 158 and subsections 159(2) and (4), 160(1), (3) and (4) and 161(2) and (3) come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 7 — Species at Risk Act

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

Part 4 · Various Measures

Division 1 — Measures with Respect to the Auditor General of Canada

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Currency Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Northern Pipeline Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act

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[Amendment]

Canadian Polar Commission Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Yukon Surface Rights Board Act

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[Amendment]

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canada Revenue Agency Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Transitional Provisions

193Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act#

The obligations under sections 25 and 26 of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2012 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

194Currency Act#

The obligations under subsections 21(2) and 22(2) of the Currency Act, as those subsections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2012 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

195Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Act#

The obligations under sections 17 and 18 of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2012 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

196Northern Pipeline Act#

The obligations under sections 13 and 14 of the Northern Pipeline Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2012 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

197Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Act#

The obligations under sections 19 and 20 of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2012 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

198Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act#

The obligation under subsection 13(2) of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act, as that subsection read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continues to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2011 but does not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

199Canadian Polar Commission Act#

The obligations under sections 20 and 21 of the Canadian Polar Commission Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2012 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

200National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act#

The obligations under sections 22 and 23 of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2011 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

201Yukon Surface Rights Board Act#

The obligation under subsection 23(5) of the Yukon Surface Rights Board Act, as that subsection read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continues to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2011 but does not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

202Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act#

The obligations under sections 23 and 32 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2011 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

203Canada Revenue Agency Act#

The obligations under sections 87 and 88 of the Canada Revenue Agency Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2012 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

204Canadian Institutes of Health Research Act#

The obligations under sections 31 and 32 of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent, continue to apply in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2012 but do not apply in respect of any subsequent fiscal year.

Division 2 — Life Annuity-like Products

Trust and Loan Companies Act

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[Amendment]

Bank Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Cooperative Credit Associations Act

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[Amendment]

Division 3 — PPP Canada Inc.

209Definitions#

For the purposes of this Division, appropriate Minister, Crown corporation and department have the same meanings as in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act.

209.1Acquisition of shares#

(1)For the purposes of paragraph 90(1)(b) of the Financial Administration Act, the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs may acquire the shares of PPP Canada Inc.

(2)The appropriate Minister holds the shares acquired under subsection (1).

(3)The appropriate Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, conduct any transaction referred to in any of paragraphs 90(1)(c) to (e) of the Financial Administration Act in respect of PPP Canada Inc.

(4)PPP Canada Inc. may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets.

(5)Any of the corporations that are part of the group of corporations that consists of PPP Canada Inc. and of all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the assets of the corporations, even if the assets to be sold or otherwise disposed of constitute all or substantially all of the total assets of that group.

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210Status of PPP Canada Inc.#

Except as provided in this Division, PPP Canada Inc., incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, is not an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada.

211Agent for certain activities#

PPP Canada Inc. is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada in relation to the following activities:

(a)assessing public-private partnership opportunities for departments and Crown corporations in accordance with criteria established by the Treasury Board;

(b)advising departments and Crown corporations on the implementation of public-private partnership projects;

(c)acting as a source of expertise and advice for departments and Crown corporations on public-private partnership issues; and

(d)conducting any activity specified in an order made under section 211.1.

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211.1Order in council#

The Governor in Council may, by order, specify any activity in relation to which PPP Canada Inc. is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada.^note

212Her Majesty not liable#

Her Majesty in right of Canada is not liable for any obligation or liability incurred by PPP Canada Inc. in relation to any activity other than an activity referred to in section 211.

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[Repealed, 2016, c. 7, s. 236] (repealed)

Division 4 — Territorial Borrowing Limits

Northwest Territories Act

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[Amendments]

Nunavut Act

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[Amendments]

Yukon Act

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[Amendments]

Coming into Force

*217Order in council#

This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 5 — Reporting Requirements

Financial Administration Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

Alternative Fuels Act

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[Amendment]

Public Service Employment Act

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[Amendment]

Division 6 — Social Security Tribunal and Service Delivery

Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canada Pension Plan

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendments]

Old Age Security Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Employment Insurance Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Transitional Provisions

Interpretation and General

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[Transitional Provision]

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[Transitional Provision]

Canada Pension Plan

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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]

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[Transitional Provision]

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[Transitional Provision]

Employment Insurance Act

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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]

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

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[Amendment]

Federal Courts Act

272 #

[Amendments]

Labour Adjustment Benefits Act

273 #

[Amendments]

274 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Privacy Act

276 #

[Amendment]

Income Tax Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Public Sector Compensation Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Coming into Force

281April 1, 2013#

(1)Sections 225 and 227 to 229, subsection 230(1), sections 231, 232, 235 and 236, subsection 237(1) and sections 240 to 244, 246 to 249 and 279 come into force on April 1, 2013.

(2)Sections 271 and 276 come into force on April 1, 2014.

(3)Subsections 272(1) and (3) come into force on May 1, 2014.

Division 7 — Consolidation of Privacy Codes

Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act

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[Amendment]

Canada Pension Plan

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Old Age Security Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

300 #

[Amendment]

301 #

[Amendment]

Income Tax Act

302 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

*303Order in council#

Sections 282 to 302 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 8 — Social Insurance Number Cards

Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act

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[Amendment]

Canada Pension Plan

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Employment Insurance Act

307 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Consequential Amendments

309 #

[Repealed before coming into force, 2017, c. 26, s. 54] (repealed)

Farm Income Protection Act

310 #

[Amendment]

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

311 #

[Amendment]

Wage Earner Protection Program Act

312 #

[Amendment]

Coordinating Amendment

313 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

*314Order in council#

Sections 304 to 312 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 9 — Amendments Relating to the Parks Canada Agency

Parks Canada Agency Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Canada National Parks Act

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[Amendment]

Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act

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[Amendment]

Division 10 — Financial Institutions

Trust and Loan Companies Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Bank Act

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[Amendment]

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Insurance Companies Act

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[Amendment]

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Coordinating Amendments

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

Division 11 — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

National Housing Act

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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]

Supporting Vulnerable Seniors and Strengthening Canada’s Economy Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

359Coming into force#

Despite section 26 of the Supporting Vulnerable Seniors and Strengthening Canada’s Economy Act, sections 22 to 24 of that Act come into force on the day on which this Act receives royal assent.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act

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[Amendment]

Trust and Loan Companies Act

361 #

[Amendment]

Bank Act

362 #

[Amendment]

Insurance Companies Act

363 #

[Amendment]

Cooperative Credit Associations Act

364 #

[Amendment]

Transitional Provision

365 #

[Transitional Provision]

Coordinating Amendment

366 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

367January 1, 2013 or royal assent#

(1)Sections 352 and 354 come into force on the later of January 1, 2013 and the day on which this Act receives royal assent.

*(2)Paragraph 21.52(1)(b) of the National Housing Act, as enacted by section 356, comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

*(3)Sections 361 to 364 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 12 — Integrated Cross-border Law Enforcement Operations Act

Enactment of Act

368Enactment#

The Integrated Cross-border Law Enforcement Operations Act is enacted as follows:

Amendments to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Consequential Amendments

Criminal Code

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[Amendment]

Customs Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Coming into Force

*374Order in council#

This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 13 — Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Division 14 — Canada Health Act

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[Amendment]

Division 15 — Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act

Amendments to the Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

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[Amendment]

Security of Information Act

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[Amendment]

Privacy Act

387 #

[Amendment]

Division 16 — Currency Act

388 #

[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Division 17 — Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

Amendments to the Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Consequential Amendments to the Canada Health Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Division 18 — Fisheries Act

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[Amendment]

Division 19 — Food and Drugs Act

Amendments to the Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Transitional Provisions

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[Transitional Provisions]

Consequential Amendment to the Excise Tax Act

418 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

*419Order in council#

Sections 412 to 416 and 418 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 20 — Government Employees Compensation Act

Amendments to the Act

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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]

Transitional Provision

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[Transitional Provision]

Coming into Force

*426Order in council#

This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 21 — International Development Research Centre Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

Division 22 — Canada Labour Code

Amendments to the Act

432 #

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

433 #

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

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

437 #

[Amendment]

Transitional Provisions

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[Transitional Provision]

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[Transitional Provision]

Coming into Force

440Sections 432 and 433#

*(1)Sections 432 and 433 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

*(2)Sections 434 to 439 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 23 — Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act

Repeal

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[Repeal]

Transitional Provision

442Rights and obligations not affected#

The repeal of the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act does not affect any rights or obligations acquired or incurred under a contract or agreement to which that Act applied.

Consequential Amendment to the Campobello-Lubec Bridge Act

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[Amendment]

Coming into Force

*444Order in council#

This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 24 — Old Age Security Act

Amendments to the Act

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[Amendment]

Coming into Force

*467Order in council#

(1)The provisions of this Division, other than sections 445 to 448, 451, 452, 461, 464 and 465, come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

(2)Sections 446, 448 and 451 come into force on July 1, 2013.

Division 25 — Salaries Act

Amendment to the Act

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[Amendment]

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

469 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

470 #

[Amendment]

471 #

[Amendment]

Privacy Act

472 #

[Amendment]

Division 26 — Seeds Act

Amendments to the Act

473 #

[Amendments]

474 #

[Amendment]

Coordinating Amendments

475 #

[Amendments]

Division 27 — Statutory Instruments Act

Amendments to the Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Coming into Force

*478Order in council#

This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 28 — Investment Canada Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendments]

Division 29 — Customs Act

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[Amendment]

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[Amendment]

Division 30 — Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985

4832010, c. 12, s. 1820(12)#

Subsections 39(2) and (3) of the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 are deemed to have come into force on July 27, 2004.

Division 31 — Railway Safety Act

Amendments to the Act

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

Coming into Force

486April 1, 2013#

This Division comes into force on April 1, 2013.

Division 32 — Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act

Amendments to the Act

487 #

[Amendment]

488 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

489February 1, 2014#

This Division comes into force on February 1, 2014.

Division 33 — International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Act

Amendment to the Act

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[Amendment]

Interpretation

491Definitions#

In this Division, Board, Centre, Chairman, director, Minister and President have the same meanings as in subsection 2(1) of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Act.

Closing Out of Affairs

492Application#

Sections 493 to 495 apply despite any provision of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Act.

493Number of directors#

(1)The Board may consist of fewer than 13 directors.

(2)The Board is not permitted to appoint directors under subsection 10(2) of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Act.

(3)Five directors constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board.

(4)Despite the provisions of any contract, agreement or order, no person appointed to hold office as a director, other than the President, has any right to claim or receive any compensation, damages, indemnity or other form of relief from Her Majesty in right of Canada or from any employee or agent of Her Majesty for ceasing to hold that office or for the abolition of that office by the operation of this Division.

494Disposal of assets#

(1)The Centre is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and do everything necessary for or incidental to closing out its affairs.

(2)The Centre must apply any proceeds from the disposal of its assets in satisfaction of its debts and liabilities.

(3)The Minister may give directions to the Centre to do anything that in his or her opinion is necessary

(a)in respect of the exercise of its powers under subsection 5(1) of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Act; and

(b)to sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, satisfy its debts and liabilities, manage its expenses or otherwise close out its affairs.

(4)The Centre must comply with the directions.

495Transfer of records#

The President must transfer to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development the following items, including any electronic versions of them:

(a)the books of account and other financial records, as well as any information that the Centre collected in order to produce them; and

(b)any studies that the Centre has under its control, and any other information that it has collected through research.

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Transitional Provisions

496References#

Every reference to the Centre in a deed, contract or other document executed by the Centre in its own name is to be read, unless the context otherwise requires, as a reference to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

497Surplus#

(1)Any surplus that remains after the satisfaction of the Centre’s debts and liabilities belongs to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

(2)Any of the Centre’s debts and liabilities that remain unsatisfied on the day on which this subsection comes into force become the debts and liabilities of Her Majesty in right of Canada.

498Commencement of legal proceedings#

(1)Any action, suit or other legal proceeding in respect of an obligation or liability incurred by the Centre may be brought against Her Majesty in right of Canada in any court that would have had jurisdiction if the action, suit or other legal proceeding had been brought against the Centre.

(2)Any action, suit or other legal proceeding to which the Centre is a party that is pending in a court on the coming into force of this subsection may be continued by or against Her Majesty in right of Canada in the same manner and to the same extent as it could have been continued by or against the Centre.

499Auditor#

After the closing out of the Centre’s affairs, its accounts and financial transactions shall be audited by the Auditor General of Canada, and a report of the audit shall be made to the Minister.

500Report to Parliament#

The Minister shall prepare a report, containing the Centre’s financial statements and the Auditor General’s report, within four months after this section comes into force, and shall cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the day on which the report is completed.

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

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[Amendment]

Privacy Act

502 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Superannuation Act

503 #

[Amendment]

Repeal

504 #

[Repeal]

Coming into Force

*505Order in council#

Sections 496 to 504 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 34 — Health of Animals Act

Amendments to the Act

506 #

[Amendment]

507 #

[Amendment]

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512 #

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514 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

515January 1, 2013 or royal assent#

This Division comes into force on January 1, 2013 or, if it is later, on the day on which this Act receives royal assent.

Division 35 — Canada School of Public Service Act

Amendments to the Act

516 #

[Amendment]

517 #

[Amendment]

518 #

[Amendment]

519 #

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[Amendment]

521 #

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522 #

[Amendment]

Consequential Amendments to the Financial Administration Act

523 #

[Amendment]

524 #

[Amendment]

Division 36 — Bank Act

525 #

[Amendment]

Division 37 — Corrections and Conditional Release Act

Amendments to the Act

526 #

[Amendment]

527 #

[Amendment]

Transitional Provision

528 #

[Transitional Provision]

Coordinating Amendments

529 #

[Amendments]

Coming into Force

*530Order in council#

Sections 526 to 528 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 38 — Coasting Trade Act

531 #

[Amendment]

Division 39 — Status of the Artist Act

Amendments to the Act

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533 #

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534 #

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[Amendments]

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[Amendment]

Transitional Provisions

564 #

[Transitional Provision]

565 #

[Transitional Provision]

566 #

[Transitional Provision]

567 #

[Transitional Provision]

568 #

[Transitional Provision]

569 #

[Transitional Provision]

570 #

[Transitional Provision]

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

571 #

[Amendment]

Federal Courts Act

572 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

573 #

[Amendment]

574 #

[Amendment]

575 #

[Amendment]

Privacy Act

576 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

*577Order in council#

This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 40 — National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act

Amendment to the Act

578 #

[Amendment]

Transitional Provisions

579Definition of Round Table#

For the purpose of sections 580 to 585, Round Table means the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy established by section 3 of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act.

580Appointments terminated#

(1)Members of the Round Table appointed under subsection 6(1) or (2) of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act cease to hold office on the coming into force of this subsection.

(2)Despite the provisions of any contract, agreement or order, no person appointed to hold office as a member of the Round Table has any right to claim or receive any compensation, damages, indemnity or other form of relief from Her Majesty in right of Canada or from any employee or agent of Her Majesty for ceasing to hold that office or for the abolition of that office by the operation of this Division.

581References#

Every reference to the Round Table in a deed, contract, agreement or other document executed by the Round Table in its own name is to be read as a reference to Her Majesty in right of Canada, unless the context requires otherwise.

582Surplus#

Any surplus that remains after the satisfaction of the debts and liabilities of the Round Table on the day on which section 593 comes into force belongs to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

583Unsatisfied debts and liabilities#

Any debts and liabilities of the Round Table that remain unsatisfied on the day on which section 593 comes into force become the debts and liabilities of Her Majesty in right of Canada.

584Commencement of legal proceedings#

Any action, suit or other legal proceeding in respect of an obligation or liability incurred by the Round Table may be brought against Her Majesty in right of Canada in any court that would have had jurisdiction if the action, suit or other legal proceeding had been brought against the Round Table.

585Continuation of legal proceedings#

Any action, suit or other legal proceeding to which the Round Table is a party that is pending in any court immediately before the day on which section 593 comes into force may be continued by or against Her Majesty in right of Canada in like manner and to the same extent as it could have been continued by or against the Round Table.

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

586 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

587 #

[Amendment]

588 #

[Amendment]

589 #

[Amendment]

Privacy Act

590 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Superannuation Act

591 #

[Amendment]

Public Sector Compensation Act

592 #

[Amendment]

Repeal

593 #

[Repeal]

Coming into Force

*594Order in council#

Sections 579 to 593 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 41 — Telecommunications Act

Amendments to the Act

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601 #

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Division 42 — Employment Equity Act

602 #

[Amendment]

Division 43 — Employment Insurance Act

Amendments to the Act

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(1)[Amendment]

(2)[Repealed, 2013, c. 40, s. 139] (repealed)

(3) to (5)[Amendments]

(6)[Repealed, 2013, c. 40, s. 139] (repealed)

(7)[Amendment]

610 #

(1)[Amendment]

(2)[Repealed, 2013, c. 40, s. 140] (repealed)

611 #

(1)[Amendment]

(2)[Repealed, 2013, c. 40, s. 141] (repealed)

612 #

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613 #

[Amendment]

614 #

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Transitional Provision

616 #

[Transitional Provision]

Consequential Amendments to the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board Act

617 #

[Amendment]

618 #

[Amendments]

Coming into Force

619April 7, 2013#

(1)Section 604 and subsections 608(2) and (3) come into force on April 7, 2013.

*(2)Sections 605 and 607 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

(3)[Repealed, 2013, c. 40, s. 142] (repealed)

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Division 44 — Customs Tariff

Amendments to the Act

620 #

[Amendment]

621 #

[Amendment]

622 #

[Amendment]

623 #

[Amendment]

624 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

625March 30, 2012#

(1)Sections 620 and 621 are deemed to have come into force on March 30, 2012.

(2)Sections 622 to 624 come into force on June 1, 2012.

Division 45 — Canada Marine Act

626 #

[Amendment]

Division 46 — First Nations Land Management Act

627 #

[Amendment]

628 #

[Amendment]

629 #

[Amendment]

630 #

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Division 47 — Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Act

653 #

[Amendment]

Division 48 — Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Act

654 #

[Amendment]

655 #

[Amendment]

Division 49 — First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act

Amendments to the Act

656 #

[Amendment]

657 #

[Amendments]

658 #

[Amendment]

659 #

[Amendments]

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661 #

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664 #

[Amendment]

665 #

[Amendment]

666 #

[Amendment]

Transitional Provisions

667 #

[Transitional Provision]

668 #

[Transitional Provision]

669 #

[Transitional Provision]

670 #

[Transitional Provision]

671 #

[Transitional Provision]

672 #

[Transitional Provision]

673 #

[Transitional Provision]

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

674 #

[Amendment]

675 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

676 #

[Amendment]

Indian Act

677 #

[Amendment]

678 #

[Amendment]

Privacy Act

679 #

[Amendment]

Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act

680 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

*681Order in council#

This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 50 — [Repealed before coming into force, 2017, c. 20, s. 297]

682 #

[Repealed before coming into force, 2017, c. 20, s. 297] (repealed)

683 #

[Repealed before coming into force, 2017, c. 20, s. 297] (repealed)

684 #

[Repealed, 2017, c. 20, s. 297] (repealed)

Division 51 — Repeal of the Department Of Social Development Act

Repeal

685 #

[Repeal]

National Council of Welfare

686National Council of Welfare#

(1)Members of the National Council of Welfare cease to hold office on the coming into force of this subsection.

(2)Despite the provisions of any contract, agreement or order, no person appointed to hold office as a member of the National Council of Welfare has any right to claim or receive any compensation, damages, indemnity or other form of relief from Her Majesty in right of Canada or from any employee or agent of Her Majesty for ceasing to hold that office or for the abolition of that office by the operation of this Division.

Related Amendment to the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act

687 #

[Amendment]

Consequential Amendments

Financial Administration Act

688 #

[Amendment]

689 #

[Amendment]

Salaries Act

690 #

[Amendment]

691 #

[Amendment]

Income Tax Act

692 #

[Amendment]

Public Sector Compensation Act

693 #

[Amendment]

Terminology Changes

694 #

[Amendments]

695 #

[Amendments]

Coming into Force

*696Order in council#

Sections 685 to 695 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 52 — Wage Earner Protection Program Act

Amendment to the Act

697 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

698December 15, 2011#

This Division is deemed to have come into force on December 15, 2011.

Division 53 — Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act

699 #

[Repeal]

Division 54 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Amendments to the Act

700 #

[Amendment]

701 #

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702 #

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707 #

[Amendment]

708 #

[Amendment]

Amendment to the Budget Implementation Act, 2008

709 #

[Amendment]

Coordinating Amendments

710 #

[Amendments]

Division 55 — Shared Services Canada

Shared Services Canada Act

711Enactment of Act#

The Shared Services Canada Act is enacted as follows:

Consequential Amendment to the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act

712 #

[Amendment]

Division 56 — Assisted Human Reproduction Act

Amendments to the Act

713 #

[Amendments]

714 #

[Amendment]

715 #

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717 #

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718 #

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731 #

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[Amendment]

737 #

[Amendments]

738 #

[Amendment]

739 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force of a Provision of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act

740Royal assent#

Despite section 78 of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, section 44 of that Act, as amended by section 725 of this Act, comes into force on the day on which this Act receives royal assent.

Transitional Provisions

741 #

[Transitional Provision]

742 #

[Transitional Provision]

743 #

[Transitional Provision]

744 #

[Transitional Provision]

745 #

[Transitional Provision]

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

746 #

[Amendment]

747 #

[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

748 #

[Amendments]

Privacy Act

749 #

[Amendment]

Public Service Superannuation Act

750 #

[Amendment]

Library and Archives of Canada Act

751 #

[Amendment]

Human Pathogens and Toxins Act

752 #

[Amendment]

Coming into Force

753Order in council#

*(1)Sections 715 and 716, or any provision enacted by section 716, come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

*(2)Subsection 713(2) and sections 721 to 723, 726 and 741 to 751 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

(Section 52)

Related provisions

— 2012, c. 31, s. 177An authorization issued by the Minister under section 32 or subsection 35(2) of the Fisheries Act as it existed before June 29, 2012, or under paragraph 32(2)(c) or paragraph 35(2)(b) of the Fisheries Act as it existed before the coming into force of subsection 142(2) of the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, and that is still valid on the day on which that subsection 142(2) comes into force, is deemed to be an authorization issued by the Minister under paragraph 35(2)(b) of the Fisheries Act after that coming into force.On the request of the holder of an authorization referred to in subsection (1) that is made within 90 days after the day on which subsection 142(2) of the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act comes into force, the Minister must examine the authorization, and the Minister may, within 210 days after the day on which that subsection 142(2) comes into force, confirm or amend the authorization or, if the Minister is of the opinion that the holder no longer needs an authorization, cancel it.Paragraph 40(3)(a) of the Fisheries Act does not apply to the holder of an authorization referred to in subsection (1) until 90 days after the day on which subsection 142(2) of the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act comes into force. However, if the holder makes a request under subsection (2), then that paragraph does not apply to that holder until the day on which that holder receives notice of the Minister’s decision to confirm, amend or cancel the authorization or until 210 days after the day on which that subsection 142(2) comes into force, whichever is earlier.

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