Contents
- His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen…
- Short Title
- Part 1 Amendments to the Income Tax Act and Other Legislation
- Part 2 Global Minimum Tax Act
- Part 3 Amendments to the Excise Tax Act, the Excise Act, the Excise Act, 2001, the Underused Housing Tax Act, the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act and Other Related Texts
- Part 4 Various Measures
His 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 Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1.
Part 1 · Amendments to the Income Tax Act and Other Legislation
Income Tax Act
Income Tax Regulations
Coordinating Amendments
Part 2 · Global Minimum Tax Act
Enactment of Act
Consequential Amendments
Access to Information Act
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
Criminal Code
Excise Tax Act
Export Development Act
Financial Administration Act
Tax Court of Canada Act
Customs Act
Income Tax Act
Canada Revenue Agency Act
Air Travellers Security Charge Act
Excise Act, 2001
Underused Housing Tax Act
Select Luxury Items Tax Act
Coordinating Amendments
Part 3 · Amendments to the Excise Tax Act, the Excise Act, the Excise Act, 2001, the Underused Housing Tax Act, the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act and Other Related Texts
Division 1 — Excise Tax Act (GST/HST)
Division 2 — Excise Act, Excise Act, 2001 and Other Related Texts (Alcohol, Tobacco and Vaping Products)
Excise Act
Excise Act, 2001
Regulations Relieving Special Duty on Certain Tobacco Products
133#
(1)The Regulations Relieving Special Duty on Certain Tobacco Products are repealed.
(2)Subsection (1) comes into force on the first day of the month after the month in which this Act receives royal assent.
Stamping and Marking of Tobacco, Cannabis and Vaping Products Regulations
Regulations Respecting Prescribed Brands of Manufactured Tobacco and Prescribed Cigarettes
Division 3 — Underused Housing Tax Act and Underused Housing Tax Regulations
Underused Housing Tax Act
Underused Housing Tax Regulations
Division 4 — Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Part 1)
Part 4 · Various Measures
Division 1 — Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 (Extension of Prohibition on Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians)
Division 2 — Canada Mortgage Bonds Program
National Housing Act
Borrowing Authority Act
Coordinating Amendments
Division 3 — National School Food Program
154Bilateral agreement#
(1)The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development may enter into a bilateral agreement with the government of a province respecting a national program for providing food in schools.
(2)Any amount payable for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2024 under such a bilateral agreement is payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(3)The maximum aggregate amount that may be paid out under subsection (2) in respect of all provinces is $70,100,000.
Division 4 — Student Loan Forgiveness
Canada Student Loans Act
Canada Student Financial Assistance Act
Coming into Force
Division 5 — Canada Education Savings Act
Amendments to the Act
Consequential Amendments to the Income Tax Act
Coming into Force
171Order in council#
*(1)Section 162, subsection 163(2), sections 166 to 168, subsection 169(1) and section 170 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
*(2)Subsections 163(1), (3) and (4), sections 164 and 165 and subsection 169(2) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, but that day must be later than the day fixed under subsection (1) and after March 31, 2028.
Division 6 — Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act
Division 7 — Measures Relating to Modernizing International Financial Institutions
Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act
International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act
Division 8 — International Financial Assistance Act
Division 9 — Export Development Act
Division 10 — Financial Administration Act (Exemption Related to Certain Crown Corporations)
Division 11 — Financial Administration Act (Information Disclosure Requirements)
Division 12 — Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
Division 13 — Private Sector Pension Plans
Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985
Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act
Coming into Force
Division 14 — Canada Pension Plan
Amendments to the Act
Consequential Amendment to the Canada Pension Plan Regulations
Coming into Force
196Non-application — subsection 114(2) of Canada Pension Plan#
(1)Subsection 114(2) of the Canada Pension Plan does not apply in respect of the amendments to that Act contained in this Division.
*(2)This Division, other than subsections 187(1) and (3), sections 191 and 193, subsection 194(2) and section 195, 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.
Division 15 — Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act
Division 16 — Consumer-Driven Banking Framework
Consumer-Driven Banking Act
Related Amendments to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act
Coming into Force
Division 17 — Bank Act
Division 18 — Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act
Division 19 — Bank of Canada Act
Division 20 — Canada Business Corporations Act
Division 21 — Canada Labour Code (Improving Access to Protections for Employees)
Amendments to the Act
Transitional Provisions
243Presumptions and burdens of proof#
Sections 6.1, 6.2, 123.2, 123.3, 167.01 and 167.2 of the Canada Labour Code, as enacted by sections 235, 239 and 242, do not apply to any proceeding commenced before the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
244Section 167.1 of Canada Labour Code#
Section 167.1 of the Canada Labour Code, as enacted by section 242, only applies to a proceeding in respect of a contravention that is alleged to have occurred on or after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
Division 22 — Canada Labour Code (Policy on Disconnecting and Other Measures)
Amendments to the Act
Transitional Provisions
256Definitions#
(1)The following definitions apply in this section.
commencement day means the day on which this section comes into force. (date de référence)
former Act means the Canada Labour Code as it read immediately before commencement day. (ancienne loi)
new Act means the Canada Labour Code as it reads on commencement day. (nouvelle loi)
(2)In any complaint made under subsection 251.01(1) of the former Act that relates to an amount referred to in subsection 230(1) or 235(1) of that Act and that is ongoing on the commencement day, the Head or the Board, as those expressions are defined in section 2 of that Act, or the court, as the case may be, must consider subsections 230(1.01) and 235(1.1) of the new Act as if they were in force at the time of the termination of employment.
(3)For greater certainty, for the purposes of subsection (2), a complaint is ongoing until all procedures for review and appeal available at law have been exhausted.
(4)In any complaint made under subsection 251.01(1) of the new Act that relates to an amount referred to in subsection 230(1) or 235(1) of that Act with respect to a termination of employment that occurred before the commencement day, the Head, as that expression is defined in section 2 of that Act, must consider subsections 230(1.01) and 235(1.1) of the new Act as if they were in force at the time of the termination.
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Coordinating Amendments
Coming into Force
Division 23 — Employment Insurance Act
Division 24 — An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada’s Official Languages
Division 25 — Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program
261Loan guarantees#
(1)A corporation that is to be incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canada Development Investment Corporation for the purpose of providing loan guarantees as part of an Indigenous loan guarantee program is authorized to provide such guarantees. The aggregate of the principal and interest in respect of all the guarantees must not exceed $5,000,000,000, or any greater amount that may be authorized by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance.
(2)The Minister of Finance must pay out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund any amounts to the subsidiary that are necessary for the payment of the principal and interest in respect of the guarantees referred to in subsection (1) and all other amounts required by the subsidiary to discharge its obligations under those guarantees or to exercise any rights or protect the interests of His Majesty in right of Canada.
262Agent of His Majesty#
The subsidiary referred to in section 261 is for all its purposes an agent of His Majesty in right of Canada.
263Non-application of provisions#
(1)Section 91 and subsection 100(1) of the Financial Administration Act do not apply to or in respect of the subsidiary referred to in section 261 or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries.
(2)Subsections 89(1), (4) and (6) and section 89.1 of the Financial Administration Act apply to or in respect of the subsidiary as if it were a parent Crown corporation.
Division 26 — Red Dress Alert
264Payments out of C.R.F.#
On the requisition of the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, there may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, for the period beginning on September 1, 2024 and ending on March 31, 2027, a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $1.3 million for the purpose of carrying out engagement on a pilot project for the creation of a Red Dress Alert, a public alert system for missing Indigenous women and girls, two-spirit Indigenous persons and gender-diverse Indigenous persons, and making direct payments to the participating entities or individuals.
Division 27 — Subsidiary of VIA Rail Canada Inc.
265Definition of subsidiary#
In this Division, subsidiary means the subsidiary of VIA Rail Canada Inc. incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act on November 29, 2022 with the corporate name VIA HFR - VIA TGF Inc.
Division 28 — Impact Assessment Act
Amendments to the Act
Transitional Provisions
302Definitions#
(1)The following definitions apply in this section and sections 303 to 318.
amended Act means the Impact Assessment Act, as it reads on or after the commencement day. (loi modifiée)
commencement day means the day on which this section comes into force. (date de référence)
2012 Act means the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, section 52 of chapter 19 of the Statutes of Canada, 2012. (Loi de 2012)
(2)Words and expressions used in sections 303 to 318 have the same meaning as in section 2 of the amended Act.
303Designation of physical activity#
(1)Despite subsection 9(4) of the amended Act, if, in respect of a request referred to in subsection 9(1) of the amended Act that the Minister received before the commencement day, the Minister has not responded to the request before that day, the Minister must respond, with reasons, within 90 days after that day. The Minister must ensure that the response is posted on the Internet site.
(2)Everything that was done before the commencement day with regard to the physical activity in respect of which the request was made is, if it may or must be done under the amended Act with regard to that physical activity, deemed, as of the day on which the response is posted, to have been done under the amended Act.
304Deeming — no impact assessment#
If the Agency, before the commencement day, made a decision that an impact assessment of a designated project is not required and posted that decision on the Internet site, that decision is deemed, as of that day, to be a decision made under subsection 16(1) of the amended Act.
305Designated projects#
(1)This section applies in respect of a designated project if the Minister or the Agency, during the six-month period that starts on the commencement day, takes a step with regard to that project under any of sections 10 to 59 of the amended Act.
(2)The Agency must post a notice on the Internet site that indicates the first step taken, the provision under which it was taken, the date on which it was taken and the designated project in respect of which it was taken.
(3)Everything that was done before the commencement day with regard to a designated project in respect of which a notice is posted under subsection (2) is, if it may or must be done under the amended Act in respect of the designated project, deemed, as of the day on which the first step is taken, to have been done under the amended Act.
(4)The Agency may, when the first step is taken with regard to a designated project, replace, in respect of that project, any time limit or period established by or under the amended Act by another time limit or period.
(5)The Agency must post a notice on the Internet site that indicates, for each time limit or period that it replaces, the new time limit or period and the designated project with regard to which that new time limit or period applies.
(6)For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (4) affects any power conferred on the Agency under the amended Act to extend or shorten any time limit or period.
(7)In this section, first step means the first step taken by the Minister or the Agency under any of sections 10 to 59 of the amended Act in respect of a designated project during the six-month period that starts on the commencement day.
306Decision statements issued before commencement day#
(1)If the Minister is of the opinion that the conditions included in a decision statement issued by the Minister, including a decision statement issued by the Minister under subsection 54(1) of the 2012 Act, before the commencement day could be included in a decision statement issued under subsection 65(1) of the amended Act, the Minister may post a notice to that effect on the Internet site.
(2)If the Minister is of the opinion that the conditions included in a decision statement issued by the Minister under subsection 54(1) of the 2012 Act on or after the commencement day could be included in a decision statement issued under subsection 65(1) of the amended Act, the Minister may post a notice to that effect on the Internet site.
(3)A decision statement in respect of which a notice is posted under subsection (1) or (2) is deemed, as of the day on which the notice is posted, to be a decision statement issued under subsection 65(1) of the amended Act.
307Amendment to decision statement — Impact Assessment Act#
(1)Subsection 68(2), paragraph 69(1)(b) and subsection 69(2) of the amended Act do not apply in respect of an amendment made under subsection 68(1) of the amended Act to a decision statement that was issued with respect to a designated project before the commencement day if the amendment
(a)is made during the six-month period that starts on that day;
(b)removes a condition that, in the Minister’s opinion, could not be included in a decision statement issued under subsection 65(1) of the amended Act or amends a condition so that, in the Minister’s opinion, the condition is one that could be included in such a decision statement; and
(c)does not add a condition or modify the designated project’s description.
(2)If the Minister amends a decision statement in accordance with subsection (1), the Minister must ensure that the amended decision statement is posted on the Internet site.
(3)The amended decision statement is deemed, as of the day on which it is posted on the Internet site, to be a decision statement issued under subsection 65(1) of the amended Act.
308Amendment to decision statement — 2012 Act#
(1)The Minister may, during the six-month period that starts on the commencement day, amend a decision statement issued by the Minister under subsection 54(1) of the 2012 Act before that day to
(a)remove a condition that, in the Minister’s opinion, could not be included in a decision statement issued under subsection 65(1) of the amended Act; or
(b)amend a condition so that, in the Minister’s opinion, the condition is one that could be included in a decision statement issued under subsection 65(1) of the amended Act.
(2)If the Minister amends a decision statement in accordance with subsection (1), the Minister must ensure that the amended decision statement is posted on the Internet site.
(3)The amended decision statement is deemed, as of the day on which it is posted on the Internet site, to be a decision statement issued under subsection 65(1) of the amended Act.
309Regional assessments — committee report not provided#
(1)If a committee established by the Minister before the commencement day to conduct an assessment described in section 92 or 93 of the amended Act, or a committee the members of which are appointed or whose appointment is approved by the Minister for that purpose before that day, has not, before that day, provided a report to the Minister in respect of the assessment,
(a)the committee is deemed to be established, as the case may be, in accordance with section 92 of the amended Act or in accordance with an agreement or arrangement entered into under subparagraph 93(1)(a)(i) or paragraph 93(1)(b) of the amended Act, on that day; and
(b)everything that was done in respect of the assessment before that day by or in respect of the committee is, if it may or must be done under the amended Act, deemed, as of that day, to have been done under the amended Act.
(2)If a committee established by the Minister to conduct an assessment described in section 92 or 93 of the amended Act, or a committee the members of which are appointed or whose appointment is approved by the Minister for that purpose, has, before the commencement day, provided a report to the Minister in respect of the assessment, the report is deemed to be a report provided under subsection 102(1) of the amended Act.
310Regional assessments — Agency report not provided#
(1)If the Agency, having been authorized by the Minister before the commencement day to conduct an assessment described in section 92 or 93 of the amended Act, has not, before that day, provided a report to the Minister in respect of the assessment,
(a)the Agency is deemed, as of that day, to be authorized under section 92 or 93 of the amended Act, as the case may be, to conduct an assessment; and
(b)everything that was done in respect of the assessment before that day by or in respect of the Agency is, if it may or must be done under the amended Act, deemed, as of that day, to have been done under the amended Act.
(2)If the Agency, having been authorized by the Minister to conduct an assessment described in section 92 or 93 of the amended Act, has, before the commencement day, provided a report to the Minister in respect of the assessment, the report is deemed to be a report provided under subsection 102(1) of the amended Act.
311Strategic assessments — committee report not provided#
(1)If a committee established by the Minister before the commencement day to conduct an assessment described in section 95 of the amended Act has not, before that day, provided a report to the Minister in respect of the assessment,
(a)the committee is deemed, on that day, to be established in accordance with section 95 of the amended Act; and
(b)everything that was done in respect of that assessment before that day by or in respect of the committee is, if it may or must be done under the amended Act, deemed, as of that day, to have been done under the amended Act.
(2)If a committee established by the Minister to conduct an assessment described in section 95 of the amended Act has, before the commencement day, provided a report to the Minister in respect of the assessment, the report is deemed to be a report provided under subsection 102(1) of the amended Act.
312Strategic assessments — Agency report not provided#
(1)If the Agency, having been authorized by the Minister before the commencement day to conduct an assessment described in section 95 of the amended Act, has not, before that day, provided a report to the Minister in respect of the assessment,
(a)the Agency is deemed, as of that day, to be authorized under section 95 of the amended Act to conduct that assessment; and
(b)everything that was done in respect of that assessment before that day by or in respect of the Agency is, if it may or must be done under the amended Act, deemed, as of that day, to have been done under the amended Act.
(2)If the Agency, having been authorized by the Minister to conduct an assessment described in section 95 of the amended Act, has, before the commencement day, provided a report to the Minister in respect of the assessment, the report is deemed to be a report provided under subsection 102(1) of the amended Act.
313Time limit — response to request for assessment#
Despite section 8 of the Information and Management of Time Limits Regulations, for the purpose of subsection 97(1) of the amended Act, if, in respect of a request that an assessment described in section 92, 93 or 95 of the amended Act be conducted, the Minister has not responded before the commencement day, the Minister must respond within 90 days after that day.
314Agreements or arrangements#
(1)Any agreement or arrangement described in paragraph 114(1)(c) or (f) of the amended Act that was entered into by the Minister before the commencement day is deemed, as of that day, to be an agreement or arrangement entered into under paragraph 114(1)(c) or (f) of the amended Act, as the case may be.
(2)Any agreement or arrangement described in subsection 114(2) of the amended Act that was entered into by the Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs before the commencement day is deemed, as of that day, to be an agreement or arrangement entered into under subsection 114(2) of the amended Act.
(3)Subsection 114(3) of the amended Act does not apply in respect of the agreements or arrangements referred to in subsections (1) and (2).
315Cost Recovery Regulations#
The Cost Recovery Regulations, as they read on August 27, 2019, registered as SOR/2012-146, are deemed to be made by the Governor in Council, under section 109 of the amended Act, on the commencement day.
316Physical Activities Regulations#
The Physical Activities Regulations, as published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on August 21, 2019 but with the amendments set out in section 93 of the Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations, as published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on March 17, 2021, and section 1 of the Regulations Amending and Repealing Certain Department of the Environment Regulations (Miscellaneous Program), as published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on April 12, 2023, are deemed
(a)to be made by the Governor in Council, under sections 109 and 188 of the amended Act, on the commencement day;
(b)to be registered as SOR/2019-285;
(c)to designate physical activities, or classes of physical activities, the carrying out of which may, in the Governor in Council’s opinion, cause adverse effects within federal jurisdiction or direct or incidental adverse effects; and
(d)despite section 5 of the Physical Activities Regulations, as so published, to come into force on the commencement day.
317Information and Management of Time Limits Regulations#
The Information and Management of Time Limits Regulations, as published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on August 21, 2019, are deemed
(a)to be made by the Minister, under section 112 of the amended Act, on the commencement day;
(b)to be registered as SOR/2019-283; and
(c)despite section 10 of the Information and Management of Time Limits Regulations, as so published, to come into force on the commencement day.
318Regulations Respecting Excluded Physical Activities (Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Exploratory Wells)#
(1)The Regulations Respecting Excluded Physical Activities (Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Exploratory Wells), as posted on the Internet site on June 4, 2020, are deemed
(a)to be made by the Minister, under paragraph 112(1)(a.2) of the amended Act, on the commencement day; and
(b)despite section 4 of the Regulations Respecting Excluded Physical Activities (Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Exploratory Wells), as so posted, to come into force on the commencement day.
(2)The Minister is deemed, for the purpose of subsection 112(2) of the amended Act, to have considered an assessment described in section 92 or 93 of the amended Act that is in relation to the physical activities or classes of physical activities designated in the Regulations Respecting Excluded Physical Activities (Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Exploratory Wells).
Division 29 — Judges Act
Division 30 — Tax Court of Canada Act
Division 31 — Food and Drugs Act
Amendments to the Act
Transitional Provision
332Marketing authorizations#
Marketing authorizations issued under section 30.2 or 30.3 of the Food and Drugs Act, as those sections read immediately before the day on which section 330 comes into force, that have not been repealed before that day are deemed to be made under subsection 30.05(1) of that Act.
Coming into Force
Division 32 — Tobacco and Vaping Products Act
Amendment to the Act
Coordinating Amendment
Division 33 — Criminal Code (Criminal Interest Rate)
Amendments to the Act
Coordinating Amendments
Coming into Force
Division 34 — Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Sanctions Evasion and Other Measures
Subdivision A — Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
Amendments to the Act
Consequential Amendments
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Cross-border Currency and Monetary Instruments Reporting Regulations
Coordinating Amendments
Coming into Force
351Royal assent or July 1, 2024#
(1)Subsections 340(1) and (3) and section 348 come into force on the later of July 1, 2024 and the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
*(2)Subsections 340(2) and (4) and 342(2) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
*(3)Sections 341, 344 and 347 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
*(4)Section 346 comes into force on day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council but that day must not be before the day on which section 182 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 comes into force.
Subdivision B — Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act
Income Tax Act
Excise Tax Act
Subdivision C — Criminal Code
Amendments to the Act
Coming into Force
Division 35 — Criminal Code (Motor Vehicle Theft)
Amendments to the Act
Consequential Amendments
Canada Business Corporations Act
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act
Coordinating Amendments
Coming into Force
Division 36 — Radiocommunication Act
Division 37 — Telecommunications Act
Amendments to the Act
Coming into Force
Division 38 — Immigrant Stations
Corrections and Conditional Release Act
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Transitional Provision
391#
On the coming into force of section 389, any arrangement entered into under section 94.3 of Corrections and Conditional Release Act that is still in effect is terminated and any designation made under subsection 94.4(1) of that Act is revoked.
Coordinating Amendment
Coming into Force
Division 39 — Measures Related to Public Debt and the Borrowing of Money
Subdivision A — Financial Administration Act
Subdivision B — Borrowing Authority Act
Amendment to the Act
Coordinating Amendments
Division 40 — Legislation Related to Financial Institutions (Diversity Disclosure)
Trust and Loan Companies Act
Bank Act
Insurance Companies Act
Coming into Force
Division 41 — Legislation Related to Financial Institutions (Sunset Provisions)
Trust and Loan Companies Act
Bank Act
Insurance Companies Act
Division 42 — Measures Related to the Canada Disability Benefit
Federal Courts Act
Tax Court of Canada Act
Department of Employment and Social Development Act
Coordinating Amendment
Division 43 — Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Amendments to the Act
Transitional Provisions
416Definitions#
The following definitions apply in this section and sections 417 to 419.
commencement day means the day on which subsection 413(4) and sections 414 and 415 come into force. (date de référence)
previous version means the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, as it reads immediately before commencement day. (version antérieure)
regulatory scheme means regulations that are made under subsection 55(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, as it reads on the day on which this section comes into force, respecting authorizations for activities that could be allowed under an exemption granted under subsection 56.1(1) of the previous version. (régime réglementaire)
417Exemptions#
(1)An exemption granted under subsection 56.1(1) of the previous version that is valid immediately before commencement day is deemed to be an authorization issued under the regulatory scheme on that day.
(2)Subsection (1) does not have the effect of extending the validity period of the exemption.
(3)For greater certainty, the terms and conditions of the exemption are terms and conditions of the authorization. However, if there is a conflict between any of those terms and conditions and a requirement of the regulatory scheme, the requirement of the regulatory scheme prevails to the extent of the conflict.
418Applications#
If an application for an exemption under subsection 56.1(1) of the previous version is submitted before commencement day and the minister responsible for the previous version has not, before that day, made a decision in relation to the application, the application is deemed to have been submitted on that day as an application for an authorization under the regulatory scheme.
419Regulations#
The Governor in Council may make any regulations that the Governor in Council considers necessary to provide for any other transitional matter arising from the coming into force of the regulatory scheme.
Coming into Force
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