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His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the President of the Treasury Board, pursuant to sections 7 and 10 of the Red Tape Reduction Act, makes the annexed Red Tape Reduction Regulations.note
1Definition of Act#
In these Regulations, Act means the Red Tape Reduction Act.
2Definitions#
(1)The following definitions apply in this section.
(2)For the purpose of this section, the total number of periods is determined by multiplying the number of times per year that the activity is expected to be completed by 10, which number is the number of years for which the calculation is being made.
(3)For the purpose of section 5 of the Act, the cost of the administrative burden imposed by a regulation is the sum of the cost of each activity that is expected to be completed during the first 10 years after the regulation is registered and is calculated in accordance with the following formula:
324-month deadline#
A regulation must be amended or repealed in accordance with section 5 of the Act within 24 months after the day on which a regulation that imposes a new administrative burden is registered.
4Offset#
(1)If a regulation has been amended or repealed before a regulation that imposes a new administrative burden is made and the prior repeal or amendment offsets the cost of the new administrative burden that is imposed, one or more regulations do not need to be amended or repealed in accordance with subsection 5(1) of the Act.
(2)If a regulation has been repealed before a new regulation that imposes an administrative burden is made, a regulation does not need to be repealed in accordance with subsection 5(2) of the Act.
5Application of section 5 of Act#
Section 5 of the Act applies to any regulation that is made, amended or repealed after March 31, 2012.
6Exemptions#
The Treasury Board may exempt a regulation from the application of section 5 of the Act
(a)if the regulation is related to tax or tax administration;
(b)if Her Majesty in right of Canada has no discretion regarding the requirements that must be included in the regulation due to international or legal obligations, including the imposition of international sanctions or the implementation of Supreme Court of Canada decisions; or
(c)in emergency, unique or exceptional circumstances, including if compliance with that section would compromise public health, public safety or the Canadian economy.
7Contents of annual report#
The annual report referred to in section 9 of the Act must contain the following information:
(a)a summary of the increases and decreases in the cost of administrative burden that results from regulatory changes that are made in accordance with section 5 of the Act within the 12-month period ending on March 31 of the year in which the report is made public; and
(b)the number of regulations that are amended or repealed as a result of regulatory changes that are made in accordance with section 5 of the Act within that 12-month period.
Coming into Force
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