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Definitions 2 The following definitions apply in this Act. Crown corporation has the same meaning as in subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act . ( société d’État ) department has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act . ( ministère ) President means the President of Shared Services Canada appointed under subsection 10 (1). ( président )
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Crown corporation has the same meaning as in subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act . ( société d’État )
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department has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act . ( ministère )
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President means the President of Shared Services Canada appointed under subsection 10 (1). ( président )
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Power of Governor in Council 3 The Governor in Council may designate a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada to be the Minister for the purposes of this Act.
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Establishment 4 A department is established, called Shared Services Canada, for the purpose of assisting the Minister in providing the services specified under section 6 .
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Minister 5 The Minister presides over Shared Services Canada and has the management and direction of it.
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Governor in Council 6 The Governor in Council may specify (a) the services that the Minister must provide through Shared Services Canada; (b) the services that the Minister may provide through Shared Services Canada; (c) the departments that must obtain a service that is specified under paragraph (a) exclusively from the Minister through Shared Services Canada and that are not permitted to meet their requirement for that service internally; (d) the departments and Crown corporations to which the Minister is permitted to provide services through Shared Services Canada; (e) the departments and Crown corporations to which the Minister is not permitted to provide services through Shared Services Canada; and (f) terms and conditions respecting the provision of the specified services.
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Minister 7 The Minister may, for the purpose of providing services under this Act, exercise any of the powers, or perform any of the duties or functions, that are set out in paragraph 6(a), (b), (c) or (g) of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act in respect of departments, Crown corporations, persons, organizations and governments to which those services are provided. 2012, c. 19, s. 711 “7”; 2017, c. 20, s. 113
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Delegation — appropriate Minister 7.1 (1) For the purpose of providing services under this Act to a department through Shared Services Canada, the Minister may delegate any of his or her powers under section 7 in respect of that department, for any period and under any terms and conditions that he or she considers suitable, to that department’s appropriate Minister. Delegation — chief executive (2) For the purpose of providing services under this Act, through Shared Services Canada, to a department over which the Minister does not preside but for which he or she is the appropriate Minister, the Minister may delegate any of his or her powers under section 7 in respect of that department, for any period and under any terms and conditions that he or she considers suitable, to that department’s chief executive. Subdelegation — chief executive (3) The appropriate Minister for a department may, subject to and in accordance with the delegation under subsection (1), subdelegate to the chief executive of that department, for any period and under any terms and conditions that the appropriate Minister considers suitable, the power that was delegated to him or her under that subsection. Subdelegation — subordinate (4) The chief executive of a department may, subject to and in accordance with the delegation under subsection (2) or the subdelegation under subsection (3), subdelegate to any person under his or her jurisdiction, for any period and under any terms and conditions that the chief executive considers suitable, the power that was delegated or subdelegated, as the case may be, to him or her under that subsection. Definitions (5) The following definitions apply in this section. appropriate Minister has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act . ( ministre compétent ) chief executive means (a) with respect to a department named in Part I of Schedule VI to the Financial Administration Act , its deputy minister; (b) with respect to a department named in Part II or III of that Schedule, the person occupying the position set out opposite that name; and (c) with respect to a department that is not named in that Schedule, the chief executive officer, the deputy head or the person who occupies any other similar position, however called, in that department. ( administrateur principal ) 2017, c. 20, s. 113
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appropriate Minister has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act . ( ministre compétent )
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chief executive means (a) with respect to a department named in Part I of Schedule VI to the Financial Administration Act , its deputy minister; (b) with respect to a department named in Part II or III of that Schedule, the person occupying the position set out opposite that name; and (c) with respect to a department that is not named in that Schedule, the chief executive officer, the deputy head or the person who occupies any other similar position, however called, in that department. ( administrateur principal )
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Governor in Council’s approval 8 The Minister may — with the Governor in Council’s approval, given on a general or a specific basis — provide the services that are specified under paragraph 6 (a) or (b) through Shared Services Canada to any person, organization or government, including a foreign government.
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Charging for services 9 The Minister may, subject to any regulations that the Treasury Board makes for the purposes of this section, charge for the services that are provided under this Act.
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Authorization 9.1 (1) Despite the Governor in Council having specified, under paragraph 6(c), that a department must obtain a service that is specified under paragraph 6(a) exclusively from the Minister through Shared Services Canada and is not permitted to meet its requirement for that service internally, the Minister may, if the Minister considers that exceptional circumstances justify it, and under any terms and conditions that the Minister specifies, (a) authorize that department to obtain part of that service other than from the Minister through Shared Services Canada, including by meeting its requirement for that part of the service internally; or (b) authorize that department to obtain all of that service in respect of one or more portions of the department — but not all of the department — other than from the Minister through Shared Services Canada, including by meeting its requirement for that service internally. Power exercised personally (2) The Minister must personally exercise the power that is set out in subsection (1). Instructions (3) A department that is authorized, under subsection (1), to obtain all or part of a service other than from the Minister through Shared Services Canada, including by meeting its requirement for that service or that part of the service internally, must do so in accordance with any instructions that the Minister provides. 2017, c. 20, s. 114
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President 10 (1) The Governor in Council is to appoint a President of Shared Services Canada to hold office during pleasure. Executive Vice-president (2) The Governor in Council may appoint an Executive Vice-president of Shared Services Canada to hold office during pleasure.
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President 11 (1) The President is the deputy head of Shared Services Canada. Executive Vice-president (2) The Executive Vice-president is to act as President if that office is vacant or if the President is absent or incapacitated.
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Remuneration 12 The President and the Executive Vice-president are to be paid the remuneration that is fixed by the Governor in Council.
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Head office 13 The head office of Shared Services Canada is to be in the National Capital Region that is described in the schedule to the National Capital Act .
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Appointment of employees 14 The employees that are necessary for the conduct of Shared Services Canada’s work are to be appointed in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act .
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Access to Information Act 15 For greater certainty, for the purposes of the Access to Information Act , the records of other government institutions as defined in that Act or of other organizations that are, on behalf of those institutions or organizations, contained in or carried on Shared Services Canada’s information technology systems are not under the control of Shared Services Canada.
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Privacy Act 16 For greater certainty, for the purposes of the Privacy Act , personal information that is collected by other government institutions as defined in that Act or by other organizations and that is, on behalf of those institutions or organizations, contained in or carried on Shared Services Canada’s information technology systems is not under the control of Shared Services Canada.
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Definitions 17 The following definitions apply in sections 18 to 20 . former department means the portion of the federal public administration known as Shared Services Canada. ( ancien ministère ) new department means Shared Services Canada as established by section 4 . ( nouveau ministère )
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former department means the portion of the federal public administration known as Shared Services Canada. ( ancien ministère )
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new department means Shared Services Canada as established by section 4 . ( nouveau ministère )
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President 18 (1) The person occupying the position of President of the former department on the day on which this section comes into force becomes President of the new department on that day and is deemed to have been appointed under subsection 10 (1). Employees (2) Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the status of an employee who, immediately before the coming into force of this section, occupied a position in the former department, except that the employee is, on the coming into force of this section, to occupy that position in the new department. Definition of employee (3) In subsection (2), employee has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act .
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Transfer of appropriations 19 (1) Any amount that is 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 federal public administration’s charges and expenses for the former department that is unexpended on the day on which this section comes into force is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the federal public administration’s charges and expenses for the new department. Transfer of powers, duties and functions (2) If a power, duty or function is vested in or exercisable by the former department’s President or an employee of the former department under any Act, order, rule or regulation, or any contract, lease, licence or other document, that power, duty or function is vested in or is exercisable by the new department’s President or an employee of the new department.
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References 20 (1) A reference to the former department in any of the following is deemed to be a reference to the new department: (a) Schedule I to the Access to Information Act under the heading “OTHER GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS”; (b) the schedule to the Privacy Act ; (c) any order of the Governor in Council made under subsection 3.2(2) of the Access to Information Act ; (d) any order of the Governor in Council made under subsection 3.1(2) of the Privacy Act ; (e) any order of the Governor in Council made under the definition department in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act ; and (f) Schedules I.1, IV and VI to the Financial Administration Act . Deputy head (2) The designation of a person as deputy head of the former department in any of the following is deemed to be a designation of the President of the new department as deputy head of that department: (a) any order of the Governor in Council made under paragraph 29(e) of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act ; and (b) any order of the Governor in Council made under the definition deputy head in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act .
Seeds Act — S-8 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Seeds Act . R.S., c. S-7, s. 1
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Definitions 2 In this Act, analyst means a person designated as an analyst pursuant to section 5; ( analyste ) document means anything on which information that is capable of being understood by a person, or read by a computer or other device, is recorded or marked; ( document ) environment means the components of the Earth and includes (a) air, land and water, (b) all layers of the atmosphere, (c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and (d) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c); ( environnement ) grade , in respect of seed, includes any class of seed; ( catégorie ) grade name includes any mark, description or designation of a grade; ( dénomination de catégorie ) inspector means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to section 5; ( inspecteur ) item to which this Act applies means (a) seed, (b) anything used in an activity regulated under this Act, and (c) a document that is related to seed or to any activity regulated under this Act; ( chose visée par la présente loi ) label includes any legend, word, mark, symbol or design applied or attached to, included in, belonging to or accompanying any seed or package; ( étiquette ) Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; ( ministre ) package includes a sack, bag, barrel, case or any other container in which seed is placed or packed; ( emballage ) penalty means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act for a violation; ( sanction ) place includes any vehicle, vessel, railway car or aircraft; ( lieu ) prescribed means prescribed by regulation; seed means any plant part of any species belonging to the plant kingdom, represented, sold or used to grow a plant; ( semences ) sell includes agree to sell, or offer, keep, expose, transmit, send, convey or deliver for sale, or agree to exchange or to dispose of to any person in any manner for a consideration. ( vente ) Tribunal means the Review Tribunal continued by subsection 27(1) of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act ; ( Commission ) violation means any contravention of this Act or the regulations that may be proceeded with in accordance with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act . ( violation ) R.S., 1985, c. S-8, s. 2; R.S., 1985, c. 49 (1st Supp.), s. 2; 1994, c. 38, s. 25; 1995, c. 40, s. 86; 1997, c. 6, s. 87; 2012, c. 24, s. 89; 2015, c. 2, s. 74
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analyst means a person designated as an analyst pursuant to section 5; ( analyste )
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document means anything on which information that is capable of being understood by a person, or read by a computer or other device, is recorded or marked; ( document )
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environment means the components of the Earth and includes (a) air, land and water, (b) all layers of the atmosphere, (c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and (d) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c); ( environnement )
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grade , in respect of seed, includes any class of seed; ( catégorie )
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grade name includes any mark, description or designation of a grade; ( dénomination de catégorie )
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inspector means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to section 5; ( inspecteur )
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item to which this Act applies means (a) seed, (b) anything used in an activity regulated under this Act, and (c) a document that is related to seed or to any activity regulated under this Act; ( chose visée par la présente loi )
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label includes any legend, word, mark, symbol or design applied or attached to, included in, belonging to or accompanying any seed or package; ( étiquette )
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Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; ( ministre )
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package includes a sack, bag, barrel, case or any other container in which seed is placed or packed; ( emballage )
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penalty means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act for a violation; ( sanction )
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place includes any vehicle, vessel, railway car or aircraft; ( lieu )
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prescribed means prescribed by regulation;
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seed means any plant part of any species belonging to the plant kingdom, represented, sold or used to grow a plant; ( semences )
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sell includes agree to sell, or offer, keep, expose, transmit, send, convey or deliver for sale, or agree to exchange or to dispose of to any person in any manner for a consideration. ( vente )
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Tribunal means the Review Tribunal continued by subsection 27(1) of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act ; ( Commission )
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violation means any contravention of this Act or the regulations that may be proceeded with in accordance with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act . ( violation )
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Power of Minister 2.1 For the purpose of this Act and the regulations, the Minister may designate all or part of any building or place used for grading, testing or analysing seeds as an accredited laboratory. 2012, c. 24, s. 90
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Seed not conforming to standard, etc. 3 (1) Except as provided by the regulations, no person shall (a) sell, import into Canada or export from Canada any seed unless the seed conforms to the prescribed standard and is marked and packed and the package labelled as prescribed; or (b) sell or advertise for sale in Canada or import into Canada seed of a variety that is not registered in the prescribed manner. Grade name resembling other grade name (2) No person shall (a) sell, import into Canada or export from Canada seed under a grade name or designation so closely resembling a grade name established under subsection 4(1) as to be likely to be mistaken therefor; or (b) apply to seed or to a package containing seed a grade name or other designation so closely resembling a grade name established under subsection 4(1) as to be likely to be mistaken therefor. Exception (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the seed meets the requirements prescribed for the grade, has been graded and inspected as required by the regulations and is marked and packed and the package labelled in the prescribed manner. R.S., 1985, c. S-8, s. 3; R.S., 1985, c. 49 (1st Supp.), s. 3
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Seed presenting risk of harm 3.1 No person shall sell, import or export in contravention of the regulations any seed that presents a risk of harm to human, animal or plant health or the environment. 2015, c. 2, s. 75
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Recall order — Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act 3.2 No person shall sell seed that is the subject of a recall order referred to in subsection 19(1) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act . 2015, c. 2, s. 75
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nd to provide the Minister or an inspector with, or with access to, those documents, and respecting (i) the information in those documents, (ii) the manner in which they are to be prepared, kept or maintained, (iii) the place where they are to be kept or maintained, and (iv) the manner in which they are to be provided or access to them is to be provided; (j.2) respecting the issuance of certificates or other documents for the purpose of section 4.11; (j.3) respecting quality management programs, quality control programs, safety programs, preventive control plans or any other similar programs or plans to be implemented by persons who conduct any activity regulated under this Act; (k) prescribing anything else that by this Act is required to be prescribed; and (l) generally, for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act. Weed seeds (2) The Minister may, by order, specify the kinds of plants whose seeds are, for the purposes of this Act, weed seeds. Paragraphs (1)(a.2) and (a.3) (3) Regulations made under paragraph (1)(a.2) or (a.3) may, among other things, establish preclearance or in-transit requirements for any imported seed or anything imported with it. Paragraph (1)(j.1) (4) Regulations made under paragraph (1)(j.1) may, among other things, require persons who conduct any activity regulated under this Act and who become aware that seed presents a risk of harm to human, animal or plant health or the environment or does not meet the requirements of the regulations to provide written notice to that effect to the Minister or an inspector. R.S., 1985, c. S-8, s. 4; R.S., 1985, c. 49 (1st Supp.), s. 4; 1994, c. 26, s. 65(F); 2001, c. 4, s. 117; 2012, c. 19, s. 473, c. 24, s. 91; 2015, c. 2, s. 76
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Incorporation by reference 4.1 (1) A regulation made under subsection 4(1) may incorporate by reference any document, regardless of its source, either as it exists on a particular date or as it is amended from time to time. Accessibility (2) The Minister must ensure that any document that is incorporated by reference in a regulation made under subsection 4(1), including any amendments to the document, is accessible. Defence (3) A person is not liable to be found guilty of an offence or subjected to an administrative sanction for any contravention in respect of which a document that is incorporated by reference in a regulation made under subsection 4(1) is relevant unless, at the time of the alleged contravention, the document was accessible as required by subsection (2) or it was otherwise accessible to the person. No registration or publication (4) For greater certainty, a document that is incorporated by reference in a regulation made under subsection 4(1) is not required to be transmitted for registration or published in the Canada Gazette by reason only that it is incorporated by reference. 1988, c. 65, s. 144; 2011, c. 25, s. 38; 2015, c. 2, s. 77
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Export certificates 4.11 The Minister may issue any certificate or other document setting out any information that he or she considers necessary to facilitate the export of any seed. 2015, c. 2, s. 77
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Disposition of samples 4.12 A sample taken by an inspector, or provided to the Minister or an inspector, under this Act may be disposed of in any manner that the Minister considers appropriate. 2015, c. 2, s. 77
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Consideration of information 4.13 In considering an application made under the regulations in relation to seed, the Minister may consider information that is available from a review or evaluation of seed conducted by the government of a foreign state or of a subdivision of a foreign state or by an international organization, or association, of states. 2015, c. 2, s. 77