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Powers of Commission 6 In preparing a revision, the Commission may (a) omit therefrom all Acts or parts thereof that have expired, have been repealed or suspended, or have had their effect; (b) omit therefrom all Acts or parts thereof that, although enacted as or in public Acts, have reference only to a particular country, province, locality, place or body politic, or otherwise have no general application; (c) include therein Acts or parts thereof that, although enacted as or in private Acts, or although deemed to be local Acts or enactments, are of such a character that they impose duties or obligations on, or limit the rights or privileges of, the public; (d) alter the numbering and arrangement of the statutes and of the different Parts, sections and other divisions thereof; (e) make such alterations in the language of the statutes as may be required to preserve a uniform mode of expression, without changing the substance of any enactment; (f) make such minor improvements in the language of the statutes as may be required to bring out more clearly the intention of Parliament, or make the form of expression of the statute in one of the official languages more compatible with its expression in the other official language, without changing the substance of any enactment; (g) make such changes in the statutes as are required to reconcile seemingly inconsistent enactments; and (h) correct editing, grammatical or typographical errors in the statutes. 1974-75-76, c. 20, s. 6
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Parliamentary examination 7 (1) During the progress of the preparation of a revision or on the conclusion thereof, or both during the progress and on the conclusion thereof, the Minister shall cause drafts of the statutes so revised to be laid for examination and approval before such Committee of the House of Commons and such Committee of the Senate, or such Committee of both Houses of Parliament, as may be designated for the purpose of the examination and approval. Enactment of Revised Statutes (2) When drafts of all the statutes included in a revision have been examined and approved by the Committee or Committees referred to in subsection (1), the Minister shall cause to be prepared and introduced in Parliament a bill substantially in accord with the model bill set out in the schedule, or to the like effect. 1974-75-76, c. 20, s. 7
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Revision of regulations 10 The Commission shall, from time to time, revise the regulations. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 10; 2000, c. 5, ss. 63, 64
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Powers of Commission 11 In preparing and maintaining the Revised Regulations and in keeping the Revised Regulations up to date, the Commission may exercise, in respect of the regulations, the powers that it has under section 6 in respect of a revision under Part I. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 11; 2000, c. 5, s. 64
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Deposit of revision 12 (1) On receipt of a written report from the Commission in respect of the completion of all or any part of the Revised Regulations, the Governor in Council may cause a printed Roll of the regulations, attested under the signature of the Minister and the President of the Privy Council, to be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Privy Council, and the Roll shall be held to be the original of the regulations included in it. Schedule (2) There shall be appended to each Roll a schedule similar in form to the Schedule to Appendix I appended to the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, and the Commission may include in the schedule a list of all regulations and parts of regulations that, although not expressly repealed, are superseded by the regulations included in the Roll, or are inconsistent with them, and a list of all regulations and parts of regulations that were for a temporary purpose the force of which is spent. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 12; 2000, c. 5, s. 64
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Coming into force date 13 (1) The Governor in Council, after deposit of a Roll in accordance with subsection 12(1), may by order declare the day on which the Roll shall come into force and have effect as law. Effect (2) On the day referred to in subsection (1) in respect of any Roll, the regulations included in that Roll shall accordingly come into force and have effect as law as part of the Revised Regulations to all intents as if each regulation had been made by the appropriate regulation-making authority and all the requirements with respect to the making of that regulation had been complied with. Repeal (3) On the day referred to in subsection (1), all regulations and parts of regulations listed in the schedule to the Roll are repealed to the extent mentioned in that schedule. Definition of regulation-making authority (4) In this section and section 22, regulation-making authority means, in relation to any regulation, the authority authorized to make the regulation. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 13; 2000, c. 5, s. 65
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Notice in Canada Gazette 14 The Commission may cause to be published in the Canada Gazette a notice of the regulations contained in any printed Roll deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Privy Council in accordance with subsection 12(1). 1974-75-76, c. 20, s. 14
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Bound volumes 17 If the Commission has, as of a day selected by it, revised all the regulations that it is required to revise under section 10 to that day, it shall cause the Revised Regulations to be published in the form of bound volumes, and the regulations to be included in them shall be those that have been revised as of that day, and that day shall be indicated in each of the volumes. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 17; 2000, c. 5, s. 66
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Old regulations not revived 18 (1) The repeal of the regulations and parts of regulations listed in the schedule appended to a Roll does not (a) revive any regulation or part of any regulation so repealed; (b) affect any saving clause in the regulations or parts of regulations so repealed; or (c) prevent the application of any of those regulations or parts of regulations, or of any regulation or any part of a regulation formerly in force, to any transaction, matter or thing before the repeal to which they would otherwise apply. Not new law (2) A regulation included in the Revised Regulations shall not be held to operate as a new regulation, but shall be construed and have effect as a consolidation and as declaratory of the law as contained in the regulation and parts of regulations as revised, and for which the regulation included in the Revised Regulations is substituted. Where revision differs (3) Where, on any point, the provisions of a regulation included in the Revised Regulations are not in effect the same as those of the repealed provisions for which they are substituted, in respect of all transactions, matters and things subsequent to the time when the regulation included in the Revised Regulations takes effect, the provisions contained in that regulation prevail, but in respect of all transactions, matters and things before that time, the repealed provisions prevail. Construction of references (4) A reference in any regulation remaining in force and not revised, or in any instrument or document, to any regulation or part of a regulation repealed under subsection 13(3) by inclusion in the Revised Regulations shall, after the regulation in the Revised Regulations takes effect, be deemed, in respect of any subsequent transaction, matter or thing, to be a reference to the regulation or part of a regulation in the Revised Regulations having the same effect as the repealed regulation or part of a regulation. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 18; 2000, c. 5, s. 67
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Effect of inclusion in schedule 19 (1) The inclusion of any regulation or part of a regulation in the schedule appended to a Roll shall not be considered to be a declaration that the regulation or part was or was not in force immediately before the coming into force of the portion of the Revised Regulations that includes that regulation or part. Paragraph 16(3)(b) Statutory Instruments Act (2) The whole or any part of the Revised Regulations shall be construed to be a revision of regulations referred to in paragraph 16(3)(b) of the Statutory Instruments Act . Scrutiny Committees of Parliament (3) A regulation that is included in the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978 or in the Revised Regulations stands permanently referred to any Committee or Committees of Parliament established under section 19 of the Statutory Instruments Act . R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 19; 2000, c. 5, s. 68
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Citation of Revised Regulations 20 (1) Any regulation included in the Revised Regulations may be cited and referred to in any Act, regulation, proceeding, instrument or document whatever either by its short or long title or by using the expression “Revised Regulations of Canada, chapter ”, or “Revised Regulations, chapter ”, or “Chapter of the Revised Regulations”, or the abbreviation “R.R.C., c. ”, adding in each case the number of the particular chapter. Amendments included (2) The citation of any chapter of the Revised Regulations in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed to include any amendments made after the publication of that regulation in the Revised Regulations. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 20; 2000, c. 5, s. 68
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Electronic publishing 21 (1) The Queen’s Printer may publish an edition of the Revised Regulations in electronic form and every copy of a revised regulation published in electronic form by the Queen’s Printer is evidence of that regulation and of its contents, and every copy purporting to be published by the Queen’s Printer is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. Inconsistencies in regulations (2) In the event of an inconsistency between a revised regulation published by the Queen’s Printer in electronic form and the original of the regulation as printed in the Roll deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Privy Council under section 12, the original of the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 21; 2000, c. 5, s. 68
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Request to remake regulations 22 (1) If the Clerk of the Privy Council, after consultation with the Deputy Minister of Justice, is of the opinion that any particular regulations should be remade by the regulation-making authority instead of being revised under this Act, the Clerk of the Privy Council may request that authority or any person acting on behalf of that authority to make new regulations. Failure to comply with request (2) Where any authority or person referred to in subsection (1) fails to comply within a reasonable time with a request made pursuant to that subsection, the Governor in Council may, by order, direct that authority or person to comply with the request within such period of time as he may specify in the order. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 22; 2000, c. 5, s. 69
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Indices 23 The Commission may cause indices to the Revised Regulations to be prepared and published for the convenience of the public. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 23; 2000, c. 5, s. 70
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Citation of Consolidated Regulations, 1978 24 (1) Any regulation included in the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978 may be cited and referred to in any Act, regulation, proceeding, instrument or document whatever either by its short or long title or by using the expression “Consolidated Regulations of Canada, chapter ”, or “Consolidated Regulations, chapter ”, or “Chapter of the Consolidated Regulations”, or the abbreviation “C.R.C., c. ”, adding in each case the number of the particular chapter. Amendments included (2) The citation of any chapter of the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978 in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed to include any amendments made after the publication of that regulation in the Consolidated Regulations of Canada, 1978. R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 24; 2000, c. 5, s. 70
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Definitions 25 The definitions in this section apply in this Part. consolidated regulations means the consolidated regulations of Canada maintained by the Minister under this Part. ( règlements codifiés ) consolidated statutes means the consolidated statutes of Canada maintained by the Minister under this Part. ( lois codifiées ) R.S., 1985, c. S-20, s. 25; 2000, c. 5, s. 71
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consolidated regulations means the consolidated regulations of Canada maintained by the Minister under this Part. ( règlements codifiés )
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consolidated statutes means the consolidated statutes of Canada maintained by the Minister under this Part. ( lois codifiées )
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Authority to maintain 26 The Minister may maintain a consolidation of the public statutes of Canada and a consolidation of the regulations of Canada. 2000, c. 5, s. 71
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Powers of Minister 27 In maintaining a consolidation of the statutes or regulations, the Minister may (a) omit any Act or regulation, or any part of an Act or a regulation, that has expired, has been repealed or has had its effect; (b) include historical references or other information that enhances the value of the consolidation; (c) correct grammatical and typographical errors without changing the substance of any enactment; and (d) set out as a separate Act or regulation any Act or regulation enacted by another Act or regulation. 2000, c. 5, s. 71
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Authority to publish 28 (1) The Minister may cause the consolidated statutes or consolidated regulations to be published in printed or electronic form, and in any manner and frequency that the Minister considers appropriate. Differences in form (2) A publication in an electronic form may differ from a publication in another form to accommodate the needs of the electronic form if the differences do not change the substance of any enactment. 2000, c. 5, s. 71
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Free distribution 29 Copies of the consolidated statutes and consolidated regulations must be distributed without charge to the persons or classes of persons, and in the form and manner, that the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, directs. 2000, c. 5, s. 71
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Consolidation not new law 30 The consolidated statutes and consolidated regulations do not operate as new law. 2000, c. 5, s. 71
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Published consolidation is evidence 31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. Inconsistencies in Acts (2) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated statute published by the Minister under this Act and the original statute or a subsequent amendment as certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments under the Publication of Statutes Act , the original statute or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. Inconsistencies in regulations (3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act , the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. 2000, c. 5, s. 71
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Agreements 32 The Minister may enter into agreements for the production of the consolidated statutes or consolidated regulations and for their publication, sale or distribution. 2000, c. 5, s. 71
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An Act to bring into force the Revised Statutes of Canada,
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Whereas , pursuant to the Statute Revision Act , the Statute Revision Commission has, under the direction of the Minister of Justice, prepared a revision of the public general statutes of Canada, which revision has been examined and approved by ( here specify the Committees of the House of Commons and of the Senate or the Joint Committee of the House and Senate, as the case may be, designated for the purpose ), designated for the purpose of examining and approving the work of the Statute Revision Commission;
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And Whereas a Statute Roll, in the form of a printed copy of the revision in volumes, has been prepared, attested at the beginning of each volume under the signature of His Excellency, the Governor General, countersigned by the Minister of Justice, and certified correct by the Chairman of the Statute Revision Commission, and deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments on the day of , 19 ;
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And Whereas the Statute Revision Commission has recommended that the Acts and portions of Acts listed in the schedule entitled Schedule I, attached to the Statute Roll, be repealed on the coming into force of the Revised Statutes of Canada, ;
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And Whereas it is expedient to confirm the Statute Roll and to give the statutes set out therein the force and effect of law as the Revised Statutes of Canada, , subject to the limitations stated in this Act;
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Now , Therefore , Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Revised Statutes of Canada ( year ) Act .
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Confirmation of Statute Roll 2 (1) Subject to this section and to the exceptions or limitations mentioned in this Act, the Statute Roll deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments on the day of , 19 and the several parts and sections therein contained, being comprised within the chapters numbered from to as therein set out, are hereby declared to be, and are, law by the designation of the “Revised Statutes of Canada, ” in English and « Lois révisées du Canada de » in French, to all intents and purposes as though the Statute Roll and those statutes therein contained, and the several chapters, parts and sections thereof, were expressly embodied in and enacted by this Act. Commencement of Revised Statutes (2) Subject to this Act, the Revised Statutes of Canada, (in this Act called the “Revised Statutes”) come into force, and have operation and effect as law, as provided in this Act, on the day of , 19 . Acts to be proclaimed (3) Where an Act included in the Revised Statutes contains a provision stating that the Act or any portion thereof is to come into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation, that Act or that portion thereof shall not be deemed to be in force solely by reason of subsections (1) and (2), but the Act or portion thereof comes into force only on the day fixed by proclamation for the coming into force thereof, or of that portion thereof, as provided in that Act. Regulation-making power (4) Where an Act included in the Revised Statutes, or any provision thereof, confers power to make regulations or to prescribe forms, that power, for the purpose of making the Act or the provision effective at the date of its coming into force, may be exercised at any time after this Act comes into force, but any regulation or form so made or prescribed does not come into force or have effect until the Act conferring the power comes into force.
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Enactments repealed 3 On the day of , 19 , all the provisions in the several Acts and parts of Acts listed in Schedule I to the Statute Roll are repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of that Schedule.
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Dead law not revived 4 The repeal of the Acts and parts of Acts listed in Schedule I to the Statute Roll does not (a) revive any Act or provision of law repealed by them; (b) affect any saving clause in the Acts or parts of Acts so repealed; or (c) prevent the application of any of those Acts or parts of Acts, or of any Act or provision of law formerly in force, to any transaction, matter or thing anterior to the repeal to which they would otherwise apply.
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Operation of Revised Statutes 5 The Revised Statutes shall not be held to operate as new law, but shall be construed and have effect as a consolidation and as declaratory of the law as contained in the Acts and parts of Acts repealed by section 3, and for which the Revised Statutes are substituted.
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References to repealed enactments 6 A reference in any Act enacted before the coming into force of the Revised Statutes and remaining in force after that time, or in any instrument or document, to any Act or enactment repealed under section 3, shall, after the Revised Statutes take effect, be deemed, in respect of any subsequent transaction, matter or thing, to be a reference to the enactment in the Revised Statutes having the same effect as the repealed Act or enactment.
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Effect of inclusion in Schedule I 7 The inclusion of any Act in Schedule I to the Statute Roll shall not be considered as a declaration that the Act or any part of it was or was not in force immediately before the coming into force of the Revised Statutes.
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Publication of Statutes Act 8 (1) The Publication of Statutes Act does not apply to the Revised Statutes. Printing and distribution of Revised Statutes (2) The Revised Statutes shall be printed and bound in such style or form as the Statute Revision Commission deems best suited to the Revised Statutes and copies of the Revised Statutes shall be distributed without charge to such persons or classes of persons as the Governor in Council directs.
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Citation of Revised Statutes 9 A chapter of the Revised Statutes may be cited and referred to in any Act, regulation, proceeding, instrument or document whatever either by its short or long title as an Act or by using the expression “Revised Statutes, 19 , chapter ”, or “Chapter of the Revised Statutes”, or the abbreviation “R.S.C. 19 , c. ”, or “R.S., c. ”, adding in each case the number of the particular chapter.
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Publication of this Act 10 A copy of this Act may be included in one of the volumes that contain the Revised Statutes in addition to being printed and published with the statutes enacted at the session of Parliament in which this Act is passed.