GreatNorthCollective/greatnorth-canada-federal-laws-text huggingface dataset:
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 11
11 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 12
12 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 13
13 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 14
14 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 15
15 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 16
16 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
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17 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
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18 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 19
19 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
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20 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 21
21 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 22
22 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
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23 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
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24 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
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25 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 26
26 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian Heritage Languages Institute Act — C-17.6 27
27 [Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Canadian High Arctic Research Station Act — C-17.8 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Canadian High Arctic Research Station Act .
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Definitions 2 The following definitions apply in this Act. Arctic , when used in relation to Canada, means those parts of Canada (a) north of sixty degrees north latitude; or (b) south of sixty degrees north latitude but north of the southern limit of the discontinuous permafrost zone. ( Arctique ) Board means the Board of Directors of CHARS. ( conseil ) CHARS means the Canadian High Arctic Research Station established by subsection 4 (1). ( SCREA ) immovable has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act . ( immeuble ) Minister means the Minister designated under section 3 . ( ministre ) real property has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act . ( biens réels ) 2014, c. 39, s. 145 “2”; 2018, c. 12, s. 247
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Arctic , when used in relation to Canada, means those parts of Canada (a) north of sixty degrees north latitude; or (b) south of sixty degrees north latitude but north of the southern limit of the discontinuous permafrost zone. ( Arctique )
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Board means the Board of Directors of CHARS. ( conseil )
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CHARS means the Canadian High Arctic Research Station established by subsection 4 (1). ( SCREA )
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immovable has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act . ( immeuble )
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Minister means the Minister designated under section 3 . ( ministre )
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real property has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act . ( biens réels )
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Designation of Minister 3 The Governor in Council may, by order, designate any federal minister to be the Minister referred to in this Act.
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CHARS established 4 (1) A corporation is established to be called the Canadian High Arctic Research Station. Agent of Her Majesty (2) CHARS is for all its purposes an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada and it may exercise its powers only as an agent of Her Majesty.
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Purpose 5 The purpose of CHARS is to (a) advance knowledge of the Canadian Arctic in order to improve economic opportunities, environmental stewardship and the quality of life of its residents and all other Canadians; (b) promote the development and dissemination of knowledge of the other circumpolar regions, including the Antarctic; (c) strengthen Canada’s leadership on Arctic issues; and (d) establish a hub for scientific research in the Canadian Arctic.
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Minister 7 (1) The Minister may refer matters relating to Arctic science and technology to CHARS for its consideration. Advice (2) CHARS must advise the Minister in respect of any matter that is referred to it under subsection (1). Reports (3) The Minister may require CHARS to provide him or her with reports on its activities and operations, and may make such a report available to the public.
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Oversight of CHARS 8 (1) The organization and administration of CHARS are to be overseen by a Board of Directors consisting of nine members, including a Chairperson and a Vice-chairperson. The members of the Board are to be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office on a part-time basis. Approval of plans and budgets (2) The Board’s oversight function includes approving CHARS’s science and technology plan as well as annual workplans and budgets referred to in subsection 17 (2). Qualifications of members (3) Persons appointed to the Board must have knowledge or experience that will assist CHARS in carrying out its purpose, having regard to the ethnic, linguistic and regional diversity of Canada’s Arctic.
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Terms of office 9 (1) Members of the Board are appointed to hold office during pleasure for terms of up to five years. Reappointment (2) A member of the Board is eligible for reappointment for a second term of office in the same or another capacity.
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Remuneration 10 Members of the Board are to be paid the remuneration that is fixed by the Governor in Council.
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Expenses 11 Members of the Board are entitled to be paid reasonable travel and living expenses while absent from their ordinary place of residence in the course of their duties under this Act.
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Chairperson’s role 12 The Chairperson presides over meetings of the Board and performs any other duties that are assigned by the Board.
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Acting Chairperson 13 In the event of the absence or incapacity of the Chairperson, or a vacancy in that office, the Vice-chairperson acts as Chairperson.
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Appointment of President 14 (1) The President of CHARS is to be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure on a full-time basis for a term of up to five years. Reappointment (2) The President is eligible for reappointment for one or more further terms of office.
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Remuneration 15 The President is to be paid the remuneration that is fixed by the Governor in Council.
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Expenses 16 The President is entitled to be paid reasonable travel and living expenses while absent from his or her ordinary place of work in the course of his or her duties under this Act.
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President’s role 17 (1) The President is the chief executive officer of CHARS and is responsible for its day-to-day management and direction. Plans and budgets (2) The President must submit to the Board for approval (a) CHARS’s science and technology plan, which must be submitted at intervals of five years or less; and (b) annual workplans and budgets.
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Acting President 18 (1) In the event of the absence or incapacity of the President, or a vacancy in that office, the Board must appoint an employee of CHARS to act as President. Maximum acting period (2) However, the acting President may act as President for longer than 90 days only with the approval of the Governor in Council.
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Authority 19 (1) CHARS has authority over all matters relating to human resources management, including the determination of the terms and conditions of employment of its employees. Supervision of CHARS employees (2) The President is to exercise supervision over and direction of the activities of the employees of CHARS.
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Human resources management 20 CHARS may, in the exercise of its authority in relation to human resources management, (a) determine its requirements with respect to human resources and provide for the allocation and effective utilization of human resources; (b) provide for the classification of CHARS positions; (c) determine and regulate the pay to which its employees are entitled for services rendered, the hours of work and leave of those employees and any related matters; (d) determine and regulate the payments that may be made to its employees by way of reimbursement for travel or other expenses and by way of allowances in respect of expenses and conditions arising out of their employment; and (e) take any other measures that CHARS considers necessary for effective human resources management.
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CHARS’s power to appoint 21 CHARS has the exclusive right and authority to appoint any employees that it considers necessary for carrying out its purpose.
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Mobility to departments 22 (1) For the purpose of deployments or appointments made, or advertised internal appointment processes, under the Public Service Employment Act , employees of CHARS must be treated as if they were employees within the meaning of that Act and had the rights of recourse provided by that Act. When deployments made subject to terms (2) The Public Service Commission may, in consultation with the President of the Treasury Board, set terms and conditions for the deployment of CHARS’s employees to departments and agencies under the Public Service Employment Act if, in the opinion of the Commission, the principles governing CHARS’s staffing program are incompatible with those governing staffing under that Act. Mobility to CHARS (3) When CHARS considers employees within the meaning of the Public Service Employment Act for employment within CHARS, it must treat them as if they were employees of CHARS and had the rights of recourse of CHARS’s employees.
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Public Service Commission review 23 The Public Service Commission may periodically review the compatibility of the principles governing CHARS’s staffing program with those governing staffing under the Public Service Employment Act and may report its findings in its annual report.
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Political activities 24 Part 7 of the Public Service Employment Act applies to the President and employees of CHARS. For the purposes of that Part, the President is deemed to be a deputy head as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act and the employees of CHARS are deemed to be employees as defined in that subsection.
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Head office and other offices 25 CHARS’s head office is to be in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. The Board may establish other offices elsewhere in Canada that it considers necessary for carrying out CHARS’s purpose.
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Meetings 26 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Board must meet at least three times in each year at the times and places that the Chairperson selects. Northern meetings (2) At least one of the Board’s meetings in each year must be held at CHARS’s head office.
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Committees 27 The Board may appoint advisory or other committees. Each committee must include at least one person who is a member of the Board.
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Bylaws 28 The Board may make bylaws for the administration, management and control of the property, business and activities of CHARS, including bylaws (a) respecting the constitution of any committees appointed under section 27 and the roles and duties of those committees; (b) fixing reasonable allowances or expenses for those appointed to a committee under section 27 who are not members of the Board; and (c) respecting the procedure at meetings of the Board and its committees.
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Inventions 29 Despite section 9 of the Public Servants Inventions Act , the administration and control of any invention made by an officer or employee of CHARS and vested in Her Majesty by that Act, and any patent issued with respect to the invention, are vested in CHARS.
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Proceedings 30 Actions, suits or other legal proceedings in respect of any right or obligation acquired or incurred by CHARS on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, whether in its name or in the name of Her Majesty, may be brought or taken by or against CHARS in the name of CHARS in any court that has jurisdiction with respect to the subject-matter of the claim.
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Definitions 146 The following definitions apply in this section and in sections 147 to 156 . CHARS means the Canadian High Arctic Research Station established by subsection 4(1) of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station Act , enacted by section 145 . ( SCREA ) Commission means the Canadian Polar Commission established by section 3 of the Canadian Polar Commission Act , as that section read immediately before section 169 comes into force. ( Commission )
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CHARS means the Canadian High Arctic Research Station established by subsection 4(1) of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station Act , enacted by section 145 . ( SCREA )
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Commission means the Canadian Polar Commission established by section 3 of the Canadian Polar Commission Act , as that section read immediately before section 169 comes into force. ( Commission )
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Board of Directors of Commission 147 Despite subsection 8(1) of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station Act , enacted by section 145 , the persons who, immediately before the day on which section 145 comes into force, held the office of Vice-Chairperson or other member of the Board of Directors of the Commission — other than the office of Chairperson of that Board — hold the office, beginning on that day, of Vice-chairperson or other member of the Board of Directors of CHARS, respectively, until the expiry of their appointment, their removal from office or their resignation.
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Employment — Commission 148 Nothing in this Division is to be construed as affecting the status of any person who, immediately before the day on which section 145 comes into force, occupied a position in the Commission, except that the person, beginning on that day, occupies their position in CHARS.
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Employment — Arctic Science and Technology Directorate 149 Nothing in this Division is to be construed as affecting the status of any person who, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, occupied a position in the portion of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development known as the Arctic Science and Technology Directorate, except that the person, beginning on that day, occupies their position in CHARS.
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Commission’s actions deemed CHARS’s 150 Everything done, or purported to have been done, by the Commission or its Board of Directors before the day on which section 145 comes into force is deemed, on that day, to have been done by CHARS or its Board of Directors, respectively.
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References — Commission 151 Every reference to the Commission in any deed, contract, agreement or other document is, beginning on the day on which section 145 comes into force, to be read as a reference to CHARS unless the context otherwise requires.
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Transfer of rights, property and obligations — Commission 152 All rights, personal property or movables and real property or immovables of the Commission and all obligations of the Commission are transferred to CHARS on the day on which section 145 comes into force.
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Commencement of legal proceedings 153 Every action, suit or other legal proceeding in respect of an obligation or liability incurred by the Commission may, beginning on the day on which section 145 comes into force, be brought against CHARS.
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Continuation of legal proceedings 154 In every action, suit or other legal proceeding to which the Commission is party that is pending in any court immediately before the day on which section 145 comes into force, CHARS takes the place of the Commission as party on that day, and, beginning on that day, the action, suit or proceeding may be continued by or against CHARS in the same manner and to the same extent as it could have been continued by or against the Commission.
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Transfer of appropriations — Commission 155 Any amount that is appropriated by an Act of Parliament for the fiscal year in which section 145 comes into force to defray the charges and expenses of the Commission and that is unexpended on the day on which that section comes into force is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated to defray the charges and expenses of CHARS.
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Transfer of appropriations — Arctic Science and Technology Directorate 156 Any amount that is appropriated by an Act of Parliament for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force to defray the charges and expenses of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development related to the portion of that Department known as the Arctic Science and Technology Directorate and that is unexpended on the day on which this section comes into force is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated to defray the charges and expenses of CHARS.
Canadian Forces Superannuation Act — C-17 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act . R.S., c. C-9, s. 1
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t payable under Part III; ( prestation supplémentaire ) survivor , in relation to a contributor, means (a) a person who was married to the contributor at the time of the contributor’s death, or (b) a person referred to in subsection 29(1). ( survivant ) (2) [Repealed, 1999, c. 34, s. 115] References to R.C.M.P. Superannuation Act (3) A reference in this Act to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act shall be construed as including a reference to any other enactment of Parliament in force either before or after March 1, 1960 providing for the payment of pensions to members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police based on length of service. Employment in forces pensionable employment (4) Except as provided in the regulations, employment as a member of the Canadian Forces is not excepted employment for the purposes of the Canada Pension Plan . R.S., 1985, c. C-17, s. 2; R.S., 1985, c. 31 (1st Supp.), s. 61; 1992, c. 46, s. 32; 1998, c. 35, s. 107; 1999, c. 34, s. 115; 2003, c. 22, s. 225(E), c. 26, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 464
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Canadian Forces Pension Fund means the fund established under section 55.2; ( Caisse de retraite des Forces canadiennes )
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Canadian Forces Superannuation Investment Fund means the fund established under section 55.1; ( Fonds de placement du compte de pension de retraite des Forces canadiennes )
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child means a child or stepchild of — or an individual adopted either legally or in fact by — a contributor, who at the time of the contributor’s death was dependent on the contributor for support; ( enfant )
Canadian Forces Superannuation Act — C-17 (a)
contributor means a person who is required by section 5 to contribute to the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, and includes, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) a person who has ceased to be required by this Act to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, and (b) for the purposes of sections 26 to 35 and 38 to 40, a contributor under Part V of the former Act who has become entitled to a pension under that Part or has died; ( contributeur )
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disabled , as applied to any member of the regular force, has reference to any condition rendering him mentally or physically unfit to perform his duties as such member; ( invalide )
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former Act means the Defence Services Pension Act , chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952, as it read before March 1, 1960, and includes, unless the context otherwise requires, any other enactment of Parliament providing for the payment of pensions to members of the regular force based on length of service, other than this Act; ( ancienne loi )
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intermediate engagement [Repealed, 2003, c. 26, s. 1]
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member of the regular force means an officer or non-commissioned member of the regular force; ( membre de la force régulière )
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member of the reserve force means an officer or non-commissioned member of the reserve force; ( membre de la force de réserve )
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Minister means the Minister of National Defence; ( ministre )
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officer means a commissioned or subordinate officer of the regular force; ( officier )
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pay , as applied to the Canadian Forces, means pay at the rates prescribed or established under the National Defence Act for the rank held by the person in respect of whom the expression is being applied, together with the allowances prescribed by the regulations made under this Act for that rank, and, as applied to the public service or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, means the salary or pay and allowances, as the case may be, applicable in the case of that person, as determined under the Public Service Superannuation Act or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act ; ( solde )
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provincial pension plan has the same meaning as in the Canada Pension Plan ; ( régime provincial de pensions )
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public service has the meaning given that expression in subsection 3(1) of the Public Service Superannuation Act ; ( fonction publique )