Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act — R-10 76
Definitions 76 (1) The following definitions apply in this section. former commission means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission established by subsection 45.29(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act , as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 35 . ( ancienne commission ) new commission means the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police established by subsection 45.29(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act , as enacted by section 35 . ( nouvelle commission ) Members of former commission (2) All persons who hold office as Chairman, Vice-Chairman or member of the former commission immediately before the coming into force of section 35 cease to hold office on the day on which that section comes into force. Employees (3) 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 commission, except that the employee shall, on that coming into force, occupy his or her position in the new commission. Definition of employee (4) In subsection (3), employee has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act . Transfer of appropriations (5) Any amount 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 charges and expenses of the former commission that, on that coming force, is unexpended is deemed, on that coming into force, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the new commission. Rights and obligations transferred (6) All rights and property held by or in the name of or in trust for the former commission and all obligations and liabilities of the former commission are deemed to be rights, property, obligations and liabilities of the new Commission. References (7) Every reference to the former commission in a deed, contract or other document executed by the former commission in its own name is to be read as a reference to the new commission, unless the context requires otherwise. Continuation of proceedings (8) Any action, suit or other legal or administrative proceeding to which the former commission is a party that is pending on the coming into force of this section may be continued by or against the new commission in a similar manner and to the same extent as it would have been continued by or against the former commission. Complaints under section 45.35 or 45.37 (9) Any complaint made under 45.35 or 45.37 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act that has not been disposed of or resolved by the former commission before the coming into force of section 35 may be disposed of or resolved by the new commission in accordance with the provisions of Part VII of that Act, as enacted by that section 35 . Complaints under section 45.49 (10) If Bill C-38, introduced in the 1st session of the 41st Parliament and entitled the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (in this subsection referred to as the “other Act”) receives royal assent and section 369 of the other Act comes into force before section 35 of this Act, any complaint made under section 45.49 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act that has not been disposed of or resolved by the former commission before the coming into force of that section 35 may be disposed of or resolved by the new commission in accordance with the provisions of Part VII.2 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act .