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Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 67
Application 67 (1) If a debtor is in persistent arrears, a provincial enforcement service may apply to the Minister requesting that the following actions be taken: (a) that no new schedule licences be issued to the debtor; (b) that all schedule licences held by the debtor be suspended; and (c) that schedule licences held by the debtor not be renewed. Contents of application (2) An application must be in the form approved by the Minister and must contain the prescribed information. Statement (3) An application must contain a statement by an officer of the provincial enforcement service confirming the following: (a) that the provincial enforcement service is satisfied that the debtor is in persistent arrears; (b) that the provincial enforcement service has made reasonable attempts to enforce the support order before making the licence denial application; and (c) that the provincial enforcement service has sent a notice to the debtor, at the debtor’s last known address, (i) stating that the provincial enforcement service has reasonable grounds to believe that the debtor is in persistent arrears, (ii) stating that the provincial enforcement service intends to make a licence denial application in relation to the debtor, (iii) informing the debtor of the consequences to the debtor of a licence denial application, and (iv) advising the debtor that a licence denial application will not be made if the debtor enters into a payment plan that is acceptable to the provincial enforcement service or satisfies the provincial enforcement service that the debtor is unable to pay the amount in arrears and that the making of the application is not reasonable in the circumstances. Time for making application (4) An application may be made only after thirty days have expired after the notice referred to in subsection (3) was received by the debtor. Deemed receipt (5) A notice referred to in subsection (3) is deemed to have been received by a debtor ten days after it is sent to the debtor. 1997, c. 1, s. 22 2019, c. 16, s. 73
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 68
Informing appropriate Ministers 68 Immediately on the receipt of a licence denial application, the Minister shall notify each appropriate Minister of the receipt of the application, and shall provide them with any information that may be necessary to assist them in determining whether the debtor to whom the application relates is the holder of a schedule licence. 1997, c. 1, s. 22 2019, c. 16, s. 74
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 68.1
Right to search information banks 68.1 Subject to the regulations, the Minister and the appropriate Minister are entitled to have any of the information banks that may be searched under Part I searched for any information necessary to confirm the identity of the debtor. 2019, c. 16, s. 75
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 69
Determination — does debtor hold schedule licence 69 (1) On being informed of a licence denial application in respect of a debtor, an appropriate Minister shall immediately determine whether the debtor is the holder of a schedule licence issued by the appropriate Minister. Suspension and non-renewal of schedule licences (2) If an appropriate Minister determines that a debtor is the holder of a schedule licence, the appropriate Minister shall suspend the schedule licence and, where applicable, refuse to renew the schedule licence. Notice to debtor (3) An appropriate Minister who takes any action under subsection (2) against a debtor shall send the debtor a notice in writing informing the debtor that the action has been taken. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 70
Refusal to issue schedule licence 70 An appropriate Minister who is informed of a licence denial application in respect of a debtor shall refuse to issue a schedule licence to the debtor. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 71
No appeal 71 Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act of Parliament, of any regulation or order made under any other Act of Parliament or of any order made pursuant to a prerogative of the Crown, no appeal lies from any action taken under this Part. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 72
Request to terminate application of Part 72 (1) A provincial enforcement service shall immediately request that all actions taken under this Part in respect of a debtor be terminated where (a) the provincial enforcement service is satisfied that the debtor (i) is no longer in arrears under all support orders against the debtor that are enforced by a licence denial application, (ii) is complying, in respect of those support orders, with a payment plan that the provincial enforcement service considers reasonable, or (iii) is unable to pay the amount in arrears and that the application of this Part against the debtor is not reasonable in the circumstances; or (b) the provincial enforcement service ceases to enforce those support orders against the debtor. Request — form and manner (2) A request under subsection (1) must be made to the Minister in the prescribed manner and in the form approved by the Minister. 1997, c. 1, s. 22 2019, c. 16, s. 76
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 73
Informing appropriate Ministers 73 Where the Minister receives a request under section 72, the Minister shall immediately inform each appropriate Minister of the receipt of the request. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 74
Obligation of appropriate Ministers 74 Immediately on being informed under section 73, each appropriate Minister shall (a) cancel the suspension of every schedule licence suspended by that appropriate Minister and inform the licence holder that the suspension has been cancelled; (b) stop refusing to renew schedule licences of the debtor solely on the basis of this Part; and (c) stop refusing to issue schedule licences to the debtor solely on the basis of this Part. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 75
When licence not revived 75 The cancellation of the suspension of a schedule licence pursuant to section 74 does not operate to revive the licence if the term of the licence expired while the suspension was in force. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 76
Offence 76 Every person who is notified that a passport issued to the person has been suspended under this Part and who fails to return the passport forthwith to a Passport Office, as defined in section 2 of the Canadian Passport Order , or who subsequently uses the passport after being so notified, is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 78
Regulations 78 The Governor in Council may make regulations (a) respecting the conducting of searches for the purposes of this Part of the information banks that may be searched under Part I; (b) prescribing anything that by this Part is to be or may be prescribed. 1997, c. 1, s. 22 2019, c. 16, s. 78
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 78.1
No liability 78.1 No action lies against Her Majesty in right of Canada, any Minister of the Crown in right of Canada or any officer or employee of Her Majesty in right of Canada for anything done or omitted to be done, or purported to be done or omitted to be done, in good faith in the exercise of any power or performance of any duty under Part I or III. 2019, c. 16, s. 79
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 78.2
Matters governed by this Act 78.2 The Minister may undertake research related to matters governed by this Act. 2019, c. 16, s. 79
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 79
Release authorization 79 Notwithstanding any provision in any other Act of Parliament that prohibits or restricts the release of information, the following information may be released for the purposes of this Act: (a) information in any information bank that may be searched under Part I, (b) information that is necessarily incidental to the garnishment of moneys under Part II, and (c) information that is necessarily incidental to the administration of Part III. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 80
Prohibition 80 An officer or employee of, or person who is hired on a contractual basis by, Her Majesty in right of Canada who obtains personal information , as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act , under this Act shall not, except in performing their duties under this Act or if so authorized under another Act of Parliament, knowingly communicate the information or allow it to be communicated to any person, or knowingly allow any person to inspect or have access to any statement or other writing containing the information. 1997, c. 1, s. 22 2019, c. 16, s. 80
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 81
Offence and punishment 81 Every person who contravenes section 80 is guilty of an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding $1,000, or to both. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 82
Limitation period 82 Any proceedings under section 81 may be instituted at any time within but not later than three years after the time when the subject-matter of the proceedings arose. 1997, c. 1, s. 22
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 (19)
Idem (19) (3) Sections 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19 and 19.1 of the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act , as enacted or amended by sections 6 and 8 to 12 of this Act, apply only to applications for the release of information received under the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act after the coming into force of those sections. Idem (4) Sections 28 to 30 of the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act , as enacted by section 15 of this Act, apply only to garnishee summonses served after the coming into force of that section.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 120
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act 120 (1) In this section, other Act means the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act . Former Part I of other Act (2) Part I of the other Act, as it read immediately before the day on which section 46 of this Act comes into force, applies to an application made before that day under any of sections 7 to 14 of the other Act and with respect to which the 12-month period set out in section 17 of the other Act has not expired on that day. Former sections 28 and 29 of other Act (3) Sections 28 and 29 of the other Act, as it read immediately before the day on which section 54 of this Act comes into force, applies to a garnishee summons and an application served on Her Majesty in right of Canada under section 28 of the other Act before that day and which bind Her Majesty in right of Canada on or after that day.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 51
51 (1) The definitions support order and support provision in subsection 23(1) of the Act are repealed. (2) and (3) [In force] (4) Subsection 23(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order: order means any of the following — whether interim or final — that is enforceable in a province: (a) an order, judgment, decision or agreement for maintenance, alimony or support, (b) an order or judgment respecting expenses that are incurred as a result of the denial of, or the failure to exercise, parenting time, custody, access or contact, or (c) an order, judgment or agreement respecting expenses that are related to the exercise of parenting time, custody or access in the case of the child’s relocation , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Divorce Act or provincial law; ( ordonnance )
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 (a)
order means any of the following — whether interim or final — that is enforceable in a province: (a) an order, judgment, decision or agreement for maintenance, alimony or support, (b) an order or judgment respecting expenses that are incurred as a result of the denial of, or the failure to exercise, parenting time, custody, access or contact, or (c) an order, judgment or agreement respecting expenses that are related to the exercise of parenting time, custody or access in the case of the child’s relocation , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Divorce Act or provincial law; ( ordonnance )
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 52
52 Section 24 of the Act is replaced by the following: Her Majesty may be garnisheed 24 Despite any other Act of Parliament preventing the garnishment of Her Majesty, Her Majesty may, for the enforcement of orders, be garnisheed in accordance with this Part in respect of all garnishable moneys.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 24
Her Majesty may be garnisheed 24 Despite any other Act of Parliament preventing the garnishment of Her Majesty, Her Majesty may, for the enforcement of orders, be garnisheed in accordance with this Part in respect of all garnishable moneys.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 54
1993, c. 8, s. 15; 1997, c. 1, s. 21 54 Sections 28 and 29 of the Act are replaced by the following: Service binds Her Majesty for 12 years 28 Subject to the provisions of this Part and the regulations, service on the Minister of an application in the form approved by the Minister that contains the information prescribed by the regulations and of a garnishee summons binds Her Majesty for 12 years in respect of all garnishable moneys payable to the judgment debtor named in the garnishee summons. Calculation of 12-year period 29 For the purposes of section 28, the 12-year period begins on the expiry of the period prescribed by the regulations that immediately follows the service of the garnishee summons on the Minister.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 28
Service binds Her Majesty for 12 years 28 Subject to the provisions of this Part and the regulations, service on the Minister of an application in the form approved by the Minister that contains the information prescribed by the regulations and of a garnishee summons binds Her Majesty for 12 years in respect of all garnishable moneys payable to the judgment debtor named in the garnishee summons.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 29
Calculation of 12-year period 29 For the purposes of section 28, the 12-year period begins on the expiry of the period prescribed by the regulations that immediately follows the service of the garnishee summons on the Minister.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 66
66 Section 53 of the Act is replaced by the following: Multiple garnishee summonses 53 If more than one garnishee summons is served on the Minister under this Part in respect of the same judgment debtor, the garnishee summonses shall be honoured in the manner specified in the regulations.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 53
Multiple garnishee summonses 53 If more than one garnishee summons is served on the Minister under this Part in respect of the same judgment debtor, the garnishee summonses shall be honoured in the manner specified in the regulations.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act — F-1.4 69
1993, c. 8, s. 18(1) 69 (1) [In force] (2) Subsection 61(b) of the Act is replaced by the following: (b) prescribing the information that must be contained in an application referred to in section 28; (3) to (5) [In force] (6) Paragraph 61(h) of the Act is replaced by the following: (h) respecting the manner in which garnishee summonses must be honoured where there is more than one garnishee summons in respect of the same judgment debtor; (7) [In force]
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6 Preamble
Preamble Whereas forced labour and child labour are forms of modern slavery;
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6
Whereas Canada, as a party to the eight fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organization on fundamental labour rights — including the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, adopted in Geneva on June 28, 1930; the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957, adopted in Geneva on June 25, 1957; and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999, adopted at Geneva on June 17, 1999 — is determined to contribute to the fight against modern slavery;
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6
And whereas Parliament considers that it is essential to contribute to fighting modern slavery, including by imposing reporting obligations on government institutions involved in producing, purchasing or distributing goods in Canada or elsewhere and on entities involved in manufacturing, producing, growing, extracting or processing goods in Canada or elsewhere or in importing goods manufactured, produced, grown, extracted or processed outside Canada;
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6
Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act .
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6 2
Definitions 2 The following definitions apply in this Act. child labour means labour or services provided or offered to be provided by persons under the age of 18 years and that (a) are provided or offered to be provided in Canada under circumstances that are contrary to the laws applicable in Canada; (b) are provided or offered to be provided under circumstances that are mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous to them; (c) interfere with their schooling by depriving them of the opportunity to attend school, obliging them to leave school prematurely or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work; or (d) constitute the worst forms of child labour as defined in article 3 of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999, adopted at Geneva on June 17, 1999. ( travail des enfants ) entity means a corporation or a trust, partnership or other unincorporated organization that (a) is listed on a stock exchange in Canada; (b) has a place of business in Canada, does business in Canada or has assets in Canada and that, based on its consolidated financial statements, meets at least two of the following conditions for at least one of its two most recent financial years: (i) it has at least $20 million in assets, (ii) it has generated at least $40 million in revenue, and (iii) it employs an average of at least 250 employees; or (c) is prescribed by regulations. ( entité ) forced labour means labour or service provided or offered to be provided by a person under circumstances that (a) could reasonably be expected to cause the person to believe their safety or the safety of a person known to them would be threatened if they failed to provide or offer to provide the labour or service; or (b) constitute forced or compulsory labour as defined in article 2 of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, adopted in Geneva on June 28, 1930. ( travail forcé ) governing body means the body or group of members of the entity with primary responsibility for the governance of the entity. ( corps dirigeant ) government institution has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Access to Information Act . ( institution fédérale ) head has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Access to Information Act . ( responsable d’institution fédérale ) Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. ( ministre ) production of goods includes the manufacturing, growing, extracting and processing of goods. ( production de marchandises )
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6 (a)
child labour means labour or services provided or offered to be provided by persons under the age of 18 years and that (a) are provided or offered to be provided in Canada under circumstances that are contrary to the laws applicable in Canada; (b) are provided or offered to be provided under circumstances that are mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous to them; (c) interfere with their schooling by depriving them of the opportunity to attend school, obliging them to leave school prematurely or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work; or (d) constitute the worst forms of child labour as defined in article 3 of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999, adopted at Geneva on June 17, 1999. ( travail des enfants )
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6 (a)
entity means a corporation or a trust, partnership or other unincorporated organization that (a) is listed on a stock exchange in Canada; (b) has a place of business in Canada, does business in Canada or has assets in Canada and that, based on its consolidated financial statements, meets at least two of the following conditions for at least one of its two most recent financial years: (i) it has at least $20 million in assets, (ii) it has generated at least $40 million in revenue, and (iii) it employs an average of at least 250 employees; or (c) is prescribed by regulations. ( entité )
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6 (a)
forced labour means labour or service provided or offered to be provided by a person under circumstances that (a) could reasonably be expected to cause the person to believe their safety or the safety of a person known to them would be threatened if they failed to provide or offer to provide the labour or service; or (b) constitute forced or compulsory labour as defined in article 2 of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, adopted in Geneva on June 28, 1930. ( travail forcé )
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6
governing body means the body or group of members of the entity with primary responsibility for the governance of the entity. ( corps dirigeant )
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6
government institution has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Access to Information Act . ( institution fédérale )
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6
head has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Access to Information Act . ( responsable d’institution fédérale )
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6
Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. ( ministre )
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6
production of goods includes the manufacturing, growing, extracting and processing of goods. ( production de marchandises )
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6 3
Purpose 3 The purpose of this Act is to implement Canada’s international commitment to contribute to the fight against forced labour and child labour through the imposition of reporting obligations on (a) government institutions producing, purchasing or distributing goods in Canada or elsewhere; and (b) entities producing goods in Canada or elsewhere or in importing goods produced outside Canada.
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6 4
Binding on His Majesty 4 This Act is binding on His Majesty in right of Canada or a province.