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British Columbia Treaty Commission Act — B-8.5 21
Annual report 21 (1) The Commission shall, as soon as possible but in any case within six months after the end of each financial year, submit to the principals a report of all activities under this Act for that financial year, including the financial statements and the auditor’s report. Contents (2) The report submitted pursuant to subsection (1) must contain information with respect to the progress of negotiations facilitated by the Commission, the other operations of the Commission and any other matter that the Commission deems appropriate. Tabling in Parliament (3) The Minister shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first thirty days that that House is sitting after the report is made.
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Principals may amend Agreement 22 (1) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted as preventing the principals from amending the Agreement from time to time. Copies of Agreement (2) The Commission shall keep a copy of the Agreement at its office and make it available for inspection by any person at any time during usual business hours.
British Columbia Treaty Commission Act — B-8.5 Coming into force
Coming into force * 25 This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. * [Note: Act in force March 1, 1996, see SI/96-23.]
Bridges Act — B-8 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Bridges Act . R.S., c. B-10, s. 1
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Definitions 2 In this Act, bridge means every bridge to which this Act applies; ( pont ) company means any company incorporated under the authority or within the jurisdiction of Parliament, not being a railway company or otherwise subject to the control of the Minister; ( compagnie ) Minister means the Minister of Public Works and Government Services. ( ministre ) R.S., 1985, c. B-8, s. 2; 1996, c. 16, s. 60
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bridge means every bridge to which this Act applies; ( pont )
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company means any company incorporated under the authority or within the jurisdiction of Parliament, not being a railway company or otherwise subject to the control of the Minister; ( compagnie )
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Minister means the Minister of Public Works and Government Services. ( ministre )
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Application of Act 3 This Act applies to every bridge and the approaches thereto, and the appliances or works appurtenant thereto, built or constructed by any company. R.S., c. B-10, s. 3
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Notice 4 No bridge shall be opened for public use (a) until one month after notice in writing of intention to open the bridge has been given to the Minister by the company to whom the bridge belongs; or (b) until ten days after notice in writing has been given by the company to the Minister of the time when the bridge will, in the opinion of the company, be sufficiently completed for inspection and use with safety. R.S., c. B-10, s. 4
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Proceedings on receipt of notice 5 (1) The Minister, on receiving a notice under section 4, shall direct an engineer attached to or employed by the Department of Public Works and Government Services to examine the bridge proposed to be opened and report to the Minister, in writing, his opinion as to the completeness and sufficiency of the bridge, with the grounds for that opinion. Postponement if the bridge is reported unsafe (2) Where the engineer reports pursuant to subsection (1) that, in his opinion, the bridge would, by reason of incompleteness or insufficiency, be dangerous to the public using it, the Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, may order the company to whom the bridge belongs to postpone the opening for a period not exceeding one month. Further inspection (3) The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, from time to time thereafter, on further inspection of the bridge by an engineer directed under subsection (1) after the ten days notice given under paragraph 4(b), and on a report from the engineer as to the incompleteness or insufficiency of the bridge, make a like order for postponement of the opening of the bridge until it appears to the Minister that the opening of the bridge may take place without danger to the public. R.S., 1985, c. B-8, s. 5; 1996, c. 16, s. 61
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Copy of report to accompany order 6 No order made under section 5 is binding on any company unless a copy of the report of the engineer on which the order is founded is delivered to the company with the order. R.S., c. B-10, s. 6
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Inspection of unsafe bridge 7 The Minister may direct any engineer attached to or employed by the Department of Public Works and Government Services to examine, inspect and report to the Minister on any bridge, whenever he receives information to the effect that the bridge, through want of repair, insufficiency or erroneous construction, or from any other cause, is dangerous to the public using the bridge, or whenever circumstances arise that, in the opinion of the Minister, render an examination or inspection expedient. R.S., 1985, c. B-8, s. 7; 1996, c. 16, s. 61
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Minister may condemn bridge 8 (1) The Minister, on the report of the engineer under section 7, may (a) condemn the bridge or any portion thereof, or any of the works or appliances connected therewith; and (b) with the approval of the Governor in Council, require the substitution of a new bridge for that bridge, or a portion thereof to be renewed, or the use of any materials for any part of that bridge, or any change or alteration therein or any part thereof. Changes or alterations (2) The company to which the bridge referred to in subsection (1) belongs, or the company using or controlling the bridge, in case the bridge is in use or controlled by another company, shall thereupon, on notice from the Minister of any defect or insufficiency in the bridge or any portion thereof so reported, or of any requirement of the Minister under subsection (1), proceed to make good or remedy the defect or insufficiency, and make the change, alteration, substitution or use of material specified as a requirement in the notice. R.S., c. B-10, s. 8
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Power of engineer 9 Any engineer authorized to inspect any bridge may, at all reasonable times, on producing his authority, if required, enter on and examine the bridge. R.S., c. B-10, s. 9
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Company to furnish information 10 Every company and the officers and directors thereof shall afford to an engineer directed by the Minister to inspect any bridge, in this Act referred to as an “inspecting engineer”, such information as is within their knowledge and power in all matters inquired into by him, and shall submit to the engineer all contracts, plans, specifications, drawings and documents relating to the construction, repair or state of repair of the bridge. R.S., c. B-10, s. 10
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Evidence of authority 11 The production of instructions in writing signed by the Minister is sufficient evidence of the authority of an inspecting engineer. R.S., c. B-10, s. 11
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Use of bridge may be suspended 12 When in his opinion a bridge is dangerous, the inspecting engineer may, by notice in writing, stating the reasons for his opinion, and distinctly specifying the defects or the nature of the danger to be apprehended, delivered to the president, managing director, secretary or superintendent of the company that owns, uses or controls the bridge, forbid, until alterations, substitutions or repairs are made therein, (a) the running of any railway or tramway train or car over the bridge when the bridge is intended for, and, in his opinion, dangerous to the passage of any train or car; (b) the passage of any vehicle over the bridge when the bridge is intended for, and, in his opinion, dangerous to the passage of any vehicle; or (c) the passage of any passenger over the bridge when the bridge is intended for, and, in his opinion, dangerous to passengers. R.S., c. B-10, s. 12
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Report to Minister 13 The inspecting engineer shall forthwith report the circumstances of the case described in section 12 to the Minister, who, with the approval of the Governor in Council, may either confirm, modify or disallow the act or order of the inspecting engineer, and notice of the confirmation, modification or disallowance shall be duly given to the company affected thereby. R.S., c. B-10, s. 13
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Inspection not to relieve company from liability 14 No inspection made under this Act, nothing in this Act nor anything done or ordered or omitted to be done or ordered under or by virtue of this Act (a) relieves or shall be construed to relieve any company of or from any liability or responsibility resting on it by law to Her Majesty or to any person for anything done or omitted to be done, or for any wrongful act, neglect or default, misfeasance, malfeasance or non-feasance; or (b) in any way weakens or diminishes the liability or responsibility of any company, under the laws in force in the province in which the liability or responsibility arises. R.S., 1985, c. B-8, s. 14; 2000, c. 12, s. 25
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How orders notified 15 (1) Every company shall be deemed to have received sufficient information of any order of the Minister, if a notice thereof, signed by the Minister, is delivered to the president, vice-president, managing director, secretary or superintendent of the company, or at the office of the company. Idem (2) Every company shall be deemed to have received sufficient information of any order of an inspecting engineer, if a notice thereof, signed by the engineer, is delivered to the company as provided in subsection (1). R.S., c. B-10, s. 15
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Company to report accidents 16 Every company shall, as soon as possible and within at least forty-eight hours after the occurrence on any bridge belonging to the company of any accident attended with serious personal injury to any person using the bridge, or as a result of which the bridge has been broken or so damaged as to render it impassable or unsafe or unfit for immediate use, give notice thereof to the Minister. R.S., c. B-10, s. 16
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Return of accidents twice a year 17 (1) Every company shall within one month after January 1 and July 1, in each year, make to the Minister, under the oath of its president, secretary or superintendent, a true and particular return of all accidents and casualties to persons or property that have occurred on any bridge of the company during the respective half years immediately preceding January 1 and July 1, setting out (a) the causes and natures of the accidents and casualties; (b) whether they occurred by night or by day; and (c) the full extent and all the particulars thereof. Copy of by-laws (2) Every company shall, when making the return required by subsection (1), transmit a true copy of the existing by-laws of the company and of its rules and regulations for the management of the company and of its bridge. R.S., c. B-10, s. 17
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Form of return 18 The Minister may order and direct the form in which returns under section 17 shall be made up, and may, with a view to public safety, in addition to those returns, order and direct any company to make and deliver to the Minister, in such form and manner as the Minister deems necessary and requires for his information, returns of serious accidents occurring in the course of public traffic on any bridge belonging to the company, whether attended with personal injury or not. R.S., c. B-10, s. 18
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Privileged 19 All returns made under section 17 or 18 are privileged communications and shall not be admissible in evidence in any court. R.S., c. B-10, s. 19
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Opening bridge without notice 20 Every company that opens its bridge to the public in contravention of any provision of this Act requiring notice to be given to the Minister shall incur a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for every day during which the bridge remains open prior to the giving and expiring of the notice. R.S., c. B-10, s. 20
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Opening contrary to order of Minister 21 Every company that opens its bridge for public use contrary to an order of the Minister issued under this Act postponing the time of the opening of the bridge shall incur a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for every day during which the bridge remains open contrary to the order. R.S., c. B-10, s. 21
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Omitting to report accidents 22 Every company that wilfully omits to give to the Minister the notice of an accident on or to its bridge required by this Act shall incur a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for every day during which the omission to give the notice continues. R.S., c. B-10, s. 22
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Neglect to deliver return 23 Every company that neglects to deliver any return required by this Act, verified as provided in this Act, within the respective times prescribed by this Act, or to deliver any return, other than the periodical returns required by this Act, within fourteen days after the return has been required by the Minister, shall incur a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for every day during which the company neglects to deliver the return. R.S., c. B-10, s. 23
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Act .
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
affiliate , in relation to any person, means any other person who controls that first person, or who is controlled by that first person or by a third person who also controls the first person; ( affilié )
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barrier has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Accessible Canada Act ; ( obstacle )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
broadcasting means any transmission of programs — regardless of whether the transmission is scheduled or on demand or whether the programs are encrypted or not — by radio waves or other means of telecommunication for reception by the public by means of broadcasting receiving apparatus, but does not include any such transmission of programs that is made solely for performance or display in a public place; ( radiodiffusion )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
broadcasting receiving apparatus means a device, or combination of devices, intended for or capable of being used for the reception of broadcasting; ( récepteur )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
broadcasting undertaking includes a distribution undertaking, an online undertaking, a programming undertaking and a network; ( entreprise de radiodiffusion )
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Commission means the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission established by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act ; ( Conseil )
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community element includes the element of the Canadian broadcasting system as part of which members of a community participate in the production of programs that are in a language used in the community including a not-for-profit broadcasting undertaking that is managed by a board of directors elected by the community; ( élément communautaire )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
control , in the definition affiliate , in paragraph 9.1(1)(m) and in subparagraph 9.1(1)(n)(i), includes control in fact, whether or not through one or more persons; ( contrôle )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
Corporation means the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation continued by section 36; ( Société )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
decision includes a determination made by the Commission in any form; ( décision )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
distribution undertaking means an undertaking for the reception of broadcasting and its retransmission by radio waves or other means of telecommunication to more than one permanent or temporary residence or dwelling unit or to another such undertaking, but does not include such an undertaking that is an online undertaking; ( entreprise de distribution )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
encrypted means treated electronically or otherwise for the purpose of preventing intelligible reception; ( encodage )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
Indigenous peoples has the meaning assigned by the definition aboriginal peoples of Canada in subsection 35(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 ; ( peuples autochtones )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
licence means a licence to carry on a broadcasting undertaking issued by the Commission under this Act; ( licence )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act; ( ministre )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
network includes any operation where control over all or any part of the programs or program schedules of one or more broadcasting undertakings is delegated to another undertaking or person, but does not include such an operation that is an online undertaking; ( réseau )
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official language minority community means English-speaking communities in Quebec and French-speaking communities outside Quebec; ( communauté de langue officielle en situation minoritaire )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
online undertaking means an undertaking for the transmission or retransmission of programs over the Internet for reception by the public by means of broadcasting receiving apparatus; ( entreprise en ligne )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
program means sounds or visual images, or a combination of sounds and visual images, that are intended to inform, enlighten or entertain, but does not include visual images, whether or not combined with sounds, that consist predominantly of alphanumeric text; ( émission )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
programming control means control over the selection of programs for transmission, but does not include control over the selection of a programming service for retransmission; ( contrôle de la programmation )
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programming undertaking means an undertaking for the transmission of programs, either directly by radio waves or other means of telecommunication or indirectly through a distribution undertaking, for reception by the public by means of broadcasting receiving apparatus, but does not include such an undertaking that is an online undertaking; ( entreprise de programmation )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
radio waves means electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3 000 GHz that are propagated in space without artificial guide; ( ondes radioélectriques )
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01
temporary network operation means a network operation with respect to a particular program or a series of programs that extends over a period not exceeding sixty days. ( exploitation temporaire d’un réseau )
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ory, health and public safety, local news and current events, local economy and the arts, (iii) reflect Canada’s communities, regions, Indigenous and multicultural nature, including through third-language programming, (iv) support new and emerging Canadian creative talent, as a cost-effective venue for learning new skills, taking risks and exchanging ideas, (v) through community participation, strengthen the democratic process and support local journalism, and (vi) be available throughout Canada so that all Canadians can engage in dialogue on matters of public concern; and (t) distribution undertakings (i) should give priority to the carriage of Canadian programming services and, in particular, to the carriage of local Canadian stations, (ii) should provide efficient delivery of programming at affordable rates, using the most effective technologies available at reasonable cost, (iii) should, where programming services are supplied to them by broadcasting undertakings pursuant to contractual arrangements, provide reasonable terms for the carriage, packaging and retailing of those programming services, and (iv) may, where the Commission considers it appropriate, originate programming, including local programming, on such terms as are conducive to the achievement of the objectives of the broadcasting policy set out in this subsection, and in particular provide access for underserved linguistic and cultural minority communities. Further declaration (2) It is further declared that the Canadian broadcasting system constitutes a single system and that the objectives of the broadcasting policy set out in subsection (1) can best be achieved by providing for the regulation and supervision of the Canadian broadcasting system by a single independent public authority. 1991, c. 11, s. 3 2023, c. 8, s. 3
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Binding on Her Majesty 4 (1) This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province. Application generally (2) This Act applies in respect of broadcasting undertakings carried on in whole or in part within Canada or on board (a) any ship, vessel or aircraft that is (i) registered or licensed under an Act of Parliament, or (ii) owned by, or under the direction or control of, Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province; (b) any spacecraft that is under the direction or control of (i) Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province, (ii) a citizen or resident of Canada, or (iii) a corporation incorporated or resident in Canada; or (c) any platform, rig, structure or formation that is affixed or attached to land situated in the continental shelf of Canada. For greater certainty (3) For greater certainty, this Act applies in respect of broadcasting undertakings whether or not they are carried on for profit or as part of, or in connection with, any other undertaking or activity. Idem (4) For greater certainty, this Act does not apply to any telecommunications common carrier, as defined in the Telecommunications Act , when acting solely in that capacity. Operators of digital news intermediaries (5) For greater certainty, this Act does not apply to the operator of a digital news intermediary in respect of which the Online News Act applies when the operator acts solely in that capacity. In this subsection, digital news intermediary and operator have the same meanings as in subsection 2(1) of that Act. 1991, c. 11, s. 4; 1993, c. 38, s. 82; 1996, c. 31, s. 57 2023, c. 23, s. 91
Broadcasting Act — B-9.01 4.1
Non-application — programs on social media service 4.1 (1) This Act does not apply in respect of a program that is uploaded to an online undertaking that provides a social media service by a user of the service for transmission over the Internet and reception by other users of the service. Application — certain programs (2) Despite subsection (1), this Act applies in respect of a program that is uploaded as described in that subsection if the program (a) is uploaded to the social media service by the provider of the service or the provider’s affiliate, or by the agent or mandatary of either of them; or (b) is prescribed by regulations made under section 4.2. Non-application — social media service (3) This Act does not apply in respect of online undertakings whose broadcasting consists only of programs in respect of which this Act does not apply under this section. For greater certainty (4) For greater certainty, this section does not exclude the application of this Act in respect of a program that, except for the fact that it is not uploaded as described in subsection (1), is the same as a program in respect of which this Act does not apply under this section. 2023, c. 8, s. 4