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Public Complaints and Review Commission Act — P-27.5 91
Offence to disclose certain information 91 Every person who contravenes subsection 25 (1) is (a) guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or (b) guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.
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Limitation period 92 Summary conviction proceedings in respect of an offence under this Part may be instituted at any time within but not later than two years after the time when the subject matter of the proceedings arose.
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former 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 . ( ancienne Commission )
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new Commission means the Commission. ( nouvelle Commission )
Public Complaints and Review Commission Act — P-27.5 Order in council
Order in council * 146 The provisions of this Act come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. * [Note: Act not in force.]
Public Documents Act — P-28 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Public Documents Act . R.S., c. P-28, s. 1
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Public documents of Canada 2 (1) Unless some Act relating thereto expressly so provides, no commission or other public document under the Great Seal or under the Privy Seal of the Governor General, no letters patent of Canada and no public writ, deed or other document thereof, or any portion of any such document, is required to be on parchment, but, when written or printed wholly or in part on paper, is as valid in all respects as if written or printed on parchment. Saving (2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as declaring that it was necessary to the validity of any document described in subsection (1) signed, sealed or executed before June 22, 1869 that the document or any part thereof should be on parchment. R.S., c. P-28, s. 2
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Defective letters patent or documents 3 (1) If letters patent under the Great Seal, other than letters patent that grant or concede lands, or documents under the Privy Seal of the Governor General or person administering the Government of Canada, have been issued to or in the name of the wrong person, or contain any clerical error or misnomer or wrong description of any material fact, the Registrar General of Canada, when authorized by the Governor in Council, may direct that the defective letters patent or documents be cancelled, that a minute of the cancellation be entered in the margin of the registry of the original letters patent or other documents and that correct letters patent under the Great Seal or documents under the Privy Seal be issued in their place. Effect (2) Correct letters patent or documents issued under subsection (1) relate back to the date of those cancelled. R.S., 1985, c. P-28, s. 3; 2011, c. 21, s. 155
Public Health Agency of Canada Act — P-29.5 Preamble
Preamble WHEREAS the Government of Canada wishes to take public health measures, including measures relating to health protection and promotion, population health assessment, health surveillance, disease and injury prevention, and public health emergency preparedness and response;
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WHEREAS the Government of Canada wishes to foster collaboration within the field of public health and to coordinate federal policies and programs in the area of public health;
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WHEREAS the Government of Canada wishes to promote cooperation and consultation in the field of public health with provincial and territorial governments;
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WHEREAS the Government of Canada also wishes to foster cooperation in that field with foreign governments and international organizations, as well as other interested persons or organizations;
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AND WHEREAS the Government of Canada considers that the creation of a public health agency for Canada and the appointment of a Chief Public Health Officer will contribute to federal efforts to identify and reduce public health risk factors and to support national readiness for public health threats;
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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 Public Health Agency of Canada Act .
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Definitions 2 The following definitions apply in this Act. Agency means the Public Health Agency of Canada established by section 3. ( Agence ) Chief Public Health Officer means the Chief Public Health Officer appointed under subsection 6(1). ( administrateur en chef ) Minister means the Minister of Health. ( ministre ) President means the President of the Agency appointed under section 5.1. ( président ) 2006, c. 5, s. 2; 2014, c. 39, s. 253
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Agency means the Public Health Agency of Canada established by section 3. ( Agence )
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Chief Public Health Officer means the Chief Public Health Officer appointed under subsection 6(1). ( administrateur en chef )
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Minister means the Minister of Health. ( ministre )
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President means the President of the Agency appointed under section 5.1. ( président )
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Establishment 3 The Public Health Agency of Canada is established for the purpose of assisting the Minister in exercising or performing the Minister’s powers, duties and functions in relation to public health.
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Minister to preside 4 The Minister presides over the Agency and has the management and direction of it.
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Delegation to Agency 5 (1) The Minister may, subject to any terms and conditions that the Minister specifies, delegate to an officer or employee of the Agency any of the powers, duties and functions that the Minister is authorized to exercise or perform under any Act of Parliament or any order made by the Governor in Council in respect of public health. Restriction (2) Subsection (1) does not authorize the Minister to delegate a power to make regulations nor a power to delegate under that subsection.
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Appointment 5.1 The President of the Agency is to be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure for a renewable term of up to five years. 2014, c. 39, s. 254
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Chief executive officer 5.2 The President is the chief executive officer of the Agency and has the rank and status of a deputy head of a department. 2014, c. 39, s. 254
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Remuneration 5.3 The President is to be paid the remuneration fixed by the Governor in Council. 2014, c. 39, s. 254
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Appointment 6 (1) The Governor in Council shall appoint a Chief Public Health Officer, who is an officer of the Agency. Qualifications required (2) The Chief Public Health Officer shall be a health professional who has qualifications in the field of public health. 2006, c. 5, s. 6; 2014, c. 39, s. 255
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Lead health professional 7 (1) The Chief Public Health Officer is the lead health professional of the Government of Canada in relation to public health. Advice (1.1) The Chief Public Health Officer shall provide the Minister and the President with public health advice that is developed on a scientific basis. Communication with governments, public health authorities and organizations (2) The Chief Public Health Officer may, with respect to public health issues, communicate with governments, public health authorities or organizations in the public health field, within Canada or internationally. Communication with the public, voluntary organizations and the private sector (3) The Chief Public Health Officer may communicate with the public, voluntary organizations in the public health field or the private sector for the purpose of providing information, or seeking their views, about public health issues. 2006, c. 5, s. 7; 2014, c. 39, s. 256
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Tenure of office and removal 8 (1) The Chief Public Health Officer holds office during pleasure for a term not exceeding five years. Reappointment (2) The Chief Public Health Officer may be reappointed for one or more additional terms.
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Remuneration 10 (1) The Chief Public Health Officer shall be paid, for the performance of his or her duties and functions, the remuneration fixed by the Governor in Council. (2) [Repealed, 2014, c. 39, s. 258] 2006, c. 5, s. 10; 2014, c. 39, s. 258
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Delegation 11 The Chief Public Health Officer may delegate any of the powers, duties and functions that the Chief Public Health Officer is authorized to exercise or perform, except the power to delegate under this section, to any officer or employee of the Agency.
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Annual report on public health 12 (1) The Chief Public Health Officer shall, within six months after the end of each fiscal year, submit a report to the Minister on the state of public health in Canada. Tabling in Parliament (2) The Minister shall cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the Minister receives the report. Other report on public health (3) The Chief Public Health Officer may prepare and publish a report on any issue relating to public health. Data and methodology (4) The Chief Public Health Officer shall, to the extent possible, in any report submitted or published under this section, set out the source of the data and information used in the preparation of the report and the methodology employed to arrive at the report’s findings, conclusions or recommendations. Contents of a report (5) The Chief Public Health Officer may, in any report submitted or published under this section, refer to public health problems and their causes, as well as any measures that may, in his or her opinion, be effective in preventing or resolving those problems.
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Officers and employees 13 The officers and employees necessary for the proper conduct of the work of the Agency shall be appointed in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act .
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Committees 14 (1) The Minister may establish advisory and other committees in relation to public health and provide for their membership, duties, functions and operation. Remuneration (2) Members of a committee shall be paid, for the performance of their duties and functions, any remuneration that may be fixed by the Governor in Council. Travel, living and other expenses (3) Members of a committee are entitled to be paid, in accordance with Treasury Board directives, for reasonable travel, living and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and functions while absent from their ordinary place of work, in the case of full-time members, or from their ordinary place of residence, in the case of part-time members.
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Regulations 15 (1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations respecting (a) the collection, analysis, interpretation, publication and distribution of information relating to public health, for the purpose of paragraph 4(2)(h) of the Department of Health Act ; and (b) the protection of that information if it is confidential information, including if it is personal information as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act . Offence (2) Every person who knowingly possesses, uses or discloses information in contravention of a regulation made under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
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Definitions 16 The following definitions apply in sections 17 to 19. former agency means the portion of the federal public administration known as the Public Health Agency of Canada. ( ancienne agence ) new agency means the Public Health Agency of Canada established under section 3. ( nouvelle agence )
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former agency means the portion of the federal public administration known as the Public Health Agency of Canada. ( ancienne agence )
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new agency means the Public Health Agency of Canada established under section 3. ( nouvelle agence )
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Chief Public Health Officer 17 (1) The person occupying the office of Chief Public Health Officer on the day on which this section comes into force remains in office and is deemed to have been appointed under subsection 6(1). Employees (2) 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 agency, except that the employee shall, on that coming into force, occupy that position in the new agency. Definition of employee (3) In subsection (2), employee has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act .
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Transfer of appropriations 18 (1) Any amount that is 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 federal public administration for the former agency and that is unexpended on the day on which this section comes into force is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the new agency. Transfer of powers, duties and functions (2) If a power, duty or function is, under any Act, order, rule or regulation, or under any contract, lease, licence or other document, vested in or exercisable by an officer or employee of the former agency, the power, duty or function is vested in and shall be exercised by the appropriate officer or employee of the new agency, unless the Governor in Council, by order, designates a deputy minister or an officer of the federal public administration to exercise or perform that power, duty or function.
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References 19 (1) A reference to the former agency in any of the following schedules and orders is deemed to be a reference to the new agency: (a) Schedule I to the Access to Information Act , under the heading “ Other Government Institutions ”; (b) Schedules I.1 and IV to the Financial Administration Act ; (c) the schedule to the Privacy Act , under the heading “ Other Government Institutions ”; (d) the schedule to the Access to Information Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order ; (e) the schedule to the Direction Applying the Auditor General Act Sustainable Development Strategy Requirements to Certain Departments ; (f) the schedule to the Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order ; and (g) any order of the Governor in Council made pursuant to the definition department in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act . Deputy head (2) The designation of a person as deputy head of the former agency in any order of the Governor in Council made pursuant to paragraph 29(e) of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act or to the definition deputy head in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act is deemed to be a designation of the Chief Public Health Officer as deputy head of the new agency.
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Annual report 20 Subsections 12(1) and (2) do not apply until the expiry of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which those subsections come into force.
Public Health Agency of Canada Act — P-29.5 Order in council
Order in council * 24 This Act, other than section 23, comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. * [Note: Section 23 in force on assent December 12, 2006; Act, other than section 23, in force December 15, 2006, see SI/2006-145.]
Public Pensions Reporting Act — P-31.4 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Public Pensions Reporting Act .
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Definitions 2 In this Act, Chief Actuary means the Chief Actuary of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions; ( actuaire en chef ) Minister , in relation to any provision, means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor General in Council as the Minister for the purpose of that provision. ( ministre ) R.S., 1985, c. 13 (2nd Supp.), s. 2, c. 18 (3rd Supp.), s. 40; 1992, c. 1, s. 143(E)
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Chief Actuary means the Chief Actuary of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions; ( actuaire en chef )
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Minister , in relation to any provision, means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor General in Council as the Minister for the purpose of that provision. ( ministre )
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Pension plan review 3 (1) The Minister shall cause the Chief Actuary to conduct actuarial reviews, in accordance with this section, of the pension plans established under the following Acts: (a) the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act ; (b) the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act ; (c) the Public Service Superannuation Act ; (d) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act ; (e) the Judges Act ; and (f) the Old Age Security Act . Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act (2) Each pension plan referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (e) shall be deemed to include the related benefits payable under the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act and the related assets of the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account. Review dates (3) The review dates as of which the actuarial reviews under subsection (1) must be conducted are (a) in respect of each of the pension plans referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (e), a date not later than four years after the last review date and, thereafter, dates not more than three years apart; (b) in respect of the pension plan established under Part I of the Old Age Security Act , a date not later than December 31, 1988 and, thereafter, dates not more than three years apart; and (c) in respect of the pension plans established under Parts II and III of the Old Age Security Act , a date fixed by the Governor in Council and, thereafter, dates not more than three years apart. Meaning of last review date (4) In paragraph (3)(a), the last review date shall be deemed to be (a) in relation to the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act , December 31, 1983; (b) in relation to the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act , March 31, 1982; (c) in relation to the Public Service Superannuation Act , December 31, 1983; (d) in relation to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act , December 31, 1985; and (e) in relation to the Judges Act , December 31, 1983.
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Where plan is amended 4 Where an amendment is made to a pension plan referred to in subsection 3(1) and the amendment affects the cost of benefits or creates an initial unfunded liability, the Minister shall cause the Chief Actuary to conduct an actuarial review of the plan as of the effective date of the amendment.
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Cost certificate 5 (1) The Chief Actuary shall, within eighteen months after the review date of a pension plan reviewed in accordance with section 3, file with the Minister a cost certificate in respect of the plan. Contents of cost certificate (2) A cost certificate filed pursuant to subsection (1) in respect of a plan referred to in paragraphs 3(1)(a) to (e) shall set out (a) the estimated cost of benefits under the pension plan (expressed as a percentage of pensionable payroll, showing separately the employer contributions and the employee contributions) in respect of service (i) for the three plan years following the review date, where that date falls on the last day of a plan year, or (ii) for the plan year in which the review date falls and the two subsequent plan years, where that date falls on any other day of a plan year; (b) the actuarial method for computing the cost of benefits, including, where applicable, the rule for allocating the cost between the employer and the employees in respect of service for the next two plan years following the applicable plan year referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) the amounts of any new initial unfunded liability and any new experience deficiency or surplus on the review date and any special payment to be made in respect thereto. Idem (3) A cost certificate filed pursuant to subsection (1) in respect of a plan referred to in paragraph 3(1)(f) shall show the estimated annual cost of monthly pensions, monthly guaranteed income supplements, allowances, and other benefits, if any, for each of the ten years following the review, and for each fifth year thereafter for a period not less than thirty years from the date of such a review. R.S., 1985, c. 13 (2nd Supp.), s. 5; 2000, c. 12, s. 271
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Valuation report 6 (1) The Chief Actuary shall, in respect of a review required pursuant to paragraphs 3(1)(a) to (e), file with the Minister a valuation report based on the review of the plan, within the time limit referred to in subsection 5(1). Contents of valuation report (2) A valuation report filed pursuant to this section shall be prepared in a manner consistent with the guides and Recommendations for the preparation of an actuarial report in connection with a pension plan, published by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, and shall include such additional information as the Minister may from time to time require.
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Change in actuarial methods or assumptions 7 Where, in the review of a pension plan, actuarial assumptions or methods are used that differ from those used for the immediately preceding review in respect of which a cost certificate was filed pursuant to section 5 and such different assumptions or methods result (a) in a decrease in the going concern unfunded actuarial liability but do not result in an excess of going concern assets over the going concern actuarial liabilities, the outstanding special payments shall be recalculated by multiplying each of the amounts thereof by a factor having, as numerator, the going concern unfunded actuarial liability and, as denominator, the sum of the present values of the previously determined special payments where the present values are calculated on the basis of the actuarial assumptions used at the current review; or (b) in an excess of the going concern assets over the going concern actuarial liabilities, the valuation report referred to in section 6 shall include a statement as to the method, if any, proposed for the disposition of such excess.