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Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act — F-10.6 5
Government institutions 5 This Part applies to any government institution producing, purchasing or distributing goods in Canada or elsewhere.
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Annual report 6 (1) The head of every government institution must, on or before May 31 of each year, report to the Minister on the steps the government institution has taken during its previous financial year to prevent and reduce the risk that forced labour or child labour is used at any step of the production of goods produced, purchased or distributed by the government institution. Supplementary information (2) The report must also include the following information in respect of the government institution: (a) its structure, activities and supply chains; (b) its policies and due diligence processes in relation to forced labour and child labour; (c) the parts of its activities and supply chains that carry a risk of forced labour or child labour being used and the steps it has taken to assess and manage that risk; (d) any measures taken to remediate any forced labour or child labour; (e) any measures taken to remediate the loss of income to the most vulnerable families that results from any measure taken to eliminate the use of forced labour or child labour in its activities and supply chains; (f) the training provided to employees on forced labour and child labour; and (g) how the government institution assesses its effectiveness in ensuring that forced labour and child labour are not being used in its activities and supply chains. Form and manner (3) The Minister may specify, in writing, the form and manner in which a report is to be provided. The requirements must be made available to the public in the manner that the Minister considers appropriate.
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Revised report 7 (1) The head of a government institution may provide the Minister with a revised version of the report provided under section 6. Content of revised report (2) The revised version of the report must, in addition to the information required under subsection 6(2), indicate the date of the revision and include a description of the changes made to the original report.
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Accessibility of report 8 The head of every government institution must, on providing the Minister with a report under section 6 or a revised report under section 7, make the report available to the public, including by publishing it in a prominent place on the government institution’s website.
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Entities 9 This Part applies to any entity (a) producing, selling or distributing goods in Canada or elsewhere; (b) importing into Canada goods produced outside Canada; or (c) controlling an entity engaged in any activity described in paragraph (a) or (b).
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Control 10 (1) For the purposes of this Part and subject to the regulations, an entity is controlled by another entity if it is directly or indirectly controlled by that other entity in any manner. Deemed control (2) An entity that controls another entity is deemed to control any entity that is controlled or deemed to be controlled by the other entity.
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Annual report 11 (1) Every entity must, on or before May 31 of each year, report to the Minister on the steps the entity has taken during its previous financial year to prevent and reduce the risk that forced labour or child labour is used at any step of the production of goods in Canada or elsewhere by the entity or of goods imported into Canada by the entity. Single or joint report (2) An entity may comply with subsection (1) either (a) by providing a report in respect of the entity; or (b) by being party to a joint report in respect of more than one entity. Supplementary information (3) The report must also include the following information in respect of each entity subject to the report: (a) its structure, activities and supply chains; (b) its policies and its due diligence processes in relation to forced labour and child labour; (c) the parts of its business and supply chains that carry a risk of forced labour or child labour being used and the steps it has taken to assess and manage that risk; (d) any measures taken to remediate any forced labour or child labour; (e) any measures taken to remediate the loss of income to the most vulnerable families that results from any measure taken to eliminate the use of forced labour or child labour in its activities and supply chains; (f) the training provided to employees on forced labour and child labour; and (g) how the entity assesses its effectiveness in ensuring that forced labour and child labour are not being used in its business and supply chains. Approval of report (4) The report must be approved, (a) in the case of a report in respect of a single entity, by its governing body; or (b) in the case of a joint report, either (i) by the governing body of each entity included in the report, or (ii) by the governing body of the entity, if any, that controls each entity included in the report. Attestation of the report (5) The approval of the report must be evidenced by (a) a statement that sets out whether it was approved pursuant to paragraph (4)(a) or subparagraph (4)(b)(i) or (ii); and (b) the signature of one or more members of the governing body of each entity that approved the report. Form and manner (6) The Minister may specify, in writing, the form and manner in which a report is to be provided. The requirements must be made available to the public in the manner that the Minister considers appropriate.
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Revised report 12 (1) An entity may provide the Minister with a revised version of the report provided under section 11. Content of revised report (2) The revised version of the report must, in addition to the information required under subsection 11(3), indicate the date of the revision and include a description of the changes made to the original report. Approval and attestation (3) Subsections 11(4) and (5) apply in respect of a revised report.
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Accessibility of report 13 (1) An entity must, on providing the Minister with a report under section 11 or a revised report under section 12, make the report available to the public, including by publishing it in a prominent place on its website. Federal corporations (2) Any entity that is incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act or any other Act of Parliament must provide the report or revised report to each shareholder, along with its annual financial statements.
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Designation 14 The Minister may designate persons or classes of persons for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of this Part.
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Entry into a place 15 (1) A designated person may, for the purpose of verifying compliance with this Part, enter any place where they have reasonable grounds to believe there is anything to which this Part applies or any document relating to the administration of this Part. Powers on entry (2) The designated person may, for the purpose referred to in subsection (1), (a) examine anything in the place, including any document; (b) use any means of communication in the place, or cause it to be used; (c) use any computer system in the place — or cause it to be used — to examine data contained in or available to it, or reproduce the data — or cause it to be reproduced — in the form of a printout or other intelligible output and remove any printout or output for examination or copying; (d) prepare a document based on the data, or cause one to be prepared; (e) use any copying equipment in the place, or cause it to be used; (f) take photographs or make recordings or sketches of anything in the place; (g) direct any person to put any equipment in the place into operation or to cease operating it; (h) prohibit or limit access to all or part of the place or to anything in the place; and (i) remove anything from the place for the purpose of examination. Persons accompanying designated person (3) The designated person may be accompanied by any person whom the designated person believes is necessary to help them exercise their powers or perform their duties or functions under this section. Assistance (4) The owner or person in charge of the place and every person in the place must give all assistance that is reasonably required to enable the designated person to exercise their powers or perform their duties or functions under this section and is to provide any documents, information or access to any data that is reasonably required for that purpose.
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Warrant to enter dwelling-house 16 (1) If the place referred to in subsection 11(1) is a dwelling-house, the designated person may enter it without the occupant’s consent only under the authority of a warrant issued under subsection (2). Authority to issue warrant (2) On ex parte application, a justice of the peace may issue a warrant authorizing the designated person to enter a dwelling-house, subject to any conditions specified in the warrant, if the justice is satisfied by information on oath that (a) the dwelling-house is a place referred to in subsection 15(1); (b) entry to the dwelling-house is necessary for a purpose related to verifying compliance with this Part; and (c) entry was refused by the occupant or there are reasonable grounds to believe that entry will be refused by or that consent to entry cannot be obtained from the occupant.
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Obstruction 17 A person must not obstruct or hinder a designated person who is exercising powers or performing duties or functions under this Part.
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Minister’s power 18 If, on the basis of information obtained under section 15, the Minister is of the opinion that an entity is not in compliance with section 11 or 13, the Minister may, by order, require the entity to take any measures that the Minister considers to be necessary to ensure compliance with those provisions.
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Offence 19 (1) Every person or entity that fails to comply with section 11 or 13, subsection 15(4) or an order made under section 18, or that contravenes section 17, is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine of not more than $250,000. False or misleading statement or information (2) Every person or entity that knowingly makes any false or misleading statement or knowingly provides false or misleading information to the Minister or a person designated under section 14 is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine of not more than $250,000.
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Liability of directors, officers, etc. 20 If a person or an entity commits an offence under this Part, any director, officer or agent or mandatary of the person or entity who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in its commission is a party to and guilty of the offence and liable on conviction to the punishment provided for the offence, whether or not the person or entity has been prosecuted or convicted.
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Offence by employee or agent or mandatary 21 In a prosecution for an offence under subsection 19(1), it is sufficient proof of the offence to establish that it was committed by an employee or agent or mandatary of the accused, whether or not the employee or agent or mandatary is identified or has been prosecuted for the offence, unless the accused establishes that they exercised due diligence to prevent its commission.
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Electronic registry 22 (1) The Minister must maintain an electronic registry containing a copy of every report or revised report provided to the Minister under section 6, 7, 11 or 12. Accessibility of registry (2) The registry must be made available to the public on the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness website.
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Regulations 23 The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act, including regulations (a) prescribing other entities for the purpose of the definition entity ; (b) respecting the circumstances in which an entity is controlled by another entity; and (c) prescribing anything that may, by this Act, be prescribed.
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Annual report 24 (1) The Minister must cause to be tabled in each House of Parliament, on or before September 30 of each year or, if a House is not then sitting, on any of the next 30 days on which that House is sitting, a report containing (a) a general summary of the activities of government institutions and entities that provided a report under this Act for their previous financial year that carry a risk of forced labour or child labour being used; (b) the steps that government institutions and entities have taken to assess and manage that risk; (c) if applicable, measures taken by government institutions and entities to remediate any forced labour or child labour; (d) a copy of any order made pursuant to section 18; and (e) the particulars of any charge laid against a person or entity under section 19. Publication (2) The Minister must publish the report in a prominent place on the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness website within 30 days after it is tabled in both Houses of Parliament.
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Review by committee 25 (1) At the start of the fifth year after the day on which this section comes into force, a comprehensive review of this Act must be undertaken by the committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons or of both Houses of Parliament that may be designated or established for that purpose. Report to Parliament (2) The committee referred to in subsection (1) must, within one year after the review is undertaken under that subsection, submit a report to the House or Houses of Parliament of which it is a committee, including a statement setting out any changes to the Act that the committee recommends.
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January 1 28 This Act comes into force on January 1 of the year following the year in which it receives royal assent.
Fertilizers Act — F-10 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Fertilizers Act . R.S., c. F-9, s. 1
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Definitions 2 In this Act, analyst means a person designated as an analyst pursuant to section 6; ( analyste ) conveyance means a vessel, aircraft, train, motor vehicle, trailer or other means of transportation, including a cargo container; ( véhicule ) document means anything on which information that is capable of being understood by a person, or read by a computer or other device, is recorded or marked; ( document ) environment means the components of the Earth and includes (a) air, land and water, (b) all layers of the atmosphere, (c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and (d) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c); ( environnement ) establishment means any place, including a conveyance, where a fertilizer or supplement is manufactured, stored, packaged or labelled; ( établissement ) fertilizer means any substance or mixture of substances, containing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium or other plant food, manufactured, sold or represented for use as a plant nutrient; ( engrais ) inspector means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to section 6; ( inspecteur ) item to which this Act applies means (a) a fertilizer or supplement, (b) anything used in an activity regulated under this Act, and (c) a document that is related to a fertilizer or supplement or to any activity regulated under this Act; ( chose visée par la présente loi ) label includes any legend, word, mark, symbol or design applied or attached to, included in, belonging to or accompanying any fertilizer, supplement or package; ( étiquette ) Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; ( ministre ) package includes a sack, bag, barrel, case or any other container in which fertilizers or supplements are placed or packed; ( emballage ) penalty means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act for a violation; ( sanction ) prescribed means prescribed by regulation; ( Version anglaise seulement ) sell includes sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession for sale and distribute; ( vente ) supplement means any substance or mixture of substances, other than a fertilizer, that is manufactured, sold or represented for use in the improvement of the physical condition of soils or to aid plant growth or crop yields; ( supplément ) Tribunal means the Review Tribunal continued by subsection 27(1) of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act ; ( Commission ) violation means any contravention of this Act or the regulations that may be proceeded with in accordance with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act . ( violation ) R.S., 1985, c. F-10, s. 2; 1994, c. 38, s. 25; 1995, c. 40, s. 50; 1997, c. 6, s. 48; 2012, c. 24, s. 88; 2015, c. 2, s. 63
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analyst means a person designated as an analyst pursuant to section 6; ( analyste )
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conveyance means a vessel, aircraft, train, motor vehicle, trailer or other means of transportation, including a cargo container; ( véhicule )
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document means anything on which information that is capable of being understood by a person, or read by a computer or other device, is recorded or marked; ( document )
Fertilizers Act — F-10 (a)
environment means the components of the Earth and includes (a) air, land and water, (b) all layers of the atmosphere, (c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and (d) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c); ( environnement )
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establishment means any place, including a conveyance, where a fertilizer or supplement is manufactured, stored, packaged or labelled; ( établissement )
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fertilizer means any substance or mixture of substances, containing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium or other plant food, manufactured, sold or represented for use as a plant nutrient; ( engrais )
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inspector means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to section 6; ( inspecteur )
Fertilizers Act — F-10 (a)
item to which this Act applies means (a) a fertilizer or supplement, (b) anything used in an activity regulated under this Act, and (c) a document that is related to a fertilizer or supplement or to any activity regulated under this Act; ( chose visée par la présente loi )
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label includes any legend, word, mark, symbol or design applied or attached to, included in, belonging to or accompanying any fertilizer, supplement or package; ( étiquette )
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Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; ( ministre )
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package includes a sack, bag, barrel, case or any other container in which fertilizers or supplements are placed or packed; ( emballage )
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penalty means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act for a violation; ( sanction )
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prescribed means prescribed by regulation; ( Version anglaise seulement )
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sell includes sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession for sale and distribute; ( vente )
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supplement means any substance or mixture of substances, other than a fertilizer, that is manufactured, sold or represented for use in the improvement of the physical condition of soils or to aid plant growth or crop yields; ( supplément )
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Tribunal means the Review Tribunal continued by subsection 27(1) of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act ; ( Commission )
Fertilizers Act — F-10
violation means any contravention of this Act or the regulations that may be proceeded with in accordance with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act . ( violation )
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Absence of registration, etc. 3 No person shall sell, or import into Canada, any fertilizer or supplement unless the fertilizer or supplement (a) has, in accordance with the regulations, been approved by the Minister or registered; (b) conforms to prescribed standards; and (c) is packaged and labelled in accordance with the regulations. R.S., 1985, c. F-10, s. 3; 2015, c. 2, s. 64
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Fertilizers and supplements presenting risk of harm 3.1 No person shall manufacture, sell, import or export in contravention of the regulations any fertilizer or supplement that presents a risk of harm to human, animal or plant health or the environment. 2015, c. 2, s. 65
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Prescribed activity with licence or registration 3.2 No person shall conduct a prescribed activity in respect of a prescribed fertilizer or supplement that has been imported for sale — or that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed from one province to another — unless the person is authorized to do so by a registration made under subsection 5.2(1), by a licence issued under that subsection or by both such a registration and licence, as provided for in the regulations. 2015, c. 2, s. 65
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Prescribed activity in registered establishment 3.3 No person shall conduct a prescribed activity in respect of a prescribed fertilizer or supplement that has been imported for sale — or that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed from one province to another — unless the activity is conducted in an establishment registered under subsection 5.3(1) in accordance with the regulations. 2015, c. 2, s. 65
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Recall order — Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act 3.4 No person shall sell a fertilizer or supplement that is the subject of a recall order referred to in subsection 19(1) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act . 2015, c. 2, s. 65
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Destructive ingredients or harmful properties 4 No person shall sell any fertilizer or supplement that contains destructive ingredients or properties harmful to plant growth when used according to the directions that accompany the fertilizer or supplement or that appear on the label of the package in which the fertilizer or supplement is contained. R.S., c. F-9, s. 9