Accessible Canada Act — A-0.6 117
Regulations 117 (1) Subject to sections 118 to 120 , the Governor in Council may make regulations (a) defining, for the purposes of this Act, any term that is used but not defined in this Act; (b) designating areas for the purposes of paragraph 5 (g); (c) establishing standards intended to remove barriers and to improve accessibility in the areas referred to in section 5 ; (d) imposing obligations or prohibitions on regulated entities for the purpose of identifying or removing barriers or preventing new barriers; (e) fixing or determining, for the purposes of subsections 47 (1), 56 (1), 65 (1) and 69 (1), a day in respect of a regulated entity; (f) specifying the form in which the accessibility plans required by subsections 47 (1) and (2), 56 (1) and (2), 65 (1) and (2) and 69 (1) and (2) are to be prepared and the manner in which they are to be published; (f.1) respecting the feedback process required by subsections 48(1), 57(1), 66(1) and 70(1); (g) specifying the form and manner in which descriptions of the feedback process required by subsections 48(1), 57(1), 66(1) and 70(1) are to be published; (h) specifying the form in which progress reports required by subsections 49 (1), 58 (1), 67 (1) and 71 (1) are to be prepared and the time and manner in which they are to be published; (i) respecting the records, reports, electronic data or other documents that are required to be prepared, retained or provided by regulated entities and (i) the time, manner or place in which they are to be prepared and retained, or (ii) the time, manner or form in which they are to be provided; (j) respecting the making, serving, filing and manner of proving service of any notice, order, report or other document referred to in this Act or regulations made under this subsection; (k) respecting the circumstances under which reviews under section 76 are to be oral or in writing; (l) exempting, on any terms that are specified in the regulations, in whole or in part, any of the following, or any class of the following, from the application of all or any part of sections 47 to 49 , 56 to 58 , 65 to 67 and 69 to 71 or all or any provision of regulations made under this subsection: (i) a regulated entity, (ii) a built environment, (iii) an object, (iv) a work, undertaking or business that is within the legislative authority of Parliament, (v) an activity conducted by a regulated entity, and (vi) a location; and (m) prescribing anything that is to be prescribed by any of sections 39 , 47 to 49 , 56 to 58 , 65 to 67 and 69 to 71 . Obligation (1.1) The Governor in Council must make at least one regulation under any of paragraphs (1)(e) to (h) within the period of two years that begins on the day on which this subsection comes into force. Distinguishing — classes (2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may distinguish among different classes of regulated entities. Paragraph (1)(c) (3) A standard established in regulations made under paragraph (1)(c) may be general or specific in its application and may be limited as to time and location. Incorporation by reference — limitation removed (4) The limitation set out in paragraph 18.1(2)(a) of the Statutory Instruments Act to the effect that a document must be incorporated as it exists on a particular date does not apply to the powers to make regulations under paragraph (1)(c).