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Lobbying Act — L-12.4 12
Regulations 12 The Governor in Council may make regulations (a) requiring a fee to be paid on the filing of a return or a return of a class of returns under section 5 or 7, or for any service performed or the use of any facility provided by the Commissioner, and prescribing the fee or the manner of determining it; (b) respecting the submission of returns or other documents to the Commissioner under this Act, including those that may be submitted in an electronic or other form under section 7.2, the persons or classes of persons by whom they may be submitted in that form and the time at which they are deemed to be received by the Commissioner; (c) respecting the entering or recording of any return or other document under section 7.3; (c.1) designating, individually or by class, any position occupied by a public office holder as a position occupied by a designated public office holder for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition designated public office holder in subsection 2(1) if, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, doing so is necessary for the purposes of this Act; (d) prescribing any matter or thing that by this Act is to be or may be prescribed; and (e) generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act. R.S., 1985, c. 44 (4th Supp.), s. 12; 1995, c. 12, s. 7; 2003, c. 10, s. 12; 2006, c. 9, ss. 79, 81
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 13
Recovery of fees 13 Any fee required by the regulations to be paid constitutes a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. R.S., 1985, c. 44 (4th Supp.), s. 13; 1995, c. 12, s. 7
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 14
Contravention 14 (1) Every individual who fails to file a return as required under subsection 5(1) or (3) or 7(1) or (4), or knowingly makes any false or misleading statement in any return or other document submitted to the Commissioner under this Act or in any response provided relative to information sent under subsection 9.1(1), whether in electronic or other form, is guilty of an offence and liable (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; and (b) on proceedings by way of indictment, to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both. Other contraventions (2) Every individual who contravenes any provision of this Act — other than subsections 5(1) and (3), 7(1) and (4) and 10.3(1) — or the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000. Limitation (3) Proceedings by way of summary conviction in respect of an offence under this section may be instituted at any time within but not later than five years after the day on which the Commissioner became aware of the subject-matter of the proceedings but, in any case, not later than ten years after the day on which the subject-matter of the proceedings arose. R.S., 1985, c. 44 (4th Supp.), s. 14; 1995, c. 12, s. 7; 2006, c. 9, s. 80
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 14.01
Prohibition on communication 14.01 If a person is convicted of an offence under this Act, the Commissioner may — if satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest, taking into account the gravity of the offence and whether the offence was a second or subsequent offence under this Act — prohibit for a period of not more than two years the person who committed the offence from effecting any communication described in paragraph 5(1)(a) or 7(1)(a) or arranging a meeting referred to in paragraph 5(1)(b). 2006, c. 9, s. 80
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 14.02
Publication 14.02 The Commissioner may make public the nature of the offence, the name of the person who committed it, the punishment imposed and, if applicable, any prohibition under section 14.01. 2006, c. 9, s. 80
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 14.1
Review of Act by parliamentary committee 14.1 (1) A comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act must be undertaken, every five years after this section comes into force, 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. Review and report (2) The committee referred to in subsection (1) must, within a year after the review is undertaken or within any further period that the Senate, the House of Commons, or both Houses of Parliament, as the case may be, may authorize, submit a report on the review to Parliament that includes a statement of any changes to this Act or its operation that the committee recommends. 2003, c. 10, s. 13
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 Coming into force
Coming into force * 15 This Act or any provision thereof shall come into force on a day or days to be fixed by proclamation. * [Note: Act in force September 30, 1989, see SI/89-193.]
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 14
Definitions 14 The following definitions apply in sections 15 to 17. new Act means the Lobbyists Registration Act as it reads on the day on which this Act comes into force. ( nouvelle loi ) old Act means the Lobbyists Registration Act as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force. ( ancienne loi )
Lobbying Act — L-12.4
new Act means the Lobbyists Registration Act as it reads on the day on which this Act comes into force. ( nouvelle loi )
Lobbying Act — L-12.4
old Act means the Lobbyists Registration Act as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force. ( ancienne loi )
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 15
Requirement to file return 15 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if, on the day on which this Act comes into force, an individual is engaged in an undertaking described in subsection 5(1) of the new Act, the individual shall, not later than two months after the day on which this Act comes into force, file a return with respect to the undertaking with the registrar in accordance with subsection 5(1) of the new Act. Exception (2) An individual is deemed to have filed a return with respect to an undertaking in accordance with subsection (1) if (a) the individual filed a return with respect to the undertaking in accordance with subsection 5(1) of the old Act within the five months before the day on which this Act comes into force; (b) there is no change to the information provided in the return referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) the individual has no knowledge of any information required to be provided under subsection 5(2) of the new Act that was not provided in the return referred to in paragraph (a). Deemed date of filing (3) For the purpose of paragraph 5(1.1)(b) of the new Act, the day on which a return referred to in subsection (1) or paragraph (2)(a) is filed is deemed to be the date of filing a return under paragraph 5(1.1)(a) of the new Act.
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Requirement to file return 16 If, on the day on which this Act comes into force, a corporation employs one or more employees whose duties are as described in paragraphs 7(1)(a) and (b) of the new Act, the officer responsible for filing returns, as defined in subsection 7(6) of the new Act, shall, not later than two months after the day on which this Act comes into force, file a return with the registrar in accordance with subsection 7(1) of the new Act.
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 17
Requirement to file return 17 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if, on the day on which this Act comes into force, an organization employs one or more employees whose duties are as described in paragraphs 7(1)(a) and (b) of the new Act, the officer responsible for filing returns, as defined in subsection 7(6) of the new Act, shall, not later than two months after the day on which this Act comes into force, file a return with the registrar in accordance with subsection 7(1) of the new Act. Exception (2) An officer responsible for filing returns for an organization is deemed to have filed a return in accordance with subsection (1) if (a) the senior officer of the organization, as defined in subsection 7(6) of the old Act, filed a return in accordance with subsection 7(1) of the old Act within the five months before the day on which this Act comes into force; (b) there is no change to the information provided in the return referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) the officer responsible for filing returns has no knowledge of any information required to be provided under subsection 7(3) of the new Act that was not provided in the return referred to in paragraph (a). Deemed date of filing (3) For the purpose of paragraph 7(2)(b) of the new Act, the day on which a return referred to in subsection (1) or paragraph (2)(a) is filed is deemed to be the date of filing a return under paragraph 7(2)(a) of the new Act.
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 3.1
Reference to Act 3.1 (1) In this section, the other Act means, before the day on which section 66 of this Act comes into force, the Lobbyists Registration Act and, from that day, the Lobbying Act . Five-year prohibition — lobbying (2) If, on the day on which section 27 of this Act comes into force, section 10.11 of the other Act, as enacted by section 75 of this Act, is not yet in force, persons who would otherwise be bound by section 29 of the Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders by virtue of their office and who cease to hold that office on or after that day but before the day on which that section 10.11 comes into force, are subject to the obligations established by section 29 of that Code, despite the coming into force of section 27 of this Act. Jurisdiction of registrar (3) The registrar referred to in section 8 of the other Act has, with respect to the persons and obligations referred to in subsection (2), the same powers, duties and functions that the Ethics Commissioner would have in relation to those persons and obligations if section 27 of this Act were not in force.
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 83
Reference to Act 83 In sections 84 to 88.2 of this Act, the other Act means, before the day on which section 66 of this Act comes into force, the Lobbyists Registration Act and, from that day, the Lobbying Act .
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 84
Commissioner 84 (1) The person who holds the office of registrar immediately before the day on which section 68 of this Act comes into force is authorized to act as the Commissioner of Lobbying under the other Act until the appointment of a Commissioner under subsection 4.1(1) of the other Act — or of a person under subsection 4.1(4) of the other Act — as enacted by section 68 of this Act. Employees (2) The coming into force of section 68 of this Act does not affect the status of an employee — as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Public Service Employment Act — who occupied, immediately before the day on which that section 68 comes into force, a position in the Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists, except that the employee from that day occupies that position in the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying.
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 85
Pending investigations 85 Any investigation by the registrar under the other Act that is pending immediately before the day on which section 77 of this Act comes into force may continue to be conducted by the Commissioner of Lobbying under the other Act.
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 86
Transfer of appropriations 86 Any amount that is appropriated, for the fiscal year in which section 71 of this Act 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 registrar designated under section 8 of the other Act, as it read before the day on which that section 71 comes into force, and that, on that day, is unexpended is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying under the administration of the Commissioner of Lobbying referred to in subsection 4.1(1) of the other Act, as enacted by section 68 of this Act.
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 87
Contingent payments 87 Section 10.1 of the other Act, as enacted by section 75 of this Act, does not apply with respect to any contingent payment that, on the day on which that section 75 comes into force, (a) was mentioned in a return in accordance with paragraph 5(2)(g) of the other Act as it read before the day on which subsection 69 (2) of this Act comes into force; or (b) was provided for in an undertaking entered into before the day on which that section 75 comes into force but for which a return was neither filed nor yet required, under subsection 5(1.1) of the other Act as it read before the day on which subsection 69 (1) of this Act comes into force, to be filed.
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 88
Former designated public office holders 88 (1) For greater certainty, section 10.11 of the other Act, as enacted by section 75 of this Act, does not apply with respect to any ceasing to hold office or to be employed that is referred to in that section 10.11 and that occurred before the day on which that section 75 comes into force. Assistant deputy ministers (2) Section 10.11 of the other Act, as enacted by section 75 of this Act, also does not apply in respect of any ceasing to be a designated public office holder with the rank of assistant deputy minister or any office of equivalent rank that occurs during the six months after the day on which that section 75 comes into force.
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 88.1
Five-year prohibition — lobbying 88.1 (1) No individual who was a member of a transition team who ceased to carry out his or her functions as a transition team member after January 24, 2006 but before the coming into force of section 10.11 of the other Act, as enacted by section 75 of this Act, shall, during a period of five years after the day on which he or she ceased to carry out those functions (a) carry on any of the activities referred to in paragraph 5(1)(a) or (b) of the other Act in the circumstances referred to in subsection 5(1) of the other Act; (b) if the individual is employed by an organization, carry on any of the activities referred to in paragraph 7(1)(a) of the other Act on behalf of that organization; and (c) if the individual is employed by a corporation, carry on any of the activities referred to in paragraph 7(1)(a) of the other Act on behalf of that corporation if carrying on those activities would constitute a significant part of the individual’s work on its behalf. Exception (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a member of a transition team in respect of any activities referred to in that subsection that were carried out before the day on which this Act is assented to. Contravention (3) Every individual who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000. Limitation (4) Proceedings by way of summary conviction in respect of an offence under this section may be instituted at any time within but not later than five years after the day on which the registrar referred to in section 8 of the other Act became aware of the subject-matter of the proceedings but, in any case, not later than ten years after the day on which the subject-matter of the proceedings arose. Definition (5) For the purposes of this section, members of a transition team are those persons identified by the Prime Minister as having had the task of providing support and advice to him or her during the transition period leading up to the swearing in of the Prime Minister and his or her ministry.
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 88.11
Application for exemption 88.11 (1) Any member of a transition team referred to in section 88.1 may apply to the Commissioner of Lobbying for an exemption from that section. Commissioner of Lobbying may exempt (2) The Commissioner of Lobbying may, on any conditions that the Commissioner of Lobbying specifies, exempt the member from the application of section 88.1 having regard to any circumstance or factor that the Commissioner of Lobbying considers relevant, including the following: (a) the circumstances under which the member left the functions referred to in subsection 88.1(5); (b) the nature, and significance to the Government of Canada, of information that the member possessed by virtue of the functions referred to in subsection 88.1(5); (c) the degree to which the member’s new employer might gain unfair commercial advantage by hiring the member; (d) the authority and influence that the member possessed while having the functions referred to in subsection 88.1(5); and (e) the disposition of other cases. Publication (3) The Commissioner of Lobbying shall without delay cause every exemption and the Commissioner of Lobbying’s reasons for it to be made available to the public. Audit (4) The Commissioner of Lobbying may verify the information contained in any application under subsection (1).
Lobbying Act — L-12.4 88.2
Publication 88.2 The registrar referred to in section 8 of the other Act may make public the nature of an offence committed under section 88.1, the name of the person who committed it and the punishment imposed.
Canada Labour Code — L-2 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Canada Labour Code . R.S., c. L-1, s. 1
Canada Labour Code — L-2 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, Board means the Canada Industrial Relations Board established by section 9; ( Conseil ) external adjudicator means a person appointed under subsection 12.001(1); ( arbitre externe ) federal work, undertaking or business means any work, undertaking or business that is within the legislative authority of Parliament, including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, (a) a work, undertaking or business operated or carried on for or in connection with navigation and shipping, whether inland or maritime, including the operation of ships and transportation by ship anywhere in Canada, (b) a railway, canal, telegraph or other work or undertaking connecting any province with any other province, or extending beyond the limits of a province, (c) a line of ships connecting a province with any other province, or extending beyond the limits of a province, (d) a ferry between any province and any other province or between any province and any country other than Canada, (e) aerodromes, aircraft or a line of air transportation, (f) a radio broadcasting station, (g) a bank or an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act , (h) a work or undertaking that, although wholly situated within a province, is before or after its execution declared by Parliament to be for the general advantage of Canada or for the advantage of two or more of the provinces, (i) a work, undertaking or business outside the exclusive legislative authority of the legislatures of the provinces, and (j) a work, undertaking or activity in respect of which federal laws within the meaning of section 2 of the Oceans Act apply pursuant to section 20 of that Act and any regulations made pursuant to paragraph 26(1)(k) of that Act; ( entreprises fédérales ) Head means the Head of Compliance and Enforcement designated under subsection 122.21(1); ( chef ) Minister means the Minister of Labour. ( ministre ) R.S., 1985, c. L-2, s. 2; 1990, c. 44, s. 17; 1996, c. 31, s. 89; 1999, c. 28, s. 169 2017, c. 20, s. 318 2018, c. 27, s. 535
Canada Labour Code — L-2
Board means the Canada Industrial Relations Board established by section 9; ( Conseil )
Canada Labour Code — L-2
external adjudicator means a person appointed under subsection 12.001(1); ( arbitre externe )
Canada Labour Code — L-2 (a)
federal work, undertaking or business means any work, undertaking or business that is within the legislative authority of Parliament, including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, (a) a work, undertaking or business operated or carried on for or in connection with navigation and shipping, whether inland or maritime, including the operation of ships and transportation by ship anywhere in Canada, (b) a railway, canal, telegraph or other work or undertaking connecting any province with any other province, or extending beyond the limits of a province, (c) a line of ships connecting a province with any other province, or extending beyond the limits of a province, (d) a ferry between any province and any other province or between any province and any country other than Canada, (e) aerodromes, aircraft or a line of air transportation, (f) a radio broadcasting station, (g) a bank or an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act , (h) a work or undertaking that, although wholly situated within a province, is before or after its execution declared by Parliament to be for the general advantage of Canada or for the advantage of two or more of the provinces, (i) a work, undertaking or business outside the exclusive legislative authority of the legislatures of the provinces, and (j) a work, undertaking or activity in respect of which federal laws within the meaning of section 2 of the Oceans Act apply pursuant to section 20 of that Act and any regulations made pursuant to paragraph 26(1)(k) of that Act; ( entreprises fédérales )
Canada Labour Code — L-2
Head means the Head of Compliance and Enforcement designated under subsection 122.21(1); ( chef )
Canada Labour Code — L-2
Minister means the Minister of Labour. ( ministre )
Canada Labour Code — L-2
WHEREAS there is a long tradition in Canada of labour legislation and policy designed for the promotion of the common well-being through the encouragement of free collective bargaining and the constructive settlement of disputes; AND WHEREAS Canadian workers, trade unions and employers recognize and support freedom of association and free collective bargaining as the bases of effective industrial relations for the determination of good working conditions and sound labour-management relations; AND WHEREAS the Government of Canada has ratified Convention No. 87 of the International Labour Organization concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize and has assumed international reporting responsibilities in this regard; AND WHEREAS the Parliament of Canada desires to continue and extend its support to labour and management in their cooperative efforts to develop good relations and constructive collective bargaining practices, and deems the development of good industrial relations to be in the best interests of Canada in ensuring a just share of the fruits of progress to all; NOW THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1972, c. 18, Preamble
Canada Labour Code — L-2
AND WHEREAS Canadian workers, trade unions and employers recognize and support freedom of association and free collective bargaining as the bases of effective industrial relations for the determination of good working conditions and sound labour-management relations;
Canada Labour Code — L-2
AND WHEREAS the Government of Canada has ratified Convention No. 87 of the International Labour Organization concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize and has assumed international reporting responsibilities in this regard;
Canada Labour Code — L-2
AND WHEREAS the Parliament of Canada desires to continue and extend its support to labour and management in their cooperative efforts to develop good relations and constructive collective bargaining practices, and deems the development of good industrial relations to be in the best interests of Canada in ensuring a just share of the fruits of progress to all;
Canada Labour Code — L-2
NOW THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: