Exception for public access to court record

(5) For greater certainty, this section does not apply to an alternative measures agreement, a varied alternative measures agreement or a report that is filed with the court in accordance with section 90.

Information exchange agreements

98. The responsible minister may enter into an agreement with a department or agency of a government in Canada respecting the exchange of information for the purpose of administering alternative measures or preparing a report in respect of a person's compliance with an alternative measures agreement.

Regulations

99. The responsible minister may make regulations respecting the alternative measures that may be used for the purposes of this Act including, but not limited to, regulations respecting

    (a) the manner of preparing and filing reports relating to the administration of and compliance with alternative measures agreements;

    (b) the types of costs, and the manner of paying the costs, associated with ensuring compliance with alternative measures agreements; and

    (c) the terms and conditions that may be included in an alternative measures agreement and the effects of those terms and conditions.

COST RECOVERY

Fees and charges

100. (1) Her Majesty may recover any prescribed fee or charge from any person who requests

    (a) an agreement or permit under section 46, or an amendment to, or renewal of, such an agreement or permit; or

    (b) access to the public registry or the inclusion of a document in the public registry.

Regulations

(2) The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, may make regulations prescribing the fees and charges, or the manner of calculating them.

REPORTS AND REVIEW OF ACT

Annual report to Parliament

101. The Minister must annually prepare a report on the administration of this Act during the preceding calendar year and must have a copy of the report tabled in each House of Parliament within the first 15 days that it is sitting after the completion of the report.

Reports to Parliament

102. Three years after this section comes into force and at the end of each subsequent period of five years, the Minister must prepare a general report on the status of wildlife species. The Minister must have the report tabled in each House of Parliament within the first 15 days that it is sitting after the completion of the report.

Parliament-
ary review and report

103. Three years after this section comes into force and at the end of each subsequent period of five years, a committee of the House of Commons, of the Senate or of both Houses of Parliament is to be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing this Act. The committee is to undertake a comprehensive review of the Act as soon as practicable, including a review of the effects of its application, and is to report to Parliament within one year after the review is undertaken or within any additional time that the House of Commons may authorize.

CONDITIONAL AMENDMENTS

Bill C-25

104. If Bill C-25, introduced in the second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act respecting regulations and other documents, including the review, registration, publication and parliamentary scrutiny of regulations and other documents, and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, is assented to, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 27 of that Act and section 35 of this Act, section 35 of this Act is replaced by the following:

Regulatory process does not apply

35. Emergency orders are exempt from the application of the regulatory process under the Regulations Act, but each order must be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.

Bill C-26

105. If Bill C-26, introduced in the second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act respecting the oceans of Canada, is assented to, then, on the later of the coming into force of

    (a) section 4 of that Act and subparagraph (b)(ii) of the definition ``federal land'' in subsection 2(1) of this Act, that subparagraph is replaced by the following:

        (ii) the territorial sea of Canada as determined in accordance with the Oceans Act, including the seabed and subsoil below and the airspace above that sea,

    (b) section 6 of that Act and subparagraph (b)(i) of the definition ``federal land'' in subsection 2(1) of this Act, that subparagraph is replaced by the following:

        (i) the internal waters of Canada within the meaning of the Oceans Act, including the seabed and subsoil below and the airspace above those waters,

Bill C-62

106. If Bill C-62, introduced in the second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act respecting fisheries, is assented to, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 2 of that Act and the definition ``aquatic species'' in subsection 2(1) of this Act, that definition is replaced by the following:

``aquatic species''
« espèce
aquatique »

``aquatic species'' means a wildlife species that is a fish, as defined in section 2 of the Fisheries Act, or a marine plant, as defined in section 2 of that Act.

COMING INTO FORCE

Order of Governor in Council

107. This Act, or any of its provisions, comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.