BILL C-67 - First Reading

R.S., c. N-11	National Housing Act
1992, c. 1, s. 142(1) (Sch. V, item 23)	*170. Paragraph (b) of the definition ``lender'' in section 2 of the National Housing Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(b) a bank or an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act ;
R.S., c. N-27	Northwest Territories Act
	*171. Subsection 24(2) of the Northwest Territories Act* is replaced by the following:**
Establish- ment of bank accounts	(2) The Commissioner shall establish, in the name of the government of the Territories, accounts with banks, or authorized foreign banks within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act that are not subject to the restrictions and requirements referred to in subsection 524(2) of that Act, in respect of their business in Canada, that the Commissioner designates for the deposit of public moneys and revenue.
R.S., c. 32 (2nd Supp.)	Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985
	*172. Paragraph 4(4)(g) of the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985* is replaced by the following:**
	(g) any bank or authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act ;
1991, c. 26	Proceeds of Crime (money laundering) Act
	*173. Paragraph 3(a) of the Proceeds of Crime (money laundering) Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(a) a bank or an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act, in respect of its business in Canada ;
R.S., c. S-9	Canada Shipping Act
	*174. (1) Subsection 191(2) of the Canada Shipping Act* is replaced by the following:**
Allotment notes	(2) Where the agreement with the crew is required to be made in a form approved by the Minister, the seaman may require that a stipulation be inserted in the agreement for the allotment by means of an allotment note, of any part, not exceeding one-half, of the seaman's wages in favour either of a near relative or of a bank.
	*(2) The definition ``savings bank'' in subsection 191(4) of the Canada Shipping Act* is repealed.**
	(3) Subsection 191(4) is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
``bank'' « banque »	``bank'' means a bank or an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act;
	175. Section 192 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Allotments through banks	192. (1) An allotment in favour of a bank shall be made in favour of the persons and carried into effect in the manner that may be prescribed by regulations of the Minister.
Payment	(2) The sum received by a bank in pursuance of an allotment may be paid out only on an application made, through a shipping master or the Minister, by the seaman or, in case of the seaman's death, by some person to whom the seaman's property may be paid under this Act.
	176. Subsection 193(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Master to give facilities to seamen for remitting wages	193. (1) Where the balance of wages due to a seaman is more than fifty dollars, and a seaman expresses to the master of the ship a desire to have facilities afforded for remitting all or any part of the balance to a bank or to a near relative in whose favour an allotment note may be made, the master shall give to the seaman all reasonable facilities for so doing with respect to the portion of the balance that is in excess of fifty dollars, but is under no obligation to give those facilities while the ship is in port if the sum will become payable before the ship leaves port, or otherwise than conditionally on the seaman going to sea in the ship.
R.S., c. S-23	Canada Student Loans Act
	*177. Paragraph (a) of the definition ``lender'' in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Student Loans Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(a) a bank or an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act ,
R.S., c. Y-2	Yukon Act
	*178. Subsection 24(2) of the Yukon Act* is replaced by the following:**
Establish- ment of bank accounts	(2) The Commissioner shall establish, in the name of the government of the Territory, accounts with banks, or authorized foreign banks within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act that are not subject to the restrictions and requirements referred to in subsection 524(2) of that Act, in respect of their business in Canada, that the Commissioner designates for the deposit of public moneys and revenue.
	CONDITIONAL AMENDMENT
Bill C-54	179. If Bill C-54, introduced in the first session of the thirty-sixth Parliament and entitled An Act to support and promote electronic commerce by protecting personal information that is collected, used or disclosed in certain circumstances, by providing for the use of electronic means to communicate or record information or transactions and by amending the Canada Evidence Act, the Statutory Instruments Act and the Statute Revision Act, is assented to, then, on the later of the day on which the definition ``federal work, undertaking or business'' in subsection 2(1) of that Act comes into force and the day on which any provision of Part XII.1 of the Bank Act as enacted by section 35 of this Act comes into force, paragraph (g) of that definition is replaced by the following:
	(g) a bank or an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act;
	COMING INTO FORCE
Coming into force	180. This Act or any of its provisions, or any provision enacted or amended by this Act, comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.